Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-19
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ing the strike assisting in putting in
new boiler at the Upper Lehigh colliery.
Two of the principal witnesses OF the
day were August Scheuck and son, OF
Hazleton. August Scheuck is outside
foreman at No. 40 colllery, of the Le-
high Coal Company, and his son is
district superintendent. Father and
son were assaulted during the strike on
Broad street, Hazleton, and were badly
injured, and In the midst of the crowd
was Squire McKelvey, of Hazleton.
John Doran, manager of the Wilkes
barre Lace Mills, testified that because
he would not discharge two girls who
had relatives working in the mines the
100 employees went on strike and stay
ed out eight weeks until the matter was
fixed up.
Fred Reynolds, OF Scranton, who was
employed as fireman at Scranton, told
OF being shot at four times while re-
turning home from work and OF the
arrest and conviction of his assailants.
Mrs. McNamara, of Parsons, said she
heard people say that they would kill
her husband, who remained in a Della
ware and Hudson colliery during the
strike. Stones were fired at her in her
own house. On October 10 the witness
was awakened about midnight by smoke.
The house was on fire and was burned
to the ground.
Counsel for the miners called the COM
missions attention to the fact that the
fire had not been connected with the
strikers, and objected to the other side
bringing in evidence of alleged violence
by strikers when they cannot prove it.
Chairman Gray said while the evidence
with the fire, the inference was that the
fire was most probably OF incendiary
origin.
William Myles, pump runner for the
Lackawanna Company, was called. He
worked during the strike. A barber
would not shave him. The barber said:
Il hate to refuse you, but you know
how it is" His butcher told witness
wife that he had been requested not to
sell meat to her.
Duncan MacIntyre, OF Nanticoke,
caused amusement by saying that dur
ing July he was hanged three times, and
his wife twice; but stated after the
laughter had ceased that it was in effigy
he was hanged.
Frank Trimble, of Plymouth, testified
that he could not get meat from Ply
mouth butchers because he worked DUR
ing the strike.
Judge Gray asked why some of the
merchants who had refused to sell goods
to non-union workmen had never been
brought before the commissioners. At
torney Lenahan replied that they would
not appear voluntarily, as they were
afraid of boycott If they testified and
that he had no power to subpoena them
The Courier Herald, of Wilkesbarre,
as well as placard giving the names OF
l12 alleged unfair workmen, were offer
ed as evidence of boycotting. The
placard had been tackled to a post by
one of the Nanticoke miners unions.
Those witnesses and others that were
called testified that their wives were in
suited on the streets, the children were
beaten and could not be safely sent to
school, that local unions requested store
Keepers to refrain from selling goods to
any one related to a man working In the
mines; that their houses were stoned;
that they were shot at and hung in
eiigy, and that life was generally made
miserable for them and their families.
The lawyers for the pon-union men
say they will continue calling witnesses
to prove that reign of terror existed
during the strike. The commission will
adjourn at about noon tomorrow, and
will reconvene in Philadelphia on Jan
uary 5.