Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-08-28
WITH A REVOLVER.
A Striker is Instantly Killed
BY a Deputy.
Dynamite Exploded Under Miners
House by Unknown Parties-
"Mothcr'' Jones Threatens to
Lead an Army of Miners
wives TO Washington.

Nesquehoning, Pa, Aug. 1o.-In
clash between striking mine workers
and deputies here last night Patrick
Sharp, striker, of Lansford, was
shot and killed almost instantly by
deputy. The shooting caused consid-
cradle excitement for time, but or
der was soon restored without any
other persons being injured and the
town is now quiet.
Witnesses to the shooting went to
the office of w. r. Watkins, the JUS
tice of the peace. and made COM
plant against McElmoyle, charging
him with the murder of Sharp. The
Justice placed the warrant in the
hands of constable, who found Me
Elmoyle at the shaft and accom-
panied by a guard of other officers
took his prisoner to the county Jail
at Mauch Chunk.
Willlesbarre, Pa, Aug. 19.-The "a
deputies who were arrested by the
authorities of Duryea last week for
wounding and melting a riot were
given a hearing Monday before Judge
HalSey and all but three discharged.
The three held were placed under 5000
bail each.
New York, Aug. 20.-The presi-
dents of the anthracite coal roads
had their usual weekly conference
here Tuesday. Before going to the
meeting Mr.. Truesdale, president of
the Lackawanna Railroad Co, said:
There is no foundation for the
rumor that the anthracite coal oper-
ators will make concessions in order
to end the strike. l think work will
be resumed in time to produce plenty
of coal for the fall demand"
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 20.-Un-
known parties exploded stick Of
dynamite under the front door of
John Workiuk's house in Pittston
township early Tuesday morning.
The door was wrecked and the in
mates of the house were badly fright
ened.
indianapolis, Aug. ga Mother"
Jones, we'll known throughout the
mining districts, was a visitor at the
national headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America yesterday.
She said:
"rhe wives of the miners will
march on Washington, if the strike
is not settled by next winter. We
will shake them up down there. We
will have a popular congress there
when the other congress is in ses-
sion"
Mother" Jones is going east from
Milwaukee, where she has been speak
ing. She said that she was under
the orders of Secretary Wilson. He
said she would go to Charleston
and points in the Kanawha rfccr
country in West Virginia.
1--WE are waiting to see what Mr..
Morgan is going to do" Mr.. Wilson
said.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 22.-T. w.
Hart, chairman of the Public Ali
ance of WlkeSbarre, issued an ad-
dress to the press and public last
night in which he urges that every
influence be used to bring about the
settlement of the coal strike by arbi-
tration. He says the situation is now
becoming acute and threatens every
business in the strike region.
The Warnke washery at Duryca
prepared considerable coal for the
market yesterday. The washery is
still under heavy guard, but the
strikers have made no attempt to in
terfere with the employees.
Scranton. Pa, Aug. 22.-The Won
Storch mine of the Delaware & Hud-
son Co. resumed operations yesterday
with about so men. The washery of
the Nayaug Coal Co. also resumed
and it is expected that the West Ridge
colIiery of the Ontario & Western
will resume. The Won Storch makes
six collieries in this city now in opera
ton.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 23.-Fifteen
cars of coal We're shipped from Sill
yer Creek colIiery. near New Philadel-
phia, last evening, and as it was the
first coal that has been prepared for
market in that district since the
strike began, the strikers were very
much excited and several hundred
congregated along the railway track
watching the train go by. The crowd
got in an angry mood at the sight
of the loaded cars, but there was no
serious demonstration.