Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-30
STRIKERS HOOT At WORKNEN
Thousands Of Idle Anthracite Miners Curse
and Stone Nonunion Men.
CROWDS GROW THREATENING At PLACES
Men Employed in Mines Afraid 20
Return Home at Might when They
Are Compelled to Face
the Strikers.

sHAMoKIN, Pa. July 29.-one thousand
men, women and children assembled at the
Mineral company's Cameron %colliery this
evening and hootel and cursed ~nonunion
men az they quit work. A delegation of
boys stoned several sub-bosses as they en-
tered town. Chief Burgess Thomas and the
police charged the crowd and put them to
flight. The coal company officials say they
will ask for troops tomorrow IL there is a
continuance Of the attempts to annoy the
workmen.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, July 29.-Two
crowds Of strikers numbering fully 5000
men. women and children, collected at all
the Reading and Union company operations
between here and Shamokin this evening
and hurled stones and sticks at the non
union men. Six of the latter were cap
tured by the mob near Richards colliery and
were badly pummelled. On promising to
remain away from the colliery until the
strike ends they were liberated. Several
scores of nonunion men remained at a
couple Of the mines tonight, afraid to face
the strikers, who are picKeted along the
roads leading into town.
Richards T~hrentened Blacklist.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 2s.-one OF
the points which was brought out in the
trial OF John Richards and others in the
federal court here before Judge Keller
today is that Richards threatened to black
list all miners who refused to come out
and Join the strikers.
When Richards was speaking to a crowd
and the working miners were listening, he
turned to the working miners and pleaded
with them to quit work and said that when
the strike was over and the union had
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they would not be able to work In any
section of the country. He told them he
had a list Of all their names and 1t would
be furnished to every local union in the
country, and wherever they went they
would be pointed to as scabs and would not
be allowed to earn a living.
This point was emphasized as much as
the prosecution could emphasize It, so that
1t could be shown to the court that the
organization, which is opposed to a black
list by the employer. purposes to maintain
a blacklist among those of its craft. The
speech was taken by the stenographer of
the Collins Colliery company, and the trans
cript was submitted in the court today.
Testimony was presented to show that the
marches and the contributions from head
quarters of the United Mine Workers were
to support the men on a strike. The men
employed in the mines testified they were
afraid, to work on account Of the gath
erings OF the strikers, and while the speak
ers courseled obedience to the law, 1t was
shown they continued to gather In large
crowds in the vicinity Of the ~colliery, and
asserted that they would stay there until
the men came out OF the mines. The pros
%ecution brought out testimony today to
prove that checks to purchase food were
sent here by w. b. Wilson and John Nit
chell. The prosecution has closed its case
and the defense will start tomorrow.
Mitchell to Make Speeches.
wLKESBARRE, Pa, aJuly 2S.&-President
Mitchell will start this week to fill en-
gagements he has to deliver addresses be-
fore United Mine Workers assemblies in
different parts Of the anthracite region.
National Board Member John FalIon. re-
ports that the miners are satisfied with
the relief plan as carried out in the Wy
oming region. The first installment Of the
relief funds was not large and succor could
be given to only the most destitute cases.
President Mitchell says that when the
money received from the assessment levied
on the bitumlnous miners comes in there
will be easier sailing for all concerned.
Seven striking miners from Nanticoke
were arraigned before Magistrate Brown
Of this city this afternoon, charged with
committing an assault on William Young,
an engineer employed at one of the col
leries Of the Susquehanna Coal company.
The strikers were held in bail for trial at
court.
A orowd OF 1900 men and boys prevented
the resumption Of work at the Wanke
washery at Duryea this morning. A num-
Der of men who came down from scranton
to work at the washery were at once sur
rounded by a threatening crowd. The
burgess was appealed to to protect the men
who wanted to work, but he thought he
would not be able to do 1t and telephoned
to Sheriff Jacobs. The sheriff sent four
deputies to the scene, but when they ar
rived the mob had dispersed. Men who
had been hired to work at the washery
were badly frightened and when the train
for Scranton came along they jumped
aboard and returned to that place. A vol
ley of stones followed them. The operator
Of the washery says he will not make an
other attempt to resume operations.
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