New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-04
STRIKERS SHOW TEMPER
THEY THROW STONES AND
BURN A BARRIER.
AUTHORITIES READY FOR SERIOUS
OUTBREAK-SOME MINES FILL
ING WITH WATER.
AIKEN by The Trtbune's special photogrdpherJ
IsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIsUNE


Wilkesbarre, Penn June 3-President Mitch
ell issued the following statement this even
ing:
Detailed reports from all quarters ot the an
thracit, field indicate that the numoer OF .fr- i
E .neers. fremen and pumpmen who ceased Wolk
YES terdav was considerably increased TO-DAY
md the proba hties are that " VIII oe IutllVl
augmented tomorrow There have been no
violations of law on the part Of the strikers
and predictions made last week tna' In, ellg
mere than verified by the events OF Yesterday
and to-day.
The coal stdike is remarka ole in many respects
We're IL not for the fact that the coal Col1-
NAMES have a veritable army of private guards
and coal and iron police employed there would
be no exterior evidence that great industrial
coores, vas being waged We sure that the
splendid conduct of the men ana ooyS VINO a.
engaged In this great silent ana pass'Ne -.
sis for AZ least small share of our country
Prosperity must commend itself to all wen us
posed persons
More engineers pumpraen and hremen joined
the mine workers on strike this afternoon and
there is great elation among the United Mine
workers officials in consequence. the sltuation
to-day looks serious for the operators parucu-
larly. in the Schuylkill and Shamokin region
and almost al much so in the mines about hazle-
ton In the LaCkawanna and wyoming dls-
tricts they are holding their own, and keeping
the pumps going at most Of the collerles- IN
ever. in the two lower districts the mines VIII
Ia hadlv damaged and many of them must be
abandoned entirely until after the strike The
o,arators will not admit how little work their
prrnps are able 10 do. but they are making every
effort TO keep them going and TO get 10 tnem
more experienced non union workers
ErpIovment agencies in New-York Buffalo
and Philadelphia are now sending many ou'
still more are needed. 1t will take ABOUT H'e
thousand men TO work the fires and pumps sue
cessfully. and not more than 1,ooo clerks and
bosses are available and not nine huhoreo
union workers still engaged.
Outbreaks in various parts OF the region TO-
da,, increased the nervousness OF the authori-
ties and they tonight fearful OF troupie-
The sherifs expect TO be called upon at any
+irne The Iattimer affair is still fresh in the
minds of these officials and they do not ike
tho aUfuI responsibility of sending armed men
into the field with the proba bilties strong that
there will be shooting. While most of them are
expected to meet the emergency ike men, there
is a growing conviction that some OF theil WILL
as early as they can after being called upon
for aid request the Governor to send troops
This is not desired by the operators. ana tney
will do what they can first to prevent any dis
+urbance by the use of their coal and iron Po-
lice fonr thousand of whom are now in the re-
gion.
The outbreaks while in but one instance serl-
ous and that not greatly. show that the temper
of the people is increasing in bitterness, and
that at slight incentive there Will be serious
outbreak The first shot fired in anger was
tonight aimed at a crowd which was batting
Michael Toole of this city He was on his way
to the Baltimore No. colliery to aid his oroth-
ar whom he believed to be in danger, and was
followed bv a crowd of men and boys, VINO
threw stones and hooted. a stone struck MIN
on the head and he fired. The bullet went nigh
and did no damage. The police arrested him.
hut could not catch the others
At Nanticoke a non-union man. who was re-
turning from work, waylaid and severely
beaten This morning crowd of two hundred
strikers. mostly foreigners marched from
Oneida to Nuremburg, shouting. waving nags'
ahnsing Superntendent Kudlick, of Coke Broth
org g. Co. and firing revolvers in the air No
effort was made to stop or dsperse them. and
they did no further harm.
At Miners Mills a crowd of strikers paraded
the streets with torches and banners, bearing
the words: