Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-05
LOOKING TO
THE PRESIDENT
The Anthracite Coal Mine Strikers Hope That
He Will Persuade Operators TO Accept
Arbitration.
VIOLENCE NEAR WILKESBARE.
Tho Strikers Attack Men In wyoming Valley Who Took
Their PIacss-TroubIe Brewing In Other Districts
There Arc Many AccsssIons to the Ranks
Of tho Strikers.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 5.-The effort
OF the striking miners, were toda!
turned towards the White House a
Washington. A new hope has arisen il
the breasts of the men that the presi
dent Of the United States, at the sug.
gestion Of the New York Board OF
Trade, may take up the task of attemp-
ting to bring the miner and the mine
owner together. The mine workers
feel that the great coal companies can
not turn deaf ear to the chief magis-
trate and if he can be prevailed upon
to step into the breach, it is not i'm
probable that the operators would re-
cede from the stand they have taken.
The miners stand willing to arbitrate.
The coal companies continue to lose en-
gineers, firemen and pumpmen. Many
are quitting through the fear of bodily
harm. Reports come to Wilkesbarre
almost hourly that men on the way to
the mines are being attacked and sew
eral have been hurt.
TROUBLE BREWING.
Harrisburg, Pa, June ga force of
deputies was sworn in today to do duty
in the Lykens valley coal region.
There is trouble brewing at Lykens and
'.vvconso.
JOINED THE RANKS OF STRIKERS
Scranton, Pa, June 5.-The, Lacka-
wanna valley had the first demonstra-
ton against the working engineers,
firemen and bumpers today No serious
disorder attended it, but it was effec-
tive in inducing large number of men
to give up their employment at the
mines where the companies had been
fairly successful in keeping the steam
plants in operation. The men We're in
tercepted as they were going to work
on the day shift or returning from the
nights work and were induced to join
the ranks Of the strikers. There was no
attempt at violence.
STRIKERS DERAIL A TRAIN.
Pittston, Pa, June 5-The Erie Com
pany's work train carrying nonAunion
men to the mines of the company was
derailed at Hughestown today, by its
running into an obstruction of rocks
piled on the tracks. No one was injur-
ed. 1t is supposed that strike sympa-
thizers placed the rocks on the track
THE CHICAGO STRIKE SETTLED. |
Chicago. June 5.-The packing team
sters' strike, which has disturbed the |
peace Of the city for nearly two weeks |
and caused the most serious rioting |
since the American railway union |
strike in 1894, came to an end at 4:15 |
this morning, the result of secret con-
ference between the representatives Of
the packers~and teamsters, which was
in session since 8 o'clock last night. |
The agreement reached is partial VIC
tory for the teamsters, in that the pack
ers declared they would not discf1mi-
nate against the members Of the union.
The scale agreed upon is two cents
lower than that demanded by the men.
1t is as follows: Cart drivers Is cents
per hour; single wagon 20 cents: two
horses % 1-2 cents; four horses q 1-2;
six horses 30 cents. Men are to be paid
full time from the time of their leaving
the barn until they return. with de-
duction Of half an hour for lunch. They
will not be required to work on Labor
day. Apparently ignorant of the Strike
settlement, several men. sympathizing
with the teamsters, today dragged a
meat wagon driver from his seat and
beat him severely, and then demolished
the wagon. The driver was Robert AL
Ian, employed by Irwin Brothers The
strike having been previously settled
md at that hour was awaiting only the +
Of the teamsters' union,
The firm sent out the wagon without
guard.
Five hundred teamsters assembled In
Corcoran hall, near the stock yards at
noon, and ratified unanimously the !
agreement made between its represen-
tatives and the packers at o'clock this
The utmost harmony pre-