Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-08-19
trouble At SHENANDOAH
Mob Of Sixty Men Chase and Throw
Stones at an Alleged I'm
fair Workman.
TROOPS CALLED OUT TO ENFORCE ORDER

watclman Who Attempts to Aid
NIeein.f NAN Is Thrown into the
<srgei.--L.uiet Restored By the scI-
GierS--g'rice Of Coal May Reach
fourteen Dollars In New York.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 1S.-There
was an outbreak Friday night right
under the nose of the troops in camp
and for time it looked as though Sc
rious trouble would occur The dis
order was the result of a mob chasing
an alleged unfair workman near the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
company,s washely in the southeast
ern part of the town. There We're so or
60 men in the mob. AS they chased the
man up the railroad, throwing stones
at him, the night Waterman of the
washery, named Anthony Finn, tried
to rescue the man. The Waterman
was promptly thrown into the creek
running parallel with the railroad by
some of those leading in the chase. |
The crowd kept after the workman |
and he ran to the Reading railroad sta /
ton, where a company of infantry was !!
on provost duty. The company was
Immediately called into formation and |
attempted to hold the crowd bach
The captain of the company exercised
great patience with the crowd and
prevented any serious trouble. The
mob caused large crowd to gather
from all directions and word was i'm
mediately sent to camp for reinforce
ments. In nine minutes the entire
Twelfth regiment and battalion of
the Eighth were on the scene. The
crowd quickly scattered and three
men, John Howe, Frederick thinner
man and Matthew Bronz, who are al
legged to have been participants in the
assault on the Waterman and the
workman were arrested and taken to
the town lookup. The troops We're
kept in the streets until a late hour
The affair created intense excitement
in the town, but all is now quiet. The
three men who We're arrested were
later given hearing and held in $500
bail each for trial.
Town Outlets Down Again.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug 1S-This
Down, after Il night of excitement, is
again as quiet as it has been for the
last two weeks. After midnight the
streets We're clear of all persons ex.
cept the sentries. The quickness with
which the troops We're marched into
the foreign quarter, where the dis
turbance occurred, opened the eyes
of the people of the town. They
feel that no matter what occurs, the
troops viii be able to promptly
quell any disturbance.
The raidiug of farIas in the Cata-
wissa valley by-~strikers continues.
The sheriff has been appealed to by
the fmers, and as result the brig
adler general Saturday sent the gov
ernor's troop on march through
that region. Gen. Goblin Saturday
officially inspected the Twelfth regi-
ment.
None Reported for Work.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 1s.-It was
expected that the Warnke washery
at Duryea would resume operations
Saturday, and crowd collected an
iicipating trouble. Sheriff Jacobs
and a large number of deputies were
present, but none of the former en-
ployes of the washery reported for
work, and no attempt was made to
resume.
A Victory for the Strikers.
Clarksburg, w. Va, Aug. 1s.-With
the signing of the scale by the Mer
chants Coal company, of Tunnelton,
1t is thought that the miners strike in
this district has come to an end. The
miners gained all they asked for. All
the mines where the strike was insti-
tuted will probably resume work on
Monday.
Price of Coal Sti11 Soaring.
New York, Aug. 18.--Anthracite at
$l4 a ton is in prospect here, accord
ing to one firm OF miners and deal
crs. This is. of course, contingent on
continuation of the strike for
few weeks more. While anthracite,
which has been bought at $3.50 ton
wholesale, is expected to be put on
the market in a week or so at $11
and $3.50 ton retail, some of the
dealers have raised the present re-
tail price to ten dollars ton.
member of the firm mentioned said:
''All the coal that has been hoard
ed up is practically cleaned up, and
those who happen to have small
stocks on hand are not parting with
1t except to favored customers. 1t
is impossible to fix now price. An
thracite sells simply for what it will
bring. 1t is a luxury, and is only
bought by people who must have it,
and who have the money to pay for it. !"
The representative of another
large firm said: 81 went along the
line of the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western railroad between Jersey
City and Boonton, and found all the
yards empty. There was not even
coal dust in them. At other places
found barges laden with anthracite
What they carried might seem a
large quantity to laymen, but it
would be only drop in the bucket
as far as the needs of New York
are concerned"
Presidents of the coal carrying
companies will not undertake to pre-
diet wien the strike will be over.
They are inclined to extend the prob
abb, time when it will end from
September / to October /.
Thought to BE Rnrtholln,
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