The sun., 1902-09-03
THE COAL STRIKE.
A Merchant Describes Its Character and .
Miner Describes Its Cause.

''i'iiS 'ho ahthd'to coal sriKe now on
& o - "'u,''' mus lar mas c'''eu Io''i M
! - y, ~ '"'' ,"'I.'''h' 'pih 'n' o'o"i
n..n' i-' s"' Puo'' IN Erhtra, rNV'p''ns "''
NJ IL a. vi, '','ht u''Ial".'on' VI ~ ~
'S". 'eN''. ~ H'ruch 'he NON U" VIC
~" . w" present strI'e Shi! nay" C'Hs''i
W. 'r'."'''' '"" eM','"E ~ NV '"''.' -,
,,,.,,. ,,,., ,".,." ".'','I' S"'" nfN' W.
80 VIZ" wv '""' "''s VI i''s""' Wv W., .'''
,' ,'''''hH an" Hi"'r" M'l"' 49,, 49,,
~ ~ H''''o''' uP''] UNI ''u' 'N'' ''''''
- .''',. '' '"' anu H'''ou'. 49,.
-" u'''" ,.1 '''n l'iu''' t'su, ,'l' Wv. Wv,
"' '''. P"", u.'','7 wa. I.'', ~, :,
'on' 70 '''l'N" That they are IN" ohlS p'o'H"
whose interests arc worth considering In
this strike. and thoy show far greater selfish
ness and disregard for the rights and happi-
"''' anu LOT 'he welfare "l lh' NURSES '"
gtged In other occupations than the coal
blrons have ever shown to them
All tho citizens Of p,pn.ylyaril and very
-. 49, 49,. 80 I.,,,,, 40 ro,v
hlhy IA 'hn olh'r = l''' oil our mon arc now
suffering the hardShIp1 OF this strike and
the losses Of n liners and operators combined
| are brt n s,,. III amount co,,rored to tho gl-
,,I -, -. ,h,, -, lo.,, l,s, M,
hII''' '"i- 90 money 'h'' nav '''' ~ "F
oth'r business men owing to the hlEh price
! they have had to pay for coal or their In
ability get tho same M snvprice in Sufficient
N,'',.,,i,s 80 ,tt, ro,ro',,ya hrsi-
QUANTITIES. 10 carry on th''r reap'','N" ptII-
ness operations. Have you ever holri the
striker express any sympathy for any one
but n striker2
In tho citv ~ JI,zlaton m, one-0rth nj,
/" VIZ Wy Vi htNI'''' no. NJ" VI
'hr 'h men WORK IN th' mines ana 'il' s'tIe con,
dition exists In Scranton Nilkcs-B1rr" and
| the other largo towns Of tho anthracite re-
zion. vet all NJ tho pooplo in the strike region
| "a ,,',,- ...,,...I... h,,...i Co.. go
! and are suffering all the evil effects OF a fin1n-
cial panic which was thrust suddenly and
rnvii,i,glv rnon them n, tho minors who
.t,i - ~, 80 -, 90, a"j
themselves were 'hJoy!hg pet,er WAGES ann
making more money when they struck
than they had for many years past While
~, notion os n whol, ia arioving a roodtido
of prosnarity tho business mon and rechgn-
les 'of ,ho coal towns and cities are groaning
under The weight of debts they are lncurring {
W. in'n ana ar cn,r nsod 70 hey for aXtension
81 nrndit from tho civ rnerChents
Many Of our merchants have not pur-
| chased anv row goods since the strike wus
iraI,yIirg,Cd and ry.n as / write are ofcrin z
tT,ir jeTictnd STOCK in their show Window
below cost" IN order TO induce custom
enough 10 nav their store rents
tIs Si,iH. doe. MOI ,oon terminate dozens
Of our mcrcha MS viii be iorcedto 10 20 out OF
br ,i,asa and ey.rv hov.cI0ider Of n oderate
Sircmm.tsT"es NH l.. deeuly in debt ior
,r,,,v of our citizen, ARE now living more or
les on credit,
'SI Cu o',U,,' ,an,' oil ,b, o,Ior to-,ors ond in
o,,n,fsnr"l W. tt'"' Of tLe ttrikn il tie fact
~, fron ,raepb t NOT liberated in our
, MA Mn mon ,ptbsr on The streat cor
mnrs 70 Gi.russ The stTike thew are always
, r w. O-a,,L 20 asCortain vfo ibeir listeners
w., W., ta tnr n Je,r words frcelv snoLen adj
yIs yars. 70 to Tho alleged riqhts OF he miners
rirH, ~ ,,,' t,o Ln o,,, ~ ,Tn,n yo,,iG ba ysrv
= "a aus ~ =; ;,la !n,star n good bea,iny
apd appd erhans to s,,rt rot In eny event. tie
aueakrf Would be a marked man from that
'I,r tVLIli u.s,,o,,o-s soor, alec ,,ler ~ n
s,.W GG' ~ -, ,or,nr h cxsts hv reason OF the
SRrH OF 'rtfot nH. ~ ~ iw;,S ,eu @ e,
/ lll'' ll'u "a TNIAh'' - iNl 'l'S' "''' ~"
.tl, on u,rc tUi " i nv @ vio idt fcw
NJ rs,or t,, .r Grnvr enough 10 print occur
ptltr' lat q t',,i W ,iirad -, Sy ,ba
renee o' rhop .n ia, ,so p he,r diske for Tue
VIZ of ber n,strornii, m ners
r., I,G dcai with tLe ,trike ouestion In plain
.nnI "'"i W. tn,,H Is nof nopuIer here. ouiv
ma - '"'O'"''' W ''' '""''' "
"SutTor ,io,irr md bloodsbed ere caused
.nt'h iHH't.ss, IL ,r,Ln r.',,1n tba ZOO
~ w M ,enJ our coal region nansrs ara told
Re- iceu ors was ,ot,",, more tEan
lnn, l'S % .rs,a'iona Of tTa striksrs or
l'tc,h'' w SuHS,on @ o,li ", w ~, ~, ~ dcnU
th,t w, la iror To,1ccTnar ME trnth
t"s oI 80 stsr - ~ thst tbe men HiouGd never
80 t,' r"srrel h.iIg few In numbers com
pared WIN we EpD ,u,S @ ut" hdWT"g
pe wv o.t "9-ns the reportcd peaCefnl per-
IA I,oo ~ tSc stEiEers aS eVarted NJ on The
S.,on Sn.iUh %' Miner is this: ILo poiorInion
no'., @ VIUm ot,,,,nlled whiia on Ms vay 10 wor
NJ me-. somo lonely or unrrotectcd place. by from
ohe hu..uI ~ VI ,,aO ~ ,,.o,',S 20 work
,rn., ~, non tho ground Tear his clothes
throN h'la w., Ii rn,'nd Stah or othsr-
lIpl' ~ III, .OI' IL :, ;r,itI ,f,sr vtich ia ia
VIZ H.''s M r,;", 'LicLs ard toid n 90
given Nv Ial MI rarriod 60 tTo boryi,sI
nome. ir s,nc nI' & , w W. V,, 20 ho,, ~
70 nave LlI EloH,n tiS hsod n'cojn W "''o -"
eoI stly Cr,Ielty CovsTdire and heart
less ,ohHn,t as Iin' , ~ OI ~
MINERS unNr hcn'. III " ,,,'i,,.' ,niras
IN Fny .eMHpdhPE, hoostir r,iry ~ n nnad-
tould nov tA.rtt 'Srorort' ,oTcicnnre O wIo
u'ueI L.ou Va iu Iotr ~ a,.ry ,noh
IW3hs'itu'r I ',", ,norc "nusrJlv Gene han
VIZ - , "a fer ccles. mon sol unon by hum
one or tWo u,lenr,,oS n," r SC {so' 90 thnir
dreds OF iGh, N.Y. u.a, az. t. ~. !, - io,Ir
,elpe-s .nna @ va, a. p"Iy,ov hei"rs ana Ill
N spn,oo 49, -, p,cturs If Won can. The moor
man on Ms way home from the mines after
a light OF toll. seized by an angry mob. pusAed.
lostlcd ana peh,th 10y .nrn, a., ai'u ,i,n ,put
10 fet u9" Il nU'raoII,d U,' aciII 90 ofcr m nroycr 70
, Iis maker. dictated By the mob, asking God
10 forgive his sins for working md promis7,
ing Him he VIII WorR no more II we mop mop VII VII
btrul 'iin ~ tLa.Ha hnes,ed ncaCeaSle ner-
suasion OF the strikers? have painted no
fancy pi,turc--the occurrence have rPloted
Z T. true and happened IN the hclg,lootlhg
, village OF NCAuUV o't,y Var ,bc Citizrns'
Aiiionrn which has the matter in hand, will
, cndeavor TO punish some OF the msCrcarts
: who maltrcated tho roor German miner OF
; MGAdoo VINO N.,I'. s ,m "U, haul ohor,
,ha nHor ny rators ~ and saw Compel them TO nine