Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-30

this morning, who refused TO allow tht
| train to proceed
| The train was so thoroughly STONED
that only two window panes were left
Iunbroken.
| The passengers on the train consisted
| of carpenters. repair men and pumI
| men for the Richards colliery. No at
| tempt is being made to work this OPP
Grafton.
| Three men on their way to work al
i the Pennsylvania colliery at Greer
Ridge We're pulled off a trolley car by
a mob and severely beaten.
| Boston. Sept. 29.-The subpoena ir
the suit brought by Boston men against
the anthracite coal mine owners was
delivered to Deputy Sheriff Robert f.
Mcguire, today, who at once served i:
| on William T. ID. Trefry, commissioner
| of corporations. This action was neces-
STATED from the fact that the corpora :
tons mentioned are foreign ones. The
| power of attorney has been given the
commissioner of corporations by the
Philadelphia & Reading Road, the
Philadelphia & Reading Iron Co. the
Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Penn
sylvania Railroad. and the defendants
are commanded to appear before the
supreme court at Boston on the first
Monday of November next
Mahony City. Pa, Sept. 29.-The home
OF Michael Weldon on West Pine street
was dynamited at midnight, The front
of the house was shattered and the
windows of all the other houses in the
block were broken. Weldon was not at
home when the explosion occurred. His
family escaped without injury. Weldon
has been doing non-union work at
Schuylkill colliery.
Waltham, Mass, Sept. 29.-President
K. Y. Fitch of the American Waltham
Watch Co, announced, today, that ar
rangements have been made for fur
nishing employees of the factory who
have families to support, both men and
women. and who are earning less than
S4 a day. with the best grade of Amer
lean bituminous coal at $3.50 ton, de-
livered.
About 1000 tons of the large supply Of
selected soft coal which the company
has on hand or which can be prompt
~ delivered. has been set aside for the
JtHttil VI tiit ld'tVly utiN's- oiiis
one ton will be delivered to any one
person at time.
wood yard will be established at
the companys coal yards where hard
and soft wood will be sawed into stove
lengths and sold to any employee of
the company for IS a cord. delivered.
There is no wage limit to this offer.
Tho Pos
ton & Maine Road will burn wood in
all stations along the line this winter
with the exception of few of the
larger places which cannot be heated
with stoves, says the Telegram, today
The officials have placed orders for
thousands of cords of hard wood fitted
for stoves, and are looking for more.
Pittsfield, Mass. Sept. 29.-The city
of Pittsfeld will make an effort at once
to secure 10000 tons of Welsh coal. This
was decided upon at an informal meet
ing of the city officials and prominent
business men. During the discussion il
was learned that there are only 1900
tons of anthracite now in PttsfieId. All
present thought that Immediate action
was demanded and it was decided to
cable England at once and learn if it
is possible to secure a cargo of Welsh
coal
Springfield Mass, Sept. 29.-Plans
for the organization of the Peoples
Coal League We're launched in this city,
today. by Herbert Myrick, who organ
lied the League of Domestic Producers
three years ago The platform in
brief is:
I'VE demand that the federal govern
ment own the coal mines and admins
ter them in the interests of the whole
people"
Mr. Myrick claims that the adoption
of his plan will permanently solve the
coal question by sending to Congress
men who pledged themselves to favor
government ownership of the mines.
| The plan includes soft and hard coal,
and Mr.. Myrick says it will be put be-
| fore LOCO. 900 readers by Saturday OF
| this week.
A branch of the league is to be organ
lied in every congressional district in
the country, with companies in every
township and precinct
| New York. Sept 29.--John Markle. tho
4 COAL 0itfI sQlSCISHIAiss lii SietttiiNAiN
of President Mitchell. said:
| Mr.. Mitchell is not voicing the SEN
timent of the ma jority of the miners in
the anthracite fields when he says the
sentiment of the miners is against re-
turning to work All his statements
have been refuted by the facts already
given out by the operators"
But what is New York to do for
coal?'' he was asked.
I IF a condition of anarchy existed in
New York what would you want? You
would want the troops called out and
protection afforded YOU" said Mr. Mar
kle. THAT is what we want Give US
protection and we will give you all the
coal you want
Asked whether the influence of tbs
Catholic and other societies would have
any effect IN changing the policy of tbs
operators, Mr.. Markle said:
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