New-York tribune., 1902-05-19
MAY RIOT IN WASHE'RiE.S.
THEY WILL BE STARTED TO-DAY WITH
NON-UNION MEN. GUARDED
By POLICE.
BY POLICE,
IrY rrrrGpAru TO rur rarnrNr.I

WHkesbarre Penn. May 1S.-President
Mitchell viii arrive here tomorrow morning and
establish headquarters at the Hotel Hart From
here he VIII go 10 whatever part of the region
he may be called but his permanent head
quarters win be in this city. The executive
committee viii meet here on Tuesday. eacn dis
trct being represented To- discuss important
questions. The details OF the strike VIII then be
arranged. and the question Of calling out the
fremen. engineers and pumpmen discussed The
impression grows that until the present efforts
for peace are proved 10 be futile SO radical
move will not be made.
Tomorrow is expected TO prove how much
restraint can be exercised on the strikers. for
efforts are to be made to operate several wash
cries in this vicinity. and there plenty Of
non union men to he had sor them, ami the coal
and iron police obtained In the last few days
are strong enough 10 protect the workers. there
Will be a serious clash II the strikers attempt TO
interfere with the workers. These washeries
have an output Of fifty to one hundred tons "A
day, and are built close to some big cum pile
from witch they get their supply of coal They
turn out the small sizes those which the ma
chinery OF the time when the Culm piles
formed did not handle, and which were then
considered too small for the market, The own
ers have gathered thirty or forty coal and iron
police at each. and are prepared to fight if there
is interference Most Of them may be operated
with a of men.
The suspension of trains and train crews con-
tinues. The Reading has cut off number of
passenger trains. and Tamaqua and other towns
in the lower end of the region are practically
isolated, and may be cut off altogether Wilkes
barre and Scranton, being on the main lines OF
the Lehigh Valley and the Delaware. I.aCka-
wanna and Western are not affected, and the
only railroaders suspended at these cities are
coal crews. In HaZleton, Shenandoah Potts
Vile, Tamaqua, MahanOy City Freeland and
the other small towns of the lower end Of the
coal field. however. the roads branches built
chiefly for the coal traffic and the expense can
be materially reduced by the suspension of
trains of all kinds
FATHER CURRAN'S GOOD ADVICE
In this region to-day the ministers who have
miners in their congregations advised them to
refrain from violence and to keep awav from
the saloons Father Curran. of the Holy Saviour
Church of this city. close friend of President
Mitchell, gave the most direct advice He said:
1 want every young unmarried striker in the
region 10 leave here and TO go to the farm
lands OF NewJersey or New York State to the
soft coal fields. or to the Pttsburg mills and
there get work There is no use in loafinc here
They can get nothing to do; they can earn no
mCEey; while they can get work If they leave
the region and send some money back to help
the old folks.
rather Curran predicts that the soldiers VIII
be called out before the strike is ended and that
the calling out of the fremen. engineers and
pump runners. if it takes place is certain To
cause violence
Rather klonowski. who represents the Polish
element, says that his people are opposed To
the strike. but Will remain orderly and follow
the majority. He cOunseled them to-day To be-
careful. Father Donahue. of Plymouth said
that he had confidence in Mitchell. and his
advice was sufficient for St Vincent's congrega
ton. Father Gramlevitz. of Nanticoke. said
There are one or two fool men who are CAUSING
strike trouble in my district. but the others are
conservative and orderly" Father Iwonoskt
says that the foreigners Poles, Slavs and IAtbu
ahians' are largely in favor of peace and that
the newspapers which say that they are for a
strike do them injustice
Ihe semi-official statement of the operators
to-day this:
mere Is no trouble in any part of the region
NO effort Is 10 be made to work the mines L,,t
some OF the small washerIes may try to start to-