Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
SOLDIERS ARE BUSY
Crowds in Goal Strike Region Require
VigilSnt Guard Duty.
HUNGhRlANS KILL A N0NUNlONlST
Club Him Fatally and serisuIly Iniurs
His Companion.
ColoRE0 WOMAN AWES THEM ALL
Di'p'rsss a Mob by Filling the Leaders
with Shot.
coLoREO WOMAN AwEs THEM ALL
SOME OF THE MINES ARE IN OPERATION
No Interference Attempted by strikers
and IL IL Likely that an Effort
VIII he Made TO start
others.

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept 25-James Wins
ton, aged As years was killed and his SON
in-law, s. J. Lewis, was severely injured
by gang Of Hungarian strikers who way
laid them on their way to work at the
Grassy Island colliery OF the Delaware &
Hudson Coal company today.
The affair took place half a mile from
and almost within sight OF the camp OF
the Thirteenth regiment at Oliphant. Lewis
got away, but Winston's skull was crushed
with club and he fell unconscious. While
| he lay PROSTATE and dying the crowd
jumped on him, kicked him in the face
and beat him with clubs After dancing
about its victim, clapping hands and sing
ing, the crowd left him. Winston was
carried home by william Doyle. a non
union man, and Mrs Doyle, who witnessed
! the murder.
Harry Simrock. Tom Priston and Harry
| Shubah, the three men who are alleged to
| have committed the actual crime, have
fed. Six men and a woman who were in
| the crowd from which the asailants emerged
were arrested and held in $1,000 bail as
| witnesses.
Woman Scatters Mob.
Mrs. George Marshall, colored wife OF
the proprietor of hotel at Jessum, armed
with a shotgun, safely escorted a hunted
| nonunion man through a crowd OF 1000
| strikers from the hotel to the Sterrick
| Creek colliery stockade last night. When
| the crowd began to avenge itself by bonn
harding the hotel, Mrs. Marshall fred on
| the nearest group and peppered dozen
men with birdshot. This scattered the
| mob
Company G, Thirteenth regiment. was
/ called and attempted to disperse a crowd
| which was tearing up tracks at the Pan
coast colliery in Throop.
This evening a crowd OF strikers threw
| stones at nonunlon men who were being
escorted home from work in Forest City
| The soldiers loaded their guns and the
| commander said he would give the word
| to fire II another stone was thrown. The
crowd melted away, One man who held
back was arrested.
Cold, heavy rains all day and late into
| the night made camp life miserable, but
eased the soldiers work by dscourasins
| the congregation Of mobs.
| Mitchell Alleges ExaEgerAtiOn.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-President John
Mitchell Of the United Mine Workers OF
! America, in a long distance telephone mes
sage to the News today from Wilkesbarre,
said:
|
region are greatly exaggerated. There has
been no serious outbreak There have
been individual acts OF lawlessness, but
nothing that has approached a concerted
move on the part OF the strikers"
General Goblin at WIkesbarre.
| wILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 25.-The
Eighth regiment arrived at the mining
town OF Duryea this evening. This town
is almost on the dividing line between
Luzerne and Lackawanna counties and ever
since the strike began has been the scene
OF many acts of violence General Goblin
came down to Wilkesbarre tonight He
is the guest OF Colonel Dougherty OF the
Ninth regiment. The general will return
to Shenandoah tomorrow.
One battalion OF the Ninth regiment to-
day went TO Nanticoke, Plymouth and
Wanamie and dispersed large crowds that
had assembled In the vicinity OF the mines.
Sheriff Jacobs accompanied the soldiers and
at Nanticoke placed under arrest John
Zuchho, who was heavily armed. Burgess
Williams has asked Sheriff Jacobs for spe-
cial officers to patrol the streets OF the
town OF Nanticoke. He says he can no
longer control the strikers and their sym
pathizers. who stone the houses of non
union men.
David Aknew, coal and iron policeman.
was assaulted by strikers at Brookside, in
the northern part of the city tonight. He
was left on the road for dead and was
removed to the hospital in a critical con-
dition.
President Mitchell and his advisers say
the presence OF the troops in Luzerne and
Lacakawanna counties has had the effect
OF Strengthening the ranks OF the strikers.
Governor stones order.
HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept. 26.-The formal
order Of Governor Stone placing troops on
duty in Lackawanna AMI Lebanon counties
was made public today at the headquarters
Of the National guard. The order follows:
The sheriffs of Lackawanna and OF
Lebanon counties, respectively, have ad-
vised the governor of their inability 10 pre-
serve peace, maintain order, secure obedi-
enSe 20 "a" ana prEiset fe ahS ab Pr0Pe6Iy
wealth their rights, privileges and safety
under the constitution and the laws, and.
tion that tumult, riot and mob violence
do exist I'm these counties TO an extent
thorities, the major general commanding
the division, National Guard OF Pennsyl-
vania, will make such disposition Of the
troops now on duty or place such ad-
ditional troops on duty as may In his 1udg-
ment he necessary TO properly assist the
sherin OF Lebanon county In restoring and
maintaining peace and order. .
vision will report fully TO the headquartere
action In compliance with this general
| order.
. BY order OF WILLIAM A. STONE,
! Governor, and commandments.
The big breaker OF Williamstown was op-
Grated yesterday and over 200 wagons OF
coal were handled. No interference was at
tempted by the strikers. The breaker at
Lykens will be started tomorrow TO run out
| the coal mined this week. Both buildings
will be strongly guarded. There are over
$50 men at work in the mines in the Lykens
region, which is iD the lower end Of schuyl-
kill county.