The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-06

assured the sheriff that he would do
all in his power to have the men keep
the peace, and that the striking miners
would be asked to guard company prop
erty from destruction.
All the local unions at the request Of
President Mitchell today appointed
guard" committees whose duty it Will
be during the period of strike to pre-
and more especially to keep children
away from the coliieries.
Mr.. Mitchell, in speaking of the ap-
pointment Of the committee said:
1t is unsafe for children or any one
else to walk along the streets or roads
bordering collieries. and for that rea-
son particularly, we decided to have
committees keep persons away from the
mines. The irresponsible men who have
been employed by the companies TO do
police duty are not to be trusted
SELL THEIR REN0LEERS.
Hazleton, Pa. June 6.-Soms of the
imported men who left the service of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company at
strikers today to have disposed of their
reVolvers for very trivial sums in order
to raise money to get back tS Philadel-
phia-
women and children of that place not
to congregate at the barracks where the
imported mea and deputies are stations
ed. One of the Delaware, SchuylIIili 6
SuSeQuendnna railroad crews. Wnlch IaS
been hauling special officers from one
town to another. refused today 10 do this
work.
District President Duffy and Sheriff
Gombert Of Carbon county, will have a
a conference at Yorktown today regard
ing the withdrawal Of the deputies plac-
ed there by the direction of the sheriff
Wednesday night.
Nearly 100 strikers stationed on the
public road leading to the drift on the
f0f he.
non-union fhremen and pumpmen en-
ployed at that time from going to work
today. There was no display of violence
on the part of the strikers.
CLOSING SMALL WORKINGS
Scranton Pa, June G.-Shutting down
of the small screens and washeeies
erected at some of stI.e refuse piles Of
long-abandoned drifts and tunnels is
now engaging attention from the coal
strikers of the L4ackawanna valley.
There are perhaps q score of these
working with six to ten men each AMI
their trade is chiefly To farmers ard
some small industries. In every section
where these exist. the several local un-
ions thereabouts have aegun their clos
ing Those at Carbondale. Jermyn,
PrOckville and Taylor, were all repor ted
today as being closed The Luzerhe q
small screen in North Scranton was
closed yesterday but its owners put on
a new force of worknen today and are
equipping them with guns and told them
to work the place at all hazards 1t
screens about 100 tons daily most of
which goes to the Scranton Railway
company The strikers in North Scran-
ton plan a march on the place this az .
ternoon and are confident they will
close it up. Some persons look for trou-
bic. District President Nichols said re-
ports continue to come from the deSer-
tion of many imported men and thu sit
uation continues most encouraging to
the strikers.
BECOMING SERIOUS.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 6.-The situa-
ton in the Likens Valley region is be-
coming serious. Sheriff Reiff has de-
cided to increase his force of deputies.
Additional deputies will go to Likens
and Wyconisco this afternoon and re-
main on duty until the trouble is over.