New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-07

III. trouble occurred last night this afternoon DE-
serted the colliery body and came into the pay
Office escorted by miners. who had agreed 10 give
them safe conduct They were paid ana theh ue
,o5 The colerv is now without guards. The
Guards az the Maxwell colliery of the Lehlgh anu
yy;lkesharre Coal Company were removed TINS
rtr-noo- the bosses refusing 20 work IL the soarus
we're retained. The bosses at the No IL mime OF
-. .,,o oon,nanv also left their work, and the
mine is now making water rapidly The strikers
saw that tomorrow they will get the GUARDS al
other I,ehigh and wilkesbarre colheries TO leave
their work None of the night shift men at the
stanton reported for work tonight, and the mine
s. now deserted The pumps have been idle for
twelve hours, and. eight feet OF water gathers
every tHenty-foHr hours. the pumps viii be nooaeo
by tomorrow night and the mine badly damaged
An overt attack occurred at Hudson, four miles
from, here this evening "A mob OF men and women
attacked and oxerpowered Fletcher Walker. hre-
man and special policeman at the Pine hiaee COLI
terry Of the Delaware ard Hudson. and kidnapped
him He was taken to a barn and held prisoner
4o- four hours but his revolver and star were not
taken away from him forcibly. He was placed In
the barn. and the crowd gathered about and waited
for him TO give in He was stubborn and would
not Finally went to him and shouted;
IF you don't give up your pistol and star. Wen
keep YOU here nine days and nine nights. and then
wer take your heart out and hang II up before
zour door This dreadful threat was too much,
He handed over his star and pistol and swore ne
would not return to work. Sheriff Jacobs sent four
deputies to the scene this evening, and they dis
persed the crowd
Sheriff Jacobs reports Inis TO be the only call he
has received and says that ne does rot expect any
others as the coal and iron police should be able
n g11ard all the collierles There are in this
county alone over 1.5o. About 700 form the regu-
lar force
The court is now TO inquire into the water famine
Of Nantscoke due TO the strike of the susquehanna
60, C,oz,ranvss 6rernen To-day the town
without water and has little chance of getting
any The company has given TO Burgess Williams
a Est of eighteen hrernen who are eager 10 Work
II the town authorities will insure 10 them aho
their families the protection needed Chti ihis Is
done the company cannot start the pumps ana
consequently no water can be lifted TO the reser-
vor There are thirteen thousand residents IN tne
town and the river Is mile and haif distant
from Of the houses 49,.
Sheriff Compert of Carbon County and District
President Duffy of the United Mine Workers sue
ceeded this morning in raising the siege OF the
seventy non-Inion workers at the hoihto"H
oorsrr The non-union workers were carried -
the colHery on locomotives and are now safe De-
- ~ e+ockade heavily guarded. The company
managed get It's pumps going ana no iUr'
damage Is expected
The large number Of non-union men anu 'ls
several hundred newly landed SlaYs. Poles ana
Isthuaria7as who We're rushed into the hazle'oh
region within the last few days have eauseu lLu,
snec1llafon as 10 the operators intent some hsht
was thrown the matter to-day, when d reIauie
authority stated that the intention OF some OF te
large individual operators IN mat region Il IL s.
the first blow toward breaking the strike pS ny
ING 70 mine coal with imported labor. They De-
.teye that they will be able to protect 'he Hon-
union workers and get out coal
Charles Mccain. the boy who was shoI last
night is out Of danger. The four men who were
arrested for the shooting are sui IN Jan anu VI"
have a hearing tomorrow morning. They are John
Narr William Nimck. Edward Eames and IhoInas
. O'Brien They came here from Philadelphia anu
NJ say that they were commissioned as coal ana
VI iron police They say that the crowd was shoolhs
them.
The Rev J ]. Curran. Of the Holy Saviour
Church, tonight issued a long open letter 10 the
strikers calling upon them to be peaceable.