New-York tribune., 1902-08-20
TRY TO BLOW UP A FAMILY
STRIKERS SET OFF DYNAMITE AT
HorSE IN WHICH SIX PERSONS LIVE.
TWO NoNr-HIoN WORKERS SHOT AT NIGHT
WHILE THEY ARE REPAIRING \ bt1F-+N
ONE LOSES THE SIGHT OF ONE klt
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ONE LOSES THE SIGHT OF ONE EYE.
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v-irtasharre. Penn Aug. 19.-Two Of the most
coId blooded attempts 70 assassnate non-'Aioi
workers since the inception Of the strike oc-
rurrad early this morning. Two men were sho'
down Al the Fdgeton colliery Of the Temple Coal
and Iron COMPANY near Carbonate While az
Pittston an effort was made 10 kill fanny ol
six persons nv blowing up their house WIN
dynamite These two attacks and the calllhE
Of troops 20 the Panther Creek Valley together
with the fact that the Warnke U-ashery a.
nuryea is 70 resume work tomorrow undet
armed guards make the situation one Of much
i,1nor+ance as 20 the 4hitv of the strike leaders
70 prevent violence. which in the end may cause
troops 70 be placed at al important points IN
the region Tonight members Of the 9TH Regi-
r-ent. of this county, and the 18th Regiment. ot
r.ackawarna County. are waiting anxiously for
what the morrow viii bring to them The COM
rarv comma nders have been ordered quietly to
have their men ready for duty
The dynamitine a. Pittston might have re-
shifted in the death # all six occupants Of the
house had not the charge been carelessly placed
The house was that Of John Wachs, with whom
live his two sons and his son-in-law. al non
union workers at mines near Pittston. he-
sides them Mrs Wachs and her married daugh-
home l
ened several times, hut continued 10 work. This
morning about s o'clock the house was blown
ur Two sticks Of dynamite were placed in
corner Of the doorway and set off by a fuse
Anna rentlv they were leaned against the door
instead OF being confined in a closed space ana
mis- saved the house. The door and one near
II were blown in the windows smashed and me
ceilings cracked Furniture, pictures ana emma
were broken. and general damage was done IN
side the house. but the occupants, who were 81
asleep On the second floor. were not lhluFeo-
There Is no clev 10 the perpetrators Of the out
-age Axoep1 that tr1e men know who we're
opposed 10 them.
The shooting AZ the Edgerton colltery was
cold hlooded affair. according 70 the stories ot
the two victims Michael Connolly. foreman
and Forest Crossrrlan a lahorer. The breaker
which has been used as a washery. broke down
Yesterday When repairs were made II was oe-
cided. in order 70 keep the supply up, to run al
night Shortly after midnight break occurred
in one Of the water drains. and ConnellY' taxing
C-rossman with him. went to make repairs 1heF
carried lanterns. and thus made marks OF them
selves Superintendent Thorne says that no
roal g7,ards were stationed near the point. and
that the two men as there had been no dls-
+,,rFsnre Al the washery. were overconhQent
They We're some yards apart al the time ol 'h7
shooting -
str,IcL Connolly in the leg He thought some
II the coal guards were shooting at MN oN hllS,
take. and shouted Don't shoot, This Is me.
This is Connolly,
The shot had come from the culnl bank above
air7 He thought he heard some one laugh, ana
hen another shot was fred. L struck the side
cf his face and tore out his right eye Shoutlng
for the coal and iron police II the distance lcl
help. he ran looking back just IN time 10 see
; man with rife mount the culm bank Inc
nan fired az Crossman. who was running down
the bank toward the breaker CrossTnan ten.
MS ankle shattered by the heavy ball The
guards reached the scene quickly. but the shoot
ars had disappeared The footprints OF only
7ne man were found on the culm, but II Is
believed that there were two. one armed with
, shotgun loaded with bird shot and the other
with rife.
The wounded men were taken 20 the company
7fficc. from where Crossnlan, as his INJURY was
very serious and he was losing much hloo1, was
aiken 70 the Emergency Hospital AZ CarbGndale
There il was found necessary TO anputate the
leg below the knee, the ball having shattered
the bone.
Connelly was taken to Thompsons private
hospital in Scranton The sight Of one OF his
zves is gone entirely. and the otner may not
ee saved Sheriff Schadt went to the scene ear
y this morning with Superintendent Thorne. OF
the company. and spent the day investigating
The company this afternoon offered Nl.en re-
u-ard and Is making every effort TO discover the
would be assassin. There are Few s1laall CtHNs
which the police will not make known