The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-13

Italians from Going to Work.
John Flanaghan, a fireman at tn
Erie's No. colliery in Dunmore, had [
narrow escape from being lynched
while on his way home from work, yes
terday morning.
Repeated efforts had been made I,
induce Flanaghan to quit work, but h,
could not be won over. The neighbor
hood of his home on Hill street, Dun
more, became too warm for him and h,
took up quarters with a relative at tn,
back of Petersburg.
When he left the mine yesterday
morning, and started down the Erie
track for his boarding house. a GROVE
of twenty-five men followed him, pelt.
ing him with stones. He was overtaker
In the back yard of the property mex,
to his boarding house and given q
brutal beating.
When he refused to swear he would
not give up his job. the crowd threat.
ened to lynch him. A rope was fast
ened around his neck and several starts
were made as II to string him up. but
before this could be done, Flanaghan
broke away and got inside his board
ing house.
The crowd surrounded the house and
was threatening to go in after Flana-
CHAN when the police patrol wagon,
loaded with officers, appeared at the
| top of the hill. The crowd at once scat
tered in all directions. and when the
police reached the house where Flana-
CHAN was hiding in terror. not one of
the crowd could be found. The police
had been summoned by telephone mes
sages from three different places in the
business portion of Petersburg.
COULDN'T HARBOR HIM.
Flanaghan's boarding mistress re-
fused to harbor him any longer, and
two officers escorted him to Dunmore,
where he secured another boarding
place.
Flanaghan swore out warrants before
Magistrate Millar for the arrest of
Samuel Hadden and William Coulter
two of the crowd, whom he claims
he recognized. Special Officer Joseph
Greenberger went in search of them
and returned in the afternoon with
William Coulter who, however, proved
to be the father of the man wanted.
Officer Greenberger stated that the
elder Coulter did not deny but that he
was the man named in the warrant
and came along with no show of oppo-
sition. 1t is supposed he did this to
give his son chance to escape.
Another turbulent scene was enacted
earlier in the morning in Little Eng
land, just the other side of Petersburg.
A party of italians living in that local
ity work in the Dodge and Bellevue
steam plant and are taken to and from
their work in freight car, which picks
them up at the crossing above Nay Aug
tunnel.
A crowd of several hundred strikers
assembled at the crossing at o'clock
yesterday morning, bent on preventing
them from going to work. The Italians
came In ones and twos, and at sight of
the crowd ran into the woods. Squads
from the crowd sought to capture them
but none succeeded.
REACHED THE DODGE.
The train had to return without the
workmen, but some of the latter sue
ceeded in reaching the Dodge by
roundabout route. The Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western company made
requisition on Sheriff Schadt for pro-
lection for these men when they would
be returned to their homes in the even
ing. The sheriff and Deputy Sheriff
Gaffney accompanied the train bearing
the workmen when it went to Little
England, last evening, as did also a
squad of the company's special officers.
The strikers had evidently expected the
company would send protection with
mo f0y,
evidence when the train arrived.
The police have brought in several
more eff1gies from West Scranton and
6ellevue. Dunmore corners had one
yesterday suspended from a guy wire
between Scranton and Duryea fifteen |
stuffed figures adorn poles and trees
along the roadway. One is suspended
from the bridge over the Lackawanna
at Taylor.
District Committeeman Courtright, of |
.he United Mine Workers, spent all of |
Yesterday at Duryea, trying to keep the
Italians of that place from
'enewlng violence that has been occur
ing there for the past three days. In
he afternoon big mass meeting was
leld. at which addresses were delivered
~ number of the district officers.
At the suggestion of Sheriff Schadt
PRESIDENT Mitchell will detail two re-
liable Italian committeeman from some
'ther locality to stay at Lackawanna
nd prevent any further disorder, IL
'ossible.
NIGHTS SHOOTING.
Details of the shooting at the Will
lam A. colliery Wednesday night We're
btalhed yesterday. The company for
he last four days has been ANNOYED
y crowds gathering on a hill over
boxing the colliery and throwing
tones at the men within the place. In
rder not to create trouble, the COM
amy kept it's employees in a safe place
nd did not attempt to disperse the
rowds.
Superintendents who have had occa-
ion to go in and out of the colliery
ave been using locomotive to carry
,em safely through the settlement.
'ednesday night, as Division Superin-
'ndent Thomas Jones, an engineer,
remman, conductor and two brake
len were coming from the colliery on
locomotive, unknown men opened fire :
hen the engine was about 300 yards
ON the breaker. s
The occupants of the locomotive had s
zen expecting such an attack, and !
ley speedily got out of range by ]
'opping to the floor of the engine and {
ndeI. The locomotiye throttle had
zen pulled wide open by the engineer,
I'd the men were soon out of range
the shooters. The engine and ten :
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