Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
on Saturday evening:

81 am well pleased with the showing
made by the steam men in obeying the
strike order, and the frmness displayed
by them ever since. This is the battle
of our lives, as it means the success or
downfall of our union in the anthracite
region. OF all the strikes OF my re-
collection, or Of any that ever partici-
pated in, there never was one that l
was so confident of winning as this one.
And let me tell you that the day is not
far away when my words will come
true"
"Those fellow workers among your
craft who refused to obey the strike
order, and those few who deserted you
since, will have reasons to regret their
action, as they will suffer greatly when
this strike is won or lost, as l have yet
to meet the man who prefers a traitor
to good, upright honest man. Those
men who are now getting patted on the
back by the officials of the coal COM
panies will, at the close of our strike, be
treated with scorn by their employers.
zone thing that l wish to impress
upon you, and that is this great strike
will never be settled with my consent,
only on condition that each and every
man that left his place with us in our
battle shall DO returned to his former
position; otherwise there shall be no
settlement that will permit dscrimin-
alton for taking an active part in our
battle"
GUARDS PLACED UNDER BAIL.
Charles Rohland, w. F. Smith, Victor
Kline and Charles Roberts, four OF the
coal and iron police who figured promi-
nently in the assault upon two men and
several women at Drifton Thursday
morning, have furnished bail of 81, 900
each to appear in court and answer the
charge Of assault preferred by the men
they arrested, on warrants issued by
Squire Shoylin. When the consta bles
reached Drifton on Friday the guards
were said to be at Cranberry, but bail
for their appearance when needed was
furnished by H. E. Sweeney, w. b. Fry
and James Reagan.
The men whom the guards arrested on
Thursday and hustled to Wilkesbarre
were placed under 81, 900 bail by Alder
man Pollack. Bail was furnished by
John Shigo, and upon the return of the
prisoners to Freeland they Immediately
instituted suits against the guards
named.
Warrants for the arrests OF ten guards
have been issued at Hazleton by Squire
McKelvoy for interfering with his con-
stable, who attempted to arrest a guard
named Sewell at Harwood, charged
with pointing revolver at a man in
that town. The constable was refused
admittance to the stockade by the ten
guards, and the man he was after was
spirited away to Squire Pagan, who is
"scabbing," before whom bail for Sci
we'll was furnished.
William DAILY, of Philadelphia, a
guard who was discharged at Duryea
and later secured similar position at
Beaver Brook, is serving five days in
Hazeton lookup for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct.
TWO KINDS OF sUPERINTENDENTs.
On Thursday evening Charles Roh-
lands and detail of coal and iron
police from Drifton stopped mum ber
Of boys from firing off cannon on Coke
Bros. & Co.'S land, west OF the borough
line. They came with orders from
Superintendent L. c. Smith to "get off
our land or stand arrested" The boys
obeyed.
At the same time in Upper Lehigh
Superintendent A. G. Lesenring, miss
Ing the usual Fourth of July salutes,
sent message to the men and boys of
the town asking why the customary
honors were not being given to the
nations holiday. He was informed that
they lacked powder Mr.. Leisenring
Immediately sent George Wilmot, Jr.,
to the coal company's magazine and
rolled out keg OF ammunition and
followed this with cash donation for
other fireworks.
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
In Luzerne, Lackawanna, Schuylkill
and Carbon counties there are eighty
two of the imported coal and iron police
either under bail or in jail, charged with
offenses ranging from murder to drunk
enness. In the same counties thirty two
strikers and strike sympathizers, in
Guiding eight women and five men ar
rested. at Miners Mills on Saturday for
hooting ''scab," are under bail on
charges of riot or disturbing the peace
AS the guards number less than 1000
and the strikers and strike sympathizers
aggregate nearly half a million, the
proportion Of lawlessness is by far in