The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-19
bYAHhT1[RS At WORK.
Home Of Special Policeman Apple:
.gate a West Hazleton. Pa.,s Il
~ 4 Badly Shattered. > ]
1HEsflalLY ESCAPES BElas INJURED.


ssand Take HIS Revolver Away-Sald
That Threat Has Been Made That
"A Houses will Be Dynamitcd II
Men Continue to Work.
Hazleton, Pa, June 16.-The home
of James Apologize at West Halle
ton was badly shattered early Sat
urday by an explosion of dynamite
which had been placed near the side
of the building by unknown parties.
The family escaped injury. Apple
gate has been employed as special
officer at the Cranberry colliery
since the strike went into effect.
Frank Pardee, superintendent of
the Cranberry colliery, offers q re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of the dynamiters. He says
bloodhounds will be brought here
to assist the police in running down
the guilty parties. 2
His Revolver Taken Away. T.
Applegate, while returning from
the Cranberry colliery, whittier He
had gone to report off for the day,
on account of the explosion and the
consequent shock to himself and
family, was held up by two men and
relieved Of his revolver. He made
no resistance, as four other armed
men stood close by ready to assist,
if necessary, in 'overpowering him.
sApplegate knows the men and they
will be arrested.
More Houses. to BE Dynamite1. #
Mrs. Apologize says She was told
by West Hazleton man that Il
houses would be >dynamited if the.
men occupying them did not stop
working at surrounding mines Po-
licemen are now looking for the per-
son who is alleged to have made
this threat. EssssS.3 2sg3TSS ~; b
Operators Confident of Victory. J,
New York, June 16.-So confident are
the mine operators, of winning their
struggle with their semployes ii the
anthracite region that a statement has
been issued at .Wilkes barre to theteffect'
that when operations-shal have been
resumed fewer men will beeemployed.
1t is planned to reduce the number of
miners .one-third and increase wages.
by onelthird.' I'm other words, the,
] operators believe their forces can be
reduced from an approximate of 49,
600 men to 100000.
The operators say they will not at
tempt to resume the mining of coal at
all colleriss and that restrictions viii
be placed on the summary closing Of
the mines without office by the men
remaining awsylfrom work for the
purpose Off celebrat ing:s va riions D oil
days, Etc. and they will. be. ex-
pected to- be onsduty everyday the
mine is open: ..,,...,..
ssBotA sides stand Tirm. ass
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 16.-Satu rday
ends the fifth week of the anthracite
coal miners strike. Neither side has
weakened an inch and each side stands
just as firmly as it did IS days ago. As
the days go by it becomes more appar-
ent that it is case Of the Survival Of
the 'fttest.'' Neither the miner nor
the operator has anything further to
propose, and if solution of the dis
pute is to come it looks, very much as
though it will have to come from q
third party. vs. 8R
The entire region was quiet jSatur-
day and the territory affected by the
strike presents Sunday-like appear
ance. Including those who are not on
strike. butSare affected by the suspen-
sion, theressare appr oxi1nat ely 165, 1000
men and boys idle. The efforts OF the
strike leaders to bring out the fire
bosses is not meeting with as much
success as they expected.
President Mitchell Saturday received
advices from West Virginia, which, he
says, are extremely favorable to the
strikers. One telegram from the Kana-
wha and New River districts, where a
2 total Of 5000 men are employed, says
territory.
story Denied.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 16. = The
statement printed Saturday and al
legged to be from an official close to the
large contemporaries the effect that
theastrike is teaching the operators to
economize theaworking force at their
mines and that after the strike is over
less than 100000 men will be used in the
mines is denounced as "fake."
General Manager Warmer, Of the
Lehigh Valley Coal company, said Sat-
nrday that neither his company nor the
New Jersey Central railway know any
thing of the origin of the story. A
prominent official of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal company also denied
all knowledge of the statement.
President Mitchell says the idea EN-.
bodied in the statements absurd, even
from the operators viewpoint.
The heavy rains of Friday night had
little or no effect on the mines. Water
is slowly accumulating in some col.
lieries, but the company officials say
they have the situation well in hand.
The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre company
is having considera BILE trouble with its
Nottingham colliery at Plymouth. A
portion of the working lies under the