The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

Somewhat Of furry was caused yes
| terday by the announcement in a Sum
| day paper that Captain May, general
| manager of the Temple Coal and Iron
company had stated that the strike
would be over in two weeks and that
| the miners were to be given Il ten per
cent advance.
On the face of it, the story was un-
reliable, because Captain May is not
general manager of the Temple Coal
and Iron company" but many evidently
took 1t to be authentic. because of the
alleged authority of the story being di-
rectly quoted by the article in ques-
tion. and once more the strikers had
their hopes Of victory falsely raised.
Captain May, when seen yesterday
by a Tribune reporter, said the story
was absolutely false. He not only did
not say what was credited to him
but all along has said, when occasion
required it, that there would be no set
tlement of the strike except by the
miners returning to work as they had
come out.
How it came that he should be cred
tied with such utterances was more
SOME INDICATIONS.
Captain May, in common with the
other local heads Of the ,cOal COM
panies, believes that the strike will not
last much longer. but they look for it
to end by break in the strikers ranks.
In anticipation of such break, cars
that have been lying idle at distant
-
the coal regions, and coal which was
being held in reserve in this region is
now going to the seabOard in liberal
quantities.
Neither the company officials nor the
strike leaders will even risk a guess as
to what Senator Platt has to base his
reiterated prediction upon, that the
strike will end in ten days. The COM
pany officials say he is talking at ran
dom. The strikers leaders express
faith in the reliability Of the statement,
but declare they know nothing as to
how Senator Platt expects the strike
will end.
President John Mitchell ran up from
Wilkes-Barre yesterday afternoon and
spent the day and evening with per-
sonal friends. He remained over night
at the st. Charles and will return to
Wilkes Barre this morning.
The Delaware and Hudson company
on Saturday operated three of it's col
lieries, the Marvine, Dickson and Won
Storch. The Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western is operating six. This
makes ten collieries and twenty wash
cries now in operation in the First and
1iSfr ipfS hot toI
put is 1900 tons a day.
CHARGED WITH THREATS.
The first arrest of a national officer
of the United Mine Workers for a
breach of the peace took place Satur-
day, when Patrick FitzsimmOns, of
Priceburg, one of the national auditors,
was taken into custody on q warrant
from Alderman Kasson's office, charg-
ing him with making threats. The
prosecutor is Otis Walton, a Della
ware and Hudson workman. He
alleges that Fitzsimmons came to
his house, with a number of other
strikers. and, after calling him
and other members of his family
opprobriOus names, made threats
against his life. He is alleged to have
declared: eff had five more men with
me, there wouldn't be a scab left in
these parts"
Fitzsimmons waived a hearing and
entered bail before local justice of
the peace.
The house of William Tosker. della
ware and Hudson mine fireman, living
in Moosic, just across the county line,
was stoned by crowd of strikers Sat
urday night. Sheriff Jacobs. of Lu-
zerne, was notified and hastened depu-
ties to the scene. Before they arrived,
the attack had subsided and the crowd
dispersed.