Evening journal., 1902-07-03
MINERS ARRESTED
FOR INCITING RIOT
Magistrates Hold the De fend-
ants for Court
At Strike Headquarters 1t Is De-
tlared That the Arrest vi the
Men Is an Outrage

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 3.-k number
of justices of the peace in Luzerne
county We're kept busy yestes rday Civ
ing hearings TO men charged with in
citing and participating in RIO Is at coal
mines. Yesterday morning Deputy
Sheriff Eclert brought four men from
+ IRELAND, charged with enea ging in
riot at that place. The prise ners were
tal en- before Magistrate Pol lock for a
hea. ring. A number of despr ties testi-
fed that the prisoners gathe red in the
road leading to one OF the mines yes
terday morning and tried to intimidate
some fellow employees One or the men
pointed a revolver at one of the depu-
ties. The riot act was then read, and
the mob refusing to dispense, the dep
uty sheriff and his posse put the ring
leaders under arrest
At strike headquarters it was claim
ed that the arrests were an outrage.
and that the men shou Id have been
given n hearing at their homes INSTEAD
OF being Tailroaded to Wilkesbarre.
The magistr ate after he airing all the
evidence, held the defend ANTS in $500
bail for tri;ll at court. Mr.. Fallon
could not fur nish the bail, Bnd the four
men had to sgo to Jail.
County Detective Philips Of Lacka-
wanna county, came down to Duryea
yesterday afternoon, and, - ping to the
William A. colliery, placed seven of
the coal and iron policemen on duty
there under arrest. They are charged
with the shooting of the Italian on
Tuesday, whose dead body was found
outside Of the barricade tg a passer-
by. The officers were taken to Scran-
ton and ar-raigned before magistrate
Howe. They were held ia $1,000 bail
10 answer at court.
The WillS esbarre Allian'A made their
first arrest yesterday 9fternoon. A
member of the United Mine Workers.
named William Weitzer was arrested.
charged with libeling me trchants and
others. There We're IA counts against
him. Magistrate Vanhorn demanded
81. 900 bail The defendant was unable
10 furnish the bond and was sent to
jail.
There came near being n serious liot
at the William A. colliery yesterday af-
ternoon. Charles A. Bro wn, a mining
engineer, was on his walr to the mine.
A number of the strikers were playing
cards under a tree nearby. When
some OF them saw Brown going toward
the colliel-y they called "scab." II is
said that cme Of the men threw a stone
at the surveyor. Brown pulled his re-
volver and threatened TO shoot. This
angered the foreigners, and they picked
up stones to throw at Brown. The en-
eineer then fired his revolver in the
air. This attracted the attention of
the guards behind the barricade Mt the
colllery, and they came out. Seeing
Brown was in danger. they fired into
the air, and the foreigners fell back.
After il was thought the trouble had
subsidized Brown started TO take an
electric car. when he was arrested by
Chief Of Police Cosgrove. of Duryea.
He was taken before Burgess Burling-
ton, followed by large crowd of an
cry Italians. The police say they
found four revolyers on Brown. II was
plainly evident that the engineers life
was in danger if he remained In the
place long. and the burgess, after hear
ing some evidence. placed the defend
ant under $1,000 bail.
The first break in the ranks Of the
: striking firemen occurred yesterday af.
ternoon. when three former employees
of the Kingston Coal Company applied
n for work and were given their old
=" places back Three firemeh who went
out at the Pine Ridge mine, of the
h Delaware and Hudson Company, al
S Miners Mills, also requested that Their
J. old places be given back to them, and
It the superintendent OF the colliery said
they might have them.