Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-25
MIMI STRIKE OUTLOOK
Disturbances Cause the Calling Out
of More Soldiers.
TROOPS ACTIVE AT OLYPHANT
Women and Men Arrested At Wieen-
iscO For Interfering With Mem
union WOrkers-Pickets Busy
In Panther Creek valley.

Scranton, Pa, Sept 24.-On account
of serious disturbances in the vicinity
of ELEPHANT. near here. nine companies
of the Thirteenth regiment are in camp
in field just east of the Delaware
and Hudson railroad station at Oily
plant.
Lieutenant Colonel Stilwell, in com
mand, sent detachments of troops to
the different collieries in the vicinity
shortly after the regiments arrival.
Communication between headquarters
and the guard posts has been estab-
lshed at regular intervals.
a report concerning trouble at Arch
bald was misleading. There was no
disturbance in Archibald The rioting
occurred at The RIDGE in Winton
borough, where there was a clash be-
tween rioters and party OF work
men re-enfOrced by coal and iron 20
lice. John Burnett of Philadelphia
one of the police was shot in the arm.
Colonel Stilwell is preparing to send
troops there.
HUNGARIAN W IlO W az SIIol ~ oA
attack upon Deputy Sheriff McAndrew
and Superintendent Rurkheser is dead.
Mitchell Il Vexed.
A Wilkesbarre dispatch says that
President Mitchell declines to make
any comment on the action of Sheriff
Schadt of Lackawanna county in call
ing on Governor Stone for troops. 1t
is known, however. that he Is dis
pleased with the strikers for pursuing
a course which prompted the sheriff TO
make the appeal to the governor. Only
a week ago President Mitchell made
an address in Lackawanna county n
which he counseled all of his follow
ers to keep the peace.
Some of his advisers say the calling
of the militia to do duty in the Lacka-
wanna region will have no effect on
the strike. National Board Member
Fallon thinks stationing soldiers IN
Lackawanna county may be the means
of suppressing marches. picketine and
other demonstrations. but it will not
give the operators any other adyaD-
tage.
On the other hand. the operators feel
confident that the continued outbreaks
of violence mean growing discomfort
among the strikers and that under the
protection of the military arm of the
state the men will gradually return to
work
Trouble at Wiconisco.
From Harrisburg comes word that
five women and three men We're ar
rested at Wiconisco during the day by
Sheriff Reiff and deputies for interior
ing with the nonuniOn men at work in
the I.ykens valley colliery at Wiconis-
co and Lykens. The Offenders were
brought to Harrisburg and committed
to Jail in default of bail for trial at
court. The charge against them is dis
orderly conduct.
During the night the barn of jona-
than OmholtZ. near Wiconisco. WAS
destroyed by fire, which is believed to
have been started by the strikers.
Omholtz is a coal haner and two Of
Wiconisco.
A body of strikers visited the hoTne
of James Miller. a nonunion man liy-
ing near WicOnisco. took him from bed
and beat him because he would not
promise to keep away from the mines.
The mines at Lykens and Wiconisco
are working with a small force of non
union men. About 1,5N tons of coal
were shipped from the l.ykens valley
region last Saturday. None has been
shipped since that time.
In the Panther Creek valley.
a Tamaqua dispatch says that >trik
ers' pickets patroled the Panther creek
collicry early in the day in an effort TO
prevent nouunionists from going to
work. but no violence is reported.
The collieries in that region are
working as usual. and the operators re-
port Il few gains. East l.ehi@h col
licry. an Individual operation, is ready
to start. and the operators claim 3Efy
are having applications for work dAjly,
Those in Il position to know say tat
if break occurs in the strikers r,;.k Is
at TamaQua it will he due to the >mait
amount Of relief being distributed Il
is claimed that 50 :; week is the lar.
EcSt amount Il married striker car So
cure in Slhdistrict No. l.
Throughout the MahanOy and S6rl-
andoah regions quiet is reported. sol
dicrS pickets were out as usual al
night. but no acts of violence are TO-
ported. and the few collierics are work