Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-08-30
COAL STRIKERS ARE DEFIANT
PREVENTED THE STARTING UP.
CoHiery i'm the HnEIeton District ~
Kept Closed-AttacIed NoRunio,a
Men-SpecinI Policeman Beaten,
Kicked and stabbetI-Attcmpted, ia
Save His Son From the Mob.

Hazleton, Pa, Aug 26-August Sheuch.
aged Sc, a special policeman in the serv.
ice Of the Lehigh Valley Coal company.
was assaulted and stabbed while attempt
ing to rescue his son, William Shcuch.
nonunion workman, from a mob OF about
5000 strikers on the outskirts of Hazleton.
The trouble occurred at the company's
No 40 colliery. where young Sheucn
worked, in an attempt on the part of the
strikers who had gathered from all parts
of the Hazleton region. to Illustrate the
plans of the company for partial re-
sumption.
Two hundred and fifty nonunion men
had been secured. A majority of them
We're taken to the workings in a special
train, with which the strikers did not at
tempt to interfere, but Sheuch who lives
In this city, walked from his home toward
the colliery, He fell into the hands Of
the pickets, and most of the clothing was
torn from his back in the struggle that
followed. When Sheuchs father rushed
to his aid the mob set upon the elder
Sheuch, who finally was rescued by
mine foreman and removed to a hospital.
Sheuch was stabbed in the breast and
on each hip, kicked in the abdomen and
struck on the head with stone. His In
juries are not very serious The effort to
prevent work at the mine was successful
A report of the resumption at the Gran
berry collery of A. Pardee & Co caused
about 500 men to gather near the miner
but no attempt was made to start work.
Whole District PicI<cted.
Tamaqua, Aug. 26.-Not since the in
auguration of the anthracite coal miners
strike have the United Mine Workers had
so many pickets patroling the Panther
Creek district as Monday Every road
and path leading to the colleries was
guarded in an effort to persuade the
nonunion men not to go to work. No new
recruits were added to the working force
and quite a number were turned back.
The extra vigilance was due to the ru-
NOR that it Is the intention of the Lehigh
Coal & Navigation company to cut coa1
as soon as sufficient men can be secured.
An official of the company admitted to-
Jay tiidt pIdtlltdl iIlllcib are ilfiiu W
procure and that none of the coal COM
panes is able to operate any of the
mines for this reason.
No END In sight.
Shenandoah Pa, Aug. 26-After hav-
ing met a number of mine operators
General Goblin said that he does not see
any signs of a settlement of the strike
In fact he states that all indications
point more definitely to a prolongation of
the strike now than they did when he
first reached here. General Goblin is us
ing his good offices toward a settlement
and he allows no opportunity to pass,
when in conference with operators, to
make conservative plea for the men on
strike.
Individual operators are beginning 10
display evidence Of Willingness TO end
the strike If method could be shown
them how they could make concessions
to the men without stutifying them
selves. The miners display friendly
feeling toward General Goblin personally
and the military has become popular.