New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
MOB DESTROYS OFFICES.
ONE MAN THOUGHT TO BE DYING FROM
BLOWS OF STRIKERS

Wtlkesharre. Penn. Sept 29-Aroused to
frenzy by the report that work was 70 begin at
the Mount Carmel colliery Of the Lehgh Valley
Coal Company. near Mount Carmel. to-day,
mob of seven hundred strikers has been rioting
for the. last twenty-four hours. and tonight
holds possession Of the roads leading to the
colliery, and has been guilty Of numerous as
saults during the day. Unable 70 cope with
them. his deputies defed. Sheriff Dietrich Of
Northumberland Couhty is this evening con-
sulting with his attorneys about asking for
troops. His county and Dauphin the only
two containing anthracite mines which have not
requested them. If demanded. it IS not unlikely
that couple of regiments of the First or Sec
ond Brigade viii be opered out. owing the
fact that the entire Third Brigade with the
exception Of a few companies. is now in the
field, and the troops have all they can do
The rioting started late last night when a
force of seven hundred strikers rushed upon the
colliery from several different points and drove
off the guards attacked and wrecked the Office
and did other damage. The books in the office
were torn to pieces. desks and tables were
smashed, and the whole inside wrecked. After
the office. the engine house was attacked and the
engineers and hremen who tried to make stand
were routed. All that was breakable in the
engine room the strikers broke, while those on
the outside. with considerable skill DESTROYED
by dynamite all the steam pipes giving power to
different parts Of the coery, and made the
whole plant helpless.
BARRICADES ON THE TRACKS
The Sheriff hearing of the outrage. hurried to
the scene with four deputies along the railroad
tracks. and found on his way that the tracks
had been barricaded with iron, lumber and
stones enough 10 wreck a train the strikers
evidently expecting that the deputies would
hurry TO the scene by railway. Pickets of the
strikers saw the approach Of the Sheriff and
gave the alarm. The work Of the others bainp
completed they fed This morning when work
ers tried TO reach the colliery they found all oe
the roads picketed by strikers. 4 number tried
TO reach the scene on the regular morning ac
con7modation train the Northern Central
but the strikers had blocked the tracks and
they captured the train near Green Ridge June
tion. Rushing at it. they fired stones and re-
1,olyers until the two had every window
broken and a number of the passengers ,yere
bruised by the stones or cut by the flying glass
THREE MEN HURT-ONE MAY DIE.
They then boarded the train captured tho
engineer and crew, and compelled them to hack |
into Shenandoah Another attempt was dA
feared. a trolley car being stopped and fonr |
workers pulled from it Three Of !
them-John Tenman, John Rafferty, and Tyenry
viii,
he laid up for some time. and Rafferty, NAV die |
as 1t is believed his skull is fractured
Not satisfied with these attacks the r,oh |
gathered again this afternoon and once moro |
raided the colliery, driving off the guards and |
workers and breaking the repaired connections |
in the steam pipes. This evening the mob in
creased to twelve hundred. and they began ar /
dusk marching along the road about the col
iery Where they will next attack is not known
MORE COMPANIES IN FIELD
Al Q o'clock tonight the situation had grow,
IN serious that the remaining eight COMPANIES
IF the 4th Regiment were ordered out and win |
be on the scene by dayhreak This completes
+be force of the Third Brigade in the field with !
he exception of the Ph9nixrille Battery. and
this is expected TO be ordered out tomorrow
r. Then The force is not sufficient to cover the
,eeion the remaining brigades viii probably
axe the field
After Z o'clock this evening the riotous mobs
Increased in number rapidly. Some twenty
bree 5eputies managed TO reach the Mount
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