The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-20
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one nays TESTIMONY As 70
OGTRtGES nv STRIKERS.


SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. 10 At the session
Of the Anthracite Strike Commission hero
to-day counsel for the non-union mon
continued to pile up evidence that the
cases Of violence reported during the strike
were even worse than the newspaper ac-
counts pictured them
The Commissioners are anxious TO ge'
home for the Christmas holidays and il s
likely that they will adjourn AZ ili5 10.
morrow morning TO meet in Philadelphia
on Jan 5.
At the opening Of to-days session Judge
Gray made a statement generating Capt
| May. general manager Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Coal Company. and Major Warren, his
counsel, from the imputdtion that they
meant TO mislcad the commission az to
the amount Of wages that were paid by
that company. The clerk that had pre-
pared the statement had not understood
the matter properly.
George W Bowen. the poet miner, wa-
called to the stand for REORGANIZATION
Mr. barrow seemed TO enjoy making the
fun He read some of Bowens poems,
including one entitled THE Miners Have
Agreed. Mary in which Bowen favored
the miners union. The witness got out
O. II by saying it was a satire. and meant
just tho opposite to what il said
James Elias Of Richmond. who worked
during the strike for the Delaware and
Hudson company. testified that his house
was dynamitcd. Prior to that time some
of the strikers told him if he didn't stop
work they would fix" him. The men
told him that on Saturday. and his house
was dynamited on Monday. The men
who made the threats against him were
arrested and held under bail TO keep the
peace.
James Fahey, special agent for the
Lackawanna road, submitted a list Of the
non-union men boycotted and a copy Of the
Courier Herald of Wilkes Barre, containing
the same list.
Max Hussa Of Old Forge was the vict i'm
Of four dyanmiting parties and was kept
busy repairing his house after theyhad gone
away. He and his nephew took turns at
night watching the house. Once he saw
a man who, he said, was a striker throw a
bottle full of powder through window
of his house. There was a lighted fuse
attached to it.
Eugene Deity Of Green Ridge said that
'ii' hbht ar RolIR 10 Justls
he was attacked by a crowd Of men and
struck on the head with clubs and stones
He was working for Morrell Bros, gar
deners, and was not at the mines. He
tried to explain to them that he was not
scabbing, but they told him he was and
several of them said: He is a scab; give
it to him"
Thomas Kennedy, 10 years old, Of Car
bondale, was working for druggist named
Kelley in Carbondale. His father was
employed As a fireman for the Delaware
and Hudson company during the strike.
A committee Of the union called upon Mr.
Kelley head clerk, as Mr. Kelley was away.
and told him that the lads father was work
ing and unless he was discharged the union
would boycott the store, The boy left.
William Kennedy, the boys father.
corroborated the story. He said he had three
younger children attending school They
were called -scabs' and abused by the other
children. Rather than have any trouble
he took his children from the school and
put them in a convent.
Joseph ~. Duggan, Rray-haired man,
told OF being stoned twice by runners,
drivers and slate pckers. On the second
occasion crowd of men urged the bows on.
The witness was forced to withdraw from
the Father Witty Society because he was
working Duggan broke down on the Wit
ness stand and wept.
David +. Lewis of Olvnhant a foreman
for the Delaware and Hudson company,
testified that on one occasion he was sur
rounded by crowd of 800 and prevented
from returning to work,
John Lewandofske. who worked in the
Dodge mine OF the Lackawanna company,
testified that an attempt was made TO
dynamite his house. He saw the fuse burn
ing and was able 10 extinguish il
Mrs. Mary koltz. whose house is in Halle
ton. testified tina, a mob attacked her
house, broke the windows and threatened
TO hang her husband, who was a non-union
mine worker. She was corrohorated by her
husband, Peter Koltz
James Congin OF Plains, a mine foreman
for the Lehigh Valley company. membcr
Of the school board Of the same town.
appeared before the board and had asked
that three teachers b, not employed b.
cause their fathers were non-union men.
Frank McCarty, schoolteacher of
Miners Mills told how he could not retain
his place as principal of the schools there
The school board refused to employ a
young woman whose father was a non-union
man.
A huge banner that was stretched across
the street AT Miners Mills containing a list
of alleged -scabs" was unfolded before the
gaze Of the commission.
Christopher McDermott. employed during
the strike As foreman for a Pennsylvania
Coal Company mine. said his house was
frequently attacked by mobs and his butcher
| and his grocer refused To sell ~ him. A
committee of the miners had waited upon
them and had requested them not to do So
David Dock of Old Forge testified that
he was told that IL he did not stop work
his house would be dynamited short
time after that he was shot at while sitting
on his own porch.
Joseph Webb OF Pittston testified that
he was held up by mobs on several occasions
William Boos@ of Pittston, another en-
ployee of the Pennsylvania Coal Company,
testified that the house Of his father .n-lsw
was blown up by dynamite at O'Clock in
the morning.
William Moax Of Port Blanchard en-
ployed by the same company. testified that
he was stoned during the strike
John futile. an employee Of the same
company al Avoca. told of being stoned
during the strike. The grocer, butcher ard
mlkman said that they dare not sell to him.
James Mitchell of Browntown testified