Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-02
BROUGHT TO
BLOOMSBURY

Sheriff KnOrr brought the 1877 men
who were arrested in Centralia Tues
day for rioting to Bloomsbury last
evening. The warrants had been sworn
out there and when they were served
the defendants refused to give bail
and demanded hearing at Blooms
burg. So the sheriff had to provide
transportation for his "priscuers. -
They all slept at their homes Tuesday
night and were on hand bright and
early yesterday morning to place them
selves in the custody of the sheriff.
With his prisoners the shoritf left
Centralia yesterday afternoon, at 2O
O'Clock. i'll fourteen wagons. The
American Band, of Centralia, accom-.
panied the party and it was seven
O'Clock last evening when they arrived
at the Columbia county seat. The
hearings were Immediately begun in
the court house, before Justice of the
Peace Jacoby, and it was midnight
DtlOlt ali NClN illilSiiNu' l. "ShbJ "NAO
discharged because of lack of identifi-
cation and the others were held in
their own recogniZance to appear for
trial at court They were given sup
per by the sheriff and sent back home.
President Roosevelt has sent tele
graphic messages to President John
NJ e IT,in
President George f. Baer, of the
Philadelphia q Reading railway Pres
ident ". H. Truesdale, of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad !;
f. b Thomas, chairman of the Board
of the Erie Railroad President Thorn
rs p. Fowler, of the New York, Ontario
& Western railroad; President r. NJ.
Olyphant, of the Delaware & Hudson
Canal Company, and John Markle, who
is prominent individual operator in
the Luzerne region.
The messages, which were sent from
Wa lhington Yesterday afternoon, were
as follows:
II should greatly like to see you Oh
Friday next, October 3, at II O'Clock
"a. m. here in Washington in regard
to the failure of the coal supply, which
has become a matter of vital concern
to the whole nation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "
That sent to the presidents of the
railroad and coal companies and to
Mr.. Markle stated that a similar mes
sage had been despatched to President
Mitchell, and that to Mr.. Mitchell
stated that the presidents of the an
thracite coal companies had been also
requested to come to Washington.
President Mitchell Immediately
wired his acceptance of the invitation
and will leave Wilkesbarre today for
Washington. 1t is expected that all
the other recipients of the messages
will attend the conference, and i'm
portant results leading to the settle
ment of the strike are looked for.
Another Cabinet meeting was held
yesterday morning at Washington for
the purpose of discussing the strike
situation.
For the first time since the strike
President Baer, of the Philadelphia
and Reading, has made definite state
ment and it has added significance be-
cause it comes at this time Mr. Baer
says: 1.-THE strike will end very soon
before cold weather sets in there will
be plenty of coal for everyone.
The soldiers of the Fourth Regi
ment, in camp at Mt. Carmel, who
were on guard duty Tuesday night,
were drenched to the skin and the
night was extremely hard on the
troops. Early yesterday morning a
small mob threw stones at Lehigh
Valley engine and passenger coach on
the outskirts of Mt. Carmel. With
this exception the region between
Shamokin and Mt Carmel was very
quiet. Yesterday afternoon detail
of tilirty-two soldiers Of the Fourth
were sent to the Mt. Carmel colliery
to take the place of the sheriff's dep
mites