The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-11
PLEA FROM A CHURCH
To All the Parties Principal to the
Great Coal Strike to
Call 1t Off.
PIOKETs DO A DEEP OF MURDER
Only to Find That the Murdered Is q
Union Man-Mules Return.
ing to the Pits.

Philadelphia; Sept. 9.--At the week
ly meeting yesterday Of the Methodist
ministrs of this city resolution was
adopted calling upon Governor Stone,
President Baer, of the Reading COM
pany. and President Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers of America, to
end the strike in the coal regions. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, Seeing that this matter
has become one in which every per-
son is interested, that we as citizens
and as ministers representing COM
munities upon which this strike has
entailed suffering, request the contend
ing parties-in the interests of the gen.
eral weal-tO at once take such meas
ures as shall terminate the condition Of
things now prevailing.
I'VE recommend that If unable to
settle their differences between them
they submit the matter for final ad-
justment to immediate arbitration
I'VE recommend also that the au-
thorities of the state use the full pow
er which the law-or their positions
settlement OF the strike be made and
this peril to the welfare of the country
be averted."
Fight Is Death to Two.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept "a fight
yesterday between striking miners at
Maltby resulted i'm the death of one
man and the fatal injury of another.
Both victims were Italians. The man
killed was Sistieno Vancastelli, aged
So years. His companion, Frank Por-
tGy, was stabbed several times, and
is in TIE Wilkesbarre hospital, not ex-
pected 70 live. All Sunday night strfk-
erS gathered in the vicinity of
the Maltby mine of the Lehigh Val
ley CCal company, at Maltby, and the
Harry Z. colliery at Forty Fort. 1t
was rumored that both of these mines
were to start with q full force of
men.
All the Roads Were Picketed.
The strikers had pickets on all roads
leading to the mines to intercept any
men who might be on their way to
work. A heavy fog prevailed, and 1t
was difficult to see people in the road
way. Shortly after a. m. number
of strikers on guard at the Maltby col
liery saw two men approaching car
rying guns. The pickets came to the
conclusion that they were non-union
men going to work. The strangers
were stopped and strikers crowded
around them. One striker In the crowd
who spoke the Italian language said
the men were starting on a hunting
| trip and that they were union min
ers. The other strikers did not un-
derstand what was said. and believing
that the foreigners were nOn-union
| men on their way to work attempted
| to take the gun away from Van
! caStelli.
Found To BE q Union Miner.
He resisted. a fight ensued, and soon
the two Italians were lying in a pool
of blood in the roadway. Vancastelli
of his face was crushed in. His com
panion Portray was stabbed in the side
several times. A number of coal and
iron policemen was on the scene few
minutes after the discharge of the guI
was heard They found Vancastell
dead and Portray unconscious. The
dead man was taken to his boarding
house nearby and his companion was
brought to the hospital in this city
In one of the pockets of Vancastelli's
coat was found a union miners card
No arrests have been made.
Taking Mules Back to the Mines.
Lancaster, Pa, Sept. 9.-Ten cal
loads of mules from the coal mines
which were pasturing In Lancaster
and Chester counties, were yesterday
shipped from Coatesville to Wilkes
barre. There are still about twent,
car loads In this county, and II Is un
derstood that they will be shipped Il
the coal regions this week.