New-York tribune., 1902-08-15
RIOT AT WASHER1
GUARDS AND STRIKERS ARRESTED
TWO MEN SERIOUSLY BEATEN
TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BUSE.I


scene. One striker was shot by a coal suaIu,
and a guard and a spectator were beaten anu
seriously hurt. The local police arrested all tiie
guards at the washery. and this created l1eSil
riot which, had it not been for the ARRIVAL ol
the sheriffs deputies. might have been serious
All is now quiet but the temper of the crowd is
such that there may be fresh outbreak II an
effort is made to resume operations.
The attack would probably not have occurred
had not ten deputy sheriffs, under command u
Deputy Frederick Rhodda. been withdrawn at
- O'Clock this afternoon. after il was beHeNeu
that the crowd which all morning had encircieo
the ,vashcry had dispersed and would not re-
assemble Early in the morning a call for heip
y,as made 10 Sheriff Jacobs. He sent khouud
and nine men. They remained on duty an
morning and managed. to a great extent 10
subdue the mob. The first crowd sa'heie"
about G o'clock when it was discovered ta'
the company had stolen a march upon '0
,ril,are, niclsets early in the morning and taken
several men into the works. 1hen 'heS "'
being guarded by fifteen coal and IRON po'ioe
men armed with Winchester rifles, ana sta
,io,ed behind the barrcades Of harbed wire.
Several hundred foreigners gathered ana '"eil
number was increased by scores of women ana
bows. until by o'clock there were seven nun
dred or eight hundred on the scene. and tiis
ovrrars fearing an attack telephOned to Sherlh
Jacobs The strikers fell back when the dePu-
tics arrived and although during most OF the
morning. all remained on the ground. they mace
no demonstration. and the guards were oraeilS'
At noon the crowd melted and at : O'Clock
all being peaceful. Rhodda and the deputies de-
parted Half an hour later. almost as soon as
the deputies got beyond communication. 'he
crowd again gathered. and their attitude was
more threatening than before. They did not
delay the attack long enough to alo" 'he oeFu-
ties 10 get back and q couple of hundred, with
cries of "Scabs"' advanced on the washery'
throwing stones and shouting TO the workers
and the guards to come out. As soon as this
advance began the officials telephoned again
for the deputies and they were hurried back as
quickly as possible.
Seeing that the crowd was determined to at
tack the washery. the guards were lined up with
rifles ready but this seemed to infuriate the
crowd and they threw more stones and con-
tinued the advance until the guards fired, the
first time over the heads of the mob. This did
not stop the advance of the most reckless al
though A number of the women and boys fell
back and some ran. The others came on, and
then with orders to shoot their feet. the
guards began firing In a few moments m"
mob had fed beyond range Andrew traVltch
was shot in the leg between the knee and the
ankle. and. although there have been rumors
that a number of others were shot, the police
have been unable to find any. After the shoot
ing the mob stood off at a distance, and there
might have been no further violence except for
the arrest Of the fifteen guards and George
warnke. brother of the washery owner
Chief of Police Lawrence Cosgrove. Of Duryea.
soon after the shooting went to the washery
and ordered all the guards under arrest. and
with the aid of couple of local policemen he
escorted them despite their protests that the
mob would likely attack them. and that the
washery would be left unguarded. TO the bor-
ough lookup. on the way Harry Collins. one
of the guards. tried to escape and reach the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station. but
before he had gone far the crowd overlook him.
He was knocked down Immediately. When
he was rescued by the police he was thought to
be dead. and was carried to the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western station.
While the assault was being committed upon
Collins crowd Of men and boys had attacked
an unknown man who was watching the riot
He started down a side street and some boys
yelled "scab' at him. Others took UP the cry,
and frightened, he ran across the fields. He. too
vas overtaken and beaten in the manner
as Collins He was carried to the Delaware
Lacka wanna and Western Station and later both
were taken 70 the hospital. Meanwhile the
coal and iron police had been taken to the
lookup. and tneTe. diInouSn the IIOp HoNisI anu
s7vore outside the building, no effort was made
to lay hands upon the guards. the local police
pacifying the crowd until the arrival of Deputy
Sheriff Rhodda, Of this county. and Deputy
Sheriff Gaffney. Of Lacka wanna, who. together
having force Of about forty deputies managed
TO control the situation.
Then the local police once more descended
upon the washery and arrested all the workers
they found there on the charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. They locked up with the
guards. II was sunset before the streets were
cleared and il thought safe 20 move the
twenty-five prisoners They had been held
der S3.oo0 each by Burgess Burlington on the
charge of carrying concealed weapons. firing
within the borough limits and disorderly con-
duct. A Delaware. Lacka wanna and Western
special train had been obtained for them and
they were taken out under the guard of all the
deputies who could be marshalled and in the
face of hundreds Of angry strikers. Stones were
thrown and there was intense excitement, but
the men were escorted safely TO the train and
brought to the jail in this city. where they Will
have to spend the night.
While these men were being taken to the
train a crowd attacked the washery and dam
aged it so, badly that it will be impossible to
resume work for several days. Frederick
warnke the owner. said tonight that they will
ma Ike no effort 10 resume unless they have the
protection of the troops. He has asked Sheriff
Jacobs to request that troops be sent to the
scene. but the Sheriff has not yet answered
Burgess Burlington said:
There is no need for troops We control
the situation with the aid of the Sheriff. and all
he will have TO do is to have some eight or ten
guards at the colliery. All is quiet now, and
do not expect any further trouble.
Councilman John Joyce sent this message 10
General Goblin. at Shenandoah. tonight:
..Dn nnt send am trnnIs 10 Durvea We do NOT