The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-18

give the machinery a thorough test, as
soon as possible, in order to ascertain
just what repairs are necessary, and
| then, after these are made, work Will
be resumed. We aren't afraid of the
Duryea mob, and the washery Is going
to run, just as soon as it is in proper
condition to be operated
Mr.. Warnke also denied the florid re-
ports sent out from Wilkes Barre that
one hundred warrants had been sworn
out in that city and were to be served
on residents of Dureya for completely
in Thursdays riots.
THAT article was totally incorrect"
said he. mo warrants have yet been
sworn out. but will not say how many
are going to be sworn out tomorrow.
There will be plenty of developments
in the matter then"
There will be a hearing before Judge
Halsey, in Wilkes Barre, this morning
on the application to release the de-
puties arrested Thursday by the police
| of Duryea. They were held in heavy
bail by the burgess Of Duryea that
| day.
| CARRIN LEFT HOSPITAL.
| Henry Carrin, the deputy who was
so brutally assaulted Thursday that
| his injuries necessitated his being
taken to the Lackawanna hospital,
| was Saturday allowed to leave that in
stitution for his home ON Lackawanna
| avenue. He will remain under ply
| sician's care and continue to receive
treatment for the injury to his scalp.
A fact which has been revealed
since Thursdays trouble, in connec-
ton with this same man Carrin, shows
| that Duryea came near losing Chief of
Police Cosgrove during the attack on
| the washery. When the mob was ad-
vancing against the washery guards,
| Carrin raised his rifle, took aim at one
| of the men in the crowd, and was just
about to fire, when the head deputy
struck up his rifle, hurriedly exclaim-
ing, Don't shoot, Carrin, that's Chief
Cosgrove." The weapon was dis
charged harmlessly in the air.
| The strike is now in it's fourteenth
week, and with the exception of the
riots at Throop and Duryea, the local
situation has not changed to any eX-
tent in the last several weeks. The
Oxford, Dickson, Dodge and Cayuga
collieries are being operated, as well as
| several washeries, but with the eXcep-
| tiOn of these no aggressive measures
have yet been taken by the local opera
| tors.
The Erie company continues to MAIN
tain the passive attitude which has
| characterized it's movements since the
beginning of the strike. Major w. w.
| Inglis, who is superintendent of the
| Hillside department of the Erie's coal
| interests, has returned from Shenan-
doah, where he was called by his duties
| as ordnance officer of the Third bri-
gade, where the Eighth and Twelfth
regiments were called out, and reports
all quiet among the strikers in that
region.
NOT TO RESUME.
In conversation with q Tribune
man he stated that the Erie is not at
present entertaining the intentions OF
resuming work at any of it's collieries.
President John Mitchell, of the mine
workers, left Saturday for his home in
Indianapolis He had a brief interview
with President II. d. Nichols, of Dis
trict No. l, before his departure. He
will visit his family, and at the same
time transact some business at nation
al headquarters before his return, which
| will occur in about two weeks.
A meeting of Spencer's local will be
held in Manley's hall, Dunmore, at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. A mass meet
| ing of the mine workers will shortly
be held in Throop. 1t will be addressed
by President Nichols, Secretary Demp-
sey, Mother Mary Jones, and others.
| Charles Boltum, the colored man. who
was nearly lynched by the Duryea mob
last Thursday was released on $500 bail
on Saturday by Judge Edwards, Boil
tum was one OF the men employed at
the Warnke washery and was rescued
from the mob by Deputy Sheriff John
Gaffney, who placed him under arrest
on the charge of discharging firearms
FROM THE MINING JOURNAL.
Says Saturdays Engineering and
Mining Journal:
| A few more mines and washelies arc
working. but the total production of an
| thracte Is but II very small fraction OF
normal figures. The strike leaders are
concentrating their efforts on those dis
| tricts where the men have shown most
dissatisfaction at the prolonged idleness
and are using their most effective speak-
ers to hold the men In line. These efforts
| have not been without result and the
| strike may last longer than seemed likely
| "a few weeks ago. The operators MAIN
| tain the position they took at the begin
ming of the strike, and newspaper clamor
Is not likely to move them. AS they have
| frequently pointed out, they stand for
| effective discipline at the mines-some-
| thing that the experience of the past
two years has shown cannot be had so
| long as the men feel that the union and
| not the operators should control all ques-
| tions of employment
Trade all over the country Is very light.
| and supplies at some points are getting
down to the vanishing point. Consump-
| ton Is always small during the summer,
| and along the Atlantic seaboard buying
| for winter rarely starts before October
so that the situation is not likely to be-
| come acute unless the mines are still idle
late In September. Even at New York
| city, where the newspapers are now talk
| ing of coal famine. matters are not as
| bad as reported, Large hotels and res
| taurants are using screenings and soft
| coal mixed, some are burning soft coal
| altogether, while oil and gas stoves are
used by families When the mines start
with fun forces, work will go with a rush,
and the production will be the heaviest
recorded. Should the strike last till Oc-
| tober, II Is quite possible that by January
the output with sufficient car supply. will
| be more than adequate for all needs.
| AT the head of the lakes very little coal
Is changing hands. as supplies on the