The sun., 1902-06-22
MINERS WIVES AS RIOTERS.
NJ IiNIr 10 TUEIR PTRSEft
TIONS tND HtTRED.
Neither Hunger Ner Illness a >en-t nion
uen's fSmiiie. uo,ss Them TO rtsy
The, tNrn chain Th~ir Pumps .
iiun " omen iburk the Hated ''scabs''

iinn omen Durk the Hated ''scsb>''
PISEdRovE. Pa. June u The women
Of the country districts In the hard cual
regions are morc butter against non-union
workers than the men are Prom almost
every mining patch. town or hamlet COMES
news uf woman against woman
Heretofore the west end of the Pcnnsyl-
vania anthracite regions. which IL in this
district, has always been regarded as the
quiet, Conservative region of tho hard
coal country. Now. everything II rampant
against uon-unionism. only the other
day two women were In deadly quarrel.
One woman accused a nsightor woman.
wife of non-union min. worker. with
interfering with a hydrant. Tie two were
s"on In almost deadly conflict with hot
water. Squire Besdlc held the offending
women in $500 hail for court
In the hooting % new nen women lead
the hoodlums. declaring that the dirty
scabs have no business To come Into the
regions to take their mems jobs, The
women rush ont from their kitchens no
matter at what work they may be One
woman w to her elbows in -four became
the leader of a mob against AL InonensiNc
lalorrr who was doing come railroad work
She belonged TO his church az that. After
the lucklcss man had promised to stop
working Tor the company, tCNt morning
b" found stuffed clothes hanging up IN front
Of hi- hOus.' lahrled -scsb Christian II
n not known who lid II
\ letter Just reviewed from near I.vkens
saws that thr'-' families moved away from
thvre b,-"au-c they could not get anything
To sat. Nolpdy would sell them anything
TIL" women of the ncighhorhood organized
a boycott and determined that the antilles
should get nothing from the store, huCkster,
travelling baker, farmer or any one else
4 Nrmmiit"e of thr,-a woinsn went with
each wagon 20 see that nothing was sold
To- 10" offending non-union families. Mothers
-elsrat. their children from their little
playinates for no other reason than that
they ar" nu, To 20 with children of -.cah-
On" woman near Nilliams'own luckcd up
h"r pump and gave water To no one hut
union famiie-
u doesn't make any difference how sick
non-uhion I@orl" arr, they receive no
sympathy. fanilv relationships arr ir-
r,'vocahly separated and undone. women
meeting women NJ Church and SUNDAY
school not recognizing each other Feel
ing wa- never - hitter,
som" women who were opposed 20 the
-trik" kept their men away from To. mines
for fear ihevd H. killed Such women
ar, called ~Cab women Letters arr
written In rude characters and posted up
Cr,ic,sing women for l-ing ~ much In
love With their husbands Wolnen are
clearing out closets and attic Of old clothes
and giving them 20 the breaker l1vs 20
sun with straw ur leaves. or hay or grass
a. "figls~ To- represent some on" IA the
n.ighhorhpod who has incurred .ninitv
hv l-ing too friendly 30 the offending com
Ianic~ Al dpY"n~ 81 IoliC,. stations in
thr coal regions efigics have been gathered
by the wagunload In ~one places the old
clothes have tsen given 10 trRfnp- hut no
woman IN any mining patch IN the coal
country would gir" any tramp hitn "a eat
who would dare wear clothes talon from
an engy
The Hun women g. IN for duckinr now
men brought IN 20 take pthcr-' Ioh- Mh.r.
native women urg" tho tprigu women ON 20
VIOLENCE Do" Slav females roll up h..r ~l,-vcs
aud lrdt the mou-. but they ar. Dpfsn-. -
tu shooting Two ur thrc, a, iafulir.d
Sliy women think nothing - sting a non
union mine worker and lifting him bodily
into ia" shallow water II anv luly crock
IN thr n"ighl urh,ud and bringing him uu,
mur" .Is" urgru than whit" man They
Formerly used -aplIugs for Whil- tn la.l
IN" uN"uiiug -'a'-' bui they now prefer
- duck them Auv uuu-uuion man ever
duckrd hy 'h" women will disappear D., fh.,
o. ght and never show hi, facr again
u supper, the strike. the women are
making every sacrifice Ilcy do all their
extra work. make la-' wears clothes DO.
hN up IN" childr"n's dresses and hats ~
lat wear. put 10" children into Ia. garden
and Z. ,-'o patch. carry wood from the hills.
in fact. the women lend a helping hand
wherever pu~-hl" But N, women insist
that everybody should boz kind tu m. ponr
mine mules
MANY christian women IN the coal rosions
ar" cumpic'r.y terrified Ihay opunsa III.
strike and hav" begged their husband.
and Irpth"r~ ~o hard 'o keep out Il danger
hy quitting work, that the men folks finally
ohcvcd Before this, they Saw each mnrn-
ing mounds resembling graves. before
their doors. with hpard -hrad-tnnes. in
-crih~d death - n 'scah' Thc-. women
appeal 20 IN" Polio" for protection daily
tfhg."- - wum"u dangla frurn '..graph
poles ia many SECTIONS Of the coal regions
furvigI. .-tiiu Nutucu IT. bet duty and
arc murr dangerous than mru. Th-v have
Mother Juu'-'- pir'ur" hanging b,.idp
that e Martha Washington. some II a..
Hun women arr experts al .iuu. throw
ing amt hey U-s th" uIbi-,r sling
with cpu'i i,rallr rVr"r'ucs- Three SlaV
women l"i = hundred pr NOR. breaker
hlv, and drove oT 'vu deputies guarding A
Ci'm hams near NuorsNi'l" II was m
odd light n M" worurn marched ahead uf
Poe shouting mob nf lays Il l. now ~
- .,i that S.1V woman AMI hNr two
daughters ar" firing IN ono uf thr engine
rooms IN the Panther Greek Valley Tho
ior dav n wife. tired of l-'ing hratcd
hy her r"iEhipr~. went 10 oDll"ry wh.rr
her husband had refused 30 stop work and
al-o remained from home. and cumr-l.d
him 20 return home with her They w,rr
,hc'r,'d a.pug ~" way