Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-24
P|CKETS OUT ATT
UPPER LEH|CH
500 Men Visit the Town
Early This Morning.
Outwitted the Coal and Iron
Police and Attained Their
Object--Upper End Strife.
John MarkIe Talks.

John Markle Talks.
The desertion of eight or ten engin-
eers and firemen from the union ranks
at Upper Lehigh last week was prob
ably the cause for the appearance Of
about 500 strikers on the streets of that
town at 4 o'clock this morning. The
company officials had received an inti-
nation that the pickets were due there
today and preparations to prevent them
from interfering with the workmen
were hurriedly made.
The Upper Lehigh Office was kept
open all night and after much effort the
officials secured twenty-six coal and iron
officers from Hazleton. The uniformed
specials, upon their arrival, were held
in readiness to meet the strikers.
The latter, expecting that the COM
pany would be notified Of their coming,
sent about $50 of their number into the
town. To these the officers im mediately
devoted their attention, and when the
were met by Superintendent A. C.
Leisenring, other officials of the COM
pany and the police.
The advance guard was quietly re-
quested by the officers to move on, and
they slowly complied with the order
followed by the officials and officers.
They walked down Main street, along
the turnpike and on to Freeland bor-
ough line, after which they leisurely
dispersed.
In the meantime the larger body OF
pickets poured into Upper Lehigh via
another route, met the men who have
deserted the miners ranks and succeed
ed In having them return to their resi-
dences. This accomplished, the pickets
departed and passed homeward through
Freeland at Z o'clock.
Another force, numbering 200 men,
was streached across from East South
Heberton to No. Upper Lehigh, and
closely guarded all roads to Upper Le-
high workings. The few Freeland men
who have returned to work at the col
lieries saw this line of pickets and did
not wait to be asked to cease work, but
sought their homes at once.
When the guards returned to Upper
Lehigh they found that the crowd they
had escorted out of town was only a
small wing of the picketing army and
that in their absence the strikers had
performed the work they had planned.
The whole affair, while causing con-
siderable excitement, passed off quietly
and without unnecessary show of force
by either side. The mine workers were
satisfied with the result of their visit to
the town, and the company officials and
police were thankful that no attempt
was made to injure the property.
DISORDER IN UPPER END.
Sheriff Jacobs deputies were kept
busy last night and yesterday by several
cases of violence reported in various
parts Of the county. None OF them re-
suited seriously, but there are prospects
of Sheriff Jacobs following the example of
Sheriff Schadt, who had the Thirteenth
regiment placed in Lackawanna county
yesterday.
Joseph Harrison, non-union work
man at Plymouth, heard men in his yard
and fired at them. They ran and later
he discovered two sticks of dynamite
upon his porch. Several non-unionists
got into trouble with crowds and were
beaten, while the house OF fire boss at
the No. colllery, Plymouth, was at
tackled and stoned.
An attack was made upon another
non-union house at Nanticoke, and some
shots were fred at the No. breaker.
At Warrior Run several deputies pro-
tected Lewis Laud while he removed his
household goods to a place near the
Bliss coliery, where he works. Some
boys would not allow him to move, and
he appealed for assistance.
large crowd, In which there were
many boys, attacked four carpenters as
they left the Baltimore No. . colliery,
Wilkesbarre, last evening, and pursued
them down the street. Several guards