The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-23
Bitter Feeling Against Nonunion
Men Leads TO Dvnamiting
of Five Houses.
BUSY SCENES AT THE MINES.
Many of the Collicries VIII Re
sumo With Full Force To-Day
Arbitration Board to Con
vene This Morning.

REP,Ta. rCISI-
Wnk saur... T.. ort -T---s-l ~ -se
| neac- which wa expected to follow the
I ending ~ Jh- st-Ike. to-l1y saw more out
rasrS than had been committed IN some
Z weeks Most 81 them were aimed % the
raHlni q men. and tho feeling AGAINST them
now that it s. realized That th.y viu .f,-
tain thcir places. IS bitter. \ dyu1ul!tiul,
plot resulted in 1--WE houses 81 nonuuion
workers AT GiIberCou and Port carbon be-
ins destroyed
Two attempts were made 90 wreck D. T..
a ". trains. a soldier was shot and se-
riously wounded at Lnnsford. and 40 Gran
berry man. mistaken Tor "a nouuuion
man. was diSfigured Tor lie
Tonight the celebrations % the strikers
are calculated 10 raise greater ire uEaiust
the nonuricn workers. Many of the saloons
are having open house 10 celebrate the r.
turn of good. trade and the police have
I been kept busy. while the soldiers of each
regiment Ia the region are exercising ErcIt-
er vigilance than ever.
Tie town OF Iansford i virtually under
martial law, the strikers being c0ntru.led
hy the soldiers. and iu che upper. mitGlr
am lower regions the patrols are increased
The feeling Eainst the Uuuuuiou men IS
strike began. The wbrkers found this
morning that many wHo applied for work,
particularly the engineers and urrrlen, were
turned away from the cOilieries with the
announce meut that their places we-e hled.
aud their anger grew aS more reports Ct
the same nature were received
Many of them came TO President Mitchell
with their protests. others went 70 Their
district officers Nothing could be done.
They were told 10 make written statements
q the officials refusal tc give them work,
and these viii ,he submitted 10 the Board OF
Arbitration lu the hope that the men viii
De- reinStated
The strikers claim that they are being dis
eliminated against. The operators say there
is UtAfTUTflI nation whatever. that they
Will not discharge faithful nouunion work
ers To- take back strikers. and that strikers
are getting what pieces there are.
Tomorrow all the strikers will report Tor
work and the operators say they Will take
hac6 as many as possible. To-day. prepa-
rutipus at the mines Were rushed. some OF
them VIII be able 10 start Immediately with
wanna and Western mines viii work night
and day and take those workers from other
mines who can't get places. Each company
Will secure the men 10 the utmost to- get
out All the coal they can IN the effort to
quickly relieve the famine.
The celebrations continue throughout the
region tonight. The strikers have large
transparencies bearing pictures OF Rooss-
welt and Mitchell. with the line beneath.
our two great Presidents"
There are many bands in play and dis
plnF OF fireworks that has not been equaled
since the Fourth Of July
Win the saloons holding open houses and
the general celebration. the region rings
with cheers for Mitchell and the union Still I
Mitchell day. a week from to-dsy each of |
the large towns Will have parades and dem
oustratiols IN honor OF the day and IN hon
or OF the ending OF the strike