Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-05

flong as they remain on the outside or
 the company lines there will be no dis
 turbance, but we will not be responsi-
 ble for what happens if the miners
 cross the line"
 The entire Wyoming valley is very
 quiet to-day.
 Pittston, Pa. June 5.-The Erie con- panys work train carrying non-union men to the mines of the company was derailed in Hughestown to-day by run hing into an obstruction of rocks which had been piled on the tracks. No one was injured. All the non-un- ion men at work in the various col Iieries of the Erie company are housed in one building and are distributed every morning to the mines By special trains. It is supposed that strike sympathizers Ssaced the rocks on the track.
 Scranton, Pa, June 5.-The Lacka wanna valley had it's first demonstra- tion against the working engineers, firemen and pump runners to-day. No serious disorder attended it, but it was effective in inducing large num- Der of these men to give up their em- ployment at the mines in and about Olyphant where the Delaware and Hudson company had been fairly sue cessful in keeping it's steam plants in operation.
 The march was the result of q meet ing last night of the five local unions of that section, and began shortly af- ter 6 o'clock this morning, the march CTS intercepting the men going to the day shift or returning home from the nights work. These were taken in tow by pickets and persuaded to meet the leaders of the marchers who final ly got the men to join their ranks. There was no attempt at violence. The company expected some move of this kind. but it's several policemen plans of the marchers.
 The Lackawanna company also Suf- fered the loss of it's steam men at its Drisbin, Cayuga and AIanville mines this morning, and at strike headquar- ters the claim is made that the con- pany will not have a dozen old men by the end of the week.
 District President Nichols also had reports that many of the men, unused to the work of tiremen, are also de serting the companies.
 Hazelton, Pa, June 5.-The strike situation in this region to-day is quiet. A man claiming to be one of the inn ported special officers brought up from called at the mine work ers' headquarters and informed the of ficers that it was the desire of the seventy watchmen quartered i'll the Yorktown store building to return home. He asked the assistance of the mine workers in getting the men back. The mine workers are looking into the matter. A foreman and time keeper at Yorktown quit to-day when asked to take the places of strikers.
 Harrisburg, Pa, June 5.-Sheriff Reiff swore in small force of depu- ties to-day for duty in the Lyons Val ley coal region. Trouble is brewing at Lykens and Wiconisco and the sheriff says riot is likely to occur any mo- ment. Three hundred men congregat- ed on the outside of the colliery at Ly- kenS to-day and tried to prevent the firemen and pumpmen from going to work The striking miners refuse to serve as deputies and the sheriff was forced to secure deputies i'll this city,
 Shamokin, Pa, June 5.-Owing to the scarcity of non-union men here, the union and mineral coal companies were forced to-day to put main office clerks to work in the boiler rooms of their collieries. The strikers made no demonstration against them as they walked into the boiler houses.
 The Ninth district United Mine Workers headquarters today reports all collieries in the local district free of union men. while number of non union men are said to be deserting from the mines.
 Providence, R. l., June 5.-Omni- buses. barges and other conveyances were to-day transporting such of the city and suburban passenger traffic iii this section as could not be accommo- dated by the steam trains. as the re- suit of the strike of the United Trac tion company's motormen and conduc- tors, which began yesterday. Some street cars were running but the ma- jority of the travellers seemed to prefer not to take chances. It was claimed that more cars were moving to-day than were in operation late yesterday, but not more than one-third of the us ual number were sent out on the en- tire system of the company.
 The strike progresses quietly and the usual conflicting statements by the contesting interests are noted The claims that large number of the old men returned asking to be reinstated to-day. Reports given out by the strikers, on the other hand are that out of 500 union men only 25 are at work for the company and that 1 scarcely 400 are operating cars today. 1 In Rawtucket only T cars were run hing.
 Thus far the strikers have remained i quiet and their sympathizers in this city have refrained from making any In Pawtuckef, how 1 ever, q number of the cars were stoned