New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
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-, l,ut they have been SufTouilueu anu
ii hundred men are at safe ols'alioe p"'-o..
&c the colIiery and ready 40 p'eNe''
~l,ars from reaching it
"oih e .bour 800 men are marching
"a, tho region. and have surrounded five
l.1s.1,,bfa & Reading collieries. and are at
:, distance from the Richards colliery OF
cr,souebanna Coal Company. which is well
orad 10 resist attack hearing OF inc
ing to-day a force Of coal and IRON ponce
= ,7assed there. and spent the day pulolhS
,7.e g, that tonight they are intrenched
t;,5 1oes and earthworks fifty strong, armed
"a. v-inchesters. cool and confident Al
sock 4 message to the main Office in this city
chat they are able to stand it for some
- and ready for any attack that Is MADE
- entire force of Sheriff's deputies is now in
ioe and is 50 small compared with the mon
=. Gil they can do is to guard the colllerles
"a prevent attacks upon the steam pipes
Tho uobs meanwhile are rioting along the
roads firing their guns and revoNers and ter
ssrinr non-union men. 1t is feared NUMBER
- attacks upon non-union houses VIII be mace
= +be night. and many of the residents are 'hee-
ing 10 safer quarters
G0BIN's VIEW OF SITUATION
A. { o'clock tonight, after vain effort TO
control the rlobs, and realizing that the stu
p-ior mas growing worse, Sheriff Dietrich asked
,-overnor Stone for troops, and at 3 O'Clock Gen
Era1 Goblin was Informed. He SAID;
The situation is very serious Large mohs are
marching. and great deal OF shootlHs nas -, -
rrrred hui / do not know that any one mas
80 ebor am lust going TO order out the re-
,raning eight companies OF the flh res
end will have them on the scene oS uaS
Sheriff Dietrich says that he fears there VIII
he much violence during the nGh| anu 'N"'
the situation will grow worse.
Superintendent c. c. Rose, OF the Delaware ana
Hudson; Superintendent B. T Thorne, OF the
Temple Coal and Iron Company, Superll1eiuei1
w A. May. of the Erie and supe[i 3tz zllerI'
Company. and had a long consultation Win
them regarding the means Of protecting the
workers who desire to reach the coHeries ana
who are now so frightened by the riotinS Of the
last several days that they do not like % leave
their homes No announcement was made OF
any nlans which were perfected.
Vice President Loons. of The Della ware. Lack
awanna and Western, this evening u'et num-
her of striking miners OF the company and had
q talk with them, but he says and so do they.
that 10 proposition made by either side.
This meeting was feII despite the warning of
President Nichols against II. the men acting in
dependentIy Of his dictaton.
The return Of President Mitchell and the dis
1rict presidents. Nichols, Fahey and Duffy. to
night from Philadelphia. there to-day they held
q mysterious conference with some in the
Hotel Walton. did not throw any light upon
the cause for the meeting or whom they met
President Mitchell declared. I have nothing
n say bout II tonight and will have nothing,
while the district presidents all declared that
i anything was said Mitchell was the man 10
make a statement
The meeting in Philadelphia was not expected
the tine that NJ. Mitchell left here on Fri
DAY. was il expected by the district presi
dents until they received the order yesterday
calling them 10 Philadelphia
At the Packer No. Colliery Of the Lehigh
Valley Company. near Centralia- twenty men
ere besieged, piczets Of the strikers managing to
keep them there for the last couple Of days
They are also keeping men away from the col
1iery. they fear work is 10 be started there
elso.
NEW OUTRAGE PENETRATED.
dynamite outrage occurred at HIahanoy City
to-day. the house Of Michael Weldon. a
union fireman, being partly destroyed. Weldon
was away from home, but his wife and four
children were there, and they were somewhat
injured by the falling plaster and glass. The
entire front Of the house destroyed and
much damage done
Only one new working was started to-day
the Potts. OF the Pha delphia and Reading COM
pany. near Ashland-and it all day
without interference In the Lackawanna dis
1rict this morning the coal companies made eK
tensive preparations 10 ship coal to the New
York markets. Every coal car owned by the
Lsckawanna Railroad stationed in the yards
was pant TO the several collieries and washeries
Of that company.
This movement of the Lackawanna bears out
the statement made by one of the coal roads
presidents in New-York yesterday. This man
made the following statement:
on Monday the coal situation will be changed
Is more anthracite will he received here. 1t will
continue TO come from the mines This will re-
leve the stringency that exists to-day. From
Monday big change for the better Will be
noticed.
E. Z. Looms. second vice-president of the
1ackawanna Railroad, arrived in this city early
this evening. He was in conference with Su-
perintendent Phillips of the same road, and
later returned TO New-York.
To-day a stockade being constructed in
the 18th Regiment camp. Colonel Waitress is
opposed TO placing the members of the regiment
in the guardhouse with a heterogeneous collec-
lion Of Huns. Poles and Italians. A trench six
teen feet square was dug and posts about
twenty feet long placed upright therein. this
being fastened together by plank nailed across
The tops There viii be no roof on the stock
tent on the inside. Ii viii be used for quar-
!efs Tor all prisoners taken The 18th Reglment
Las large signal corps, which, Major Howell
says. Is the best in the service. In sunshine
hey will use the heliograph, in cloudy weather
llass and 10y night lanterns and rockets sta
tons VIII be maintained near each coery
aere aid can be rushed on moments notice
AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
Last night while John Dick. an aged man liv-
ing on the outskirts of Moosic. about mile
from camp was sitting on his front porch an
unknown person fired from ambush and shot his
hat from his head. The ball passed through the
crown. and buried itself in the boards behind
The shot was evidently fired from a rife at fifty
Haros range. The of the attempt at
murder is evident Dick has son who is en-
poyed by the Erie company. as engineer. He
refused 10 strike and has been threatened on
numerous occasions. Whether the ambusher
tils,ooh DICK Tor his son or whether ne intended
- klI the father Is not known. Dick himself
mas no idea TO who fired the shot
To-Day James Sweeney who shot and killed
striker last night. taken 10 iail and is
n al S1,1r