New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE.
TWO COLLIERTES ATTACKED AND MN
RER OF WORKERS HURT-A NEW
STATEMENT To COME.
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STATEMENT TO COME
v-inesharre Penn. June q (speciaD.-An organ
tzed march and an attack upon two colleries "'
the Iehigh Valley Coal Company occurred thls
afternoon at Shenandoah some one thousand men,
women and boys taking part They injured a num-
her Of workers. but shots were fired. the deputy
shcrfHs arriving when the affair was over ana
the coal and iron policemen being Withdrawn N
order TO protecr another point where an attack was
feared No similar march has occurred since 'he
strike began the officials of the United Mine "o'h
ers having been able Ia prevent others.
This was caused by the ability Of the Lehlgh Val
ley Coal Company keep the pumps gong al ne
Packer Nos. . g. and ) coeries. close TO Sheha"-
doah. with its non-union men aided by hoSS7S'
sorernen and clerks For days the feeling mas beei
growing and the men had threatened an ou."i '''>
-ro-dav the crowd began collecting near Shenah-
5oah and was ioined by large number OF women
and bovs a II marching finally toward the coI4leIie
with no effort made to stop them Hearing 1leE
were coming the Lehigr Valley ofhcials apieeIeo
., Sheriff Feddall Pottsville for heip nut peio'
ne could send deputies the scene the marchefs
had arrived "a. ,.
the larger breaker Is, and there the coal anu ION
r,olcernen from Nos. and were eathereu' "
thai when the mob swept around and started LOT
-be two latter workings there were nc suaIus ~
or,ose them They rushed at the place with hoo's
and wells and brandishing of clubs MOST oi 'ie
workers dropped everything and ran' some
o,,ertaken and beaten. and those who remained III
-ba boiler and engine rooms were husueu Ou' on"
,ea1,- injured four or five Of the men oelne :"
severely hurt that they Will be laid up for some UNI
The crowd swept from one place 70 the heA'. an
-he men At No Jared better than those AT Ne
-r,,-o ,,ho 47ed were pursued for some distance
others who promised to join the strikers eScdpeu
with a little rough handling. and were inaIoier
apav prisoners by the crowd Little Damage vas
done 20 the property and thoroughly satlsrleo Id'
-. "a e-onred the pumps and drowned the fires
.rhe crowd lotered about. gloating over lheh VI
tory and hootng and yelling at the ofncials OF l'
company in the office. No attack was Inaoe ul'oi'
them. however
HAD TO READ RIOT ACT.
7. vas At this time that the deputies arrived
three Of them far small number 10 nav 1tl' s.
4fa-, ,,ron the mob. They urged the crowd 10 uie
Terse but could little with them until e Ihe TO-
act was read. After that they oeeah 10 uiSp
.,ou,v and bv 6 O clock all had gone away o"I"e
,be small force Of deputies no effort was ndae 10
.e+ a,,, Of the mob but the deputies and 'he
company officers managed 10 get d hu'ii"e'
,,a,nes and arrests will be made on MonoaH-
ro-nign1 the collieries are being guarded !" q
80 Of coal and iron police and Sheriff
1se5sau has some deputies ready to respond IN case
there is trouble This is the FIRST outnreah % ~
lence in a week. and the officials OF the ullio = =
ore, If greatly President Fahey OF the dlStii9' 60
-har an effort will be made 10 prevent CI""Ns se
erlng there while the excitement lasts
The oreratiou of eleven washeries in LackaWahha
and Wyoming counties yesterday ana 'o-u0H no
alarmed the strikers and a meeting OF the eAe0u
rye hoard Of the district was held today to con
i5er What ii is best do. The strikers say & Moih
san5 tons isy and this is enough to supply the
dernesnc 3enTl inc % %onmpsilies started them quietly
and to-day these were operating: lhtSt & ~ ~. t1e
Fre two hv the Ontario and Western: one ny @ tIle
AZ tbere has been no interference with these
The companies We're PREPARING 10 9rriLere believe
would have extended quickly & {G ih@ no MINES rT 10 have
selves Inc d tbe railroads refuse TO handle
the non-union coal
MITCHELL. PREPARING STATEMENT.
The committee to-day also changed the date Of
The district convention from July Il 10 july - III
order TO give time for action before me naI
convention * held Tonight it is understood tha'
president Mitchell viii within couple OF Gays @ g1ce
ogt tbe oneTatnrs published TWO weeks ago He has
been at work on this & boT sPre1 s4Ie Presidents Sc-
ois Fahey and Duey in TeEslng ~ alG IL vii n atfacf
The coal companies on the ground taat S .n6S hat
combined with The ISFIsF Taen i'm paving the high
tolls for tonnage TO udewater. wInSn ptorne1 pion
The ground viii also be taken that althoGgn me me
strikers gSt .o only E rc IL @ of coai has gone up per
cent since then. and tnal me 700 Froo x per cent
ots q er nee Cent and it is costing the miners that
much more more 10 increase @ The statement is expected
TO Create sympathy i Win thf fbat ae as Vet has
been said about their condition as IL %iIl SoniTions
,hat they are 20 00EbeG otber Class cG su Of workers
The steam men employed at The @ J0h1som cG1lie
SITnbant returned to work today; ne II nrenl9, at
went back < t9 g So5k dSv on The men went on strike
rS,--eSs and Yesterday Superintendent W lIid iliS
agreed .f9ng 70 5e be eight hour day several
on Thursday they went out ana renlaiileu Oh sunni
.ToSGsHoREMEN NOT TO GO OUT,
r,s,iel 7 Keefe the president OF the National
~ rorrsborernen,s Union stopped of here, and spent
,hts afternon with President John Mitchell on his
1vav from Detroit 10 Philadelphia His Visit Is
significant as Of his thirty-nine thousand workers
seen thousand handle coal Mr.. keefe was asked
=. .to,qbt the seven thousand would go out
on saPS11Ss AMER Contracts which expire until
Hsxf aT1rfi or May. and do not think they VIII
,.ois,s these contracts. They symPathize and will
s1tian Of the longshoremen will be held on July
=, 1 G an abundance Of soft coal being shipped
snto The anthracite region at present, At the
NaIherlZ t saiN MO No change was made in the CRATE
bar~ but the coal - nos giving inc san
is shipped over the PennsylVania Railroad and
down over the Quakake branch from Deano Ran
heing made the East daily The, Dela ware
IackaWanna and Western mine officials are daily
rsce1xing applications for work from their old en-
pioyes who have quit on account 81 the strike Ike
They now have however. more men thah theS caI
ilse until the mines start ana are obhged 10 turi
cation made. and the frst appllcants nave beer peer
promised the FIRST work other companies repor
rnor has gained currency Of late to The eec
that four district presidents ot 'he NaGle es'ST T
Mitchell absolutely refused to uphold or Sanction
Nr Mitchell Mas questioned about the this
morning he replied by saying that II was the dele
district presidents The question was reiterated
..No" replied Mr. Mitchell. not that have heard
No MINE TO BE REOPENED AT PRESENT
II was stated by high authority to-day that ther
IS no present expectation Of starting any one o
,he Trfladeiphia and Reading Company's collierie
next week In resuning mining operations. SAT-
p prominent operator to-day we will endeavor il