New-York tribune., 1902-08-06
MORE CoLLIERIES OPENED.
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act promptly and vigorously in case OF attack
,hev are about the streets. ready TO pass uh-
noticed q little iostIing or -uTcompiimentary re-
marks This liberation is doing much TO prevent
an outbreak Meanwhile the leaders of the strih-
ers are laboring with all their power among the
men. endeavoring to quiet them
The holdest attack yet made occurred last
night when three soldiers Pirates hetIer'
Grove and Fausey of Company T. 18th Regi-
rnent. were pursued by angry men for SIX miles.
and only escaped by reaching the small town OF
Frackville and taking refuge in the house o1
James McCiInness a coal operator They were
going from the town to the camp, and had
wandered away from the usual line OF travel
Twenty-Five were in the attacking party Inc
soldiers were unarmed. and ran All night theS
remained in Mr.. McCiinness's house. while the
foreigners watched outside until nearlX oay-
break Then WORD Of the mems plight was sent
10 General Goblin. who at once ordered out the
Governors Troop. The troop, sixty str9hs'
dashed TO the rescue along Turkey Road put
before they arrived the besieged men had man
aged TO get away and reach the camp oroeIs
regarding stragglers have since then been mace
more strict and few men are allowed outside the
camp except on business.
Much excitement caused this mortiiiis
by the arrest of three wounded foreigners ""o
were charged with rioting and, under the sudiu
nf soldiers were taken from the CROWDED IoI-
eign quarter. despite the threatening attlluae
of hundreds of their friends. The men are Adam
Szymanski, ". Ladislaw Govinsky and Anthony
kianowich. and all are suffering from oui4e'
wounds none serious. They were taken to the
Office of Squire Shoemaker where the crown
grew so large and threatening that a force
of soldiers was hurried TO the scene and the
Office surrounded Sheriff Beddall was present
end the family Of Joseph Beddall. who was
killed in the rioting, was represented by H. NJ
Burke. Several witnesses identified the men,
who were lodged in jail in default of SZ.po pall
each. These arrests have aroused the foreigners
and the fact that other rioters are being sought
keeps up the excitement
Most of them live in one quarter of the town.
and companies of troops have been posted at
Cambridge colery and along Turkey Road
which are on either side of this place. A strong
provost guard is in the town and will respond
10 any call for aid in case of violence; and a
system OF communication with the camp mas
been established which will bring as many cefh-
panies as desired into the town within a fe"
minutes If there is trouble at one point the
troops can be concentrated rapidly, and II al
several places at the same time the >ofncers
by close study Of the region. are now able to
get to them quickly.
The conditions expressed in an interview
the Third Brigade. who says:
4 more God forsaken country 1 have never
eeen. Eighty-fve per cent OF the population are
Foreigners and from 5000 to 10000 are an
archsts The Lithuanians fear no man or
God. They have no regard for law or oraer
or anything. They run everything. their own
way. and the priests say that nobody mas SC con-
troll over them. The disturbing elements are at
all times ready for trouble. and court IL The
English speaking miners are all right, and nave
done good deal to help the troops there.
Naifber Mitchell other ln0iN1uGdl can
control the others Nothing short of shot ana
shell can keep them subdued. They lie in the
laurel bushes which grow in great protusion
there TO stone the troops At first the soialers
were instructed to load with blank cartridges
hut they have been supplied with bullets now,
and are under instruction to shoot to XII Gen
erai Goblin is determined that quiet small pre-
stones will not be tolerated for moment.
AS far as the strike is concerned We nave
nothing, absolutely nothing, TO 40 WIN 1t
Whether mines are operated with union. or non -
union men does not concern US in the least we
are not down here to run the mines nut 10 see
that law and order are maintained, and that we
shall do come what may. If the foreigners at
tack US there will be bloodshed. We are going
10 tender them lesson in the maintenance or
6-5ar and as seif-protection is the first law, we
DO not propose to stand any more monheylhs'
We mean business.
thousand barrels of beer are sold there annu-
slly TO the miners. They dump barrel In an
old washtub-whether il is clean or not makes
not the slightest diference-and lhen 1ney @ pour
IN couple of quarts Of vile whiskey- Ihe MKT
srre
then ready to drink. Old tin cups broken
glasses anything is used in conveying the stun
~ the drinkers who consume IT until they reach
an advanced stage of intoHication
st o'clock this morning Frank Pattello.
watchman at the Girardville colliery, was shot
from, ambush several buckshot striking him in
the side and shoulder. He is in serious con-
6ition There is no trace of the assassin, al
though guards searched the woods for some time
sfterward. Shots were also fired during the
night at the Indian Ridge colliery. where guard
Of soldiers is stationed: but whether to frighten
hit the soldiers is not known a detali
The SSovernor's Troop to-day received Krag
TSrgeneen magazine rifles with a calibre of ~.
70 replace the old fashioned Springfield carbines
with which they were armed, and as the troop
is the most effective arm of the service under
st present conditions. the rifles the officers say.
viii be useful in Tightening their carrying weight
snd making a more effective weapon
Father Reilly to-day. in discussing the situ-
President Fahey had cast a ban upon the town
and the workers, and that the sooner it was re-
moved the better.
Tonight all is quiet. There has been no fur
their outbreak but the sentries are vigilant
II in dark the sky being overcast with Clouds
and il is difficult TO see far but the ofhcers nave
given orders to the sentries that foolishness
shall he allowed. II any stones are thrown or
shots fred. If any one ordered to halt does
not obey. the orders are TO shoot. ana shoot
straight.
Pottsville Penn. Aug. 5.-R. c Luther. gen
eral manager Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company. said to-day that
efforts are be made at present to operate
anv of the collieries Officials of the company
held meeting to-day and decided that II would
he inexpeaieut 10 resume operations at Indian
Ridge colliery at Shenandoah. IT had been ru-
rnored that the company would attempt to work
This mine under the protection OF the troops.
MITCHELL on THE RELIEF FUND.
HIS SECRET CIRCULAR EXPLAINING THE