The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-08
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and his neighbors began to annoy him.
On the night of the wedding small
crowd gathered at the Catholic church
and as the bridal party entered the edi-
fee Washaiski and his bride were called
"scabs." Coming out, after the cere-
mony, he was assaulted by the waiting
crowd which had greatly increased. The
driver of the carriage was not permitted
to take the couple home, and the wit
ness sought refuge in the parochiai
residence and the bride was escorted
home in trolley car by friends, While
in the parochial residence the crowd re-
manned in the vicinity, calling the
bridegroom vile names and yelling
"scab' at the rector of the church be-
cause he had performed the ceremony.
Later on the witness said he managed
to get away from the house and spent
the night in the colliery, being afraid
to go to his home. The bride spent an
anxious night as some unknown per-
sons came to the house and threw
stones at the place.
All the commissioners listened to the
story with close attention and Chair
man Gray's only remark was: What
sort of a community is this, anyway
Charles Carl of MahonOy City, a
| loader boss at the tunnel Ridge colliery
of the Reading company, to-day told a
pathetic story. He was compelled to
remain within the confines of the col
| lie.ry because he was afraid to go home.
When his wife and children visited him
| at the mines they were followed by jeer-
| ing crowds. He learned that his moth
err was dying, and taking a circuitous
| route reached the home of his mother
| Just after she passed away. While she
was lying dead in the house he was an
noyed, called vile names and his life
| threatened. He did not attend the fun
| eral of his parent because he was afraid
he would be killed.
As an instance Of lawlessness at one
| colliery, David L. Jenkins Of POttsville,
coal and iron policeman at the Silver
| Creek colliery, Of the Reading COM
pany. at New Philadelphia, gave list
| of acts of violence at or near that mine
| It included the tying of railroad ties
and spil5es on the railroad tracks over
which coal trains ran; the turning of a
switch. which was discovered just be-
| fore an express train came along; a
railroad bridge damaged by dynamite
and then set on fire, and the saving OF
tfmbers on the bridge after it had beer
repaired.
During the proceedings James Fl. Tor
rev of Scranton. counsel for the Della.
ware and Hudson company, interrupted
long enough to explain to the commits
sion the law in Pennsylvania regarding
the payment of deputy sheriffs for spec
iaI duty which caused some discussion
! Yesterday 1t was to the effect tha
the laws Of the state were not adequate
enough to permit the county to pay tht
deputy sheriffs for this special service
| and that in consequence corporation!
foot the bills Mr. Torrey said that thu
! operators will gladly Join the miners II
! having the laws amended so that Tho
companies asking for protection shall
not have to pay for it and that the bur
den be placed upon the people, where 1
belongs
Chairman Gray said that he was glat
to hear that an attempt would be mad
to amend the laws to that effect, ant
added that with all due respect to thu
great commonwealth of Pennsylvania
he thought it was a ''most deplorabl
state Of the law" when a sheriff canno
hire help and must depend upon TIL
rich to assist him. If that be the case
he said, then the poor are helpless.