Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-30
They Charge Upon Lieut.. Smiths
Command This Morning at
Mt Carmel.
BEATEN BACK BY TROOPS
Lieut. Smith Drew Up His Men in
Battle Line and Threatened 10 Shoot
if The Crowd Did Not DlSpeFSe.
A.sooIalea be-. Dl.pa.eae. ar srecIal wIre,

Mt. Carmel, Pa, April 3O.-After
dinlngroom girls at three local hotels
had refused to serve Lieut. Smith s COM
mand OF state constabulary today. the
troopers in front OF the Commercial Hotel
were charged upon by a large crowd of
foreign miners. The troopers beat them
back with black jacks
Michalel Glugen had his skull fractured
and numbers of Others received decorations
of the head A trooper was badly injured
by a blow.
The crowd retreated and prepared for
another charge. Lieut.. Smith drew up
his men in battle line and threatened to
shoot if the crowd tried to scatter his
soldiers. The chief burgess addressed the
mob advising them to 20 home The
| burgess is a member of the union and his
speech had the effect of dispensing the
men, whereupon Lieut. Smith COM
mand moved on the Lehigh Co.'S Sayre
colliery, in the suburbs. where non-union
men had been stoned by foreigners.
Reading Pa, April 30.-The Reading
/ Co. is releasing some coal from its storage
/ plants, and including the washery coal.
| is sending 400 to 500 carloads daily
/ through this city In railroad circles
/ here it is generally believed that a strike
/ will be declared
During the suspension of mining, the
/ Reading officials are making every effort
TO give the idle train hands work Most
of those employed in the coal trade on
! the Reading division have been given
work on the Lebanon Valley division.
On the Shamokin division the employees
have been less fortunate. A few have
secured employment in other depart
ments, but others are only able to make
q few days a week The suspension is
felt very keenly. especially at Mahanoy
Plane. Gordon, Shamokin and Tamaqua.
During the past 10 days, it is estimated
1000 mine workers have passed through
Reading on their way to the large cities
Most OF them travel by night and on
through freight trains On some trains
as many as $50 have been counted. They
come from the vicinity of Mt. Carmel
Shamokin and Shenandoah
Notices have been posted by the
operators OF the Buffalo, Rochester 4
p ittsburg. the Buffalo & Susquehannl
and the Falls Creek Coal Cos. giving th'
scale of wages 10 be paid and the condi
tions. and word has gone forth that al
attempt will be made to resume to
morrow The scale is that of 1903. Thl
miners are holding out for recognition o
the union and collection OF check off b!
the operators. If an attempt is made a
this time to resume, trouble is anticipated
Dubois. Pa. April 30.-The strik
situation in the Clearield region j
threatening.
On the surface everything is quiet to
day A large meeting OF miners Is II
, session. discussing the situation and ar
ranging to strengthen the union.
Preparations are being made at mum
: Der Of the plants for immediate resump
ton. At shaft No. Of the Buffalo
Susquehanna Co. the works have beei
boarded up. and at No ! shaft it is ad
mitted by some of the miners official
that a number Of the men are ready 4
accept the operators terms. Il is re
ported that the Buffalo & Susquehann
Co. has engaged strike-breakers, but thi
1 cannot be confirmed at this time.
Philadelphia. Pa. April 3O-The Stat
, | Supreme Court. today, in an opinion
: held that shipper of coal, when short
e age of cars arises. is not compelled &
supply coal of the same general quallt
as that named in the contract. IN
3 case decided was that Of Parrish, Phillip
u n Co. who contracted to supply tn
Pllings & Crane Co. $4,000 tons OF sol
coal. known as Sonman shaft Goa
Both companies are local concerns.
clause in the contract read:
1T is understood and agreed that,
= there be shortage Of cars, shipment
will be divided from time to time IN iai
!, proportions on all orders"
The coal in question was to be shippe
e from the Sonman shaft mine, in Wester
= pennsylvania. to South Amboy, n. J.
over the lines Of the Pennsylvania Raj
il road The Supreme Court held that th
contract called for a particular kind
coal at a designated mine and that tn
clause relating to cars meant a shortae
of cars at the mine from which the COS
was produced. The Pillings & Gran
Co claimed that it should have bee
furnished with $4,000 tons OF the san
general quality as that named IN ii
Contract whether it was Cleariield Goa
seminar shaft coal or Sonman coal