The New York herald., 1921-01-17
Home IS BLOWN UP
in FEUDOF MINERS
Pennsylvania Union Leader.
Who Won Last Strike. Had
Opposed New One.
No INJURIES REPORTED
People Ask That Government
Make | - Of Dry Agents
10 Stop Violence.

SPECIAL DesRotf h rnr Nrw NosH hEtup.
wuKEsHkEm pa.. Jan. IS. The store
and homo of James A. Joyce. Pirtston
merchant and leader of the miners of
tho Pennsylvanla Coal Company was
wrecked and several other houses We're
badly damaged az s,3o o'clock this
morning by an explosion of dynamite.
No ono was injured.
Four men have hcen arrested - the
police. who believe the dynamite was
placed by miners anrered az the stand
that Joyce has taken in the presenA
strike situation
Joyce led the miners 20 victory last
falI and they are now getting more
money than ever before. Ills recent
policy has been 20 restrain the men
from strikine Last night az meet
ing OF the general grievance commit
tee he fought strike demand made
by radical insurgents. and when the
meeting adjourned conditions we're
badly muddlcd
John T.. Lewis. international president
OF the United Mine Workers. y here, and
Il was Intended that ne should meet with
the Plttston miners to-day. hut the police
issued orders against a meeting % Any
kind within the city limits
some mlnors, mostly ioreign born.
favor a strike tomorrow. and others
favor work 4 meeting was 20 have
been held tomorrow night az which
time the representatives of the lO.evo
miners were to have gotten a report on
the meeting % their committee with
President Lewis since all meetings
have been declared of. u Il considered
likely that work viii be resumed. Lewis
met the men In wllkesbarrc and said
they should go 20 work.
Joyce's store ls situated on North
Main street Plttsion. During the last
week his life war threatened many
times. Ten houses have been dynamited
here In the last four months. nearly All
owned by Italians.
Three persons were slcepinE in Tie
joyce house and were Jared from their
beds TO the floor The entire front II
the store was blown out ana the stairs
leading 10 the bedrooms wrecked. Panes
Of glass are broken throughout ths
house and large section OF the stone
foundation IL caved.
Besides the Pittston police the uooi
OF State police located az Myoming a.
searching for the criminals. RESIDENT
are asking that some OF the large force
OF secret service men now opcrating here
against the brewers turn their attention
TO the strike conditions and set the
leaders.
The whole trouble has been caused ny
the refusal Of the hundred o. more men
of the No. "a local 81 the United Mine
Workers 10 turn over their charter "a
the insurgents. The latter could obtain
the charter by simply JOHNS the local
but IL IL said this latter procedure will
not be followed because Rinaldo Capps
llni tie insurrcnt leader h not en-.
ploycd az No. ~ colliery and could
not become a member 90 the rckulaI
union. lie and Joyce were coicadsra oi
the Pittston strikers during thc thrcs
months shutdown, bot recently beCnrus
enemies. each charging that thc other
had been bought b. the pennEy ivania
Coal COMPANY Cappalini did receive
$4,000 recently. but hc claims it We
Tor the loss Of one arm. which occurred
I'm an accident In the Pcnnsylyanis mines
about fifteen years ago.