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SUFFERINGS OF THE
NON-UNION WORKERS
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John Hoffman, brother of the pre
iertlnsr witness, and Kllen Hoffman, the
wife, also told, of tho attack ntnl,
furthermore, Hint Borne one overturned
the stove anil set the house ntlre. They
extinguished It with the help of a next
door neighbor.
Duncan Mclntyrc, a Delaware, Iuclt
n wanna and Western blacksmith from
Xnntlcoke, testified that because he ro
fupcd to quit work ho was Inintr In
I'fflgy three times nnd once an Indecent
cfllRy of his wlfo was suspended along
side his own, One day when he was
returning from work he saw n. crowd
of boys drnfjRlnir his wife's elllgy
through the streets, A number of men
were encouraging them. The elllgy
was tied to a post In front of his home.
Ills wife, who wus nbout to become u
mother, was seriously affected by the
affair.
Mrs. James McN'timarn, of Parsons,
tho wlfo of a Delaware and Hudson
engineer who worked during the strike,
told thnt one night, while her husband
was away, herself and Infant narrowly
escaped being cremated by a lire,
which sh I'otild nut account for.
Mr. Darrow, on cross-examination,
asked the witness If she accused the
union of setting the house ullre.
Judge Gray remarked: "1 feel that
tho commission will bo disposed to be
lieve tho tire was of Incendiary origin,
Mr. Darrow."
John Trimble, of Plymouth, a Dela
ware, Jjackawanna and Western ma
chinist, told of being chased by crowds
of strikers, of his wife being ronised
meat bv two butcher.".
A printed list of 111! non-union men,
with the superscription that they were
"unfair" and "deserving of the con
tempt of mankind," which bad been
posted In Kingston, was offered In evi
dence und accepted.
Fallon Did Not Know.
John Fallon, a member of the na
tional board of the United Mine Work
ers, was called to the stand and ex
amined by Mr. Lenahan. He denied
that he knew the Courier-Herald was
the organ of the Central Labor union
of Wilkes-Han e, or that it bad pub
lished a boycott list. He admitted that
he secured bail for union men arrested
for strike violence.
William M.vles, a Delawaie, Lacka
wanna and Western pumprunner, told
of a barber refusing to shave him, and
if a butcher refusing to sell his wife
meat.
William Schuech, sr., outside foreman
at the Lehigh Valley Coal company's
No. 40 colliery, in Hazleton. gave testi
mony that tended slightly, at least, to
contradict Ahe miners' witnesses who
stated thatl Hazleton during the strike
was a scccnd Peaceful valley.
On August 21, the newspapers an
nounced that Xo. 40 colliery would re
sume operation on the following Mon
day. On he following Monday, Scheuoh,
while onhis way to work, s-aw a crowd
of strikers assaulting his son. He ran
up to if-escue his son, and as he ap
proaches, so he says, 'Squire McKelvy
,!lttnrl ... tTrtil,n t.. rtlrl
I -" CUfh Into him." The .crowd diverted
Its attention from the son and directed
it to the father. When the latter woke
up three days later in the hospital, hn
found he had three stab wounds, two
ribs broken on the left side and three
on the right, .a gash in his scalp and
bruises on every part of his body. The
witness averred that 'Squire McKelvy
led the attack and that tho fifty men
, In the mob were strikers.
"You were a coal and Iron policeman.
Wore you not?" asked General Wilson.
"Yes, sir," said the witness.
"Why did you not use your gun'."'
queried the general.
"Well. I was afraid 1 would hit my
f-on, who was In the midst of the
crowd," Schuech answered.
On cross-examination, Mr. McCarthy
tried to make It appear that 'Squire
McKelvy Interfered only for the pur
pose of saving the Schuechs from the
', mob, and that the attack was provoked
1 by the elder Schuech being too officious
.s, a coal and iron policeman, but the
witness would not agree with him in
either regard.
Corroborated by Son.
William Schuech, Jr., corroborated
his father's account of tho assault, und
asserted emphatically that 'Squire Mc
Kelvy incited the mob to the assault.
Mrs. George Richardson, of Parsons,
told of her husband being threatened.
Iter son assailed, and of merchants rc-
fusing her goods because her husband
continued to work as a urumnn at tho
Laurel Itun colliery of the Delnwure
nnd Hudson company.
Her husband, she said, was a llreboss
at the Laurel Htm, and during tho
strike acted ns a fireman to help keep
the pumps going. The day after the
steam men wore called out, her boy,
who worked In tho Wllkes-Harru Laco
coiifpany's mill, came home, bearing a
mite, which read as follows:
"George Klchurdsou:
"As long as you are nn unfair work
man we won't work with your sou,
"(Signed) Hrass Ilobbln Winders ot
AVIllws-lturio Lace Mill."
The witness said she found out, after
wards, that Manager Doran, of tho laco
mill, knew nothing of her boy being
rent home, with the note,
' Mrs. Hlchurdson also told that Bur
gess Davis, of Parsons, who keeps a
butcher shop, refused to sell her jurat,
uecause tho inino workers hud threat
ened to boycott him If he did, Grocer
Sward told her that the strikers' com
mittee had notlllud him not to soil her
provisions. Ho Ignored Urn notice.
SOUND AS A DOLLAR
That is the result of a course
of treatment with Scotjt's Emul
sion, We have special refer
ence to persons with weak
lungs and sensitive throats.
Scott's Emulsion docs some
things better than others. Thjs
15 one of them. It has a pe
culiar action on the throat and
lungs which
gives
them
strength and makes them tough,
That's how Scott's Emulsion
drives out coughs, colds and
bronchitis. It keeps them out,
too.
We'll tend rou i little to try. It ou lite
j,avrr & uowkk. pui tiutx. s vut
Milkman Wlntersteln nlso Ignored i
notice to quit selling her milk.
Henry Vermlllye, of Luzerne bor
ough, n veternn of the Civil war, who
did not llko the way the union was
carrying on and who therefore refused
to join It, told a long Htory ot his trials
and tribulations.
ire was working for J, C. Haddock as
a company hand doing repair work.
George W, Carey, the foreman, and
Patrick Kelly, the flreboss, came to
him, he Bald, and requested him to Join
the union, saying that the union threat
ened to shut down the colliery If he did
not Join the union or was not dis
charged. Tho witness told the bosses
he would rather not Join the union, but
at their earnest solicitation, after four
days, he consented to Join. He paid ?3
Initiation fee and became a member.
Wouldn't Buy Button.
When the strike came on, a commit
tee from the local notified the boss that
the witness could only work every
other week at his renalr work. Tho
witness did not take kindly to this and
when, a few days later, nn ofllcer of
the union told him he would have to
buy and wear a. union button or quit
wtn-k, he quit work, and wont Into tho
employ of the Delaware, Lackawuuna
and Western company ns a watchman
at tho Pettebono colliery.
He was hung In elllgy, a grave mound
Wits constructed on one of the princi
pal streets and a "tombstone" of wood,
with his Initials on It, erected above
tho mound, he was hooted, jeered and
stoned as ho came and went to and
from his work, merchants were notified
not to sell him goods, his daughter was
called vile names as she passed along
the street and his name was posted on
two printed boycott lists. On account
of the annoyances to which his family
was subjected, he had to move ftotn
Luzerne to Dorranceton.
When the witness was .starting to
tell what his wife had told him about
the coal man and milkman having been
warned against supplying them with
their wares. Mr. Darrow vigorously ob
jected on the grounds that 11 was hear
say evidence.
Judge Gray said that If Mr. Darrow
would insist on his objection the evi
dence could not be received under the
general rules of legal investigation.
"Why do you object, Mr. Darrow?"
inquired General Wilson. "Is it be
cause your side Is afraid 'to hear this
man's storv?"
Mr. Darrow explained that he object
ed because the evidence was second
hand. Sought to Save Time.
Mr. Lenahan stated that under the
strict rules of evidence the evidence, of
course, was not admissible, but If the
strict rules of evidence were to be en
forced and lie was compelled to call
every member of a non-union man's
family, instead of one, to tell the ex
periences of that family, the commis
sion would have to sit for a year. He
wished only to save time. At all events,
he added, the other side had been per
mitted to give hearsay evidence. Presi
dent Mitchell, Mr. Lenahan explained,
was freely allowed to tell what others
had told him.
The commissioners consulted for n
few moments, and Judge Gray an
nounced that they would hear any
thing the witness had to tell that he
heard from members of his own household.
John Doran, general manager of the
Wilkes-Barre lace works testified that
the second day after the steam men
we're called out, a committee of Ills
employes came to him and stated that
if he didn't discharge all tho sons and
daughters of the steam men who had
refused to obey the call, they would
Inaugurate a strike. He refused the
demand, and the next morning the ,
150 employes quit work. The strike
lasted seven weeks. The employes re
turned to work without the demand
being granted. The seven unions rep
resented in tho mill were also required
to sign an agreement not to strike
again until after arbitration had failed
to settle any differences that might
arise.
t'tine Todd, a Plymouth hoisting en
gineer, employed by the D L. & W.
company told that he refused to strike
and that he was subjected, in conse
quence to many anoyances. He was
hung In elllgy and four strikers
stopped a plumber who was called by
him to repair his bath room.
John Frederick, an engineer at I ho
Bliss colliery of the D L. & W. com
pany at Hanover, refused to go on
strike and was one day assaulted by a
crowd of men and women and pain
fully injured. An effort was made by
the strikers to prevent him from get
ting provisions from the merchunts of
tho town.
Threatened and Stoned.
Kdwnrd Whitehead another Wist
engineer, who would not quit work,
tub! of being threatened, boycotted
and stoned, Lee it Scouteu, of AVau
amie, weto warned not to sell him
goods but did not heed tho warning.
Hruco Parker, pump runner for the
D L. &. W. compuny, ut Nunticoke,
refused to strike, hud his nnmo pub
lished on a boycott list and one night
his house was besieged by a crowd of
stone throwers. He raised the slego by
discharging a shotgun from tho front
porch.
George Orossowlcz, or Scranton, hud
a long ami sorry story to tell. Dur
ing tho street car strike In 1901, ho
had occasion to go to Petersburg und
rode on a car, not being nble to wnlk
on account of rheumatism. Ho bo
longed to the United Mine Workers
and was attached to the local at tho
Archbald colliery, where he was a con
tract miner, Tho president of tho lo
cal spread tho word throughout tlm
mine that he rodo on a street car and
that he was engaged by tho htreet car
compuny at $5 a day to act as a hired
passenger to encourage others to tide,
. committee of the United Mine Work
er: tried to have him discharged and
after npeallng In vain to the foreman,
the dtstilet superintendent, and Gen
eral Manager Loomls, proceeded to
make It Impossible for him to work by
preventing him from getting a laborer
and then derailing one of his cars in
his chamber and refusing to help him
get Jt on the track. For seven days
his chamber was blocked. Finally the
fot eman nnd flreboss helped him put
tho car back on the rails- Tho local
passed a resolution Imposing a fine of
$S on any man who helped him or any
laborer who worked for him.
A crowd of miners In the rear of the
room laughed heartily as Grossewlca
told his tribulations.
Ho worked during thu last strike in
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There's a few $7, 8 and $10 Jackets that were
from our last season's business. Now marked
grand displays of these
goods on our first floor. There's every new shape,
too, including the Ascot four-in-hand or graduated tie,
put one in a box for presentation.
Mufflers or Full-Dress Shields, fr fn U A
in different silks 3 W l.JII
Cravats or Neckties 50c to $1.50
Cravenette Rain Coats
What en acceptable present a Rain Coat of this
kind would be. Just the thing to make any man
happy. On our "Atterbury" floor we show
a varied selection of Cravenette Cloths from
$15.00.
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The "Rocktan" Shoe
It's the Best We Know at $.50
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different place?. Crowds met him dally
jn-ar Ids home nnd stoned him. Ilia
landlord, John Carroll, of, Fllmoro
avenue, a mine worker, order him to
unit the hous,e, and threatened to tuko
nlf the doors to force lilm out despite
the fact that ho had a little child down
with fever. He stayed around the house
until the landlord rhunpffd his mind
ahout taking down the doors.
OeorKO AV. Howon, the North Scran
ton hard, was the last witness of tho
day. Ho was a coal Inspector before
the strike, und during the strike served
as a watchman at tho D h. &. AW
company's Storrs colliery.
He told grandiloquently of experi
ences at the "gray of dawn," exploited
his activities as watchman In military
terms that brought appreciative smiles
to tho face of General AVilsou and read
from it diary, which ho had religiously
kept during the strike, tho day, place
and minute circumstances of tint var
ious instances by which his neighbors
evidenced their displeasure nt his re
fusal to join the strikers' ranks.
Ho was repeatedly stoned, once he
was llred upon from nuibush, his chil
dren were beaten and his house at
tacked, but worst of all lie found on
his (list vlBlt to tho rooms of the North
Mart Olee club, of which ho was pres
ident, that the picture of himself,
which he bail presented to the club
was turned townrds the wall, .Mr,
liowen will he cross-examined to-day,
Proceedings In Book Form.
Hecognlzlns tho widespread Interest
taken ull over tho country In the tes
tliuony and argument before tho An
thracite Strike Commission, The Trlb
une will print in convenient book form
tho reports appearing In Its columns
from duy to day, and will offer a limit
ed edition of copies for sale at tt each.
The volume will consist of several hun
dred pages, eight by eleven inches, and
will appear as soon as the commission
ers render their decision. The dally
reports In The Tribune miss nothing of
essential Interest und are the fullest
and most accurate reports printed Ju
any newspaper. Orders should be sent
to Tho Tribune now as the edition Is
lluble to be exhausted.
THESE STORES WILL BE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Smoking or
Lounge Coats
Don't you think you
can choose that Smoking
Jacket much better by look
ing at the largest display in
this city? We don't show
you one coat at a time.
Every coat in the many dif
ferent cloth patterns is dis
played on our Atterbury
$;':. floor, so that you can take
fiM&:W" -' ' ' i n at a rrlfinrp thic lfirrracr
and most beautiful stock
that range in
prices from . .
$5
Mufflers and ,
Neckwear Silks
Among the most
popular presents at this
time of the .year is
Neckwear or Mufflers.
The silk mifls of both
France and America
are represented in the
Complete Outfitters to Men and Boys.
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Practice! Holiday Gifts.!
Cravenette Storm Coats, Mackintoshes,
Suit Cases, Bags,
House Coats, IJath Kobes, Neckwear,
Shirt Protectors, Gloves,
Hosiery, Suspenders and Umbrellas.
A very handsome assortment of
the above at popular prices at
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GREEN RIDGE.
Tho wiciament of tho Lord's suppar
which, It was announced, would bo cele
brated at tho Sabbath morning service
of tho Green Itldgo l'resbyteii.m church,
has been postponed because of the con
tinued Illness of tho pastor, Nov. I. J.
Laiiblng. Consequently tliuro will bo no
preparatory services ut the church to
right. The Intel lor of the Oreen Itldgo AVhccl
men's club Imusu is being cilclinint'd and
decorated for their C'luhlnms festivities.
Miss Jlabel Juyne, of Oicen niduo
sticct, Is home from tlio liloomsburg titatu
Normal school for tnu Pommy vueuium.
T. 13. AVU'khnin, of Jlonet-cKile, is visit
ing his bou, II. V.' AVlckhum, of Klectrlo
avenue.
11. II. Phillips, of AVIlkefc-natTC, is the
guest of Oreeu Itldgo frleiuU.
The funeral pf I.Mwaid l.oughlln, who
died of lurulj-bls, Monday ufteiuuou, will
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Fancu or
White Vests
For a young man we
think a fancy or white Vest
would make a very useful
and pleasing gift. You'll
find the careful dresser
around town wears them.
So far we have sold quite a
large number. Today we
expect many new patterns
will arrive from the manu
facturer. Can we show
to $12
weave.
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Samter Bros.
Store
This progressive store has
no sympathy with either
sensation or stagnation.
Facts are truthfully told in
our newspaper announce
ments and we have a good,
honest pride in our con
tinued increase of patron
age. Do you belong to the
great army that supports
such methods ? We can
point you to many men who
remember buying their first
pair of short trousers here.
We continue to sell them all
they wear. Mind you, there's
good reason's for all this
They don't patronize our
house for twenty or twenty
five years if they thought it
possible to get the same
goods at a lower price else
where. Consider these facts
concerning honorable busi
ness methods.
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bo held from his lato home, 1G:!J Mousey
avenue, this inmnlug at U.ai o'clock, In
terment private,
Ulukboii Kays, of Sandeimin avenue,
camu homo from .St. John's Military
school yesterday for his ChrUtmas vaca
tion. Cards were received heio yesterday by
f I lends, announcing thu muriiage of Mis.
F.iuula M. Cuipeuter, formeily of Ran
dersou ayeuue. and Ilruco 11. Brown, of
Hturrucca, In New A'oik city, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Drown left Immediately af
ter tho ceremony for Tennessee, whero
they -will spend tho winter.
Miss Mabel Faiilhaui, of Ablyth sem
inary, Is spending her vacation ut the
homo of her sister, Mrs, Arthur Dunn, of
Delawaro street.
Miss Underwood, of Saudei'3un avenue,
will leavu for lloston today.
Kred Smith, of Mt. A'ernou school, Is
spending his varatioA nt the home of fts
parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1'. V, Smith, of
Mousey avenue.
BROTHERS
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you them? Colored grounds with white pat
tern" effects and white silk cheviot and basket
Fancy Cheviot and Madras Vests
White Cheviot and Basket Weave
Umbrellas
For Men and Women
It's certainly 'consider
able pleasure to the giver
of a present if they know
it's the best of its kind ob
tainable. Yesterday we
received a large number of
Umbrellas, some ladies',
some gent's. The manu
facturer received this order
two months ago. How well
he has executed it is shown
in the quality of twill silks,
in the art designs of ster
ling silver and gold handles.
We've marked them at
prices that will sell every
one this holiday season,
$2.50, $3 and $5
Dress Suit Cases
We don't talk much about our Suit Case and
Bag Department, but gou'd be surprised at the
number we sell. There's a reason for it. Otye tells
the other of our large assortment. Your initials
put on any case free of charge.
The "Chesterfield" Shoe
It's the Best We Know at $3.00
HOLIDAY SLIRRERS
QUALITY
FIRST
In the selection of your Holiday Gifts delve deep into their
quality merits, for quality lnrgely governs the extent of the
recipient's appreciation ospecinlly in Diamonds and Jewelry.
It's not so much what you pay for a gift as it's intrinsic worth
Since the inception of this store In 18GG we have offered
ouy patrons only such wares as we could conscientiously rec-
oinmend, The dependency thus afforded inspired confidence,
and that confidence is responsible for the store's popularity.
' Diamonds,
Watches, Jewelru
Cut Glass and
Umbrellas.
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Nowark. N. J., Deo. 17. Vlnal argument
on tho rule to show rauso 'why an In
junction should not bsuo to restrain the
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I'nlou Telegraph compuny's wires aloiits
its system, Man begun today before Jude
KlrkpatiU'k. in tho I'ulted States district
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