Show RIOTERS GU CLASH WITH POLICE IN Women Take Part in First Trouble Growing Out of Walkout of Coal Miners ONE MAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL t Officers and Drivers Drive s Targets Targets Tar Tar- Targets gets for Rocks in Scranton Street Fight SCRANTON Pa Jan 2 AP AP- AP The first act of violence in this city since the strike of the hard coal coat miners became effective September 1 occurred occurred today when more more than fifty men and women engaged In a battle with six motorcycle patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men and eight truck drivers The clash occurred at the Leggetts Creek colliery in jn North Scranton One man was beaten on the head with a policeman's club and arid so seriously injured that he had to betaken betaken be betaken taken to the state hos hospital Ha He and four other persons three of them women were arrested The disturbance came without warning The truck drivers who were hauling coal to h were alleged to have been attacked by the crowd Clubs were used and stones and other missiles hurled As the policemen charged the he crowd the men and women turned on the officers and for fifteen minutes the fight was furious Curious Finally the police po po- lice aided by the truck drivers driver got the upper hand and the alleged attackers fled Officers Officer of the miners' miners union ni n had granted the truck men permission to haul the coal to hospitals A number of the striking mine workers work work- ers however were said to have ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed disapproval of this Quiet prevailed tonight in the vi vic vicinity vi- vi c of the colliery and the authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au said they had the situation situation situa situa- tion well wen in in hand PJ Tan H children of e coal miners are to be fed soup and nd bread dally daily In local sch schools under arrangements completed today b by the Scranton chapter of the Junior Red Cross Gross The Red lIed Cross will begin serving serving- the soup next Tues Tues- day Strikers Opposed To Arbitration WILKES BARRE Pa Jan 2 AP Reports AP-Reports Reports received tonight at the headquarters of the three an anthracite anthracite an- an districts United Mine Workers from field workers Indicated indica Indi indi- ca ted district officials stated that the reaction of of the rank and file Ue tu tn the d developments in the wage conferences conferences con con- in New York had strengthened strengthened strengthened strength strength- ened the stand of their leaders against arbitration Rinaldo Cappellini president of distri district t No 1 I after atter receiving re reports reports reports re- re ports from his field staff declared that und under r no conditions would arbitration arbitration arbitration ar ar- ar- ar be acceptable to the miners miners min min- ers and from leaders of some local loca unions have come similar declarations declarations declara declara- So strong has been this sentiment district leaders assert that should the operators insist on an arbitration arbitration arbitration tion clause In the proposed new agreement the New York conference conference confer confer- ence enee would almost certainly find itself in a it reconvenes reconvenes reconvenes recon recon- venes on Tuesday These union officials officials officials of of- said it would be next to Impossible im impossible impossible Im- Im possible to obtain the approval ofa of ofa a district tri convention to which a new agreement will have to be submitted to a contract containing a provision for arbitration Reports brought here by members of the miners miners' negotiating committee commit commit- tee were that the request for a a. recess in the New York conference was marie made by the operators It also was asserted that the operators while proposing a term long-term contract contract contract con con- tract really were asking for a one- one year agreement in that they would make the wage rate open to annual adjustment |