Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-06

place last night, however, prevented large
number from carrying out their desires.
Many of the Eckhart miners live in the i'm
mediate neigh borhood of the shaft a num-
Der owning their own homes. One little
settlement is called Engleside, and here it
was that at ten minutes before two this
morning there was loud explosion which
could be heard for miles around Some mis-
creant had thrown a stick of dynamite at
the front of the little home of Charles Lam
caster, one Of the miners who has stood by
the company. In the little front room. with
the head Of the bed close by the window
slept Lancaster and MS wife, while his sis
ter occupied the room overhead.
That all three were not killed was little
short of miracle. As it was the entire
front OF the house was shattered, every
pane of glass broken, porch wrecked, and
the front door veritably broken up into
kindling wood.
Lancaster has worked in the mine for five
years. and to all appearances is a quiet and
inoffensive man. He told me this morning
that he knew of no reason why he should
be made a victim, excepting that he had
kept at work
Lancaster's neighbors stood around the
wrecked building this morning and shook
their heads grayely. 1t was the general i'm
preston among these men that the ser
enade," as they called 1t. was a warn
Ing from the strikers to the men not
to go to work this morning. That
this warning was needed was clearly
evidenced by the fact that under my OBJ
servation several miners, with their work
ing clothes on and on their way to the
shaft on hearing OF the explosion turned
around and went back to their homes
As one man expressed 1t, Il have only
missed three days since this trouble began.
and want to go to work today. l have
pushed my way through crowds to reach
the shaft, but this dynamite business is
altogether different. Now, the troops will
protect me in going to work and while
am there, but who will protect my wife
and children at night? 1 know the COM
pany will look on all the men who stay
away as among the strikers, but 1 can't
help it,
The leaders Of the strikers deny all
knowledge of the explosion, and claim
that their methods are entirely peaceable
The strike here has now lasted since the
9TH of May. when the first men went out.
The presence of the troops has. of course
put new phase on the affair, and it is
not believed that there will BE any trouble
former will, however. use every effort to
keep men from going to work. 1t is thought
certain that in case the men do not go to
work the Consolidation Company will i'm
port outside labor under the protection of
the troops. and that the other companies
will follow them in this move Then it Is
that trouble is looked for, the strikers
are decided in the statement that they
shall receive 30 cents a ton and that no
outsiders shall be brought in.
Just who is the head of the strikers Is a
hard matter to discover. The main organ
izer has been an outsider named William
Wilson, who is still believed to be in the
region.
By o'clock today the troops. having
performed the duty for which they had
been detached, We're Withdrawn from the
mines and masSed at the railroad cars.
No effort will be made today to go into
camp and the men will spend the night on
the cars.
on their return coffee, hard tack and
beef were issued to the wet and weary
men. Gen. Kyd Douglas has been sick all
day and has not left his car. At noon to-
day the troops were making rather fruit
less efforts to be comfortable. Quiet was
reported at all the mines. T. Z. n.