The record-union., 1897-09-13

That There Shall be no March
ing of Amy Character Whatever
He VIII Allow No Arrest of
Deputies.
HAZLETON Pa.), Sept. 12-The sit
uation here tonight is graver than it
| has been at any time since the bloody
affray of Friday afternoon. There is
strong reason to fear conflict between
the strikers and the military, and there
/ is an indication that from 5000 to T.
600 more miners will join the malcon-
tents.
| Feeling continues high against Sher-
! iff Martin and his deputies, and the
| intensity of the situation is such that
a sudden turn of the head or a word
| spoken above the ordinary tone brings
| a running crowd. The soldiers are
watchful and ready for any emergen-
| cy, and the people of the town are in
| a state which may easily become a
panic.
! An incident of ugly omen occurred
| during the funeral of three of the vic
! Tins this afternoon. While services
We're being held inside St. Joseph's
/ Church about 1000 of the foreigners
! We're congregated about the doors
number of them raised their voices,
and it was declared by eye witnesses
/ that a policeman stationed near the
! door became unduly officious. In
stantly an ominous muttering followed,
mingled with scowling looks and
| clenched fists.
| Word was Immediately carried in
/ doors to the Rev. Father Austin. He
/ hurried out to the door and bundled
| the men who seemed quarrelsome into
! the church. A few words of counsel
| to the others prevented further dem
| onstrations. Trouble is in the air, and
! if it is to come the time will be to-mor-
/ row morning. This is clear from the
| words used tonight by General Goblin,
commander oh the Third Brigade. The
| striking miners have made elaborate
| preparations for a demonstration at
| the funeral of ten of the victims, which
| is fixed for 1870 in the morning The
military authorities are determined
| that nothing of the kind shall be per-
| mitted, and that from this on there
| shall be no marching of any character
whatsoever, whether during funerals
| or otherwise. This resolution is not
generally known, ana the miners are
going on with their arrangements.
General Goblin talked over the tele-
| phone to Governor Hastings for an
hour or more this afternoon. He said
! he had merely made a formal report
to the Governor of the situation It is
apparent, however, that the commander
is not cheered by the outlook, although
| he says he thinks there will be no
| further turbulence. He would not say
when the troops are likely to be with
dawn, and he has resolved to act with
the utmost rigor. furthermore, he made
! a revelation which put startling as
| pect upon the situation. This was that
! the house of the engineer of No. ;
! colliery had been broken into late last
night by six masked men, and the en-
| gineer, who is cripple, numerically
| beaten. There is no clew to the identi
| ty of the assailants.
! The only work the man has been
| doing lately is the pumping necessary
to free the mine from water. The Cen
eral also received a formal report of
the Audenreid outrage of last Thurs
! day night, when strikers broke into
| the house of Conner Jones' Superin-
tendent of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
/ Coal Company. Jones' whose unpopu-
| larity with the miners was one of the
| first causes of the strike, was not there,
but the men literally wrecked the in
terror of the house.
The additions to the ranks of the
strikers if made will be the men at
Cox's mine, and should they go out the
last big anthracite company in the re-
! erio will ha l-Tn
until to-day that the 1000 men en-
ployed at colliery No Z held a meet
! ing at Stockton last night and drew
up a petition to the operators, demand
| ing an increase of 10 per cent. This
will be presented tomorrow, and in
case of refusal they will strike. 1t is
accepted as a fact that if these men
go out all the others employed by
Dempsey viii join them making a
total number between 5000 and 1000
from these mines alone. The Cox men
had already been offered an increase,
but rejected it on the ground that it
was still lower than the scale paid by
the other operators in the region.
These men have been working steadily
up to this time, and of late up to 10
o'clock at night.
/ 10 ali 1lLGul anu purposes, f1dZlelOH
| is under martial law. General Goblin de-
cIared tonight, that in spite of war
rants issued, no Constable nor civic au-
thority will be permitted to arrest the
| deputies He said that the Sheriff is
an executive officer, whose duty is to
preserve the peace, and he. Goblin, and
the troops are really subordinate to
the Sheriff at this time, being engaged
in helping him to perform that duty
Under these circumstances, he will not
permit interference with the Sherfff's
officials. so long as the militia is here.
In spite of this distinction, the Com
nanders decision on this point is ac-
cepted as superseding the civil author
tiles by the military power
The events of to-day was the death
of another of the wounded. Jacob To-
mashanto, the 1S-year-old boy who was
shot through the head, the announce
ment this afternoon by the hospital
doctors that six more will die. several
| perhaps before morning, and the fun
| eral OF four of the victims These
| were Andrew Yurek, Steve Yureich,
| John Fula and Mike Cheslek Ten