The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
AMONG THE STRIKERS.
The Federation Of Labor to Take Up tho
Fight-AIiners Attacked by . Crowd Of
Strikers and Women.

Fight-NIiners Attacked by . Crowd OF
Strikers and Women.
Hazleton, Pa, September 16.-The
American Federation of Labor, with a
membership Of SOC, GOO, has taken up the
cause of the mine workers in this re-
gion.. Their organizers are already at
work here and when this work has
been completed a uniform scale will be
formulated and presented to the oper-
ators. There will be no marching nor
anything in the way of a demonstra-
ton, and no attempt will be made to
bring about sympathetic strike move
ments. At the mass meeting next
Saturday night at Old Park, addresses
will be made by Peter j.. Mcguire, vice
president Of the federation and secre-
tary-general of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and J~oiners, of
Philadelphia. George Chance, Of Phil
adelphia, United Labor League; Sam
uel Gompers, president of the fedora
ton, and Frank Morrison, secretary,
may also speak.
The peace prevailing during the past
few days was broken today by a con-
fict between striking and working
miners, which for a time threatened to
be serious. A body of about 80 men
and boys led by a score or more Of
women, made a raid on the Carson,
Star and Monarch cOllieries at Honey
brook near Audenried. The women, as
well as their followers, were armed
with clubs and stones and before the
200 workers could be induced to come
out the missiles were used. Some of
the women stationed themselves on the
top Of a culm bank and pelted the
working men with stones. One Hunga-
rian was dubbed over the head and
badly injured, but no further harm
was inflicted. The superintendent
called for the assistance of Sheriff
Scott, of Schuylkill- county, in which
county Honeybrook lies, and that Off
cial made a demand on General Goblin
for a body of soldiers.
Colonel Magee received a report OF
the trouble today and made a demon
stration with the idea of subduing the
turbulent inclinations OF the foreign
ers. The soldiers had not been out of
sight ten minutes before a crowd of
strikers bounced on a squad of Hunga-
rians who were screening coal near
the Star washery and forced them to
quit work. This second movement re-
suited in the sending Of a squadron of
the governors troops to the disturbed
district. That returned at 6 o'clock
with "a report hat all was quiet. An
other attempt to resume work will be
made at these collieries tomorrow.
Colonel Magee, of the Eighth regi-
ment reported that he a placed a
guard of 100 men at the pumping t
ton which supplies the regiment with
water and has sentinels stationed all
along the pipe lines which carry it
within. A similar precautiOn has been
observed at Lattimer and other points.
There was no material change today
in the situation of the strike beyond
that already mentioned.
A mine official made the statement
today that some Hungarians had re-
ported to him that they could not ac-
count for the location of twenty-eight
Of their cOuntrymen who were in Fri
days parade when it was fired pom
by the deputy sheriffs. 1t is the gen.
eral opinion that they were frightened,
ran away and are still hiding.
Governor Hastings sen a message to
General Goblin ordering him to
all meetings having a tendency to in
cite to riot.