The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-12
HAZLETON'S HORROR.
Continued from first page.)

Grn. Goblin, commander of the Third
brigade. arrived early in the morning
snd established headquarters in the of
Nre az the division superintendent of the
Irhiph Valley Coal Company from
which point he assigned the commands
TO roints on the outskirts and in the
city.
Gpn. Cabin expressed HIS satisfaction
with the promtittdc OF the response
10 The call "a arms, The ninth was call
cd out at one o'clock thls morning III
| Wlke&harre by the ringing OF the hrc
alarm, aud az four o'clock four hundred
of che 400 were ON the train travelling
towards llaHlcton.
The town itself looks ms II it was III
a state az a siege tonight, as the booted
and spurr,d warriors are 10 he seen ~
every turn. The presence Of the troopS
has suftic,d to maintain order thus far
hut il is not requesting public opinion
This is almost unanimous in condcmnlng
| in the most severe terms the action OF
| the IDENTITIES hast night. Official muir
| der" Is the phase on almost every tongue.
The first vollcy from the deputies, I'M
expected as il was, created such indie
| scrihable CONSERVATION that the men
stampe,ed and fled. and il is not ques-
toned that while they We're thus i'll
headlong flight. the deputies poured vol
LEY after volley into the terror stricken
crowd, and they went down like straws.
Many prominent citizens of the town.
including Rev Father Moylan. of st.
Hazers church; Rev. Mr.. Spaulding. of
the Baptist church, and Rev. Mr.. Wag-
lner. of the Lutheran church. have drawn
informal protest not only against the ac-
ton of the sheriff and his deputies. but
against the calling out of the militia.
(which, they declare, was unnecessary. In
spite of this, however, the uneasy feeling
increases. The strikers have made up
their minds. as several of them said to-
day. to remain in perfect quietness until
Monday. At II o'clock in the morning OF
that day the bodies of the unfortunate
wretches who fell under the leaden storm
will. be laid away. Services will be held
in the Polish Catholic church, where re-
Iuuiem high mass will be celebrated by
Rev. Mr. Aust, and bened;ction will be
pronounced by several visiting priests.
Then the corpses will be inferred IN the
Polish cemetery. They will be laid in
circular plot and the congregation to
which they belonged will. it is announced,
erect a monument.
The meeting at Latimer today was one
worthy of description by a Victor Hugo.
1t was held not far from the spot of
last nights conflict. The country is bare
land desolate there Huge coal breakers
loom up againStthe sky line here and
there. nesting amid the Quinn banks,
and there is an occasional group of UNI
healthy looking trees. A great rabble Of
i bearded and Sallow men were gathered
before one these shanties and from time
to time gaunt and bony figure would
hush to the front and harangue has com
! panions in Il strange tongue. the COM
Ements and criticisms of his hearers ming
ling with his guttrals i'll an absolute
babel. Twenty different languages are
spoken in Hazleton and there it seemed
as if all were being spoken at once. The
meeting decided To take no action until
Monday. when a committee. consisting of
four Poles. four Italians and four Hun
garians will visit the operators and noufy
them of their intention to remain out
with the other strikers until every de-
mand is granted.
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. lion account
of the horrible slaughter yesterday al
ternoon at Latimer, in the coal region,
the Governor tonight issued a procla-
nation admonishing all good citizens u
gainst aiding or abetting unlawful pro-
| ceedinps. II do hereby notify them,
he saws. 'ithat the lives and property of
| all citizens of the commonwealth will be
nrotected. that the laws will be enfOrc
ed: that the humblest citizen will be pro
tected in his right to earn livelihood
and in the enjoyment of his home and
| family; and that the safety of life and
proDerty will be guaranteed to all at
whatever cost; and / do hereby com
mand all persons engaged in riotous de-
! monstrations and unlawful conduct
threatening the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to dis
! perse forthwith to their respective places
of abode, warming them that persistence
| in violence or unlawful assemblage VIII
compel such use of the military arm of
the commonwealth as may be necessary
to enforce obedience to the laws and the
maintenance of good order"
DENOUNCED BY PRES. GOMPERS.
Washington, Sept. 11.-President Com
pers, of the American Federation OF
Labor, to-day, after bitterly denouncing
the killing of the men near HazletOn as
a brutal murder, said:
''The men were marching on the pub
i lie highway They had as much right
to march to Latimer or any other place
on the public highway as the sheriff or
Governor of Pennsylvania, or the Presi-
dent of the United States. The mine
operators in the madness of their sup
posed power and in their effort to en-
slave labor have used judges and courts
to give the color of law to the most
fragrant violation of the rights of the
aI,o r;f &c, Jap11finc fol-inp tbpir
cue from their superiors, have carried
out this policy and killed men exercising
their rights under the constitution and
the law.
''In his published explanation Sheriff
Martin makes an effort to secure the
favor of our native Americans by re-
peatedly emphasizing in his statement
that the miners he killed were foreign
ers. 1t may be true that these men