The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
The men at all the mines in the district

the men at all the mines in the district
have teen conceded.
Next IN importance was the issuance OF
warrants this afternoon for the arrest OF
Sheriff Martin aud l02 deputie' Thes e
were issued at the instance of the Unite 1
Hungarian Societies. They were made
out in the name of Joseph Mehalle, pres-
cent of tie St. George Society. OF whic h
nearly all the dead mirers were memt ters.
Robert 2. Riley, manager of the An
thracite Detective Agency took charge of
| the documents, Ut up to & late hour to-
night they had not been executed.
Sheriff Martin who spent last night at
! his Wilkes barre home under strong
| guard, came 10 Hazelton this mornin q
with the Ninth Regiment OF the Third
Brigade HIS presence in toAn was not
known until late in the DAY. Then 1t
was found that Ire was still under the
guardianship of the soldiers and he could
not be reach I'd.
This afternoon Constables Airy and
Gallagher made an effo t TO arrest A.
Hess, who led one company OF deputies
! last night, but he mad sought shelter
within tne military lines kept bv the
Ninth Regiment and they refused 10 per-
nit the constables TO pass the guard The
warrants charge murder, assault and bat
terry and threatening TO kill.
A third event OF no less Importance was
the offer made Dy SUPERINTENDENT Lawell
of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre collieries
TO grant an increase OF 10 per cent over the
Lehigh basis to the men of the company,
a bout 1000 in NUMBER. A big meeting was
held at McAdoo in the afternoon TO con-
slider his offer, and after much discussion
and speech making /, was decide ed to ac-
cept the proposition. But little confidence
follows this decision, as it is taken for
granted that as soon as the men return to
work pressure from the men still out will
be brought 10 bear to restore them to the
strikers ranks, and 1t is admitted that
there will be o resistance.
Tn was only one of three mass-meet-
ings held to-day. Another at Harwood
adopted resolutions expressing sympathy
for '.our murdered brothers who were shot
down al Latimer," and continuing in this
fashion:
For years we have been oppressed by C.
Pardee & Co. by the payment of starvation
wages. They have deprived US of our liberty
by compelling us TO deal III their company
store. They have forced us to purchase pow
der at five times its actual value and have
otherwise tyrannized US N ways too numer-
Gus TO men nIion, so that we are no longer free
men, but slaves. We had assem- mbled together
peacefully 10 seek redress for our grievances.
Not oAe man among us was armed. Our mis-
sion was not 10 take human life nor To DESTROY
property but TO go and meet our fellow
employees OF the same company at Latimer
who were in sympathy with US. We were
opposed on the pubic highway and without
proyocaiion were shot down like dogs
Resoyed That deplore such resistance
to the right TO assemble and marc1 that we
look upon such shooting as unprovoked and
uncalled for and that ii such slaughter is not
murder in law it surely must be before high
heaven; thai we oenounce sucn action by the
Sheriff and his men as cruel and wi ltul muir
der We pace ourselves before the bar OF
public opinion and app-aI to the good citizens
OF TN is State ana county and ask them if there
was justification warrant in such assass sin a.
ton.
Resolred, That we extend our sympathy to
the friends and relatives OF those who have
fallen, and pray to God that those now dead
Will live in our memories as martyrs to the
cause OF down trodden labor
The third meeting was the most LARGELY
attended. 1t began at Hazel Park about
5 O'Clock this afternoon and ad journed to
an open place nj one end of the city, where
il was in progress tonight. The purpose
of this meeting was also to extend SYM
pathv and to decide upon a course of
actIon in consequence of last nights cal tas-
trophe.
Throughout the day the city has been
given up to excitement, which, by its
suppressed character, has been more
ominous than turbulence would have
been. The Incoming OF The State troops,
which began at an early hour this morn
ing served to COW the strikers and their
svm pathrZers, and no further demonstra-
tion was made than the gathering at
street corners OF Knots of men and Women
in muttered but intense discussion of the
shooting.
Tonight there are fully $500 soldiers
camping in town. The frs. to arrive was
the Ninth Regiment from Wilkesbarre.