Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-15
STRIKE SITUATION.
Reported Unchanged al HlzIslOl,
Pa, To-day.
TROOPS ARE SEM TO ECKLEY.
Tho Coke Mines Are Now IN Storm
Center-LO0king Ter shtrT
Marlin.

HAzLEroN, Pa, l5.-The strike sit
uslion IL unchanged. General Goblin
Gays he does not xpect any trouble to-
day, but lie holding several dstach-
ments OF cavalry close by. He Is still
In close communicate u with all the
mines and 10 being kept iuily informed
Of ths details of all TIE minerB' meet.
iDgs. At 8 O'Clock this morning the
Fourth regiment, which has been eta.
toned at Audenreid since Saturday,
was taken to Free land on special
train and marched fro IN that point to
Eckley, a distance OF a few miles. A
detachment OF cavalry, made up OF the
city troop OF Philadelphia ami the gov
eTnor's staff I Harrisburg, went to
Cranberry on the Yves tern outskirts OF
Hszieton and made n dem,nstration
similar to that OF Dritlon, Jeddo, Eek
ley and Buck Mountain. Iucidett tai
to this movement General Goblin stated
that information had b zen received by
MIN that Eome OF toe miners had
secrsteJ some dynamite In Cranberry.
He did not know where. but the cav
u
the suspected places.
General superintendent Lathrop, OF
the Lebigh Coal company, went to
Hazslton this m morning 10 arrange with
the employees for an adjustment nt
their grievances. The company off,
cials will make acme concessions to
the men, and hope to get them back to
work the latter Fart OF the week, and
thus aid materially in adjusting that
region.
HAzELToN, Pa, Sept. l4.~-Ecklsy,
the mining village uuzsn miles
away, now seems to be the seat OF
operations. Immediately upon receipt
Of last nights dispatch, TINT a mum.
Der of strikers were marching on the
Coke mines there, and that violence
had already been used, measures
were taken to send cavalry to the
scane. The governors troop OF Harris.
burg and tue Philadelphia City troop
were split up ana half OF eacblbody in
heavy marching srder started at an
early hour this morning. Another
troop Of cavalry 10 kept here ready for
an emergency cali. Meanwhile, a
dispatch iron, Roam Junction, about
two miles iron Eckley, confirmed the
news Of trouble and contsiDeL the
~
deputy snerif fs had been sent TO Eek
ley In response to call from the niue
owners thoTe.
This morning Gen. Goblin received
n telephone dispatch from the Js1do
district that 100 strikers from Coxs's
Driiton mine had marched on col
liery No. l5 openly vowiBg that they
would bring ont tue men there, ArJ
irving lat the colliery the marching
men were halted by L. b. Markle,
who came from the ooiliery. He askei
or consultation with the leaders OF
the men and after few mlnutes' talk
among themselves they selected com.
mittee OF three.
Gen. Gobin said that the cavalry
troop was In that neighborhood and
would be on nanu II any trouble arose.
Reports OF this character reached
brigade headquarters with alarming
frequency this morning, all the trouble
lying In the district where the Coke
mines are situated. The men at Stock
ton, about 1000 In number, will go
out this afternoon after ths pay m sster
: sddo, Highland and Oakland mines
of tho Msrkles; OF the Eckley Buck
Mouatain and Oneida mines Of the
Coke and the Upper High mine OF ex.
Congressman Lsiseudting are all idle
today. This leaves scarcely q working
cOlliery In the entire region and with
In the next lwenty-iour hours 1t lie safe
TO say that In the neighborhood 10000
mea will be IDLE. The Wiikeroalre
anu Anderried minsrs, who decided
TO work this morning, decided later
not 10 do 30.
The Beaver Brook men, 800 10 mum.
Der, who have been out about Two
weeks, returned to work this morning
on the Lehigh aud Wilkesbarre wage
scale bat they are to be forced out
sgain by the pressure OF circumstances
before much time has elapsed.
wILKEsBARRE, Pa. Sept. l4.-It
was TumUrsu tDis morning that con-
stable was In town on n lookout for
Sheriff Martin. At the sherif's office
It was said no demand had been made
for him. Up to noon sheriff Martin
had not returned irom Hszieton.
Tho various Lehigh and Wilkes
barre colleries GU the south side and at
Beaver Brook did not resume work
this morning az anticipated. Supl.
Lowell stated that the men would re-.
sumo WORK tomorrow ualess iDterieTed
with by the strikers of the Yorktown
colliery OF the Lehigh Valley Goal
COMPANY,