The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-15
STRIKE IS
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main street of Hazleton on to the Lat
timer road, good speed was made to
Harleigh Here the troop scattered
about the nearby country in search of
marching miners. None being found,
they marched on to Lattimer, where
similar movement was executed. They
remained at Lattimer q half hour, and
Captain Oft visited the Thirteenth reg
iment which is quartered there. The
presence of the cavalry in Lattimer,
where the bloody event of last Friday
occurred, caused much excitement.
The foreigners gathered in great num-
bers and WATCHED the manouevres of
the soldiers with awe. So far from there
being any hostile demonstrations, many
of the miners respectfully saluted the
troops. Drifton was reached about noon
and a stop for lunch was made there.
ATTEMPT AT A RAID.
The officers visited the main office of
the Coke company. and superintendent
Smith told them of the attempted raid
of the Eckley miners yesterday after
noon. He said the only violence was in
the shape of threat by the marchers
to throw one worker who declined to go
out. into the breaker chute. He, as
we'll as the other men at the mine,
promptly quit work. Upon finding
Eckley calm the troopers turned back
toward Hazleton, and reached camp
again about 5 o'clock this afternoon.
There were several arrivals here to-
day. One Of these was Hugh ODon-
nell, who gained some notOriety as a
strike leader during the Homestead
riots He declared positively that he
was here on private business and had
nothing whatever to do with the strike.
A. S. Ambrose and Dr. Henry Bara-
chas, both editors of Hungarian papers
in New York city, were also among the
newcomers. They are in close touch
with the strikers and have held confer
enCes with the leaders, DIR. Barachas
said that with most of the men the
company store grievance took preced-
ence over every other complaint. At
Drifton, he said, nearly all Of the
threatened employees are Irisnmen.
They were to have held meetings to
consider the advisability of going out
today. but, said the doctor, had re-
ceived word from the anthracite opera
tors not to do SO, but select from each
mine a committee of six or seven min
ers and send them TO the officials of the
mines with their grievances. The men
are considering the suggestion.
There were no additional deaths to-
day. -Four or five men who have been
lowering between life and death ever
since the shooting We're unchanged, but
all Of the others were doing well, and
many ALREADY have been discharged
from the hospital The funeral of ia
cob Tomashontas, the lad who was shot
through the head and fingered until
Sunday, occurred today in McAdoo. 1t
was attended by one of the largest
gatherings seen since the outbreak Of
the trouble. The body was taken from
the hospital to the house Of John I'M
end q relative, until last evening, when
It was conveyed to the Polish Catholic
church and kept there until the funer-
al, Solemn high mass was celebrated
at the church by Rev. Narok Yonskar-
itz. who preached sermon in Lithu-
arian. The remains were Inferred in
St. Patrick's cemetery, McAdoo. There
was no demonstration and the services
passed off quietly. After the funcral
the men gathered in groups throughout
the town and discussed the situatio
and soon afterwards dispersed to their
homes.
The only other incident in that quiet
village was the failure Of the Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre men to return to
work. They had accepted the offer of
ten per cent. increase made by the
company last Saturday and the under
standing was that they were to resume
today Another meeting was held to-
night, when a statement of facts and
figures bearing upon the Lehigh basis
was considered. The men have de-
cided to ask for a clear cut statement
from Superintendent laval before re-
suming work. Apart from the calling
out of the cavalry the day in camp
was quiet and uneventful.
A FURLOUGH GRANTED.
The Thirteenth regiment men who
have the most undesirable quarters,
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