The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-15
QUIET 1T HAZLET0H
A NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS, BUT
NO SERIOUS TROUBLE RE-
PORTED.
TEN THOUSAND MEN OUT.
ALL MINES IN THE DISTRICT ARE
LIKELY TO BE IN
VOEVED.
Some of Those Wounded by the Dep
uties Already Able to Leave
the Hospital.

HAZLETON, Pa, Sept. 14-Despite
variety of alarming rumors and a
r4Crning movement by body of mir
ers which locked formidable, today
passed off without serious disturbance
in the strike region. Matters stu wear
such an uncertain aspect, however, that
Gen. Goblin declares that the removal
of the troops or OF eny portion IF them
has not been contemplated Ths strike
itself is spreading with grear rapiGity.
Exact estimates of the number of men
who have quit work are hard to obtain,
but conservative figures place it close
to 10000, with indi :s.tions thai. in a
short time, every colliery of impor-
lance in the region will be idle. AL
though some disposition has been
shown by small bodies of strikers in the
outlying districts to make demonstra-
tionS, they have been of rather feeble
character, and the great majority Of
the men are docile. These mines are
now idle: Coke Bros. & Co.; Eckley,
Beaver Meadow and Oneida, about 1000
men; Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal COM
pany's Honey Brook and Audenreid
mines, about $500; Frank Pardee's
Cranberry and Crystal Ridge, LOO; Lee
high Valley Coal company, Halle
mines, Yorktown, GAINESVILLE and Auden-
reid, 5000; Calvin Pardee & Co.'S Lat
timer and Harwood, 1000. The men at
Coxe's mines have expressed their in
tention of joining the strike. The COL
lieries still working are the Derring,
Tom H1cken and Shipton, of the Coke
company; Weston, Dodson & Co.'S
Beaver Brook mine, and J. S. VENTS
Silverbrook mine.
The First city troop of Philadelphia
which was dispatched at an early hour
today to the scene of the outbreak at
oakley, found nothing to do when it
reached that place this afternoon.
There were several arrivals here to-
day. One of these was Hugh O'Don-
nell, who gained some notoriety as
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. 6. Ambrose and DIR. Henry Barracks.
both editors of Hungarian papers in
New York city, were among the new
Corners They are in close touch with
the strikers, and have held conferences
with the leaders. Dr. Barracks said
that with most of the men the COM
pany store grievance took precedence
over every other complaint. AT
Drifton, he said, nearly all Of the
threatened employees are Irishmen
They were to have held meetings to
consider the advisability of going out
today, but, said the doctor, they had
received word from the anthracite
operators not to do so, but to select
from each mine committee of six or
seven miners and send them to the
officials of the mines with their griev-
ances. 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 were unchanged, but
all Of the others were doing we'll and
many already have been discharged
from the hospital. The funeral of
Jacob Tomashontas. the lad who was
shot through the head and fingered
until Sunday, occurred today in Nc
| Adco. 1t was attended by one of the
| largest gatherings seen since the out
break of the trouble. There was no
demonstration and the services passed
off quietly. The only other incident in
that quiet village was the failure of
! the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre men to re-
| turn to work.
Guards are still being placed around
the houses of several of the mine SUI
perintendents, and during the day a
| sheriff's deputy was seen about the
| streets guarded by two soldiers. For
mer State Senator Kings stripping near
oakley, closed down today at the re-
| quest of the oakley miners. The strip
ping employed only few men. At a
| late hour tonight, everything is quiet
/ about HEADQUARTERS.