The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

Hazleton, on to the '1attimer road
good speed was made TO Iarleigh
| Here the troop scattered about the
nearby country in search Of MARCHING
miners None being found, they march
ed on to Lattimer, where similar
movement was executed. The presence
OF the cavalry in Lattimer where the
bloody event Of last Friday occurred
caused much excitement The foreign
ers gathered in great numbers and
watched the maneuvers of the soldiers
with awe and trembling. SO far from
there being any hostile demonstration.
many of the miners respectfully saluted
the troops. DriftOn was reached about
noon and a stop for lunch was made
here. Upon finding Eckley calm the
troops returned to Hazleton, reaching
camp at o'clock last evening.
The day had scarcely opened before
another annoying story came to bri-
gade headquarters by telephone. II was
to the effect that a gang of miners
from Drifton had marched on Colierv
No. at Jeddo with the expressed in
tention of bringing the men out IJpon
reaching the colllery John Marlxle. the
superintendent, met them, and after a
conference with a committee OF tbe
miners succeeded in turning them off
without trouble. This was the onlv in
cident Of the day which partook OF
the nature Of a demonstration.
At Lattimer yesterday afternoon a
largely attended and decisive meeting
Of strikers was held to receive tbe
answer Of the company to their de-
mands With large body of strikers
gathered In the open space before tho
oompany's store Superintendent Blake
appeared at the door and gave them
their answer. 1t was short and to the
point, and was met with action equally
as decisive. The demands had been
formulated as follows We desire and
wish the privilege of buying our pro-
visions where we think proper. instead
Of being forced to do 80 at the com
pany's store; we want a 20 per cent
advance on all classes Of labor. we
demand the dismissal of all parties
who took part on last Friday. Sept 10
In the shooting affray; we demand that
all classes of labor be paid tho same
tor rock work as for coal on idle davs
we demand that no man shall be dis
charged for acting on this committee
The companys answer to this was:
The are not and never have been
obliged to buy exclusively at the COM |
pany store; the advance would not be
granted, because the company was
paying the average rate of the region:
the company absolutely refused. with
out assigning any reason, to discharge
anybody who participated in the shoot
ing; men suspended on idle days have
the privilege of taking somebody eise's |
place, thus making good the difference |
In rate between rock and coal work |
no man shall be discharged for acting |
IN the grievance committee.
Superintendent Blake made a short
speech to the men, urging them to re-
turn TO work, and arguing that they
could gain nothing by remaining idle.
What do you say?" he concluded. |
"Will you come back?"
There was a moments buzz, and then |
chorus of mo" went up. The super |
intendent attempted no further per-
suasion, and the men dispersed.
There were several arrivals here yes
terday. One of these was Hugh O'Don- |
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 Bracas,
both editors of Hungarian papers in
New York city, were also among the
new cOmers. They are In close touch
with the strikers, and have held con-
ferences with the leaders. DR.. Bracas
said that with most of the men the
company store grievance took pre-
cedence over every other complaint
At Drifton, he said, nearly all of the
threatened employees are Irishmen.
There was no additional deaths yes
terday. Four or five men who have |
been lowering between life and death |
ever since the shooting were unchang- |
ed, but all the others were doing we'll !
and many already have been discharg- |
ed from the hospital, The funeral of |
Jacob Tomashontas, the 1S-year-old |
lad who was shot through the head and |
fingered until Sunday, occurred yes
terday in McAdoo. 1t was attended by
one of the largest gatherings seen since
the outbreak 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
and Wilkesbarre men to return to
work. They had accepted the offer of
10 per cent increase made by the COM
pany last Saturday, and the under
standing was that they were to resume
yesterday. The men have decided TO
ask for a clear cut statement from Su-
perintendent laval before resuming
work.
Austria VIII Demand Satisfaction.
London, Sept. 15-The Vienna corre-
spondent of The Daily News saws. "I