New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-13


NERALs-MoRE VICTIMS or
THE DEPUTIES GUNS
DYING
Hazlcton Penn. Sept 1.-THE situation here
tonight among the striking miners is graver
than it has been since the bloody affray OF FRI
day afternoon There is strong reason to fear
a conflict between the strikers and the militia
tomorrow and there are indications that from
five TO seven thousand more miners Will Join
the malcOntents
Feeling continues high against Sheriff Martin
and his deputies. and the intensity OF the situa-
tion is such that sudden turn OF the head
or word spoken above the ordinary tone
brings running crowd. The soldiers are watch
ful and ready for any emergency. and the peo-
pie Of the town are in a state which may easily
become n panic.
An incident OF ugly omen occurred In the
course OF the funeral OF three Of the victims this
afternoon. While services were being held inside
St. Joseph's Church. about two thousand OF the
foreign miners were conGregated about the doors.
A number OF them raised their voices. and II Is
declared by witnesses that policeman sta
toned near the door became unduy offlcious.
Instantly there an omnous murmur; faces
scowed and fists were clenched. Word was i'm
mediatey carried into the church to Father
Aust He hurried out 70 the door and bundled
the men who seemed most quarresome inside
A few words Of counsel 20 the others prevented
further demonstrations.
TROOPS TO ACT WITH RIGOR
Trouble IS in the air. end II II Is TO come the
time will be tomorrow morning. This is clear
from the words used tonight by General Goblin
commander ~ the Third Brigade The striking
miners have made elaborate preparations Tor
demonstration at the funeral OF ten OF the VIC
Tins which Is 1xed for 1890 o'clock In the
morning The military authorities are deter
mined that nothing OF he kind shall be per-
mttei and that from this time on there shall
be no marching Of any character whatsoever.
whether during funerals or at any other time.
This resolution is not generally known and the
miners are going on with their arrangements
General Goblin talked over the telephone to
Governor Hastings for an hour or more this
afternoon He said he had merely made FOR
| NAL report 10 the Governor OF the situation. II
is apparent however that the commander is not
chcer.d by the immediate outlook. although ne
SAYS he thinks there will be no further turhu-
lence He would not say when the troops are
likely TO be Withdrawn. and did say that he had
resolved to act with the utmost rigor.
/. General Goblin made a revelation tonight
/ which puts a startling aspect upon the situation
/ This was that the house ~ an engineer of No. 4"
colliery mad been broken into late last night ny
six masked men, and that the engineer. who IL
a cripple had been numerically beaten There
il no clew 70 the Identity Of his assailants The
only work the man has been doing lately Is the
/ ,ur,nlng necessary 10 free the mine from water.
/ The General had also received a formal report of
tho Audeuricd outrage ~ last Thursday night.
when strikers broke into the hous" "i Conner
Jones superintendent OF the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre coal Company. Jones, whose unpopular
/ Ity with the miners was one 81 the hrst causes
/ ~ the strike was not there but the men literally
/ wrecked the interior OF the house. and then at
/ tackled a mine power house near by, ana stole
| from II quantity Of dynamite. As soon hS ne
/ heard ~ this General Goblin assigned guard OF
/ the 18th Regiment to remain at Audenreid.
RECRUITS EXPECTED by THE STRlkEhS'
The addition 10 the strikers ranks. II II -
! made VIII be the men AT Coxes mines Sh"hId
those 20 out the last big anthracite company IN
the region will be idle. II was not known uh'h
today that the two thousand men employed at
colIiery No. held "A meeting Mt stockton
last night and drew up petition to the opera
,, 1or,arding an increase In wages OF 10 per
! con, This demand will bc presented tomorrow
and IN. word I'm the event Of refusal. Is certain
| ,o ~. .strike" II is accepted as n fact that II
! ,boe. mon go out all the others employed by the
company will join them. making the total NUM-
bor something between five and seven thousand
from these mines alone. An incr"as" had NJ
ready been offered To the Coke men. but th'y re-
t.c,od u ON the ground that the scale proposed
,,ould be still lower than that used 10y the other
onerators i'm the region. The Coke men have
been working steadily up to this time. ana re-
Gently up 10 10 O'Clock at night
To all intcnts and purposes Hazclton Is under
sAI.t ,t.. clara n-ntH IA
,ha, in spite of the warrant issued. neither con-
/ stables nor any civic authority VIII he permit
ted to arrest deputies. lie said that the Shern
,,.as ,, executive officer whose duty was to pre-
ocr,o the peace and that he General Gobin)
,d the troops are really subordinated to the
sheriff AT this time. being engaged In helping
/ him to perform that duty. Under these circum-
| stances hc will not permit Interference win thc
Sherim's officials SO long as the militia IL mere.
Th. commanders decision on this point Is ac-
cepted by the civil authorities.
MORE WOUNDED LIKELY TO DIE.
Tn. occurrences OF to-day were the death OF
another Of the wounded. Jacob Tomashantos,
! the eighteen year-od boy who was shot through
the head the announcement this afternoon by
tho bosnital doctors that six more of the wound
ed Will die severa, perhaps before morning,
and the funeral Of four Of the victims. These
were Andrew Yureck, steve .urich. John Futh
and Mike Chcslok. Ten more VIII be buried TO-
morrow and here the trouble Is likely to occur.
If has been arranged that the ten collins sha''
bc carried on the shoulders Of the strikers from
the undertakrrs shop to the front OF 81
Jcseph's Church. In front Of the church a
platform is 20 be erected upol which II Is the
purpose tc place the ten collins so that they
can bc viewed by IN. crowd. Then addresses
ln Polish Lithuanian and English are to be
made By priesc2 and others; the bodies VIII be
carried inside. and pontihcal high mass VIII be
! ..luLrn..d ftnr the seryi ..a. the prOcesslOn