Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-15
MAKE MANY THREATS.
Strikers at HaIeton Send Terrifying
Notices to Citizens.
GENERAL GOBLIN WORRIED THEREBY
Attorneys Seeking Evidence to Pros
ecute Sheriff Posse for Murder.
MAY INVOLVE GOVERNMENT

HAZLEToN, Pa. September 15.-The sit
| uaticn in the disturbed district today re-
selves into a question whether the pro-
| posed general strike of the la.slo men in
this district can be accomplished without
| collisions between the strikers and the
Working men. There is no danger OF any
conflict between the strikers and the mill
tia Even if the opportunity should arise,
tie miners have arms, TO leaders, and.
up to this time, no grievance against the
| militia
The only outlook for trouble in this sec
tion now is the possibility CT the striking
miners attacking the working miners IN ef-
forts to induce them to stop work and Join
the general movement for an Increase OF
wages, abolition of the company store sys-
TEN and the alienation of other grievances
of the miners. Even this possibility will be
minimized 10y the efforts of General Goblin
to prevent the miners from marching and
protecting from molestation such men as
Il ay refuse to go out. He cannot cover the
entlre field, howeveF, and therein only lies
the possibility of friction. The troops viii!
remain here ten days, ii is thought. The
strike Is spreading rapidly through the re-
gIon, anc may extend to other districts adj
joining TINS one The only features of it at
this time are the conferences between The
men ana the operators over terms
Real Struggle Not Begun.
me feai struggle between the worknleI
and their emf 10y er.-the test of end II anoe-
has rot begun. Neither has the question of
importing workmen been considered by the
operators. The fact is, the operators count
upon driving the men batk to work by
sheer force of circumstances. after a strug-
gle of possibly a few weeks As stated in
these dispatches yesterday, The men who
work In the Taines in this section have no
connection with the great miners union of
EDr fl..ss
sources 10 sustain them while carving ON a
strike. They can be forced into Welding by
necessity under the existing conditions
" lth the aid OF the troops and hy a lille
increase The operators can keep a few .uiues
Solns 10 prevent d ccal famine and il
you'd pay the other operators to wait
lew weeks in order to have the mon 90
back under the old terms
Hugh O'Donnell, the labor leader of
homestead fame. is here, but declares he
mas no connection with the strike. but is
dcing newspaper work. There are no labor
.eaoers CT Importance here, and, in tact,
these miners seem TO be cat OF from The
outside world altogether
Disposition of the Troops.
AT O'Clock / saw Gen Goblin nj head
quarters, and learned his disposition of the
troops for the day. He said he had moved
the 4th Regiment to Eckley, as the miners
were uneasy at that point and would likely
go on strike. He had also sent one battal-
ion of the 18th Regiment upon a practice
drill in another direction. where the strik-
ers had been INDUCING in threats. a troop
o1 cavalry was also sent 10 Cranberry to
protect deputy who will make a search
for quantity Of dynamite secretcd there
by the strikers. Since the raid upon cne of
the companys powder houses by the strik-
ers, who took away dynamite the troops
are guarding all the powder houses in This
vicinity.
II am afraid the strike is spreading"
gold x..t, n
cause as long as the idle they are
apt to get into mischief. l cannot ten when
a settlement will be reached. have not
seen any of the operators nor heard any
thing OF their plans in regard to settling
the strike
Gen. Goblin said the most Irritating fea-
ture of the situation is the constant threat
ening OF people by the strikers. They keep
the families of the mine superintcnIents,
deputies and other officials constantly in
terror. One of these superiniendants had
miners daughter as maid i'm his house
hold. and last night her mother came RASH
ing in fron the mining settlement and took
her daughter home. saying the house Was
to he blown up.
Threatening letters are left in front gates
and menaces shouted at the men as
they walk along
No Dynamite Found.
The detachment which went in quest of
the secreted dynamite failed to fnd il.
miners and me, with no opposition. The
4th Regiment has occupied its new posi-
ton in the disaffected region near Eckley
and Drifton. The strikers are remaining
quiet there and no attempts at iniimida-
tion have been made thus far The only
indications of unrest in the district this
forenoon were the miners meetings held
at number of places around Hazleton
The objects of the meetings are To at
tempt 10 reach uniform scale ia the de-
mands to be made upon all the operators
and to unite the miners into an autonomous
body 10 insist upon them.
From the superintendent of one of the
coal companies it is learned this afternoon
that the prospect for settlement of the
strike is rendered more uncertain by the
fact that there are dissensions between tie
operators themselves. They cannot agree
upon scale of prices. and no company is
willing at this time TO take the lead in
an advance. n. o. NJ.
Strikers Collecting Evidence.
By Associated Press.
HAZLEToN, Pa. September 1.-THE
work of collecting evidence for the inquest
is already being prosecuted by the strikers
representatives and others. including the
coroner DIR. Thodorovich. secretary of the
consulate. Philadelphia,
visited the hospital and took the statements
of the injured. He asked one of the wound
deputies commenced to fire
Ran like the mischief" was the reply
DIR. Thodorovich was asked whether he
had read Sheriff Martins statement that
two of tine strikers had revolvers and
threatened the sheriff's life.
mot speaking in my official capacity
said DIR. Thodorovich. 81 will say that
from the conversations I have had with
the men who saw the sheriff's deputies
shoot the miners. i am of the opinion that
the sheriff is mistaken. 1 know that when
the striking miners were about to start
from Harwood some OF them carried canes
The leaders told these men that they must
throw these canes away, and this order
was strictly complied with"
Two Claim to BE Germans.
When DIR. Thodorovich visited the wound
ed victims in the city hospital to find out
their nationality. two claimed to be Ger
mans. They are Martin Sofrauek and Jos.
Pavlacsek. 1t is possible that the German
government will also claim damages from
the United States.
Among others who win testify at the
inquest will be Miss Coyle, the
assistant school teacher at the I-atfimer