The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-13

Hazelton. Pa. Sept 12-The situa-
ton here tonight Is graver than ii has
been al any g41le since the bloody af-
tray ce Friday afternoon There is
strong reason 10 fear a conflict between
the strikers and the military tomorrow.
and there is an Indication that from
5000 to 1000 more miners VIII join the
raaleontenfs. Feeling continues high
against Sheriff Martin and his deputies
and the intensity of the situation is
such thai a sudden turn of the haad
or word spoken above the ordinary
tone brings a. running crowd. The SOL
oiers are WatclafuI ana ready for any
emergency and the people OF the town
are in a state which may easily become
a,.pa1lic.
An incident Of ugly cqnen occurred
curing the funeral Of three Of the vic
TINS THIS afternoon. While services
were being he'd inside st. Ias.zre1's
Church about 1000 of the FOREIGNERS
We're corgrsgated about the doors. A
nunbe Of them raised their voices. ana
II IS declared by every witness mat e
policeman stationed near the door be-
came unduiy otticious. InStarely an
omlnous muttSring followed. mingled
WIN Sowing looks and clenched fists
- - NNSNs -iAAAA-SNSAe~ASlS carried 1NGCOTS
10 the ReY. Father Austin He hurried
out 10 the door and bundled the men
R'lo seemed most Quarreis0nle irto the
church. A few words of counsel TO the
oehers prevented further damonstra-
lions.
Trouble is in the air. and if it is to
come the time will zoe tomorrow morn
ing.
This is clear from the words used to-
night by General Goblin. commander Of
the Third brigade The striking min
ers have made elaborate preparations
1eh a demonstration at the funeral of
Ten OF The victims, which is fixed for
1890 in the morning The military au-
iIlof1tleS are determined that nothing
OF the KIND shall be permitted. and that
frSm this time on there shall be no
marching of any character What sCever,
whether during funerals or otherwise
This resolution is not generally known,
ana tAe miners are going on with their
arrangements.
General Goblin talked over the tele-
phone to Governor Hastings for an
hour or more this afternoon He said
ne had merely made q formal report to
the governor of the situation. 1t is ap-
parent however, that the commander
is not cheered by the outlook. although
ne says he thinks there viii be nc
further turbulence. He would not say
when the troops are likely to be with
drawn, and he has resolved to act with
the utmost rigor. Furthermore. he
made revelation which put a startling
aspect upon the situation. This was
that the house of the engineer of NO
colAery had been broken into late last
night by six masked men and the en-
glneer, who is a cripple. numerically
beaten. There is no clue to the identity
of the aSSailants. The only work the
man has been doing lately is the pump
n fTnn fI1n S3fxz
water. The general has also received
a formal report OF the Audenreid out
rage Of last Thursday night. when the
strikers broke into the house OF Conner
Jones, superintendent Of the Lehigh &
Wilhesbarre Coal company. Jones
whose uRpopuarty With the miners
Vas one Of the first causes OF the strike.
was not there, but the men literally
wrecked the interior of the house ana
then attacked q mine powder house
near By and stole therefrorn u quantity
OF dynamite As soon as he heard of
Ibis, General Gobln assigned a guard
OF the Thirteenth regiment TO remain al
AuGenreid.
The addition to the strikers ranks.
II made, viii be the men at Cox's mine
and should they go out the last big
anthracite company in the region will
be iale- 1t was not known until today
that the 1000 men emploYed at coi-
hefy No. Z held meeting at Stockton
last night and drew up a petition to
the operators demanding an increase
O. 10 per cent. This win be presented
tomorrow, and in case of refusal they
VIII strike 1t is accepted as a fact that
If these men go out all the others en-
ployed Icy Dempsey viii join them
making a total number something be-
tween 5000 and 1000 from gHleSe mines
alone. The Cox men had already been
offered an increase, but rejected it on
the ground that il was still lower than
the scale paid by the other operators in
the region. These men have been work
ing steadily up TO this time and of late
up TO 10 O'Clock at night.
To ali intent and purpose Hazleton is
under martial law General Goblin de-
clared tonight that in spite of the war
rants issued no constables nor civic
authority would be permitted to ar
rest the deputies. He said that the
sheriff is an executive officer. whose
duty ii is 10 preserve the peace and
he tGobfne and troops are really sub
ordinate 10 The sheriff at this time. be-
ing engaged in helping him to perform
that duty. Under these circumstances
he Will not permit interference with
+ the sherim's officials so long as the mi
litia is here. In spite of this fine dis
tinction, the commanders decision o.,
this point is accepted as superceding
the civil authorities by the military
power
The event of today was the death OF
another of the wounded, Jacob Tomas
han1o. the IS-year-odd boy who was
shot through the head. the announces
1nent this afternoon by the hospital
doctors that six more would die. sew
eral perhaps before morning. and the
funeral Of four Of the victims. These
we're Andrew Tunell, Steve Yurajch
John Futa. and Mike ChesIek. Ten
more viii be buried tomorrow and here
the trouble is likely TO occur II has
been arranged that the ten collins shall
be carried on the shoulders of fhe
strikers from the un7fftaker's shou ia
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