The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-18
STONED BY ANGRY WOMEN
COAL DIGGERS IN THE HAZLETON
DISTRICT ATTACKED AGAIN.
Ten Thousand Miners still Out-WO rlx
to BE Resumed in Indiana Pending
Adjustment of the Scale.

HAZLETON, Pa. Sept II. = The strike
situation tonight may be summarized thus:
Over ten thousand men are still out, with
no apparent prospect of settlement; sporadic
outbreaks of violence are occurring near
the outlying collieries and the withdrawal of
troops is not only without consideration,
but the guard lines of several of the camps
are being constantly strengthened, and the
wisdom of bringing more cavalry is being
discussed. 1t was said to-day that if the
soldiers are kept here much longer the Sher-
idan troop of Tyrone, attached to the Sec
ond Brigade, will be ordered out. A cap
tain of General Gobin's staff is authority
for the statement that an uneasy feeling
prevails at headquarters in consequence of
the little outbreaks of the past few days.
The brigade commander himself admitted
to-day that the action of the raiding women
was giving him much perplexity. He does
not care to use force against them and has
instructed the soldiers, in case of necessity,
to use only the flats of their sabres upon
the amaZons. The story reached the general
that many men were in the attacking
crowds of yesterday disguised as women.
There was scene at Audenreid this morn
ing which was almost an exact repetition
OF yesterdays, at the same place 1t arose
from another attempt to start the Monarch
and Star washeries of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Company. About one hundred men re-
ported for work at the former when the
wild band of women swooped down upon
them, armed with sticks and stones 9th
ers were stationed on top of an adjacent
culm bank, whence they showered missiles
upon the workers and large body of men
ana boys waited in reserve behind the bank.
The men promptly quit work before any in
jury could be inflicted. AT the Star wash
cry, where 100 of 1856 men wanted to work.
like assault stopped them.
A call for troops which came from Gran
perry at 2 o'clock this morning was the
tict OF a scared night Waterman who mis-
TOOK soldiers for strikers. All the dyna-
mite that can be found in the region is be-
ing collected and stored to keep 1t from the
nandS OF the miners and one hundred men
from the Ninth Regiment were sent over
to guard the house The Waterman saw
the lights and moving figures, lost his nerve
and telephoned that an attack was threat
ened.
Late last night body of strikers at Lat
timer No quarreled among themselves
and bloodShed was threatened, when Com
pany h, of the Thirteenth Regiment, which
| Is camped at Lattiner, restored quiet.
Deputy Coroner Bowman will begin the
inquest over the bodies of the dead miners
next Wednesday afternoon Over one hun
dred witnesses will be examined. General
Goblin will not interfere with tomorrow
nights big mass meeting, unless highly
colOred speeches are made.
The only change in the strike situation
to-day was the return to work of the five
hundred men employed at Coxe's Beaver
Meadow collery. The miners say that this
is only temporary, and that If the other
Coke men at Drifton and elsewhere decide
the Beaver Meadow men will join them.