Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-14
TIN DEAD ARE BURIED.
u.,.l,oo Quivering Over the Edge of a
Volcano.
MARITAL LAW is NOT ESTABLISHED.


,nlvers on the edge of volcano. I'm
certainty is the keynote of the situa-
zion and the town is sieeplessly await
,r,, the dawn of day fraught with
Unknown and fearful possibilities.
At this writing the troops are march
Ing on the mines of Coke Bros. mt
rrl1ay. which nestles in valley about
,tsbteen miles from here. kilograms
10 brigade headquarters late this even
ing Indicate an alarming condition
,bsre The remoteness of the situation
will make difficult the securing of de-
epite news from the scene before
morning.
Two hundred miners at Buck
Mountain, which is about thirteen
miles from Eckley, went ON II strike
this morning and started toward the
Trkley mine. The superintendent Of
lie EclNey culliery telegraphed Gen.
collin for troops. but later in the day
tba request was withdrawn, the super
intcndeut notifying the general that
Tie striking miners had stopped
marching.
At o'clock this afternoon Gen. Co
bin received another telegram stating
those miners had again assembled
anu UtlN NO 'H'' ~
and forced the miners to quit work. 1t
was stated in this dispatch that the
miners had been roughly handled.
Gen. Goblin mas ordered me clly
troop Of Philadelphia TO go TO the scene
of the disturbance. Inc start VIII ne
made shortly after midnight, or else
lust before daybrealT. The troops will
ride across the mountains, n distance
Of eighteen miles, to Eckley. Eckley
is o small mining village, ana lles III a
valley. There are a number OF col
larlcs there ana Iehls nave petn eh.
ttrtnined Tor me past iuIty sil
hours that trouble would prehk OUT
The men have been acting very ugly.
The situation tonight in Hazetpn
district Is one OF unrest An the col-
leries in this district are hlprehensiNe
Of danger. Requests nave peeh pour
Ing In to Cen conn IRON the various u.
mines asking that he send troops to
the places in order to prevent any
possible outbreak. The general states
that he VIII not send troops TO any
point unless an outbreak does occur.
The general declines to give the names
Of the coilieries, as an the men IN
them are still at work The operators,
however, are apprehenstve of n strike,
and want to be prepared for any cmer-
gency.
Two mine superintendent In this
immediate vicinity have asked Gen.
Goblin to place guards around their
houses, This Will be done.
Gen. Goblin win not make public the
names Of the superintendents who
made the requests.
Two actresses who are playing IN II
theutor here overheard a conversation
In the main street of Hazciton today
TO this effect: They We're passing a
group Of miners ana overheard one of
them remark: I've got the material,
but | don't know how to mix the
damned stuff. II ! did l would blow
them up tonight"
This Information was sent to Gen.
Goblin and as he had already heard
mutterngs from other sources he de-
Cded to send guards to the houses or
the two mine superintendents me
guards were not placed on duty unul
after dark.
Today has been regarded MS tine
turning pont OF the situation because
Of the prohibition issued by Gen. Co
hin against the proposition OF the
funeral demonstration. a compromise
was effected this morning however
md the day PISSED of without disturb
ance In the meantime the COKE col
lleries were being watched with intense
anxiety. 1t was known that the 1000
men employed at No. had made a
demand for n 10 per cent increase
which wns TO be submitted 10 the
operators today. with the alternative
OF strike ~ FROM o'Vuu 10 i'VvV HiCli
are employed ut all the collieries, and
It was understood that such move
ment would bring them all out. Nheth-
err or not the proposition was forinally
submitted today could not be learned
because nobody would talk. The men
were all at work, but strike talk was
rife and n big meeting at stockton
had been scheduled for tonight, Ihere
was O general Impression that nothlh'
decisive would be resolved upon.at least
until tomorrow, which is pay day Inc
Coke mems grievance is That they are
on n lower scale than that PAID hS
another company in the rigion, nut the
company store feature does not enter
into their case.
Another late afternoon report was
that the employees of eX-Congresstnan
IelsenrlnG's Upper Lehigh collierN WIZ
70 out tomorrow on symphthetc
strike. As an increase of 10 per cent
was granted on Saturday, to the NC
Adon men, they have expressed thelr
intention to return to work tomorrow
although they do not expect to remain
in more than n day under the pressure
that will be brought to bear by the
strikers.
Gen, Goblin this afternoon said: 1.-THE
rumor that martial law has been de-
olared has been spread by some vicious
person. There Is martial law only SO
far as n state of war exists. We are
here solely TO assist the sheriff In
come and go as they please so long as
the least lnfrnction Of the peace which
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