The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-18
THE RIOT0US AMAZONS
Still Causing Trouble in the An
thracite Goal Region.
TEN THOUSAND MEN STILL OUT.


uhe rev VINO ehow /" Dispos''ioh W
Work Are Assaulted by tho Women
! eympathizers of tho Strikers and
nr,von Ow.
Hazleton, Pa-, Sept. lS.-The strlRe
situation may be summarized thus:
Over 10000 men still out, with no ap-
parent prospect of settlement. Sporadic
outbreaks of violence are occurring
near the outlying collieries, and the
withdrawal of troops Is not only with
out consideration, but the guard lines
of several of the camps are being con-
'Stantly strengthened, and the wisdom
Of bringing more cavalry Is being dis
cussed. Colonel Case, of the Fourth
regiment, and Colonel Magee, or the
Eighth regiment, are both complaining
of lack of cavalry to cover the large ex-
tent of territory under their COM
mands. and it is said that II the
soldiers are kept here much longer
the Sheridan troop, of Tyrone, attached
to the Second brigade, will be ordered
out.
A captain of General Gobin's stan Is
authority for the statement that an
uneasy feeling prevails at headquar-
ters in consequence OF the little out
breaks of the past few days and the
indication they hold OF the underlying
disturbance.
The brigade commander himself ad-
1nitted last night that the action of the
raiding women was giving him much
sperplexity., 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 sabers upon
the amazons. The story reached the
general that many men were in the
attacking crowds Of Thursday and yes
terday disguised as women.
The strikers no longer disperse when
tie troops appear in their territory,
and yesterday while body of Eighth
regiment officers were taking look
over the Honey Brook district burly
Irish woman who stood at the head OF
crowd of foreign women and men
shouted to the captain: Say, cap, di-
vide your guns with us, and we'll give
you a - of q fight" The soldiers ig-
nored the challenge. Similar taunts
have been thrown at bodies of militia
in the Drifton district as we'll
Yesterday violent scene at Auden-
ried was almost an exact repetition Of
Thursdays at the same place. 1t arose
from another attempt to start the Mon
arch and Star washeres of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre company About a
hundred men reported for work at the
former, when the wild band Of women
swooped down upon them with an
armament of sticks and stones. Others
Were stationeds on top of an adjacent
Sulm bank, whence they showered mis-
siles upon the would-be workers. and
q large body of men and boys waited
In reserve behind the bank. The men
promptly quit work before any injury
could be inflicted. At the Star wash
cry, where 100 of 1856 men wanted to
work, a like assault stopped them. No
further attempt was made to work the
Carson washery. squad of the Gov
ernors Troop went there to quel the
disturbance, but al! was quiet when
they arrived except that the rabble
Of the women hooted and cursed the
military, who made no response.
A call for troops came from Gran
berry at 2 o'clock Yesterday morning
and was tne act OF Il scared WdtCtllllull,
who mistOOk s0ldiers for strikers. All
the dynamite that can be found in the
region is being collected and stored in
Turnbach's powder house, to keep 1t
from the hands of the miners, and a
hundred men from the Ninth regiment
were sent over 10 guard the house. The
watchman saw the lights and moving
figures, lost his nerve and telephoned
that an attack was threatened.
Late Thursday night another terri
tory was turbulent. A body of strikers
at Lattimer No. 2 quarreled among
themselves and bloodshed threatened
when Company E. of the Thirteenth
regiment, which is camped at Lattimer
restored ouet.
Deputy Coroner Bowman will begin
the inquest over the bodies of the dead
miners at O'Clock next Tuesday after