The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
MILITIA AWES RIOTERS.
PENNsHLTANLA 9UARDsMEN SWEEP
INTO RASLETON.

They Gene with = Rush ana forthwith Yur-
ther Trouble Botwesn the Ristous Miners
sna the Representative or Law Ceases-
Lav-AbidinE miners viii Now ne Per-
mitted - work and IL IL Expected Thas
the strike Will Hsd-The Deaths rron Yss-
terday's Rattle over Twsuty-Gsv. nasts
inEs's Prompt Action ana mis- Prsoiauauen.
HALLEroN. Pa. Sept. 1.-the Third Brigade
OF the Pennsylvania National Guard, moving
with tho characteristic energy OF the militia
OF this State, swept into Hssleton this
morning and showed what was the anawep
Of the State officials to tho riotoru vho
yesterday attacked Sheriff Martin. 90 fer 20 10
known the deaths from tho shots BY tho eherinfn
deputies number moro than twenty. and tho
wounded list may DO a. high a. sixty.
The celebrity with which soldiers arrived iD
town astonishod tho strikers. The soldiers were
not ordered out until after midnight this morn.
Ing. and the fact that they arrived a. Breakfast
time, equipped with rations and ammunition ana
ready to cope with all disorder, showed not only
the thoroughnoss Of the military system. but
the readiness OF the State authorities, from
Gov. Hastings down. 70 check tho murderoun
riotins that characterized yesterdays proceed.
tngs near this city.
The Third Brigade was augmented TO- night by
s~S vi SV teheo1 Sity Atoopo U nDD
dolphis. The First Brigade. with head
quarters In Philadelphia. IL also In readiness
to move at any time should there b
need for their services here. but IL In
thought that they will not DO cent for. The
strikers are cowed completely. Tho presence
OF tho troops here has destroyed all their fight
ing spirit. So thoroughly have they been
checked that II 10 said to-day that the
strike which they have been prosecuting
Il for aavaral vweeka thron Uh0ut the I ahiCh v,Iin-
will DO ended on Tuesday and that thousands Of
men who have been kept from going to work
through the torroriZing methods Of the strikers
will resume labor in the mines. 1t Is confidently
expected that within three days the strike will
be broken.
Tho Ninth Regiment was tho first to arrive in
Hazleton and was followed by the Thirteenth
and the Twelfth. Tho Eighth and tho Fourth
regiments came at about IL o'clock. The Ninth
is encsmped at Halle Park, on tho outskirts Of
the city. The Thirteenth went into camp 40
West Hazleton.
Tho Twelfth Is at Audenried. four miles south
east, the Eighth at HARDWOOD, three miles TO the
west, and the Fourth is at Latimer, where the
trouble occurred yesterday.
| Tho coming Of the soldiers had been reported,
and only q few persons in and about II ,zleton
had been a~pprised OF it Tho great body of
strikers, however. was not informed OF the
calling out Of the military. and did not
know Of it until tho Ninth and the Thir-
teenth came into the station AMI the
troops started up Main street. After a few
mannnvres tho soldiers prepared scanty break.
fss:s which they had brought. in haversacks. and
the town was practically under martial law.
The Third. Brigade numbers 5000 men. with
lery. Those who have seen the development Of
labor troubles hereto:ore In this region venture
Riotons Huns and PoisndePs Rave si q WSole.
soplc respect Tor loaded guns, and the strikers
sSsy 6 %ss' sssn The f SneSo sss WI Wiz sP phe * s' .sS.
ton Or the SLAUGHTER at Scranton in the labor
ee!ipss% al any ysaii 's Tie eosi rs sas1l 4 have its', aRsF
wit ncssed.
Martin and ali his deputies today. Few Of them
are to be found and the Sherif's whereabouts IL
ssis Mhen the he news wl1l ie az tSs sn %s4rsn saT Il eosTe e,%i
70 hun. Father Aust OF the Polish church Of
H. hs.l asa.e rt " , RsoIfs s,h.2a the ss Ss:ss, o, T FHs. EsSdi
viii also be Identified with tho prosecution.
Both are Collecting funds for this purpose.
soon as possible after the events of the After:
noon. and the deputies also sought places Of
Wilkesbarre. and was induced to speak of the
Af Fns sSeria ss seFs 1hni he had warned tn, ,,rir.
keep the peace. He had halted them At one col.
iis5s 'n Sft se a sPP'rSs s heard ssIen ,ha. V' fbsg I Sps
repairing to march on the Pardee c~olliery. 40
sheriG put his posse OF between seTenty.dve and
eighty men In readiness and took electric cara
out Of HAzleton to head of the msrchers. He did
head them OF. ana. disembarking from the cars.
the deputies formed across the road, and the
motion d them TO hall. They did so. He then
t saSao to a s1D ,ba, to to Shs% t IoIsrs they no T fsFsbs IN
maTchine or interference with coI!ieries.
At this q hurly fellow who speaks English ad.
i.1s: s.,l eGd him tns a hn,na has and d't ,a IL the W IS Sh estf..
lint they wer: going 10 Lstimer and were going
to shut down the coltiery or kill every man who
nAFutatAd A ~OTk1nR.
The Sheriff attempted to explain the riot act
e 40 5n wo mp9' moi " listen .tte som" i one oeI nsar t ieeP shes,S
shouted at him, and four or five strikers ad-
vAnced and beam parleying and abusing the
All this time the line of deputies stood within
forty or hfty feet, str.ining 70 hear every word
them that the /. rikers would soon attack the
sheriff, This suspicion had no sooner arisen
ne S:seRR r0'ffHh: s tsh siaps s,r sssitd ss.' ,hroS y b afs
s sSrS5 tho Sheriff. He. meantime. had
striker. Some one struck him on the shoulder,
and he was being jostled about and roughly
The deputies watched the angry movements Of
the crowd and saw It's ethIng around the Sheriff,
to STRIKE him. decided that hi lie was in peril
and theirs as well. IL WAS at this period OF
, t wi,aoat cemmand. 50 t FAR as Gis Is known % me- diseSsrsed
HIS rife. Not a second interviewed before there
/ came q whole voliey as one and another OF the
short range. Tho Sheriff had struggled some
what TO one side, and was out Of the range Of
IRE.
He was just getting back TO tho deputies whom
tho volley came. and from the front of tho mob
men began dropping to the ground. lmmedi.
atcly the shricks and grouns OF tho injured and
dying filled the air.
q The deputies stood and surveyed the work they
had done, The mob began o m~cltaway, and hun,
dreds broke into a run. Many Others remained
dogeedlr and attempted odrag the hodle s OF the
doad and injured into the cover of woods or any
y where out OF sight. Messengers spread the news
d rapidly. and almost ASH by magic there came
Z upon the ground hundreds and thousands OF
persons, who assisted in putting the injured into
= wagons and In taxing them to the hospital or "a
K places where thel wounds could be attended to-
4 The region was worry quiet all the forenoon
Yesterday, and there was no uprising at McAdo0
and Coleraine, which had been the scenes OF dis
order for several days. At noon the quiet wat
y broken by a report hat the men n, the Harwood
~coiiery, operated by Calvin Pardee. had con
gregated and were marching toward HaZli
mines, adjoining this city.