Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-12
ARRIVAL oF MIL1TARY.

~so upoh course OF acuon In ccDfe.
quence OF last nights catastrophe.
ARRIVAL OF MILITARY.
Throughout tho day the city has been
given up to excitement, which by IT'S
suppressed character has been more
OMNIBUS than turbulence would have
been. The incoming OF the State troops.
which began at an early hour this morn
ing, served to cow the strikers and
their sympathizers. and no further de-
monstration was made than the gather
Ing at street corners OF knots OF men
and women. In muttered, but intense.
discussion OF the shooting. Tonight
there are fully $500 soldiers camping in
town. The first to arrive was the Ninth
Regiment. under Colonel Daugherty.
from wilkesbarre.
! General Goblin, commander OF the
Third Brigade. arrived early in the
morning. and established headquarters
In the office OF the division superintend-
ent OF the Lehigh Coal Company. and
assigned the different commands To
points on the outskirts and in the city.
general Goblin expressed his satisfaction
with the promptitude Of the response to
inc call to arms, which was by the fire.
bells, and at 4 o'clock the troops were
on the trains travelling toward Hazleton.
The town Itself looks as IL 1t were
In astate OF siege tonight, as the boot
ed and spurred wsrriors are to be seen
at every turn. The presence Of the
troops has sufficed to maintain order
thus far, but 1t is not REFRESHING public
opinion. This is almost unanimous in
concerning in the most severe terms
the action OF the deputies last night.
Official murder is the phrase on all
most every tongue. The first volley
from the deputies. unexpected as II was.
created such indescribable CONSERVATION
That the men stampeded and fed. and
1t is not questioned that while they
were thus in headlong flight the depu-
ties poured volley after volley into the
terror-stricken crowd, and they went
down like straws.
Many prominent citizens of the town.
including Rev. Father Moylan of st.
Hazels church; Rev. Mr.. Spaulding, OF
the Baptist, and Rev. Mr.. Wagner. or
the Lutheran church. have drawn up an
Informal protest, not only against the
action Of the Sheriff and his deputies, but
against the calling out of the yiilitia,
which they declare was unnecessary.
UNEASY FEELING INCREASES.
In spite of this, however, the uneasy
feeling increases. The strikers have made
up their minds, as several of them said
to-day 10 remain in perfect quietness
until Monday. At II o'clock in the morn
ing of that day the bodies of the unfor-
tunate wretches who fell under the leaden
storm will be laid away. Services will be
held in the Polish Catholic church. where
requiem high mass will be celebrated by
Rev. Mr.. Aust. and benediction will be
pronounced by several visiting priests.
Then the corpses will be inferred in the
Polish cemetery. They will be laid in a
circular plot. and the congregation to
which they belonged will. it is announced,
erect a monument.
The meeting at Latimer to-day was one
worthy Of description by Victor Hugo. !
1t was held not far from the spot of last
nights conflict The country is bare and |
desolate there. Huge oal-breakers loom 1
up against the skyline here and there:
a few tumble-down shanties, the homes"
Of the miners, nestle amid the culm-
banks, and there is an occasional group
of unhealthy-loo trees. A great rab-
BILE Of bearded and sallow men was
gathered before one Of these shanties,
and from time to time q gaunt and bony
figure would push to the front and ha-
rangue his companions in a strange
tongue, the comments and criticisms OF
his hearers mingling with his gutturals
in an absolute babel. Twenty different
languages are spoken in Hazleton, and
there 1t seemed as If all were being
spoken at once.
The meeting decided to take no action
until Monday, when a committee, con-
ssting of four Poles. four Italians, and
four Hungarians, will visit the operators
and notify them of their intention to re-
main out with the other strikers until
every demand is granted.
Executive Proclamation,
HARRISBURG. PA, September lion
account of the horrible slaughter yester-
day at Latimer. in the coal region, the
Governor tonight issued n proclamation
all good citizens against aid
ing or abetting unlawful proceedings.
He says;
II do hereby notify them that the lives
and property of American citizens of the
Commonwealth will be protected: that
the laws will be enforced; that the hum
blest citizen will be protected in his
right TO earn a livelihood and in the en-
joyment of his home and family; and that
the safety of life and property will be
to all, at whatever cost: and
do hereby command all persons engaged
in riotous demonstrations and unlawful
conduct. threatening the peace and dig
nifty of the Commonwealth OF Pennsyi-
vania, to disperse forthwith 10 their re-
spective places of abode, warning them
hat persistence in violence or unlawful
will compel such use Of the
arm Of the. Commonwealth as
may be necessary TO enforce obedience
o the laws and the maintenance OF good
order"
GOmpers ON the Disaster.
WASHINGTON, September n.-Presi-
lent Gompers, of the American Fedora
ion of Labor to-day. after bitterly de- |