The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-15


HAZLETON, Pa" Sept l4'-Despl'e
yor,etv OF warning rumors and a
,i,,, monument nv n body Of min
moran s,, ,,..,,aoh,o ,odoy
eTs, whleh lookeu i"fii'u0o's' 10y
passed of without serious disturbance
IN the strike region. Matters still wear
:" '.'s '.or,a,,, osnec, however TINT
sueh ah u'ee''a'" u'peN., -,
General Gooin declares 'nu' 'ne ie'i'''
al OF the troops or OF any portion OF
,sstr has mot been contemplated. The
,..,s l. ,rooal,, with grant
s'rlNe i'seI' 70 sp'e''N''e
rapldity. Exact estimates OF the mum
her of men who have quit work are
ho.1 ~ ohtain hut conservative figures
"a'' W .an ,,on,,na ,yi,,,
place II Ut e'ose 90 .'" '"o"''"N' "'"
indications that withih snort TIME eV-
cry SolHe,y Vi i'hpo' '"''os 80 '"e ''e''''
.,tSouTh some disposition has been
shown by small bodies of strikers In the
outlying districts 20 make demonstta-
tions, they have been Oh q rather IeeDle
character, and the great majority OF tne
men are docile' Ihese mines are now
idle: Coke Bros. u Company, Eekiey, N
Beaver Meadow and oheioa' anout z'VVO
men; ITehigh Wilkesbarre Coal 60
Honeybrook and Audenreld mines,aoout
1900; Frank fardee ana CanoerrS anu
Crystal Ridge, l,lOO; Lehlgh valley Soui
Company, Halle mines forktown'
Jennsville and Audenreid. 5000; Gavin
Pardee & Company, Lattimer ana Har-
wood, 1000. The men at Coxe,s stock
ton mines have expressed their inten-
ton of Joining the strike. To-day was
their payday. Concerning the Dritton
mine OF the same company, which was
working to-day, one OF the firm said
they understood the men were going
out, The collierles still working are the
Derringer. Tom Hicken and Shepton, OF
the Coke company; Weston, Dodson y
Company's Beaver Brook mine, anu j.
S. Wentz's Silver Brook mine
Found Nothing 10 DO.
The first CITY troop, of Philadelphia,
,ntt,,, .. 7,,s.,ohod q, a, oo-Iv ho,r
Mh'e" was u'epa'''eu ~ "H va''' "os'
this morning TO the scene OF the report
ed outbreak at Eckley, found nothing
for II to do when II reached that place,
about o'clock this afternoon. Several
hundred miners from Buck mountain,
marched on the Eckley mines last night
and brought out the men there. A few
Of the men who showed disposition to
continue nj work were roughly hand
led and the mine superintendent. fear
ing trouble, wired to General Goblin for
troops. He also senL word to Drifton,
aud seventy deputies from that place
aud Roam Junction nearby, were sent
over. They kept themselves under COW
er at Eckley. however, awaiting deyei-
opments, Nothing further happened, the
men at Eclsley Joining the ranks Of the
strikers. Meanwhile the cavalry troop
which was sent by General Goblin had a
wearisome march over the mountains,
only to find everything at Eckiey peace
ful.
The day had scarcely opened before
another annoying story came to brig
nde headquarters by telephone. 1t was
to the effect that gang Of miners from
Drift9H had marched on celliery No. 5,
at Jeddo. with the expressed intention
of bringing the men out. Upon reaching
the colliery, John Markle, the superin
tendent. met them, and after confer
ence with committee OF the miners,
suefesueI succeed IN N turning them mem, on Without
the day which partook OF the nature of
demonstration.
At Lattlmer, this afternoon, largely
attended and decisive meeting OF strlk-
ers was held to receive the answer OF
the company to their demands. With
large body Of strikers gathered In the
open space before the companV's store,
superintendent Blake appeared at the
door and gave them their answer. Il
was short and to the point. and was met
With action equally as decisive. The
demands had been formulated as fol-
lows: