The herald., 1897-09-14
Furnish No Occasion for
Interference
DISORDER AT OTHER PLACES
BRINGS REQUEST FOB MILITARY
PROTECTION
The Situation Throughout the PENN
sylvania Mining Region Il One
Of Grave Apprehension
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
HAzLETON, Pa, Sept. 13.-At this
writing troops are marching on the mines
Of Coke Brothers. at Eckley which ues-
ties in a valley about eighteen miles from
here. kilograms to brigade headQuar-
ters late this evening indicated an alarm.
ing condition there. The remoteness Of
the situation will make difficult the -.
curing Of definite news from the scene
before morning.
The first official action Of the day was
the closing Of all saloons until this
afternoon, after a conference between
General Goblin and Mayor Altmiller.
It was done because OF the funeral Of
one Of the victims and fear Of what
might follow If the strikers had access
to liquor when wrought up by grief and
rage. None Of the militiamen are al
lowed to leave camp, and all passes are
discontinued. By order Of General Co
bin. anything in the nature Of military
procession at the funeral is forbidden,
and a parade like that of yesterday,
when uniformed men carrying sabers
marched, will not be allowed.
Notwithstanding General Gobin's or
der, one part of the funeral cortege was
headed by brass band, which played
mournful accompaniment to the tramp
of marching men as they neared the bri-.
gade headquarters. The drums were 81!
lenced however, as the procession
reached it, and the 1000 men in line.
silently marched to the undertaker's,
where eight Poles awaited burial. The
street was packed with people, who
left a narrow aisle for the marchers1
There was not the slightest disordert
and not trooper was in sight. After
viewing the bodies, the big parade
formed with three other bands. The or
der prohibiting these not having been
communicated to the marchcrs by the
priests to whom he gave it. General Co
bin revoked it and gave permission for
musical accompaniment.
FRESH TROUBLE
Trouble has broken out at Coke Bros
colliery at Eckley. The superintendent
of the Eckley colliery telegraphed Cen
eral Goblin for troops but later in the
Gay the request was withdrawn, the su-
perintendent notifying the general that
the striking miners had stopped march
ing.
At o'clock this afternoon Gen. Goblin
received kilograms stating that these
miners had again assembled had march,
ed on the Eckley mines and forced the
miners to quit work. 1t was stated In
these dispatches that miners had been
roughly handled. Gen. Goblin has or
dered the City troop of Philadelphia to
go to the scene of the disturbance. Tho
start will be made shortly after mid.
night or else just before daybreak. The
troops will ride across the mountains q
distance of eighteen miles, to Eckley,
which is small mining village and lies
in valley. There are number of col-
lieries there, and fears have been enter
tanned for the past As hours that trouble
would break out, as the men had been
acting very ugly.
The situation tonight in the Hazelton
district is one Of unrest. All the collier
les in this district are apprehersive Of
danger. Requests have been pouring in
to Gen. Goblin from the various mines
asking that he send troops to the places
break The general states that he will
not send troops to any point unless an
outbreak does occur. The general de-
clines to give the names of the collier
les, as all the men in them are still at
work. The operators, however, are ap-
prehensive of a strike and want to be
prepared for an emergency.
Two mine superintendents in this vi
cinity have asked Gen. Goblin to place
guards aroud their houses. This will be
done Gen. Goblin Will not make public
the names of the superintendents who
made the requests.
Two actresses who are playing in a
theater here overheard a conversation
on the main street of Hazleton today to
this effect: They were passing group
of miners and overheard one of them re-
mark: I've got the MATERIAL but
don't know how to mix the id stuff.
If l did I would blow them up tonight
This information was sent to Gen.
Goblin, and as he had already heard NUT
terings from other sources he decided to
send guards to the houses of the two
mine superintendent. The guards were
not placed on duty until after dark
THE TURNING POINT
ing point of the situation because of the
prohibition issued by General Goblin
against the proposition Of the funeral
demonstration. A compromise was ef-
fected this morning, however, and the
day passed off without disturbance. In
the meantime the Coke collieries were
being watched with intense anxiety. 1t
was known that the 1000 men employed
at No Z had made a demand for 10 per
cent increase, which was to be submit-
ted to the operators today, with the all
tentative of strike" From 5000 to 1000
men are employed at all the collieries.
ard 1t was understood that such a move
ment would bring them all out.
General Goblin said this afternoon:
1.-THE rumor that martial law has been
declared has been spread by some vic
ious person. There is martial law on1v