The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-14
BOUND TO Be TROUBLE
HaEelton Quivers on the Edge of
Volcano.
APPREHENSIVE OF DANGER
A Disturbance AT Eckiey-Calls for
Troops Miners Roughly Handled.
Threats Maoe That Dynamite
Will Be Used.


quisers ON the edge of a volcano. Tn
certainty is the keynote OF the situa-
tion and the town is sleeplessly await
ing the dawn of "A day fraught with un-
known and fearful possibilities. Al this
writing troops are marching ON the
mines of Coke brothers. al Eckley,
which nestles i'm valley about Is
miles from here. kilograms To brigade
headquarters late this evening indi-
cate an alarming condition there. The
remoteness OF the situation will make
difficult the securing OF definite news
from the scene before morning. Two
hundred miners at Buck Mountain.
which is about - miles from Eckley,
went ON strike this morning and start
ed towards the Eckley mine. The SUI
rerintendent OF the Eckley coiliery tele-
graphed General Goblin for troops. but
later In the day the request was with
drawn. the superintendent notifying
the general that the striking miners had
stopped marching. AT 4 o'clock this
afternoon General Goblin received an
either telegram stating that these
miners had again assembled. had
marched ON the Eckley mines and
forced the miners to quit work. II was
stated In this dispatch that the miners
had been roughly handled. General
Goblin has ordered the City troop OF
Philadelphia To go to the scene Of the
disturbance. The start will be made
shortly after midnight, or else just
after daybreak. The troops will ride
across the mountains. a distance OF Is
miles, 10 Eckley. Eckley is a small
mining VILLAGE In rul lpr
There are a number of colliefies there
and fears have been entertained for the
past is hours that trouble would break
cut The men have been acting very
ugly. The situation tonight In the
Hazelton district is one of unrest.
All the collieries In this district are
apprehensive Of danger. Requests
have been pouring In To General Goblin
from the various mines. asking that he
send troops TO the places In order To
prevent any possible outbreak. The
general states that he viii not send
troops To any point unless AN out
break does occur. The general declines
Ia give tho names of the collieries. as
all the men In them are stiil at work.
Operators have been apprehensive Of 4
strike and want 10 he prepared for any
emergency. Two mine superlntendents
In this immediate vicinity have asked
General Goblin to place guards around
their houses. This will be done. Gen.
eral Goblin will not make public the
names of the superintendents who
made the requests.
Two actresses who are aging in a
theater here overheard conversation
ON the main street Of Haxelton to-day
to this effect: They were passing a
group Of miners and overheard one Of
them remark: I've got the material.
but ! don't know how 10 mix the
damned stun. IL did I would blow
them up tonight" This information
was sent to General Goblin. and as he
had already heard mutterings from
other sources he decided to send guards
la the houses Of the two mine superin-
tendents. The guards were not placd
an duty until after dark.
To-day has been regarded as the turn
ing point of the situation because of the
prohibition issued by General Goblin
against the proposition Of the funeral
demonstration. compromise was ef-
fccted this morning. however, and the
day passed off without disturbance. In
the meantime the Coke collieries were be-
Ing watched with intense anxiety u was
known that the 2@D men employed at
No had made "A demand for a 10 per
cent. Increase. which was to be- submit
ted To the operators to-day with the al
tcrnativc Of strike" From five to seven
thousand men are employed at all the
colleries and u was understood that such
q movement would bring them all out.
Whether or not the proposition WAS for
mally submitted to-day could not be-
learned. because nobody would talk.
Tn. men were all al work. but strike
talk WAS rife and a big meeting al Stock
ton had been scheduled for tonight.
There was general impression that
nothing decisive would be resolved upon,
AZ least until Tomorrow. which is pay
day. The Coke mems grievance is that
they ar: ON "A lower seal, than that paid
by any other company In IN. region. hat
the company store feature does not enter
into their case. N'MI
Another late afternoon report was that
the employees Of cx-conercssman Iseiscn-
rings upper Iehigh colliery will go out
tomorrow on sympathetic strike. As
AN INCREASE OF 10 per cent. was granted
on Saturday to the McAdoo men. they
have expressed their intention To return
to work Tomorrow. although they do
not expect To remain In more than "a day
under the pressure that Will b. brought
to bear by the strikers.
Altogether an evpntful day is in pros
psct. General Goblin this afternoon said !:
The rumor that martial law has been
declared has been spr,H ,Hd 10y some vicious
person. There IL martial law only so far
as a state of war exists. We arr hcrc
solely to assist the sheriff in maintaining
peace and order. Men can come and 20
AS they please 81 long az they behave
Themselves. VI there is the least mfrac-
tion of the peace which the civic auihori-
ties are unablr to handle then W. will
render assistance. but such a condition
has not yet aris"n.'
The commander added that neither
sheriff Martin nor any uf tn. dtJnii :
would be arrested while the troops wer.
bore.
IF am under his authority" b" said.
"and il n" L. ARRESTED musI talk" that
authority from the deputies. n the depu-
Ties are arrested what resort Will re-
mHlu9'
Thc nrsi discurd between the military
and thu strikers occurred to-day and
G"n,rl Goblin was angry about H. Fol
lowing his order against the prupo~rd iu-
roufrronc" this morning with IN" Polish
priests Who arr look after tho caus"
uf tho m,n lIa Impressed them with
the necessity for preventing any show oi
% military character and said b. would
permit no uniformed men to participate