The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-17

DOQlcS OIL III eight oiCS "SAS
each by ten miners, in the regalia of
the St. Joseph's society, and h e lines
proceeded to the church.
A crowd of fully 5000 damned the
streets in the immediate neighborhood,
but there was no disorder of any kind.
Thee platform originally Intended for
the street in front of the building had
been erected before the altar, n here
the ten collins were laid while Father
Aust and a number of Polish priests
celebrated pontifical high mass.
In the meantime a gang Of miners in
the cemetery were blasting rock to
make space for a large circular grave.
in which all the bodies were inferred.
There were brief services at the grave
and several of the clergymen made ad-
dresses, urging the miners to main
tain order and to remain quiet at their
homes.
General Gobin kept his word, if the
priests did not. During all of the march
and the ceremonies there was not a
sign of q soldier. Brigade headQuar-
tiers presented a martial appearance,
however, and in the stock yards near
the road were stationed a battery and
| a detachment of cavalry ready to move
on call. The usual camp discipline
| was maintained and no one was per-
| mitted to pass any of the lines with
| out a pass from the commander.
SALOONS CLOSED.
Mayor Alt Miller had been consulted
in the meantime and at General
Gobin's order, or suggestion, all the sa-
looms in the town were closed until 4
O'Clock his afternoon. The mayor has
been KEEP to his house for more than a
| week past by an attack of rheumatism,
but the grave developments induced
him to hobble to his office today and
upon receipt of the message from the
commander, he dispatched forces OF
police to see hat the order was en-
forced, and it was to the letter.
There were two meetings of miners
at Lattimer today. One was made UP
of Italians and the other of Hunga-
rians, and addresses were made at
| both. Organizer Fahey, of the United
Mine Workers, was present, but did
not speak. He will organize the ten
| branches of the union later in the week.
Sheriff Martin was the guest of Cen
eral Goblin at headquarters this after
noon, but would not talk for publica-
ton. He returned to WilkeSbarre later.
His deputies are contemplating going
to that town to enter bono for their
appearance when wanted, notwith-
standing the fact that they ave not
yet been arrested. This is to be done
as a guarantee of good faith and they
will probably go tomorrow.
1t developed today that at No.
colliery, the crippled engineer of which
was so badly beaten by masked men
on Saturday night, has been shut down
since long before the strike.
GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.
The gravity of the situation is made
apparent from the thorough and rig
orous manner in which the commander
is handling his men. The signal corps
of the regiment have been stationed
on hill tops about HaZletOn and the
surrounding hamlets, where the trouble
is feared. Several are marked by
tents with men on the okout The
signaling was done by flags and work
ed successfully. The stations cover
a distance of four miles and at the
nearest point to HaZletOn couriers
are stationed to carry reports to the
general. About a dozen couriers on
bicycles nave also done good work.
| They were selected from among the
men accustomed to riding, and the
wheels were obtained here.
LONDON PRESS COMMENTS.
London, September 13.-The Daily
Mail says editorially this morning:
There is no necessity for America
to fight Spain after all. An outlet for
her fighting energy is provided by the
indiscreet vigOr of a Pennsylvania
sheriff. The European governments
whose subjects are among the victims
of the massacre at Hazleton will IN
questionably demand ~reparation." The
Times, in a special article On the Halle
ton catastrope, asks whether history
is going to repeat itself in a duplica-
| ton Of the Pittsburg riots Of 1887. 1t
%recounts the horrible molly Maguire''
scene witnessed in that year and
! gives a general history of the strikes
that have taken place in that region,
testifying to the besotted brutality and
ignorance of the miners. The Times
says: Had the sheriff shown a mo-
ment of weakness the miners would
| probably have hammered him and his
/ posts to death in ten minutes and
| would then have begun numbering and
pillaging right and left"