The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

fore high heaven; that we denounce such
action by the sheriff and his deputies as cruel
wilful and cowardly murder
I'VE place ourselves before the bar of
public opinion and appeal to the good cft1-
zens of this state and country and ask them
if there was justification or warrant in such
assassination.
Resolved That we extend our sympathy
to the friends and relatives of those who
have fallen and pray to God that those now
dead will live in our memories martyrs
to the cause of down-trodden labor
The third meeting was the most
largely attended. 1t began at Hazel
Park, about o'clock this afternoon,
and adjourned to Donegal hal. an open
place at one end of the city, where it
was in progress tonight.
The purpose of this meeting was also
to extend sympathy and to decide upon
a course of action in consequence of
last nights catastrophe
TROOPS ARRIVE.
Throughout the day the city has
been given up to excitement which by
it's suppressed character has been
more ominous than turbulence would
have been. The incoming of the state
troops which began at an early hour
this morning served to COW the strikers
and their sympathiZerS and no further
demonstration was made q than the
gathering at street corners of knots of
men and women in muttered but in
tense discussion of the shooting.
There are fully $500 soldiers camping
in town. The first to arrive was the
Ninth regiment under Col. Daugherty
from Wilkesbarre. Then came the
Thirteenth. under Lieut.. Col Mettes;
the Fourth. under Col. Case; the Sixth
from Lebanon; the Twelfth from Will
Transport. battery B, from Phoenix
vile; the governors troop of Phila-
delphia The two latter bodies did not
reach here until tonight.
Gen Goblin, commander of the Third
brigade, arrived early in the morning
and established headquarters in the Of
flee of the division superintendent of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company, from
which point he assigned the COM
mands to points on the outskirts and
in the city. The ninth was sent to
Halle Park, commanding the road
from Drifton and another from Lat
timer, the Twelfth was sent to Done
gal hill on the opposite side of the town,
holding the GAINESVILLE road leading
from Audenreid The Second battalion
of the Eighth regiment was placed at
Audenreids and was later joined by the
Fourth regiment. The Thirteenth
went to Lattimer and took up a posi-
ton overlooking the mines toward
which the strikers were marching
when the shooting occurred. The gov
errors troop remained at brigade
headquarters and Battery B was dis
tributed among the different COM
mands. Besides its usual equipment
the battery has two breech-loading
pieces and two gatling guns.
Gen. Goblin expressed his satisfac-
ton with the promptitude of the re-
SpCnSe to the call to arms The Ninth
was called out at o'clock this morn
ing in Wilkesbarre by the ringing of
the fire alarm and at o'clock 400 of
the $50 were on the train travelling to-
wards HaZleton. The commander was
also gratified at the absence of hostility
shown to the incoming troops He said
the assignments had been made in the
order indicated to insure the preserya-
ton of absolute law and order Il will
not permit the marching of large bodies
of men along the roads, he added.
''and all such will be ordered to dis
band Immediately. My mission here
and the mission of the soldiers is to
maintain law and order 1 have moth
ing to do with what the men are strik-
ing for, nor for what the operators are
asking. So far as 1 am officially con-
cerned 1 do not care. We are here to
keep order and I have arranged my
regiments accordingly The soldiers
are behaving splendidly and are mani
Testing no feeling"
Notwithstanding the generals final
words there were a few raw recruits
in some of the regiments who broke
loose during the day and evening, but
their tranSgression went nc further
than the frolic which accompanies tot,
liberal potations, and they We're