The record-union., 1897-09-15


Majority of the Men Were Do
ciIe.
HAZLETON Pa.), Sept. 14-Despite
a variety Of alarming rumors and a
morning movement by a body of min
ers, which looked formidable, to-day
passed without serious disturbances in
the strike region. Matters wear such
an uncertain aspect, however, that
General Goblin declares that the re-
mOval Of the troops, or any portion Of
them, has not been contemplated. The
strike itself is spreading with great
Tapidity. Exact estimates of the num-
Der of men who have quit work are
hard to obtain, but conservative fig
ures place it close to II 900, with in
dications that in short time every
colliery of Importance in the region
win be idle.
Although some disposition has been
shown by small bodies of strikers in
the outlying districts to make demon
strations. they have been of a rather
feeble character, and the great ma
jority Of the men are dociIe
At Latimer this afternoon a largely
attended and decisive meeting Of
strikers was held TO receive the an
swer of the company to their demands.
With a large body of strikers gather
ing in the open space before the com
pany's store. superintendent Blake
came TO the door and gave them their
answer It was short and to the point,
and it was met with action equally as
decisive
The demands had been formulated as
follows:
1--WE desire and wish the privilege of
buying our provisions where we think
proper. instead of being forced to buy
at the company's store. We want
- per cent. advance of all classes of
labor We demand the dismissal of all
parties who took part on last Friday,
September 10th, in the shooting af-
fray. We demand that all classes of
labor be paid the same for rock work
as for coal on idle days. We demand
that no man shall be discharged for
acting on this committee"
The cOmpany's answer to this was,
first, that the men are not and never
have been obliged to buy exclusively at
the company's store; second, that the
advance would not be granted because
the company was paying the average
rate of the region; third, the company
absolutely refused, without assigning
any reason, to discharge anybody who
participated in the shooting; fourth.
that the men suspended on idle days
have the privilege Of taking some other
persons place, thus making good the
difference in rate between rock and
coal work: and, fifth. that no man
shall be discharged for acting on the
Grievance Committee
Superintendent Blake made a short
speech to the men, urging them to re-
turn to work, and arguing that they
would gain nothing by remaining idle.
''What do you say" he concluded, will
you come back?"
There was a moments buzz. and a
chorus of mo-" went up. The Super
intendent attempted no further per-
suasion, and the men dispersed.
There We're no additional deaths to-
day. Four or five men who have been
hovering between life and death ever
since the shooting We're unchanged,
bat all of the others were doing well
and many already have been dis
charged from the hospital.
Guards are still being placed around
the houses of several of the mine Su
perintendents. and during the day
Sherin's deputies were seen about the
streets guarded by two soldiers.
ANARCHISM WILL BE PROHIBIT
ED.
CHICAGO, Sept. 14-Inhammatory
speeches, like those made in the two
meetings of Social Democracy branch
es. in which the collision between min
ers and deputy Sherifs at Hazleton,
Pa. were made the excuse for advising
1vorkingmen to appeal to the knife and
the torch, VIII not. the police authori-
lies state. be permitted in Chicago. The
right of the authorities to disperse
meetings in which such sentiments are
uttered and applauded has been dem
pnstrated. Lucy Parsons and her
friends have been stopped times with
out number within the last ten years
aud two years ago Inspector Schaack
closed the mouth of Mowbray, the Eng
lish anarchist at Belmont Park for
prattling as a babe compared with So
ciaI Democracy's Sundays sayings
1T was exactly that kind of talk, ="
said Julius NJ Grinnell, the States at
1orney. who prosecuted the anarchists
in 1886. which precipitated the Hay
market riots. Such meetings should not
be permitted The police have abun-
dant authority for dispensing such
meetings. am not aware of any new
laws in Illinois covering such offenses.
but the old laws are good enough.
We shall stop those meetings alto
gether if such talk as reported is con-
1inued." said LYMAN Lewis. Assistant
Chief Of Police.
I am not surprised at Murphy. The
danger is not so much from the fel-
lows who talk that way as from the
persons who might be melted by such
talk to commit overt acts.
Inspector Setback. who has had some
experience with anarchists. was even
stronger in his observations.
WOOD LOSES HIS CASE.