The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-15
THE SITUATION AT HAzLETON.
THE DAY PASSES .wITACUT sERI-
OTIS DISTURBANCE.


dIed-Tea Thousand Men Have
Struck-Dcmands of the LatImer
Men DecisiveIy Met-The TroODs
stiII in Possession of the Mining
District.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 14-Despite a va
riety OF alarming rumors and a morning
movement by body of miners, which
looked formidable, to-day passed off with
out serious disturbance I'm the strike re-
gion.
Matters still wear such an uncertain
aspect however. that Gen. Goblin declares
that the removal of the troops or of any
portion of them, has not been contempla-
ted. The strike itself is spreading with
great rapidity. Exact estimates of the
number of men who have quit work are
hard to obtain, but conservative figures
place it at close to 10,O00 with indications
that in a short time every colliery of
Importance in the region will be idle.
Although some disposition has been
shown by small bodies of strikers in the
outlying districts to make demonstrations,
they have beer of rather feeble charae-
ter, and the great majority of the men are
docile.
The men at Coxe's Stockton mines have
expressed their intention of joining the
strike.
The City Troop of Philadelphia, which
was dispatched at an early hour this
morning to the scene of the reported out
break at Ickley. found nothing for il to
do when it reached that place about l
o'clock this AFTERNOON. Several hundred
miners from Buck mountain marched on
the Eckley mines last night and brought
out the men there. A few of the men
who showed disposition to continue work
were roughly handled and the mine su.
perintendent, fearing trouble, wired to
Gen. Goblin for troops. He also sent
word to Drifton and seventy deputies from
that place and Roam junction, nearby,
were sent over. They kept themselves un-
der cover at Eckley, however awaiting
developments. Nothing further happened,
the men at Eclxley Joining the ranks of
the strikers.
The day had scarcely opened before an
other annoying story came to brigade
headquarters by telephone. 1t was to the
effect that gang Of miners from Drifton
had marched on colliery No 8, at Jeddo,
with the expressed intention of bringing
the men out. Upon reaching the colliery
John MarlSe, the superintendent, met
them, and after a conference with a COM
mittee of the miners, succeeded In turning
them off without trouble. This was the
only incident of the day which partook of
the nature of q demonstration.
AT Latimer this afternoon a largely at
tended and decisive meeting of strikers
was held to receive the answer of the
company to their demands. Superntend-
ent Blake gave them the answer II was
positive and to the point and was met
with action equally as decisive. The de-
mands had been formulated as follows:
I'VE desire and wish the privilege Of
buying our provisions where we think
proper, instead of being forced to do SO
at the company's store; We want 20 per
cent. advance on all classes of labors; we
demand the dismissal of all parties who
took part on last Friday Sept TO- in the
shooting affray; 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 companyS answer to this was first,
been obliged to buy exclusively al the COM
pany store second, that the advance
would not be granted because the eompa-
ny was paying the average rate of the re-
gion; third, the company absolutely re-
fused, without assigning any reason, to
discharge anybody who participated in the
shooting; fourth, that men suspended on
idle days have the privilege Of taking
somebody else's place, thus making good
the difference in rate between rock and
coal work; fifth, that no man shall be
discharged for acting on the grievance
committee.
supt. Blake made short speech to the
men, urging them TO return TO work, and
arguing that they could gain nothing by
remaining idle.
What do you say?" he concluded.
''Will you come back?"
There was a moments buzz. and then
chorus of mo" went um
The Superintendent attempted no furth-
er persuasion and the men dispersed.
The mountain journey of the cavalry to
Eckley although agreeably disappointed
Of it's purpose, had a salutary effect in
that It deeply impressed the miners with
the extent of the military power.
There were no additional deaths to-day.
Four or five men who have been lowering
between l.fe and death ever since the
shooting were unchanged, but all Of the
others were uOluB wen anu many aifeduy
have been discharged from the hospital.
The funeral of Jacob Tomashontas, the
lad who was shot through the head and
fingered until Sunday, occurred to-day in
McAdoo. II was attended by one of the
largest gatherings seen since the out
break Of the trouble. There was no DEM
onstration and the services passed off
quietly After the funeral the men gather
ed in groups throughout the town and
discussed the situation and soon after
wards dispersed to their homes.
Guards are still being placed around the
houses Of several of the mine superlntend-
ents and during the day a sherin's deputy
was seen about the streets guarded by
two soldiers.
Former State Senator Kings stripping
neal, ,EelIley closed down to-day at the re-
quest of the Eckley miners.
The stripping employed only a few men,
Senator King came here tonight from
his home in Mahanoy City and made ar
rangements to resume work tomorrow.
At a late hour tonight everything is
quiet about headquarters.
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A Republican Convention Called.
Richmond, Va, Sept 14-A big republi-
oan meeting was held AT Harrfsoph4rer