The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12


Andrew Nlckowskv, John Chohenski,
John Frankie. John zernawick.
Steve Urich. Andrew Yerhmau,
Frank kcdet John Zazlack.
John Sheka Anton Grekio.
John Turnasvich. Andrew Yurick
Andrew Zlmosh. Andrew Collick,
Adam Zimosk John Boski,
STANLEY Zadreski. Sebastian Bostoski.
John Futa Adelbert Czata,
Andrew Racwiski.
The injured who are at deaths door.
Clemens Polack. Caspcr Dulass.
John Binko. Andrew Slabonc,
Jacob Tomashontas.
Forty other mon, ranging In ages from
IS to Is wears. all foreigners, Hungarians.
Poles and slavs. were wounded.
The situation tonight is as intense as the
dav was fun OF incidents, First and fore
most the purpose these men had in Wow
when their march received tragic end was
contaminated The 1900 workers Mt the
Latimer mines. to whom they were bound
in an effort to induce them To join the
strikers. have laid down their picks and
sworn to do no more work until all the
demands OF tho men at all the mines In the
district have been conceded.
Next in inheritance was the issuance OF
warrants this afternoon for the arrest OF
Sheriff Marlin aud the ic2 deputies. These
wete issued ut the instance OF the United
Hunrarlpr Sssf ss They we're medc opt
| la tie nalnc OF Joseph Mshait PRESIDENT
Of the st. George Society. CT which nearly
| all the dead miners were members. Robert
| p Riley. manager OF the Anthracite De-
| tectiye Agency. took charge OF the docu-
ments. but up to a late hour tonight they
| had not been executed. Efforts 10 make
the arrest were blocked by the militia The
warrants charge murder. assault and lat
| terry and threatening 90 kill
| A third event OF Importance was the
offer made by Superintendent laval OF the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre colleries to
grant an increase OF 10 per cent over the
Lehigh bass 10 It's 1000 men and they will
return to work next Tuesday morning
Two largely attended mass meetings, one
at Harwood and another at Donegal Hill,
expressed sympathy for the wounded and
families OF the dead miners and denounced
The operators and the deputies in strong
terms.
A meeting was held at Latimer today by
the miners. Twenty different languages
were spoken at the meeting. The meeting
decided to take no action until Monday
when conmittee will visit the presidents
and notify them Of their intentions 10 re-
main out with the other strikers until
every demand Is granted
throughout the day the city has been
given up 10 excitement, which, by its sup
pressed character, has been more unanl-
nous than turbulsnce would have blen.
The incoming OF the State troops which be-
gan at an early hour this morning served
to cover the strikers and their sym
pathlzers aud no further demonstration
was made than the gathering at street
corners OF knots Of men and women in
mutterel discussion OF he situation. To-
night there are fully $500 soldiers camping
\ In town so placed as 10 command every
road In the Vicinity and all ths usual meet
Ing places. Brsldes IT'S usual equpmt nj.
battery Il has two brecch loading pieces
and two eating guas.
General Goblin expressed his satisfaction
with the promptltUde OF the response Of
the call to arms
4 II am also giatified." said he. lat ths
absence OF hostility shown to the Incoming
troops
lie said assignments had been 80 made
az to insure the preservation OF absolute
law ard order.
II will not permit the marching OF large
bodies OF men along the roads. he added;
"all such will be order d to disband Inn
mediately. My miss on here ana the mis-
sion OF the soldiers is 10 mainIain law and
ordcr have nothing TO do with what
tho men are striking for. nor what the
operators are esklng SO far 20 ! am
financially concerned ] do not care, We
are here to keep order, aud ! have ar
ranged my regiments accordingly. The
soldiers are behaving splendldly and are
msnifcstirg no feeling"
The presence Of the troops has sufhced
to maintain order thus far, but II II moi
depressing public opiaion. This Is al
most unanimous In condemning In the most
severe terms the action Of the deputies last
night
"offcial murder Is the phrase on al
most eyerytong, and for substantiation
OF the charge ettention Is directed 10 thu
fact that the deputies carried winebestel
rifles, each man having twelve rounds O
| ! ammunition. each a revolver and bo,
| Of cartridres. while the striking miner
/ were defenseless. having unsnimously sur
| rendered whatever weapon they may hay'
| | had before the march w's begun. More
over the fact remains that many OF th
| vlctims were sbot through the back.
1 The first voilsy from the Deputies, unex
| pected a. 4 was, created such indescrihaba
L /! conformation that the men stampsded an
ded ana Il II questioned that while the