Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-09-16
. CRISIS IMPENDING.
RESULT OF THE KILLING or
OF STRIKERS.
Serious Situation In Pennsyivania- Funeral
Parades May he Prohibited-The shoot
Ing Ssems to Have been Eutirely I'm
rantsd-Twenty-ons Dead.

ty that five Will he added to the death
list before another day dawns. Such
was the execution done yesterday after
noon by 1O2 deputy sherlffs, armed to
the teeth upon about $50 ignorant for
elgncrs, whose total armament consist
cd Of but two little pen knives. These
facts are undisputed.
All these men ranged In age from 18
to 45 years, all foreigners. Hungarians,
Poles. Lithuanians and Slavs.
The situation tonight IL intense as
the day was full of events and Incl
dents.
First and foremost the purpose these
men had In view when their march re-
ceived Its tragic end was cOnsummated.
The 1900 workers at the Latimer
mines, to whom they were bound In an
effort to induce them to join the strik-
ers' ranks, have laid down their picks
and sworn to do no more work until all
the demands of all the men Mt all the
mines in the district have been con-
. ceticd.
Next In Importance was the issuance
Of warrants this afternoon for the ar
rest of Sheriff Martin and 1O2 deputies.
These We're issued ut the instance of
the United Hungarian societies. They
We're made out in the name OF Joseph
Mahnltc. president of the st. George So
clety, OF which nearly all the dead min-
ers We're members.
Robert p. Riley, manager of the an
thracite detective agency, took charge
of the documents. but up, to IL late hour
tonight they had not been executed.
Sheriff Martin. who spent last night
at his Wilkesbarrc home under n strong
guard. came to Hazelton this morning
with the Ninth regiment of the Third
ts
known until late in the day. Then II
was found that lie was still under
guardianship of the soldiers and could
not be reached. This afternoon Con-
stables Airey and Gallagher made an
effort to arrest a. Il. Hess, who led one
company of the deputies last night, but
he had sought shelter within the mill
tnry lines of the Ninth regiment. and
they refused TO permit the constables
to pass the guard. The warrants
charge murder, assault and battery
and threatening to kill.
A third event OF no less Importance
was the offer made by Superintendent,
laval OF the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
cOllieries to grant an increase of ten
per cent over the Lchigh basis to the
men of the company, about 1000 in
number.
Throughout the day ths city has been
given up TO excitement which. by Its
suppressed character, has been more
OminOus than turbulence would have
been. The incoming OF the state troops
which began at IN early hour this
morning, served to COW the strikers and
their sympathiZers. and no further
demonstration was made than the gath
ering at street corners of knots of men
and women In muttered. but Intense.
discussion of the shooting. Tonight
there are fully $500 soldiers camping
in town.
General Goblin. commander Of the
Third Brigade, arrived early in the
morning and established headquarters
in the office of the division superintend-
ent of the L,ehigh Valley Coal Com
pany, from which point lie assigned the
commands to points on the outskirts of
the city.
Governor Hastings In proclamation
calling out the militia. said: lit has
been represented to me by the proper
authorities of LuZerne county that riot
GUS demonstrations exist in various Sec
tions thereof. whereby the lives and
property and the peace and safety of
the people are threatefed. and which
the civil authorities are unable to sup
press"
HaZelton, Pa. Sept. 12.-Thc situa-
tion here tonight is graver than 1t has
been at any time since the bloody af-
fray this afternoon. There is strong
reason to fear II conflict between the
strikers and the military tomorrow.
and there is an indication that from D.
600 to 1000 more miners will join the
indictments.
Trouble Is in the air, and IL Il Is to
come the time will be tomorrow morn
Ing. This Is clear from the words used
tonight by General Goblin. commander
of the Third Brigade. The striking
miners have made elaborate prcpara-
tions for demonstration Mt the funer-
nj of ten of the victims, which Is fixed
for 1890 in the morning. The military
authorities are determined that nothing
of the kind shall be'permitted. and thar
from this time on there shall be no
marching of any character whatsoever,
whether during funerals or otherwise.
The resolution is not generally known.
and the miners are going on with their
arrangements.
DR.. H. p. Lewandeoski of New York.
representing the Poiisl societies of
that city, arrived here today. He Is
empowered to assist the strikers in ev-
cry possible way: to help them to gain
their demands from the operators and
to arrange for the prosecution Of the
sheriff and deputies. Later In the day
he said he had received word that n
check for 81 900 from the National Pol
lish Alliance, which recently met In
Philadelphia, has been sent on for the
aid of the miners, and that lie has prom
ises of additional large subscriptions
from New York and other cities There
are 1900 Poles in the United States.
number of Polish priests from New
York, Buffalo and other places are also
expected to arrive tomorrow. DR..
ThOrodvitch, secretary at the Austrian
consulate at Philadelphia, participated
in n meeting tonight to consider meth
DDS of prosecuting the deputies.
He obtained affidavits from a num-
ber of the miners who We're In Fri
days affair which throw new light on
the shooting. They declare. in sub
stance. that on the morning of that day
a messenger arrived at Harwood and
asked for the foreigners to come to
Latimer, rs the employees of Collicry
No. at that place We're about to strike.
Later second message to the same
effect arrived. and then the men start
ed over to Latimer. At Hazel colliery
so the affidavits continue. Sheriff Mar
tin met them and warned them not to
1 a Il. Vaf 4.