The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-18
An ARMY OF ANAZ0NS
PRESENTS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM
TO GEN. CORN.
r,,.x stan. and Club working Miners
Near HaxIeton-Dynamfte 6ath-
cred Together and suaraed-tsreat
Ner,ip~ 10 he Held Tonight.

HAZT. FT0N Pa Sent. 1.-THE strko
situation tonight may be summarized mus
over feoa men are stfll cut. with no a4'-
parent prospect of settlement; sporaeic
outbreaks Of violence are occurring near
the outlying coslieries. and the Withdraw
al Of troops IS not only without conslaexa-
lion. but the guard lines Of several OF the
ca mps are being constantly strengthened
and the wisdom Of bringing the cavalry 5
being discussed. A captain or Gen. Go
bins s.aff Is authority for the statement
that an uneasy feeling prevails AT mead
quarters in consequence OF the little OUT
breaks Of the past few days. and the IN
dication they hold OF the underiyins dis
surhance.
TIE brigade commander admitted today
that the action OF the raiding women was
giving him much perplexty. He does not
care TO use force against them and has
Instructed the soldiers, in case or neces-
sity, 10 Use only the fiat OF their saoefs
upon the AnlaZons. The story reaches the
general that many men were in the at
lacking crowds Of yesterday and today
disguised as women.
This mornings violent scene at Auden-
reid was almost an exact repetition of
yesterdays at the same place. Ii arose
from another attempt 10 start the Monarch
and Star washeries OF tue Lehigh q
Wilbesharre Company About leo report
ed for work at the former when the wild
band OF women swooped down upon them.
armed with sticks and stones. Others
were stationed on top of an adjacent eulm
bank, from whence they showered missiles
upon the would-be workers. and large
body of men and boys waited in reserve
behind the banks. The men promptly
quit work before any injury could be in
fiicted. AT the Star washery. where 100 or
1S5 men wanted TO work. a Like assault
stopped them.
The call for troops. which came from
Cranberry at o'clock this morning, was
the act of night Waterman. who mstook
the soldiers for strikers. All the dyna-
mite that can be found in the region is
being collected and stored to keep 1t from
the hands Of the miners. and 100 men
from the Ninth regiment were sent over
TO guard the house. The Waterman
saw the lights and moving figures.
lost his nerve and telephoned that an at
tack was threatened.
Late last night body Of strikers at
Latimer No. quarreled among them
selves and bloodshed was threatened but
Company + OF the Thirteenth regiment.
which Is camped at Latimer, restored
quiet.
Deputy Coroner Bowman will begin the
inquest over the bodies Of the dead miners
next Wednesday afternoon Over 100 wit
nesses viii be examined.
Gen. Goblin viii not interfere with to-
morrow nights big mass meeting. unless
highly colored speeches are made. The
principal speakers are to be T. J. Mcguire
vice president OF the American Federation
OF Labor and George Chance OF the Uni
ted Labor League. AS precautionary
measure, a guard of soldiers will be pres
ent. Organizer Fahey and other leaders
have asked that the militia be withdrawn.
and Gen. Goblin has advised them that
the speediest way TO accomplish this will
be 70 stop holding mass meetings and
thereby exciting the people.
The only change Ia the strike situation
toby was the return to work of the 900
men employed at Coxe's Beaver Meadow
colliery. The miners say that this Is only
temporary. and that II the other Coke
men az Drifton and elsewhere decide at
their meeting next Monday TO go out, the
Beaver Meadow men will join them.
MOWEAQUA. H.. Sept. 1.-THE entire
force Of striking miners here resumed
work today. A slight advance In wages
was given