Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-17

and $500 of the fund sent by the car
penters to the general fund at Column
bus, Ohio, is ready on demand, and will
be contributed if found necessary.
The peace prevailing during the past
few days was broken to-day by a con-
f1ict between striking and working
miners, which for time threatened to
be serious. A body of about $50 men
and boys, led by score or more of
women, made a raid on the Carson,
Star and Monarch collieries, at Honey
Brook, near Audenried. The women,
as we'll as their followers, were armed
with clubs and stones and before the
900 workers could be induced to come
out the missiles were used.
Some of the women stationed them
selves on the top of culm bank and
pelted the workingmen with stones.
One Hungarian was dubbed over the
head and badly injured, but no fur
tner harm was inflicted. A large force
of strikers was stationed behind an
adjacent culm bank ready to reinforce
the body of raiders if necessary, but at
this stage Of the attack the employees
quit in a body and joined the strikers
ranks. The encounter was the direct
result of an attempt to start up the
Lehigh and Wilkerbarre collieries
Despite the determination to remain
out until Supt. laval was heard from
regarding the 10 per cent advance de-
handed number of Hungarians and
Italians reported fer work this morn
ing. AS soon as this news reached
Bunker Hill and Honey Brook the at
tack was made, each colliery being Wis
tied in turn. The superintendent call
ed for assistance of Sheriff Scott, Of
Schuylkill county, in which Honey
Brook lies, and that official made de-
mand on Gen. Goblin for a body of SOL
diers. A battalion of the Eighth regi-
ment, under Col Magee, hurriedly
marched from their Audenreid camp
to the scene of the trouble, but as usual,
it was over and the men scattered
when the soldiers reached there.
The soldiers were marched back to
camp, and had not been out of sight
ten minutes before a crowd of strikers
pounced upon a squad of Hungarians
who were screening coal near the Star
washery, and forced them to quit work
This second movement resulted in the
sending of a squad Of the Governors
Troop to the disturbed district this af-
ternoon. They returned at 6 o'clock
with the report that all was quiet.
There. was no material change to-
day in the situation of the strike. be-
yond that already mentioned. A mine
official made the statement to-day that
some Hungarians had reported to him
that they could not account for the
location of % of their countrymen,
who were in Fridays parade when it
was fired upon by the deputies 1t is
the general opinion that they were
frightened, ran away and are still IN
hiding. Some of their friends incline
to believe that the men were wounded
made their way to the mountain and
were lost there. A cearch of the woods
and mountains is being made
Sheriff Martin came over from
Wilkesbarre again to-day. He is very
moody and seems to feel his position
keenly.
At the hospital to-day there was no
change in the condition of the men who
are still lowering near deaths door.
Governor Hastings tonight sent a mes
sage to Gen. Goblin, ordering him to
suppress all meetings having a ten
dency to incite riot. This will doubt
less prevent the proposed labor meet
ing scheduled for next Saturday night
The streets of Hazelton were quiet to-
day and interest is now directed to the
result of the coroner's inquest. which
will be held Monday or Tuesday.
A meeting of the commission TO ar
range for the prosecution of Sheriff
Martin and the deputies was held to-
night, but little information was given
out. Funds are coming in - chem
from various labor organizations and
it was stated that 'the 1est counsel
in the country would be employed