Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-09
EXCITEMENT At LA|T|NER
Two Thousand Marchers Take
Possession of Town and Stop
Work at Mines.
sHERlFF's TACT PREVENTS TROUBLE.

Notices Posted by Mine officials Stat
ing That Mines Would MOI BE Again
Started Until Strike Wns Settled
Miners.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. S.-Nearly 1000
strikers, with so women and girls,
marched into Lattimer early Satur-
day morning and completely tied up
the collieries of Calvin Pardee & Co.,
located at that place. 1t was the great
est march that has taken place during
the present strike.
The crowd was made up of strikers
from McAdoo Audenried, Evansville
and Hazleton, on the South side, and
from HARDWOOD, Jeddo, Freeland and
upper Lehigh on the North side. Two
men and girls came from the now fam
Gus borough of McAdoo. Sheriff Har-
yey and a handful of deputies We're
at Lattimer when the strikers ar
rived, and they kept the marchers con-
stantly on the move. There was no
disturbance at any time, the men and
women being well behaved.
A Most Exciting Day.
It was the most exciting day that
Lattimer has had since the tragedy
of three years ago. The strikers from
the South side concentrated on the
back road to the place. They had left
their homes at midnight. The women,
including Mother Jones, were con-
veyed in wagons, while the men
walked, 1t was little before six
o'clock when the 1000 South side men
entered Lattimer headed by fife and
drum corps and the women. The lead
er of the women, who was pretty Pol
ish girl, carried large American flag.
They marched and countermarched on
the Lattimer public road until seven a.
M, when the whistle blew for the
starting Of work at the collieries.
Invade Compnny's Property.
A shout went up from the crowd as it
saw that no one responded to the call.
Shortly after this a faint cheer was
heard in the distance and suddenly a
crowd which proved to be the North
side marchers who had gathered on
The opposite side of the town, burst
Through the gate on the further end of
the company's property about half
mile away. They came streaming In
by the hundreds and rushed down the
company's railway then across the
strippings and Joined the South
side 4oroe on the public road on
the very spot where IL marchers were
shot BY deputies In 1897. While the
taen were running across the COM
7ys property 1t looked as If the lead
4the South side strikers would
tYol OF the men, and they, too,
al and overrun the private
they were held In check.
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The sheriff wIh his small for5e would d
pave been absolutely powerless to deal
with the 1900 cheering maroherb.
Women Call Names.
The combined forces after short
rest. formed two-by-two and with the
women and girls in the lead, started on
another parade through the town. The.
exomen msrchers called the Lattimer
men blacklegs and other hard names,
while those thus assailed remained
mute for fear Of being attacked. This
sas kept up until sight o'clock, when
The marchers began to leave for their
Various home towns.
Clash Narrowly Averted.
just before the whistle blew at
seven o'clock the McAdoo women
gathered on the public road at the
junction of private lane leading
From the company's stables to the
bpine. Their purpose was to prevent
She driver boys from taking mules
into the slopes. An official of the
company saw the move and quickly
summoned the sheriff. who was
watching some of the marchers a
short distance away. He came gall
looping down in his buggy, and for
moment it looked as if he and the
women would clash, but pleasant
word and quietly-spoken request of
"Girls, please move on" prevented
trouble.
Rumor of Call for Troops.
While the two small armies were
marching on the roads in the vicinity
OF Lattimer. pickets We're on duty at
every point where workmen passed on
the way to the collieries, but they had
nothing to do. for very few men at
tempted to reach the mines. It was
rumored that Sheriff Harvey had
called for troops. That official, it is
known, had telephone consultation
with Gen. Goblin, in command of the
soldiers camped at Shenandoah. A
dispatch to the press from Harris
burg, however, Is to the effect that no
request for the sending of troops into
Luzerne county has yet been received
by Gov. Stone.
Warning from Mitchell.
President Mitchell Saturday sent a
Telegram to T. D. Nichols, president
of district No. 1, which comprises the
Lackawanna and Wyoming regions.
Mr.. Nichols is at Nanticoke. The tele
gram reads:
1--WE are informed that agents are at
work employing men to mine coal in Ar
kansas and Indian territory. Please advise
all miners to remain away from there as
the miners of Arkansas and Indian terri
tory have been on strike for 20 months"
Notice of Shutdown.
Philadelphia, Oct. s.-Calvin Pardee,
of c. Pardee & Co., issued the fol,
lowing statement from the main Office
of the firm in this city Saturday:
"a mob of upwards of 1000, many OF its
number armed with clubs in the presence
OF Sheriff Harvey. and a large force of
deputy sherifts, drove off our men at Latti-
n,er mines to-day from their work, and we
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