New Ulm review., 1900-10-10
EXCITEMENT ] | | 1t LlI|INR
Tvs Thousand llsrcherS Tak.
Possession q Town and Stop
Work ct Mines.
saERlff's TACT PREVENTS TROUBLE
Notices Posted by Mine Omcials stat.
ing That Mines Would Not He Axain
Started Until Strike was Settled
-Further Concessions Made to the
Miners.

-FuFtheR Concessions Made to the
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. Itwas 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 Harwood, Jeddo, Freeland and
upper Lehigh ON the North side. Two
men and girls came from the now fam
GUS borough of McAdoo. Sheriff Har-
vey and a handful of deputies were
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 a pretty Pol
ish girl, carried a 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 Company's Property.
A shout went up from the crowd as it
saw that no one responded to the call.
Shortly after this 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 a
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 force on the public road on
the very spot where % marchers were
shot by deputies in 1897. While the
men were running across the CON-
panys property it looked as if the lead
ers of the South side strikers would
lose control of the men. and they, too.
would break and ovcrrun the private
grounds, but they were held in check.
If they had gotten onto the property
the sheriff with his small force would
have been absolutely powerless to deal
with the a,ooo cheering marchers.
Women Call Names,
The combined forces after a short
rest, formed two-by-two and with the
women and girls in the lead, started on
another parade through the town. The
women marchers called the Lattimer
men blacklegs and other hard names,
while those thus assailed remained
mute for fear of being attacked. This
was kept up until eight 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 a private lane leading
from the company's stables to the
mine. Their purpose was to prevent
the 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 gal
loping down in his buggy, and for a
moment it looked as if he and the
women would clash, but pleasant
word and quietlyspoken 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 were 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 q
telegram to T. D. Nichols, president
of district No. I, which comprises the
Lackawanna and Wyoming regions.
Mr.. Nichols is at Nanticoke. The tele