Evening star., 1900-10-06

Nearly 1000 Strikers March There
From NeighbOrinE Towns.

by Associated iress.
HAZLETON. Pa. October 6-Nearly 20o0
strikers, with fifty women and girls, march
ed into I-attimer early this morning and
completely tied up the two collieries of Cal
= win Pardee & Co. located at that place. 1t
was the greatest march that has taken
place during the present strike.
The crowd was made up of strikers from
McAdOO. Audenried. Jeanesville and Halle
ton on south side. and from Harwood Eb
ervale, Jeddo. FreeIand and Upper Lehigh
on the north side The women and girls
came from the now famous borough of Nc
Adoo Sheriff Harvey and handful of
deputies at Lattmer when the strikers
arrived. and they and the marchers were
, instantly on the move There dis
turbance at any time; the men and the
women were well behaved.
This is the most exciting day Lattimer
has had since the tragedy three years ago
The strikers from the south side concen-
trated the back road to the place. They
had left their homes at midnight. The wo-
men, including Mother" Jones. were con-
yeyed in wagons, while the men walked
Arrived Early in the Morning.
II was little before o'clock when the
loo south side men entered Lattimer
headed by fife and drum corps and the
women. The leader of the females who
was pretty Polish girl, carried large
termarChed on the Lattimer public road
until am, when the whistle blew for the
starting Of wCrk at the cOlleries great
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 north side marchers
who had gathered on the opposite side of
the town, burst through a gate on the fur
thcr end Of the c1mpanys property. about
half mile away. They came streaming in
by the hundreds and rushed down the com
pany : railway then across the StrippingS
and joined the south side force on the pub
lie road on the very spot where the twenty
two marchers We're shot by deputies in 1897.
While the men were running across the
>company'S property it looked as If the
leaders of the south side strikers would lose
control of the men, and they, too would
break and Overrun the private grounds but
they held in check. If they had got
ten on the property the sheriff. with his
small force. would have been absolutely
powerless to deal with the 00O cheering
The combined forces after short rest.
formed twO-by-two, and, with the women
and girls in the lead, started on another
marchers called the Lattfmer men black
legs and other hard names while those
thus assailed remained mute for fear of be-
ing attacked. This was kept up until s
O'Clock when the marchers began to leave
for their various home towns
Sherim Prevents Trouble
Just before the whistle blew at o'clock
the McAdoo women gathered on the public
road at the junction of a private lane lead
Ing from the company's stable 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 short dis
tance away. He came galloping down in his
buggy, and for moment IL looked as if
he and the women would clash but pleas
ant word and quietly spoken request of
- Girls, please move on" prevented trouble
While the two small armies were march
ing the roads in the vicinity of Lattimer
pickets were on duty at every point where
workmen passed on the way to the col
neries. but they had nothing to do for very
few men attempted 10 reach the mines 1t
was rumored that Sheriff Harvey had called
for troops. That official, il is known had
a telephone consultation with General Co.
bin in command OF the soldiers camped at
Shenandoah. dispatch to the Associated
Press from Harrisburg, however. Is to the
effect that no request for the sending of
troops into Luzerne county has yet been re-
ceived by Governor Stone.
Mines May Shut Down During Strike
II is not unlikely that the Lattimer col
lieries will remain closed until the strike
IL ended. A. w. Drake, general superin-
tendent of the company, said that the cues
ton OF drawing the fires from beneath the
boilers will be decided later In the day.
The officials of the company, he said, did
not like the idea of risking the lives of its
men with a mob like the one that swarm
ed over the company's. property this morn
ing
Outside the closing of the Lattimer COL
heries there was no change in the situa-
ton in this district today. No additional
Individual operators have posted notices of
any advance President Mitchell today
sent telegram to T. d. Nichols, president
L he
i-ackawanna and Wyoming regions. Mr.