The sun., 1900-09-27
NO TROOPS FOR HAzLEToN.
Unless Crisis Develops Soldiers VIII
Not Re Sent There.

Unless Crisis Develops Soldiers VIII
Not Re sent There.
Hazleton. Pa, Sept. 2G.-'rhc request
of Sheriff Harvey that troops be sent to
Luzerne county is still under considera-
tion. but il is almost certain that none
will be sent here until there are furtheN
developments requiring their services.
The entire Hazlcton region is very
quiet, no marches or disturbances having
occurred.
Sheriff ]. B. Harvey was seen in re.
gard to his request for state help. The
sheriff said he had telegraphed the gov
ernor for national guardsmen in any num-
Der that the executive in his judgment
deemed best to preserve order, as the sit
uation is getting critical. He said he
also had long talk with Governor Stone
over the telephone, in which he explained
the entire situation and why he had made
the request for troops. The sheriff told
him that he was wanted at so many
places in the county to protect life and
property that it was impossible to be ev
erywhere.
He told the governor that the situation
as it stood was getting beyond his con.
troll and suggested to him that two regi
ments would be sufficient to preserve or.
He also informed the governor that un.
der no circumstances would he shoot a
man; that he would not make the mis-.
take that Sheriff Martin made three
years ago when score of men were shot
70 death by deputies ut Lattimer." The
governor replied to him that he would
take the whole subject under careful con.
sderation and would let him know later
what he would do in the matter. Sheriff
Harvey will have another talk with the
governor during the day.
In speaking further on tho question OF
using firearms the sheriff said:
II am Il better friend Of the striker.
than they think. / know they are fight,
ing for what fhcy think is right. have
given positive ORDERS to my deputies that
thry must not do amy shooting; that they
must be calm and try TO reason with tie
men when they see the strikers are about
% commit violation Of tie law | bc.
ljrve that more can be done with sugar
lhan with vinegar. When | faced tlio
men Of Deiriugcr, | kept my deputies
split np in groups so as not to excite the
strikers and went myself to the mob OF
100 men unamncd and pleaded with them
To let those workers 80 to the mines who
50 desired.
arrested all those who were not strictly
within the law. If the men will not
listen TO reason, then force must be used
Ahd that means shooting. The presence
"t troops will prevent the gathering of
mohs, and that is why | asked the gov
"rnor TO send the soldiers
no additional collieries have been clos
ca up in the Lchigh valley. The Lentz
Lilly Co. mine at Park Place, in the
Schuylkill region, however, is reported
as being closed. There is not a colliery
IN thls region that has its full force OF
men.
Inc strikers claim acccssions to theil
ranks while most of the mine superin
tehdents report slight increase in the
number Of men working. The Lehigl
Valley Coal company officials said they
We're in better shape than on any Other
uay since the strike began. Three striI
efS were arrested in the vicinity of thi,
colnpany's No. 10 shaft in this city fol
unlawful assembling. They were walk
iuE on the railroad track within the com
pahy's property.