Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-17
Pennsylvania Union Miners Clos.
ed Only One coIIiery Yesterday.
A VERY EXCITING MORNING.
Men and Women. Led by Brass Band, En-
counter Soldiers With Fixed Bayonets
Were Compelled. Despite Protests, to
Turn Back Women Were slow of Move.
ment and Threatenins-on Coliicry in
Nesquehoning valley Compelled to Shut
Down Before Arrival of Militia.
tBy Telegraph to n.prot,

'"p'i I" NrSlnlan- Pnot)
hansiord' Penn., oct 16.-About 1900
men and GO women and girls msrched
eirbtaan ,,u.. -.
iioin 'he Southside
ii"N'e'o' region curing the night for
the PANTHER Greek valley where they
expected to close MI of +bo ,on ~,
liorias Of Tho 1a,,,r,,
ot;o,, ~ i1e's" ooai ana NaNi-
a"'ioh company, but Just as the weary
marchers were nearing their destina-
ton this morning they were met IN
a mountain road by three companies
OF infantry. and at tho no,rt ., a.,
h., vorat ,,.a,.. a.,. .iie
., 'aSN hour hhiieS
'"'l'"uua ana dispersed.
ONE COLLIERY CLOSED.
Another crowd of 500 strikers from
the Northside of Hazleton also ,p.rch
ed here and succeeded in closing the
company's number l colliery at Nes-
quehoning, near Mauch Chunk before
1t was scattered. The presence OF the
soldiers was entirely unexpected, and
the strikers We're much crestfallen that
they failed in accomplishing the OBJ
Ject or their long march.
AN EXCITING MORNING.
If was nrohab,v ,ho r,ost o.,.,
| no,ninc that - ms cNci.ins
NesQuehonng valleys have ever ex
perlehceu. strikers were scattered
osei me various ROADS, ana companies
VI soluicts were scurryihS IN all d.
1Sctions meaning or the marching men.
me troops were patient with the mob
~ S'iinurs. whlIe me laoor men were
.ei! eaiciul not 10 commit overt acts
4" me presence Oh me troops. For
q i'ioiiient lusl "iter the Two torces met
vi t"e lo'lu III me darkness IL looked
q" 80, =, e'a .9 wouiu coiie. put the sooo
s,'.i,,a,S % me rnea ~ snnrse o. .ne
p..ne,'.eu possipie CONNECT
THE MARCHERS.
The marchers came down like two
.ra,nI ne S S, a,his cohceh-
march was ri,en q ~. On loo. U'ue, ~
ir,'l. VI WIS siNen d. io.oV iast Mspt.
~ VIZ scVeIui ne u,u urunl corps
uhu prass puhu III inc line. Ihe
women ana girls were conveyed In two
i"TSe olillouses'
Five carriages, containing newspaper
CORRESPONDENTS, VINO had been trailing
we're requested to take the Iend CO.
that they would not interfere with the
plans of the strikers Following the
newspaper men came the two convey
ances containing the women. and then
followed long line of Hunrorions
Italians. Slavs and English sncoLinp
mine workers.
Sp1DIrpc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
- No EN- - ~ FIXED
~ n point half n mile from Coadale
there is Il sharp tourn in the road, and
as the newspaper men rounded it there
came command to Haiti" and about
fifty feet in front of them We're soldiers
who were stretched across the road
with bayoncts fixed Sheriff Toole. of
Schuylllill county was with them. Tho
commander of the troops. speakinp to
the waiting crowd. said:
In the name of the neonIe of tho
State of Pennsvlvani, I co,,,n,ond ,.n,,
tn dispense and-.a..,rn to ,,.t,r,,.,, VI
came.'' 9"u
-
~, ! 70
they could NOT no stn,,, protes. .hut
highway and many ~ - On pu9ilc
disposition TO resist Tho snia; Siro"I NJ d
officer in charge Of tmc tronns ~.
ever. kent his mon IN nosi,ior' INV
strikers seeing ,hat ~ Ill, Gnu .ne
IDENTIFY ,neont b,sinass ,io'I,e ss.
returning toward rarn,n oes"n
MOTHER" JONES
Mother Jones. who was In ~.
crowd, vehementlv nrotested aao,nst
the action of the troons In stonnir,
the marchers. but she was shut az naS
to be almost pushed aIonp ca slo,vi,,