Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-22

provided a sufficient number OF hands Is
obtained. 1t is believed that most of them
Will be able to work full-handed.
The colieries in the Girardville district
started to work this morning, but shortly
afterward the men were persuaded to quit
by representatives of the strikers. THESE
collieries are: Hammond & Girard Manor
of the Reading Company. Packer, No >, or
the. Lehigh Company, the three employing
500 men.
The strikers failed to induce the work
men at the Preston colliery and at the
washery at Tyler and McTurk to quit UP
% noon.
here now ready for any duty they may be
called upon to perform.
Autopsy on One Of the Victims.
An autopsy was held here this afternoon
upon the body of John Chointski, the Po-
lander who was killed during the riot yes
terday The corpse was found by the cOro-
ner In shanty in an unsightly alley. 1t
was learned that the man left widow and
several children in Poland. He had been
here but a short time. There were two pull
let holes in his head. The inquest Will oe
held Tuesday. DR.. Stein who attended ths
men wounded in the riot, says that none or
them will die.
The 10Th Regiment, N G. p, arrived here
at noon over the Lehigh Valley railroad,
and, with their band playing martial airs,
proceeded to their camping ground on the
south side of the town.
Battery C came here from PhoeniXville
shortly before 1 O'Clock and Immediately
went into camp.
The Englsh-speaking mine workers are
holding a meeting behind closed doors ana
are discussing the question of returning 10
work on Monday. Nothing concerning their
deliberations can as yet be learned put
some of the miners coming from the con-
ference state that a majority of the men
are In favor of going back. Sheriff Toole
this afternoon declared his intention of re-
turning to Pottsville tonight. He said ne
thought it unlikely that any outbreak
would occur at least before Monday, when
the resumption of the Reading company
collieries might result In violence. Ihe
Thomas Coal Company's colliery and the
Cambridge mine are not working today,
Sheriff Toole having requested suspension
Of operations until Monday, as in the case
of the Reading company's collieries
CONDITIONS AT HAZLETON.
Strike Situation Unchanged-Good Eff
feet Of the Troops.
HAZLETON, Pa, September 22.-There
is stIl intense feeling in the public mind
here, but the sending of troops to Shenan-
doah. twenty-five miles from here, Is gen.
orally regarded as bringing matters to
crisis, and the situation here is therefore
somewhat relieved Armed deputies are
distributed near most of the collieries and
Ealong several of the public roads leading to
mining property. There was the usual
number of strikers out early this morning
trying to persuade workers not to go into
the mines but they did not meet with as
much success as the previous days or
this week. The strikers were careful not
to carry their persuasion to the point OF
intimidation, thus avoiding CONNECT Win
the deputies. The latter so far have not
made themselves conspicuous, they having
received orders from the sheriff. to use
every means to minimize the possibility of
getting into trouble with the strikers. So
long as the idle men in this district. who
number more than 14,oOO refrain from
gathering into large crowds and marching
from town to town there is no likelihood OF
a general disturbance.
Strike situation Unchanged.
The strike situation is practically un-
changed this morning The Markle mines
at Jeddo and Oakdale are working with an
Increased force and the company is making
every effort to get all its men back to work.
There is q cOnsidera BILE number of watch
men on the companys property, and the
sherff's deputies within easy reach.
Mr.. Markle says he is determined to give
all the men in his employ who desire to
work a chance to do so. and adds that he
will protect them if it takes the entire mill
tary force of Pennsylvania to accomplish
1t.
There was danger of trouble at Sunday
run early this morning One hundred men
from Freeland went there at o'clock to
stop the men at the A. +. Kemmerer col
liery from going to work. There was a
parley near the colliery and the strikers
agreed to let the men work on the promise
that they will not return to the mines Mon
day morning.
The men and women Of McAdoo were
agalq on the march early this morning. At
an $50 strikers from Audenred Jeannes-
vile and McAdoo and sixty women of the
latter place started for Coleraine. where an
early morning mass meeting was held