Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — HAZLETON IS INVADED [ARTICLE]

HAZLETON IS INVADED

I •■arching Strikers Wind Up hi That Town After a Long Tour. WEAVER MEADOW MINE CLOSED UF dlt Hail Bern in Operation tlx: Aihrclieie Would Have Attempted to Stop It. 'Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 11.—'About 0.10 P Hftlrtkers, eonipo.-cil of- men frj m_ Mr-. Adoa and other south side towns, and *Khi» city, gathered at McAdoo lt .o e niarelietl to the Heaver .Meadow l_ joaU larv of CuxeTtru*. &'('(>.. wh.cb h:■»r**ii ”kepf in steady operation since tfdbe inauguration of the strike, then strame around to Cuyles strippings, east of the Hty and from the stripping* •■arched rljrht into the heart of Ilazie••mb. This was the first time since the •trike began that tlie town was iu«a*Jod by marchers. The parade dis- ' ftwsod in tlds city and the men re•Unmcd to t hir homes. Several women ■pure in the crowd. No Viirinirr Attempted. It was feared when the marchers •Haßchetl Guy leg strippings that there metKolrt tie trouble, but no violence was ■Utempted. Mauy us the. strikers were tout] in their denunciation of the isiliceicncn stationed near the place, but no •BMurbance oecurrotl. The , march •Brom McAdoo to Benver Meadow was wilt*out Incident. The strikers reached Braver .Meadow, which Is east of MrftiTtrn. at about h o'clock and hail the •ottUery lieen in ojK'mtion they would ftax** attempted to close it down. Oni3ng, however, t/i the trouble at Oneida, which js also operated by Coxe Bros. AO>.. work fit Heaver Meadow and at Wk rother collieries of the tinn. with -tEkur exception of Drlfton, was ordered ■mepended until the strike was over. Jk large crowd collected at Heaver SMU&dow, but ns the mine was net in .■Vrnitkm, which the strikers did not ftvow until they reached the town, the fararchers gave three cheers and then dlnrid.si lb tnoveovef to llnZl< ton. four •Belles distant. On the way a number i nff -shots were fired into the air by ■Hrikers In the ranks. All quiet at Oneida. ■everything Is quiet at Oneida, where Cfjo strikers and special officers clashed Wednesday. It was reported that •9m Oneida store where the special offerers wert' barricaded during the night ■sad been burned, but there is no truth , Stjn tlie report. George Kellner, the ■ tngx-e i.-ii officer, and .loseph l.ipko, the! ■Striker, who were wounded In the as- , •fray, will recover. are at the j JCSaxspilal here and their condition is! B3»neli improved. J. S. Wentz & Co., operating the col- ' ESeries at ilazle Hrook and Silver ! Brook. have posted notices offering a ISO jier cent, increase in wages. All fitn' companies and individual operators in the Hazleton district, with the «axrjg»Oou of ( i. B. Markle A Co. have nmv i d notices of an increase of i nrages'io their employes.