Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1897 — AMAZON OF THE COAL FIELDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AMAZON OF THE COAL FIELDS.

Mrs. Martin McCrone, a Heroine of the - Penney 1 vania Coal Strike. Mrs. Martin McCrone, the general of the Amazon forces, who so severely troubled the troops when she led her forces against them, is the heroine of the big coal strike in Pennsylvania. Mrs. MeCrone is the widow of an Irish miner and she knows all about strikes. She passed through the great strike of 1877 and understands how to get the men out of the

mines and to keep them out. Mrs. McCrone believes that the best method of succeeding in inducing men to strike is for the women to parade before them and shame them into joining the movement. She says that with “white people," or those who can speak English, moral suasion is all that is necessary. On foreigners she would use force. “You have to beat it into them or stone them,” she naively says. Her forces consist of thirty women, Irish and Welsh, who are well drilled. These are often re-enforced by Hungarian and Polish women, who, while not understanding what is going forward, are ready to lend their strength to the cause blindly.

MRS. M’CRONE.