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Show The Feeling Among the Coke Strikers Causes the Greatest Uneasiness Among the Citizeua. THE DEAD BURIED IN ONE GEAVE Captain Loar and the Deputies in Danger of Assassination The Strikers Overawed by tho Militia. Moi st Plka.sa nt. l'a., April 4. Tho situation in the coko regions has not materially changed. The feeling prevails pre-vails that so long as the militia remains re-mains there will lie no morn lawlessness. lawless-ness. Jt is feared that unless the strike is settled before they are called homo depredation will be renewed as soou as their backs aro turned. The feeling ainoug tho strikers is intensely in-tensely bitter but they are careful to commit no overt act and content themselves them-selves with scowling at tho militia, and murmuring In unintelligible tongue. Some apprehension is felt that an outbreak will occur at the funeral of ' the victims this afternoon. Tho strikers strik-ers are massing at Scottdale and the largest demonstration ever held in the country is expected. The funeral will Mart from Mount l'ieasa.it at 'Mi!) p. m. Tho cortege will reach Scottdale an (hour anil a half later. The march to 1 the Catholic cemetery then will be i-j. taken up. Not less than ten thousand -... ' coko workers will follow the bodies to I the gravo Tho bodies w ill be buried in a lonii trench dug this morning. Every precaution has been taken to prevent trouble. The saloons have been closed for the day. Five companies of the Eighteenth regiment, tinder com- wand of Col. Smith are on tho ground. From ! o'clock yesterday morning until 10 o'clock today n line of foreigners, foreign-ers, about one in ten of whom could speak F.nglish, filed around the bier upon which the dead lay. Sobs and groans were heard on every side. Crowds collected about the cloth-j cloth-j ing which the victims had last , . worn. Judging from their actions they " will prove vipers to the men who did the shooting. It is well known among tho citizens that the lives of Captain Loar and the deputies will bo in jeopardy should the militia be withdrawn. There is no doubt the strikers are determined to wreak vengeance eventually upon the people responsible for the death of their " countrymen. Tho streets are deserted, most of the Huns having quietly departed for Scott-dale Scott-dale during the night. The coke coin-Juiny coin-Juiny is not making any effort to get men to fill the places of tiio strikers. A peculiar feature of the situa- tion is that although tho men " have been out of work over a month they still seem to have considerable money, and from outward , appearance are not sufferinir for anything. any-thing. In the Mt. Pleasant bank is a large list of depositors whoso savings range from $00 to $:i0OO. ( If this money - Very little has been withdrawn. How these jieojile live without drawing money is difficult for Americans to un derstand. To those who have no inonev the. labor organizations furnish small sums The strike is likely to continue -"' indefinitely. The I, rail.ra to It I a inf. Pirrsitt iiii, April 4. II. C. Frich, tho coke ojierator. says the outbreak in the coke regions should be laid at the door of the cunning labor leaders, who for selfish purposes incited them to riot. He denies importing a man. To Maka aa Attark Tu-Vcnt. PlTTsiit lie;, March 4-A gentleman Just home from the coke regions says " the general impression is that it is liie intention to jirolong the funeral service until after dark and then attack some unprotected locality. Will Couii.fl Moderation. Rcottpale. Pa., March 4. A mass meeting of strikers has been called immediately im-mediately after the funeral. The lead ers say they will counsel moderation. |