Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Sherman to Mr. Hengelmüller.

Department of State,
Washington, October 9, 1897.

No. 195.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo, relative to a conflict which took place between a body of striking miners and the sheriff and his deputies of Luzerne County, Pa., whereby a number of persons were killed and wounded, of whom 10 of the killed and 12 of the wounded are alleged to have been Austrian and Hungarian subjects.

In reply I beg to say that the subject will receive the prompt and careful attention demanded by the gravity of the matters set forth in your communication.

Accept, etc.,

John Sherman.