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

The Governor of Pennsylvania to Mr. Sherman.

Harrisburg, Pa. , November 17, 1897 .

Sir: Replying to your letter of the 12th instant concerning the representation filed by his excellency, the Austrian minister, as to the death and wounding of certain strikers, alleged Austrian subjects, near Hazleton, Pa., on the 10th of September, 1897, I beg to say that the investigation is not yet completed, Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, who commanded the troops in that vicinity, not yet having made his report. I hope to be able to forward you the report at an early date.

Very respectfully,

Daniel H. Hastings,
Governor of Pennsylvania.