The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-10

a Proclamation from Cow GeafySss
The Law to be Enforced and the
Rioters put Down, II IL takes all
the Military Force Of the State.
FOrbearance has ceased to be a VlT-
tue..the time at hand for a decisive
Vindication Of the Law.
HARRISBURG, Penn, April z.
The following proclamation has been
issued by Gov. Geary relative to the coal
troubles:
h sFSn1Syludaid, ss In the name andb
1.-THE authority Of the Commonwealth Of
| Pennsylvania, John ". Geary, Governor
OF the said Commonwealth, q proclama'
ton:
WHEREAS. The recent suspension OF
work by the miners in the anthracite coal
regions of the State, and the subsequent
imposition by the transportation com:
panies of prohibitory rates, have entailed
| great and manifold evils upon miners,
operating consumers manufacturers and
0' WHEREAS rE All efforts Of The Executive
and their friends Of law and social order,
have failed tosharmonize the conflicting
4 interests and bring about an amicSble I'D.
justment OF the existing difficulties; and
: WHEREAS, Thereeeht fnvestigadon!be.
! fore a committee Of the Senate has failed
10 provide any remedy for existing evils,
or to taccomplish, anything toward the
desired adjustment, or to give promise Of
frelief to 8 suffering people; and, ..jri
WHEREAS, AS usual in such CAGES, the
unnatural, agg tavated' and unlawful con-,
Hict between labor and capitsl has result.
ed, as I am advised, IN breaches OF the
peace and destruction of life and property,
at tie city Of Scranton and other places
lin Che mining regions Of that vicinity, and
Is assuming The shape Of mob; violence
ION the part OF miners and others further
threatens the lives and property Of the
Elaw.abiding citizens and the temporary
suhYersiOn Of the laws, and calls for
prompt and efficient remedies; "
" Now. therefore, !, John w Geary, Coy
ernorof the said Commonwealth, by virtue
I Of the power and aithority vested inme
by the Constitution and laws, do hereby
proclaim and declare: = 'sSl -'sis4'
1st-That it ia unlawful for any person
Or associa{iofn II persons, BY Violence,
threats. or other cOerGiVe means to pre-.
vent any laborers or miners from working
Wien they please, for whom they please,
and at such, wages as they please; and
alikernIawfn Nv such violence or threats,
IN deter orureyent The owners or operators
of mines from employing Whomsoeyer
they NAV choose TO employ, and at such
waGes rs may be agreed upon between
the EMPLOYER and the persons employed.
2d-That it Is unlawful for any rail.
road, or other transportation company, in
tsubyersion of.the objects ofits creation, to
timtSose rates Of lfeiEht, or transportation,
intended tobe, and which are, substanti.
ally prohibitory, or to combine with 9th.
err 10 affect the same ends, and thus ere.
ATE, prolong, or aggrayato existing evils.
Sd-That it Is unlawful, at oil times,
and under all circumstances, for persons
10 assemble in a riotous or tumultuous
manner, and under grievances, either
actual or pretended, 10 commit breaches
Of Inc peace, destroy property, or endan.
Ger, or take the lives Of others, and thus
subycrt and nullify tho laws, and subject
the good name Of the State to humiliation
and feproaoh. r.s...,, .........-... ...
~ 4. That reliable information having
been received that these riotous Assem-.
blages are too large and powerful to be
disnersed or suppressed BY tho authorities
of Scranton, who have called on me for
aid. Ihaye invoked the military power of
the State 10 suppress the riots and mobs
M Scranton and wherever else in the
| Commonwealth such unlawful Assem-.
blages may be found, and under the con.
victioa Mat the time has come tor . com.
pleteSettlement lor tne present. ln9 Ietu w
OF tno .sua.s,a , anu S,s.
have S S aIso invoked The civil mower Of The
! HISte sVa,nsl the railroad and other trans.
nortSii5n commands far the misuse and
s6nse Of their corporate rights and priv.
ileges and will enforce ali the remedies
authorized bv the laws Of the land; and l
will call unon MI military organizations
10 hold t6dmselye, In readiness to support
the civil authorities wherever thereunto
required, and upon all civil magistrates,
otlcers and citizens IN Their several
spheres OF actlGn OF lnn9ence ~ 70 f SUSAN aIl
III e eoIv iso w, resnonsb1s tor tho evils and
v cS under which We now suffer.
Given under my hand and the great seal
\ OF the State, at Harrisburg, this seventh
day Of April, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy,one
and of the Commonwealth the nincty'htth.
Il H.g9I "a Jo1N W. GEARf.
Attest: +. JoRDoE, Secretary OF the
:. Commonwealth. q, ls .na .1. so
,soRANroS, PA, April Midnight.
! Special to New York sun. 'l. n-1"a
THE CITY p1CKETED. S+,,
Gen. Osborn, in command Of the State
troops here, has taken up his headquarters
nj Washington Hall. Small attachments