Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-07
PEACE AT SHENANDOAH.
ALL FEARS OF FURTHER VIOLENCE
 AT AN END.

The Strikers Hold an Orderly Meeting.
 Denounce Disorder and Pledge Support
 to Officers of the Law-Leadins Rioters
 to be Arrested.
 SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 7.-The expected riot at this place did not come off yesterday. Had it done so the company, borough and county officers were fully prepared for such an emergency. The chief burgess had sworn in fifty special police, beside his regular force; the sheriff's posse numbered 2S5 men, and of coal and iron police there were fully 200 here, with like number within half an hours call The citizen police were not on duty, but the sheriffs posse were scattered in groups about town, within hailing distance of one another; while the coal and iron specials and Pnkerton men were 'holding the fort" at Indian Ridge colliery.
 All day the priests labor leaders and prominent citizens worked hard to allay ex- citement wherever it cropped out among the miners. The Knights of Labor met and took action toward the preservation of the peace, offering the burgess all the assistance needed to maintain order They also issued an ap- peal to the Knights, printed ill Polish, Hun garian, Greek and Russian, and scattered 1t broadcast throughout the town. Chief Burgess Boehm also issued a proclamation.
 Prominent Polish and Hungarian citizens sent out word that a public meeting would be held in Robbins hall at o'clock. There was an attendance of ], 800 males, no females of a foreign nation being permitted to enter Ad- dresses were made in English, Polish, Greek, Russian and Slavonic languages, by promi- nent residents. The audience was very or dey!y. The men were told by the speakers that the bosses glorified to see them break the law that they could not gain higher wages by fighting the coal and iron policemen and beat ing their companions. One speaker drew forth rounds of applause by remarking that spies in the ranks of working,nen urged the men to make an attack in order to gain favor with the Reading officials. They advised the strikers to hold together peacefully, that this was the only way to gain their demands.
 After the meeting had been in session for an hour and half adjournment was had by passing resolutions which deprecated riotous happenings; objected to charging Poles and Hungarians as a class with being the sole cause of the troubles, because some of our people were there, adding: "We are peace loving people, but the police exasperated some hot heads by displaying and firing re- yolvers at them when hit with stones; that the meeting would pledge itself to prevent further trouble by our people," and that Eff the police are engaged to look after us they can now be taken away; we will see the laws of our adopted country obeyed."
 While the meeting was being held ill Rob- bins hall the police officials turned their at tention to getting the William Penn and Sui folk miners to their homes. Five cars with police were run down to William Penn and 800 citizens assembled on neighboring hills, while the sheriff's posse guarded the Pennsyl- vania line to Suffolk, but there was not sign of interference or intention to molest any where.
 All trouble is thought to be over, and so safe do officials now feel, particularly on the strength of the meeting in Robbins hall, that warrants have been sworn out before Squire Monaghan for the arrest of twelve foreigners who took part ill the riots. The warrants will be served at once, no trouble being ex- pected to arise from the arrests.