The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-26
WITHDRAW THE TROOPS
This Is the Desire Of Central Penn
sylvania Citizens.
THE BELLIGERENT FOREIGNERS.
1t Is Feared That When Only the Coal
and Iron Police Are Loft This Turbu-
lent Element VIII Again Resort to
Acts of Violence.

PUNxsUTAwNEY, Pa, June 26-The at
titude Of the striking foreigners at Walls
ton and Adrian would indicate that they
intend to make trouble The sight of the
coal and iron police throws them into
paroxysm of rage, and they are continu-
ally offering insults. With the militia it
is different. They look upon the state
troops with awe, but the miners gene
rally are making a vigorous kick against
their presence here, and the miners are
going to state the situation to Governor
Pattison and petition him to have tho
troops withdrawn.
One of the Italian leaders said that
when the state troops are taken away
there will be bloody work done to the
guards and to any man who goes to work.
Threats of this kind are heard on all sides,
coming from this class of foreigners, who
have lost favor with the Rochester and
lfttsburg Coal and Iron company but
who intend to stay. The women are the
boldest in the outbreaks that frequently
occur. Yesterday they stoned the work
train at Waston, and at Adrian they
made a fierce attack upon some men who
were repairing the railroad track The
militia were compelled to use force of
bayoncts to drive them away, and one
woman was injured.
A committee of miners called upon Gem
eral Wylie to find out what the troops
Were here for. The general told them he
would not answer nor ask questions from
an official standpoint, as all his official
conferences must be with the sheriff of
the county. He told the committee that
his duty was to protect property. He said
that he was in sympathy with the miners
as long as they kept within the bounds of
the law. He denounced company stores,
and said that where it was known that
company had any interest in a store the
law should be enforced. He said he en-
dorsed the United Mine Workers, had
worked around mines himself and knew
TINT the union was a help to the men. lie
spoke against our present immigration
system, and advised the miners to use
their association in making an attack
upon our legislative bodies and urge them
to pass laws TO compel companies to pay
cash for their labor and give them the
right to spend it wherever they pleased
One of the grievance committee said
that soldier was put to running one of
the pumps. The general told them his
private was put there because the Miners
had shut the water off from the camp, and
he would have water even if he had to
shoot men to get it, The general was told
that the pump was connected with ma
chinery that pumped water out of the
mines, and they looked upon that as
working for the company. General Wylie
said that his soldiers were not here to
work for tho company, and he would look
the matter up.
Punxsutawney and Clayville citizens
held joint meeting last night and urged
that the troops be withdrawn.
ALTOONA, Pa, June 2G.-The convention
of the miners Of the Clearileld and adjoiu-
ing districts adjourned Mt Has last night,
after adopting resolutions permitting re-
sumption by all operators who are willing
to pay forty cents net, or furty-tlve ceutsa n
gross ton for mining This, it is believed,
will lead to a general resumption