The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-31
TROOPS CALLED OUT Two Regiments and the Governors Troop, Con- prising 1,5OO Men,
 Ordered to Shen-
 andoah.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK THERE
MINERS CLASH WITH SHERIFF,
 DEPUTIES AND POLICE.

MINERS CLASH Wl1H SHEhAGA3
 DEPUTIES AND POLICE. Cousin of the Sheriff Clubbed to Death, Three Local Police Shot, One Prob ably Fatally, and Three of the Mob wounded-situatiOn Quickly Gets Beyond the Control of the Sheriff Who Sends Urgent Message for Troops Latter Will be on the Ground by Day. break.
 Harrisburg, Pa., July Ex-Governor Stone has ordered the Eighth and Twelfth regiments and the Governors Troop of the National Guard of Penn sylvania in command of General J. P. S. Gobin, to proceed immediately to Shenandoah, the scene of to-night's rioting. General Gobin left here short ly after midnight in special train, and it is expected that all the troops, the combined strength of which is fifteen hundred, will be on the ground by day. break.
 The governor has been kept fully ad- vised of the situation ever since the call for troops of Sheriff Beddal ot Schuylkill county, early this evening. oBolonly tho fo1Jou,inpr Y1oaCca was received from the sheriff and immedi- ately repeated to the governor at Paul Smiths, in the Adirondack mountains:
 Shenandoah, Pa, July 3o.-Deputy sheriff and two assistants surrounded and one killed, three of mob shot by sheriff, three local police officers shot, one possibly fatal Town is without police protection and local government terrorized, threatened by mob if they sign petition. Feeling running very high. Mine workers admit foreign ele- ment beyond their control. Mob is be- yond control, situation requires great est haste. Sheriff powerless for want of sufficient assistance
 (Signed) IS. Rowland Beddal \, Sheriff"
 Subsequently the following message was received from the sheriff:
 "Pottsville, Pa, July 30. civilian A. Stone, Governor, and Ad-
 jutant- General Thomas J. Stewart,
 Harrisburg:
 "Bloodshed and riot in this county; property destroyed, citizens killed and injured. Situation beyond my control Troops should be sent Shenandoah im- mediately. (Signed)
 'S. Rowland Beddal, Sheriff"
 Governor Stone started for Harris burg at 8 o'clock this evening and ex- poets to reach here at o'clock to-mor- row afternoon. The headquarters of the Eighth regiment is at Pottsville. It is commanded by Colonel Theodore F. Hoffman. Colonel Charles L. Clement. of Sudbury, commands the Twelfth regiment. The Governors Troop is To- cated at Harrisburg and is commanded by Captain Frederick N. Ott Should the presence of additional troops be needed to quell any further disturbance one or more additional regiments of the Third brigade will be ordered out Gen. eral Gobin, who will have command of the troops, was in command of the pro- visional brigade during the riots at Ha- Zleton several years ago. and subse- quently at Shenandoah. He will be join ed at Shenandoah tomorrow by his staff, and he will immediately locate his troops at the place and in the surround ing country
 Shenandoah, Pa., July BOA reign of terror, compared with which the scenes enacted during the riots of 1900 seem in- significant, holds Shenandoah in it's grasp tonight. Since 6 o'clock this evening. Center street, which is one of the principal streets of the town, has been in the hands of an infuriated mob Two of the borough policemen were shot, one perhaps fatally. Joseph Bed dal, a leading merchant and cousin of Sheriff Beddal, was brutally clubbed to death and upwards of a score of strk- CTS whose names at this writing could not be ascertained, were shot by police men and it is expected that many deaths will result. Sheriff Beddal ar rived from Pottsville at 7:45 o'clock with a posse of deputies. He has taken up his headquarters at the Fer guson hotel.
 The trouble started about 6 o'clock this evening when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddal attempted to escort two non- union workers through the strikers line of pickets. The workmen were dressed in their street clothes, but one of them carried a bundle under his arm and this aroused the suspicion of the strik- CTS. The bundle was torn from him and when it was found to contain blouse and overalls the man was taken from the deputy and beaten almost to death.
 In the meantime Beddal opened fire on the mob which had gathered by this