The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-10-10
TROOPS ALL OUT
GOV. STONE PLACES ENTIRE MIL.
lTARY FORCE OF STATE IN
FIELD.
MUST PREVENT ALL DISORDER
MEN WHO WANT TO GO TO WORK
IN MINES MUST BE PRO.
TECTED.
MUST PREVENT ALL DISORDER
MAINTAIN DIGNITY OF STATE
TROOPS WILL STAY UNTIL THE
STRIKE HAS BEEN
SETTLED.

Harrisburg, Oct. S.-Gov. Stone late
last night ordered out the entire d.
vision of the national guard OF Penn
sylvania to duty in the anthracite coal
regions. The soldiers will be in the
field to-day. The order calling out the
guard is as follows:
Headquarters National Guard, Ad-
Generals Office, Harrisburg,
Pa, Oct. Elm certain portions of the
counties of Luzerne, Schuylkill, Car
bon, Lackawanna, SuSquehanna,
Northumberland and Columbia, tu-
mults and riots frequently occur, and
mob law reigns; men who desire to
work have been beaten and driven
away, and their families threatened.
Railroad trains have been delayed,
stoned and tracks orr up. The civil
authorities are unable to maintain or
der and have called upon the governor
and commander-in-chief Of the national
guard for troops. The situation grows
more serious each day. The territory
involved is 80 extensive that the
troops now on duty are insufficient
To Prevent All Disorder.
The presence of the entire division of
the national guard of Pennsylvania is
necessary in these counties to main
tain the public peace.
"The major general commanding
will place the entire division on duty,
distributing them in such localities as
will render them most effective for pre-
ser wing the public peace. AS tumults,
riots, mobs and disorder usually occur
when men attempt to work in and
about the coal mines, he will Sc that
all men who desire to work and their
families have ample protection. He
will protect all trains and other prop
ertp from unlawful interference and
will arrest all persons engaging in
acts of violence and intimidation and
hold them under guard until their re-
lease will not %endanger the public
peace; also that threats, i~ntimidations,
assaults and all acts of violence cease
at once. The public peace and good
order will be preserved upon all oc-
casions and throughout the several
counties, and no interference what
ever will be permitted with officers
and men in the
Discharge of Their Duties
under this order. The dignity and au-
thority of the state must be main
tanned and her power to suppress all
lawlessness within her borders be as
serted.
"By order of William A. Stone, gov
ernor and commandments.
Thomas J. Stewart,
"Adjutant General"
This is the first time since the
Homestead riots in 1892 that the en-
tire division of the guard has been
ordered out for strike duty. The cost
to the state of this tour of duty will
probably exceed $1,000,OOO. How long
the troops will be kept in the field de-
ponds entirely on the situation in the
coal regions. AS soon as the strike is
settled the troops will be withdrawn.
Should the men return to work under
military protection and there should
be no danger of a serious outbreak it
Is probable the soldiers will be grad
ually withdrawn.
MitcheII's Mysterious Visit.
W~ilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. Z. - John
Mitchell slipped out of town before
UdWu yCoISl udy ulOl ming III L ullduSl
phia, where he met Carroll D. Wright
who is President R~oosevelt's repre-
sentative on matters pertaining to Sle
anthracite coal strike. Mr.. Mitchell
returned here last night .unaccompa
MED and unannOunced and made the
simple statement that he had met the
labor commissioner. He refused tc
discuss his visit, Subsequently he in
formed a representative of the Associ
ated Press that he saw other mer
while there, but declined to disclose
their identity.
Causes Mild Sensation.
The news of the calling out of thu
entire state guard caused a mild sen
sation among those gathered at strike
headquarters, but apparently the leas'
perturbed we're President Mitchell ant
the three district presidents. Their.
was a crowd in the lobby Of the Har
hotel, and as soon as the miners
chief came down the stairs with hi.
travelling bag in hand he was asked TO,
an expression on the action Of Gov
Stone. He at first declined, but a mo
ment later, as he pushed his wa.
through the throng. he exclaimed
IF they call all the troops out in tn
United States, it won't make the mel
90 to work"
President Mitchell went last night t
Buffalo to attend a conference of tn
Manufacturers association.