Evening journal., 1902-08-06
RIOlING MINERS
SBNT TO PRISON
COnStabIeS, Surrounded by
Troops, Made Arrests
Owing to Unsettled Feelings in Shen.
andOah, More Cavalry Nav be
Called Into Service

Shenandoah. Pa, Aug 6.-The peace
Of this protected town remains
unbroken. The unsettled feeling
which has been apparent for the last
few days, however. continues. There |
were many rumors of trouble but, ex-
cepting at Girardville, where work
man was shot and slightly injured,
nothing of a serious nature occurred |
anywhere. Officers around head |
quarters feel that the tension Is in |
creasing. and would not be surprised |
If some of the troops now in camp
here were sent into the surround
ing region. General Goblin says he
will not send for additional men until
there is need for them. It is not un-
likely. however, that a battery and an
other troop Of cavalry will be in the
field by the end of the week.
Probably the most important devel-
opment in the Shenandoah region yes
terday was the arrest and commit.
ment to the county jail of two wounded
Lithuanians. who participated in the
riot of last week. Their arrest was
attended with a considerable show Of
military force, they being taken into
custody by constables who were sur
rounded by platoon of infantrymen,
and were taken through the streets un-
der strong guard. The prisoners are
Antony Klimovitz and Stanislaus Zu-
kowsd. Each had been shot in the
foot during the riot and was unable to
walk They were located in boarding
houses in the heart of the foreign
quarters OF the town. The constables
feared that trouble would ensue II they
attempted TO make the arrests them
selves and upon their suggestion Gen
eral Goblin sent a platoon of Company
I, of the Twelfth Regiment, to protect
them The soldiers formed a line
around the house, and the two Lith-
uanians we're carried from the houses
and placed in an open wagon. BY this
time a crowd of foreigners of different
nationalities had gathered around the
soldiers and followed them and the
prisoners to the Office of Squire w. II.
Shoemaker where the prisoners were
given a hearing. While the hearing
was in progress the platoon kept the
crowd some distance from the place.
The Lithuanians along with a fellow
countryman named Waldo Rowinski,
who was arrested last Saturday night
on the charge Of being participant in
the Riot, we're then arraigned.
The principal witness was Thomas
r. Beddall a deputy sheriff, who was
in the riot. He identified the men and
testified to having deliberately shot
Klimovitz and ZukowsSi wounding
them in the feet The three men were
then held in $4,000 bail each, and in de-
fault they were ordered taken TO the
jail at Pottsvlle They were quickly
taken TO n closed carriage and sur
rounded by the infantrymen they were
rapidly driven 10 the Pennsylvania
Railroad station, the soldiers being
compelled 10 run to keep up with the
team. Along one side of the station
is a high hill and this was practically
covered with about one thousand per-
sons, nearly all foreigners. Between
the station and the hill a whole COM
pany OF soldiers were drawn up facing
the throng ready to Illustrate any at
tempt at rescuing the prisoners. The
transfer Of the Lithuanians to the train
was quickly made and the crowd then
dispersed. Another Lithuanian was
to have been arrested but he could not
be found.
Charged with threatening to kill
Peter Remus, of Buffalo, ~ Y, Hart
man Brcuil, coal and iron policeman,
employed at Packer colliery, No 4, of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, who
gives his residence as 1928 Pine street,
Philadelphia. was arrested last night
on a warrant sworn out by Remus and
was held in $1,000 bail. which was fur
nished Remus charges that he was
unwillingly taken 10 the colliery, and
that when he wanted to leave he was
threatened by Breuil Company off,
cials deny Remus' story They say he
wanted TO quit yesterday morning
without giving the usual notice. A
dispute followed and Remus left the
colliery. The officials say that Breuil
did not threaten Remus.