Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-02
TROOPS ORDERED TO
NORTHUMBERLAND Go.

mel, resulted III Governor Stone order
ing out the Fourth Regiment to that
place Monday night the soldiers arriv-
ing there the nextmorning at day break.
Sheriff Samuel Dietrich, of Northum-
| berland county, was compelled Monday
night to make an appeal for troops.
When the soldiers were first sent to
Shenandoah two companies of the
| Fourth went into camp at Columbia
| Park. The call of Monday night was
the first for the remaining eight COM
panies and for the regimental staff.
The situation at the Richards colli-
cry Monday night was very serious as it
| was surrounded by mob of over a
thousand men. They were encamped
on the hills and it was plain that the
sheriff was unable to cope with the
angry gathering. Henlmed in by the
! mob was Sheriff Dietrich and small
force of deputies. Victor Thompson,
lieutanant of the Union Coal COM
pany's police force, was also there
with fifty five men. Up to midnight
the mob had made no demonstration
but remained ON the hills watching
the sheriff and his men. 1t was 30
O'Clock when Sheriff Diertick sent
word for troops and he urged that
they be sent as soon as possible as
trouble was momentarily expected.
This was the first disorder in North
cumberland county and the scene of it
is between Maysville Park, the well
known Shamokin summer resort, and
Mt. Carmel. The Richards colliery Is
operated by the Union Coal Company.
A mob numbering about three hund-
red stopped miners train on the
Pennsylvania railroad Monday morn
ing at Green Ridge junction between
Shamokin and Mt. Carmel, and the
passenger coaches were stoned. There
was on board twelve non union men,
twenty-five carpenters and stone mas
ons, Special Officer A. }. Britain, of
Sunbury, and six other specials.
When the train reached the switch
at the junction Brakeman o. f. Reed
got off to tu1n it so that the train
could 90 up to the Richards colliery
He was surrounded by the mob and
told to leave the switch alone. He
returned to the train and some of the
mob jumped on the cars and engine.
Britain and his squad of specials
forced them off at the points OF re-
volvers and Engineer William Nc
Elhattan was told to go on to Mt.
Carmel Then the mob began throw
ing stones and nearly every window
in the cars was shattered. About fifty
shots were fired, some of which pen
etrated through the woodwork. I'm
der orders from Special Officer Britta-
in the occupants got down between
the seats and thus escaped injury On
the arrival of the train at Mt. Carmel
those who were on board returned to
Shamokin via the Reading road.
Samuel Dietrich, sheriff of North
cumberland county, was i'll Mt. Carmel,
which is his home, and Immediately
went to Green Ridge with his deput-
| les, all of whom are mine workers.
He was brought to Sunbury on spec
| ial train, the same that was stoned.
A conference was held between A. l..
Allibone, superintendent of the Sun
| bury and Shamokin divisions of the
Pennsylvania railroad; Tralnmaster
J. H. Swenk, Ex-Judge Joseph Buch-
er, counsel for the railroad company !;
Harry S. Knight, counsel for the
sheriff, and Sheriff Dietrich. At its
conclusion the whole party went to
Shamokin on a special train.
When the sheriff and the railroad
officials arrived in Shamokin the
| sheriff swore in number of deputies
| to guard the trains between Shamokin
| and Mt. Carmel A street car running
from Mt. Carmel to Green Ridge was
also attacked Monday morning and
| three fire bosses were pulled from the
| car and severely beaten. One of them
was so badly hurt that his death is
looked for.
The Sheridan Troop, OF Tyrone, is
now on duty with the Thirteenth Regi-
ment at Olyphant. 1t was called ont
late Sunday night and passed through
South Danville Monday morning in
special train having come from
| Tyrone by the way of Lock Haven and
| Sunbury. The special was rushed over
the Sunbury division to Wilkesbarre
| and Olyphant. At Mahanoy City an
| attempt was made to blow up the
home of Michael Weldon, non union
| fire boss. The front of the building
was wrecked by charge of dynamite
which was exploded on the front porch.
| No one was injured
President John Mitchell and Secre-
| tary Treasurer Wilson, of the Mine
| Workers Union, arrived in Philadel-
phia Monday from Pittsburg. They
| were met at Broad Street Station by
district presidents Nichols, Duffy and
| Fahy. A conference was held at the
Hotel Walton, but nothing was given
out New developments in the strike
| situation are looked for as the result
! of this conference. From Pottsville
comes q statement that the indepen-
dent coal operators will make conces-
| sions to the striking miners this week
| and expected that their collieries will
be permitted to resume operations.
Good Wood Going to Waste.
| Farmers are complaining about the
ecarcitu of holm which thnv Ynry