Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-08-07
pEACENOW REIGNS.
Troops Encamped OH a Hill
Overlooking Shenandoah.
During the Riot, which Caused the
Soldiers 10 Re Sent Hero, -Four
Policemen and Twenty
Miners Were Shot,
Some Fatally.

Shenandoah, Pa, July 31.-A reign
of terror, compared with which the
scenes enacted during the riots of
! 1900 seem insignificant, holds Shenan-
doah in its grasp. Last evening Cen
ire street, one of the principal
streets of the town, was in the hands
of a mob.
The trouble started about o'clock
when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddall
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
strikers. The bundle was torn from
him and when it was found to contain
a blouse and overalls the man was
taken from the deputy and beat al
most to death.
In the meantime Beddall opened
fire on the mob which had gathered
by this time, and emptied his revol-
yer. Two shots took effect one man
being shot in the leg and the otner
In the foot. The deputy and the other
strike breaker were now compelled to
fly for their lives and took refuge in
the Philadelphia & Reading de-
pot. The depot was soon surround
ed by an angry mob of 5000, which
was becoming more threatening
every moment. Joseph Beddall, Il
hardware merchant and brother of
the deputy sheriff, was seen making
his way through the crowd in an eff
fort to reach his brother, and the
mob, divining that he was carrying
ammunition to those inside the de-
pot, seized him and beat him with
clubs and billies into inSensibiity.
Shortly after this the entire bor-
ough police force arrived on the
scene and escorted the deputy sheriff
and his man to an engine which had
been backed into the depot for that
purpose. When the mob realized that
their prey was about to escape they
surrounded the engine and the en-
EincCr was afraid to move. In few
moments however, the police fired a
vollcy, dispensing the crowd for a
brief period, and the engineer got
away with his men. stones were now
thrown thick and fast about the
heads of the police, whereupon Chief
John Fry gave the order to fire. At
the first volley the mob fell back and
several fell.
1t is estimated that upwards of
1000 shots were fired and the won
der is that more fatalities did not re-
suit. More than 20 strikers, all of
whom were foreigners, were shot,
and at least two of them will die.
Many of the merchants and politicians
refused to sign the call for troops,
rearing that the miners Will boycott
them after the trouble IS over.
The doctors of the town dressed
the wounds of near 40 strikers. Four
out of six policemen were shot, one
fatally.
Harrisburg. Pa, July 31.-The
Eighth and Twelfth regiments and
Governors troop have been ordered to
Shenandoah.
Shenandoah. Pa, Aug. 1.-Twelve
hundred state troopS are encamped
on hin ovcrIool;inp shenandoah.
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noliccrnrn fou~ht q hloody battle
Wednesday, oIl is ouiat and the indica-
tions are tbot so lonr os thc militia
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