The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-31
Series Of Fights Between Coal Mob
and Constables.
THE TROOPS ORDERED OUT
The End Of the Strike Is Thought
to BE Near at Hand
5 Now.

Shenandoah, Pa, July 31.-Nearly all Of
the residents OF this town were up all
night awaiting with anxiety the arrival
OF the militia. It was noticeable that
the pickets who have been guarding the
approaches-to the mines were not on duty.
! Brigadier. General Goblin, Pennsylvania
national guard, accompanied by the Potts
vile and Pine Grove companies Of the
Fourth regiment and all Of the Schuylkill
county companies of the Eighth regi-
ment, arrived via the Reading railroad
at $40 O'Clock this morning. To an
Associated Press correspondent he said
that in addition to these two companies
of the Fourth regiment he MAS ordered
out the entire Twelfth and Eighth sregi-
ments and the governors troop. II he
finds that the conditions here warrant It.
he intends calling out two batteries OF
artillery. -.h
1t is impossible to obtain the names Of
the wounded foreigners. Even the doc
torse who are attending them do not know
their names. The physicians are look
ing after the wounds of twenty and have
| little hope for the recovery Of at least
| two.
| Policeman Yacopsky is still In pre-
carious condition but the other wounded
policemen are doing well. Joseph Bed
dell, who was reported to have dded on
alive at that Institution, but small hopes
are entertained for his recovery. e
H. Il A Series OF Bloody Battles.
Last night there was series Of bloody
battles between an army of strikers and
tho constabulary of this section. >..
+ at least four deaths are sure to result.
The wounded men, with the exception Of
the first two victims, fell in actual battle.
Thousand of strikers and their sympathtz-
| ers, most Of them armed with >revolvers
and shot guns, attacked a body OF police
men and deputies and drove them OF the
field. - - ("
The officers retreated in military order.
In regular warfare it would have been
said that they executed the command
/ "Fire to the rear retreating short dis
| tances and turning at each halt to pour a
volley into the pursuing force.
Fully 1000 shots were fired, and 1t
is considered miraculous that the casual
ties did not reach the hundreds.
Striker after striker was seen to fail
/ under fire Of the policemen, but the mob
/ pushed on after the ~retreating ohcers
and the, wounded men were lost IN the
press Of battle. r,< ~ :: = :s Ef5Ss
TWO OF the borough policemen were
shot one perhaps fatally Joseph Bed
Sheriff Beddall, was fatally dubbed by
were shot by policemen. "
The trouble started about 6 o'clock in
the evening" when Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Beddali attempted to escort two nom
union workers through the strikers lines
| Of pickets. The workmen were dressed In
| their street cloth hes, but one Of them car
ried a bundle under his arm, and, this
aroused the suspicion Of the strikers Tht
bundle was torn from him, and when&ft
was found to contain blouse and over
alls the man was taken from the deputy
and beat en- almost to death. Beddall
! then opened fire on the mob and fed. to
the Reading depotssgwhich was soon sur
4 his brother, trying TO reach his side, va.
fatally dubbed f,Has - - ~ IL Tis :.
4 Shortly after this the entire borough
police force arrived on the scene and es.
corted the deputy sheriff and his men to {
locomotive. IEs
!. When the mob realized that their prey
Ewas about to escape they surrounded tne
locomotive. The police fired a volley
dispensing the crowd for a brief period
and the engineer turned on full steam ant
got away with his men. Stones were nov
thrown thick and fast about the heads o.
the police, whereupon Chief John Fry.
i gave the. order to fire. At the first vol
fey the mob fell back. but turned. and
with revolvers, stones and even few
| SHOtSuuS CudTSeu Ou Tue llItlS UauN VI ~
licenen who retreated firing.
i When the Lehigh Valley crossing wa.
reached passing dreight train blocke
the passage of the police, two Of WHOM
were caught and brutaIly beaten: :s On
Of them. stiney Yacopsky, will die. .s..
Busy Night for Surgeons. ~
The doctors of the town dressed tn
wounds of nearly forty strikers, all 0
whom were foreigners. Chief Frye re
ceived slight wound In the hand; va
copsky was shot in the neck and head AM
!, will die; Ringheiser was shot In the han.
. and back, not serious; Lauritas was sho
In several places and cannot recover.
!, The following printed notice was poste,
by the mine workers: ?! e < $50
!, In view Of the disturbances that have oc
CURED in Shenandoah within the past tween
ty-four hours, in utter disregard to the teach
Ing and principles Of the United Mine Work
ersE as an organization and contrary to th
| explicit Instructions of the leaders. we cal
upon all members OF the United Mine Work
J ers to atoonce do all In their power to sup
press lawiessness and to aid the officers i
1 every way to maintain peace and good order
= %>t4 John Fahy,
! Il g. Y.41rt A,ks n