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WHOLE STATE MILITIA OUT
Governor Stone Sends Two More Bri-
gades to the Coal Region.
TOTAL NUMBER OF MEN, 5000

The Entire Penasylvanis National Guard
Now In the Anthracite Coal Fields-
First Time All tho Troops Have Been
o. Duty Since the HON estead Troubles
VIII Cost the. state Over 81 100000.
Harrisburg. Ps.-Governor Stone has
ordered out the entire division OF the
National Guard Of Pennsylvania to
duty In the anthracite coal regions.
The order calling out the Guard Is rs
follows:
I'm certain portions OF the counties
of Luzerne. Schuylkill. Carbon. Lncka'
wanna. Susquehanna. Northumberland
and Columbia. tumults and riots fre.
auently occur. and mob law reiEns;
men who desire to work have been
beaten and driven away and their fam
lilies threatened. Railroad trains have
been delayed. stoned and the tracks
torn up: the civil authorities are una.
BILE to maintain order. 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 30 ex.
tensive that the troops now on duty
are insufficient, to prevent all disorder.
The presence of the entire division Ma.
tional Guard Of Pennsylvania Is neces.
sary In these counties to maintain the
public peace. 49,
"The Major. General commanding VIII
place the entire division on duty. dis.
tributlng them In such localities as viii
render them most effective for preserv-
Ing the public peace.
'As tumults, riots. mobs and disorder
usually occur when men attempt to
work In and about coal mines. he VIII
see that all men who desire to work
and their families have ample military
protection. He will protect all trains
and other property from unlawful In.
reference. and will arrest all persons
engaging In acts Of violence and intim.
idation and hold them under guard un.
til their release will not endanger the
public peace: will see that threats. in
Limitations and all acts Of violence
cease at once. The public peace and
good order will he preserved upon all
occasions and throughout the several
counties, ard no interference whatever
will te permitted with officers and men
In the discharge Of their duties under
this order. The dignity and authority
Of the State must be maintained and
her power to suppress all law!essness
within her borders be asserted"
The order Is signed by William A.
Stone as Governor and Commander
in-Chief and by Thomas ]. Stewart as
the Adjutant. General.
The troops now in the field are the
Fourth. Eighth. Ninth. Twelfth and
Thirteenth Regiments Of the Third
Brigade. and the Governors Troop.
Sheridan Troop and Second Philadel-
phia City Troop. The troops now sent
to reinforce those on duty are the
First. Second. Third and Sixth Regi.
ments. Battery A. First Troop Phila.
delphIa City Cavalry. which compose
the First Brigade; the Fifth. Tenth.
Fourteenth. Sixteenth and Eighteenth
Regiments and Battery b. which con.
stitute the Second Brigade.
The division numbers approximately
5000 men.
This Is the first time since the Home.
stead riots in 1892 that the entire d.
vision Of the Guard has been ordered
out for strike duty. The cost to the
State of this tour Of duty will prob
ably exceed $1.OOO.OOO.