New-York tribune., 1902-08-08
COAL MINER KILLED?
LOST SINCE WEDNESDAY,
ATTACK on SOLDIERS.
CORONER'S JURY FINDS CERTAIN STR1k-
ERS GUILTY OF DEATH OF
JOSEPH BEDDALL.
Ivy rr1EGpArH TO TIE rn1rUSE.l

Ivy TElEGPAPH TO TIE fHlIt Nh.i
Shenand Penn, Aug. Joseph Gallo
wicz. John Celowsky and others guilty Of
the murder of Joseph Beddall. the hardware
merchant. who beaten to death by the mob
a week ago last night This was the verdict of
the coroner's jury to-day after hearing many
witnesses and the first official evidence of the
details of the riot. Calicwicz was arrested this
afternoon by Creary. county detective es-
corted by Captain ]. W. Weaver and sixteen
men Of Company F. 18th Regiment He is
big Lithuanian butcher. Celowsky has not
been found. The others may be among the
seven men who are now in jail. The county
detective and the squad of soldiers still
searching and will arrest all the wounded men
they can find They got one to-day Joseph
Wenzdkomis. He is charged with rioting. and
has a bullet wound in the mouth.
The inquest was held by Coroner A. L. Gill
ars in the Council Cha nbers, which were packed
10 the doors. while a troop of soldiers was on
guard outside All the members of the police
force. still showing marks of the moo's
hands and weapons, and a number of others
were the witnesses. The story of the riot was
told over again. and the heroic effort of Joseph
Beddall to fight his way through the mob and
reach his besieged brother. Deputy Sheriff
Tlromas Beddall. was described by several Wit
resses 1t was said that Calcwicz stood near
the station with big club In his hand. and
that he was one of those who struck Beddal
down and beat him and stamped him he
struggled under the feet Of the mob. II was
estimated by the witnesses that about one hun
dred and fifty shots were fired. The main story
of the riot was the that The Tribune has
already told. Calicwicz has been committed to
jail without bail.
Two serious acts Of violence occurred to-day
stoning and shooting at the soldiers and the
abduction murder of a non-union worker
While Company A. 18th Regiment on duty
at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at a. M.
the sentries were stoned by number Of men
and boys on a hill close by. None were struck.
Instead of shooting. they could have done
! under orders. the sentries. Joined by the guard.
/ charged up the hill in the hope of catching
some of the men They did not overtake any.
It is the ambition Of each company to catch
! some of these attackers and to make example
! of them. The attacks have occurred each night
since the troops came and are becoming so
irritating that the sentres are nervous Many
shots have been fired. but either side
has yet been hit.
William Davis, a worker at the Indian Ridge
! Colliery who started for his home last night,
never reached there and has not been seen
since He had been threatened by a crowd of
men several times but did not think that any
! attack would be made uponhm His disappear
! ance has alarmed his family and friends and
! in the present excitement they fear that he has
! been murdered by some of the reckless foreign
/ ers A search all day revealed no clew. and the
J Governors Troop. which had a practice march
from Frackviue to Mahanoy City could dis
/ cover no trace of him. although the men kept
a sharp lookout and made inquiries
A threat repeated in many quarters OF the
! town to-day against nom union men has had
! the effect of frightening many of them 1t is
that all who are caught will have their ears
! cut off that they may be identified after the
strike as opposed to the union. This has been
more effective in making several of them re-
main away from work than threat to kill.
and those who no work seek the protection of the
troops Trouble occurred at Summit Hill this
! morning some three hundred strikers parading
the streets in quest of non union men on their
way to work Streetcars stopped and the
town for several hours was in the hands of the
| mob
! The strikers say that they stopped more than
! fifty men from going to work Three non union
embankment. Their injuries were slight Five
| arrests have been made.
| Signs OF the strikers weakening and wanting
! TO return to work, because the strike fund was
not satisfactory, have caused the labor leaders
! to hold a series of meetings The largest of
| these occurred tonight. About two thousa nd
| strikers assembled and were addressed by Vice
President Paul Pulaski, Of the district, and
/ Board Members Thomas Richards and Terrence
| Giney. There was much enthusiasm and the
speakers were cheered repeatedly. They warned
the men not to collect in crowds and to be care
full TO observe the law and be orderly. Their
| speeches consisted chiefly In predictions of vic
tory, expana tions about the collection and dis
tribution of the relief fund and the promise
that larger instalments of 1t will be on ha nd
about the middle of this month.