Evening journal., 1902-09-25

Willlesbar-e, Pa, Sept. 25.-Of the
ten anthracite coal producing counties
Of Pennsylvania state troops are today
camped in FIVE. Despite the presence
of the troops in these districts, rioting
and general lawlessness continues in
the entire coal territory, from Forest
City on the north to Williamstown,
Dauphin county, on the south, a dis
tance of about 100 miles. The section
OF the strike region in the vicinity of
Forest City, which has been compare
lively quiet ever since the strike be-
gan, was greatly wrought up yesterday
by crowds Of strikers interfering with
AID beating men who had returned to
work. and as a result Sheriff Maxey, of
Susquehanna county, last night asked
Governor Stone for troops to assist
him and other civil authorities to pre-
searve the peace.
Yesterday morning No. . colliery Of
the hillside Coal and Iron Company,
at Forest City, resumed operations, and
last evening as the men We're returning
from work they were set UDon by a
Rob Of between 200 and 800 men,
wcmon and boys, and followed to their
homes and pelted by sticks and stones.
Shots were fred On each side, but none
Of them took effect. After the men
were driven to their homes the mob
surged through tho streets, and by Or
der OF the burgess all OF the saloons OF
the borough were closed. SO serious is
the situation tlat Sheriff Aiaxey called
the leading men Of the borough to-
gether and after cOllorring with them
asked the governor for troops.
At 4 o'clock this morning Major
Field and two companies Of the Thlr-
teenth Regiment left Olyphant for For-
est City to assist Sheriff Maxoy in pre-
serving the peace.
At present there are four full regi-
mentc, two companies of another and
two troops of cavalry in the field. The
Thirteenth Regiment is camped at Oily
pbant, six miles north Of Scranton; the
Ninth is quartered at its armory in
this city; the Eighth and the Second
Philadelphia City Troop are under can
vass on the top OF hill overlooking
Shenandoah one battalion of the
| Twelfth Regiment and the Governors
Troop are in the Panther Creek Val
| ley, and one battalion Of the Twelfth
is preserving order in the city OF Leba-
non, where the iron and steel workers
are on strike. If the disorder contin-
ues Governor Stone win be compelled
to call cut additional soldiers.
While there has been no big general
riot the disturbances have been OF
such a serious nature as to cause the
authorities much apprehension. Every
effort is being made by tho sheriffs of
the several counties affected, and the
troops to prevent disturbances from
growing to such an extent as to cause
general bloodshed. Reports are COM
ing in from every section Of non-uniOn
men and others being either shot or
dubbed. Houses of workmen have been
burned or dynamited, and attempts
have been made to hold up coal trains
or derail them.
Coal is being shipped from many
parts of the coal fields to market, but
compared with the normal output the
quantity is insignificant. The output
for this week viii be considerably less
than the normal production of one day,
which is about 100000 tons. The strik-
ers claim that very little of the coal is
freshly mined, and that it is mostly
washery coal or has been stored at
various points since before the strike
began. President Mitchell of the
Miners Union, had no comment to
make on the movement of the troops
into Luzerne county. He said the gen.
eral strike situation is unchanged.