The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-08-01
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ONE MAN KILLED AND MANY IN
IN A STRIKE RIOT. ,$s
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,,.: At SHENANDOAH, Pa Il 3Es
TROOPS ARE ORDERED OUT
Trouble Arose While a Deputy 7sherln
-, Was Escortina Two Nonunion Men.
Through the Strikers Line ofEP'ck'4
ets-Business Man Killed, .Feut
Policemen and Over Forty Of the
Rioters Wounded. IT, 4

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Shenandoah, Pa, July 31~A reign
of terror compared to which the
scenes enacted during the riots OF
1900 seem Insignificant holds shenan-
doah in it's grasp. Since 8 O'Clock
d m. Center street, which is one yof
the principal streets Of the town, mas
been in the hands of an infuriated
mob. Two of the borough policemen
were shot, one perhaps fatally.
Joseph Beddall, a leading merchant
and cousin of Sheriff Beddall, was
brutally clubbed to death and upwards
of a score of strikers whose names
at this writing could not be ascer-
tanned were shot by policemen and 1t
Is said that many deaths will result.
Sheriff Beddall arrived at Pottsvile
q ct o'clock with q force Of deputies.
He has taken up his headquarters az
the Ferguson hotel, which at TINS
writing is surrounded by thousands OF
people.
The trouble started about 6 o'clock
p. M, when Deputy Shertn rhomas
Beddall attempted to escort two non.
union workers through the strikers
lines of pickets. The workmen were
dressed in their street clothes, 0ut
one of them carried bundle under
his arm and this aroused the suspicion
of the strikers. The bundle'wa torn
from him and when 1t was found to
contain a blouse and overalls the man
was taken from the deputy and beaten
almost to death. In the meantime
Beddall opened fire on the mob, which
had gathered by this time and emptied
his revolver. Two of the shots took
effect, one man being shot In the leg
and the other in the foot. The deputy
and the other strike breaker were
now compelled to fly for their lives
and took refuge In the Philadelphia
and Reading railway depot. The
depot was soon surrounded by an
angry mob: of 5000 men which grew
more reatenings and demonstr ratiye4S
every moment. Joseph Beddall, -
hardware merchant, brother of the
deputy sheriff, was seen making MIS-
way through the crowd In an enort
to reach his brother, but the mob.
divining that he was carrying am !.
munition to those inside the depot.
seized him and -"
Beat Him With Clubs and eilIies -
into insensibility. He died en- route
to the miners hospital. Shortly after
this the entire borogh police force ar
rived on the scene and escorted the
deputy sheriff and his men to loco {.
motive, which had been backed into
the depot for that purpose. When the
mob realized that their prey was
about to escape they surrounded the
locomotive and the engineer was
afraid to move. In few moments,
however, the police fired volley, dis %
persing the crowd for a brief pert1d
and the engineer turned on full steam
and got away with his men. Stones
were now thrown thick and fast about
the heads of the police, whereupon
Chief John Frye gave the order to
fire. At the first volley the mob fell
back and several were seen to fall. \
They soon turned and with revolvers.
stones and even a few shotguns they
charged on the little band of police
men and made them fly for their lives.
The policemen turned in their flight
at short intervals, and fred at their
pursuers without effect. When the
Lehigh Valley crossing was reached
passing freight train blocked the pas
sage of the police, two of whom were
caught and brutally beaten. One OF :
them, Stiney Yacopsky, will die. Z
It is estimated that upwards OF
| 900 shots were fired and the wonder 4
Is that more fatalities did not result.
More than twenty strikers, all OF 1
whom we're foreigners, were shot and
1t least two of them will die. 2 =,
The doctors of the town dressed
the wounds of nearly forty strikers,
all of whom were foreigners, whose
names could not be ascertained. 1t
Is known at midnight that four Of
The six policemen were shot. Chief 4
Frye received q slight wound in the
1ahd; Yacopsky was shot in the neck (.
md head and may die; Ringheiser B
was shot in the hand and back, not a
serious; Lauritas was shot in several h;
places and cannot recover. n
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