The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
Gen. Goblin, Commander of the
Pennsylvania Militia,
Sends a Platoon of Cavalry to
Turkey Run.
SHOOTING CONTINUES,
But Never in the Vicinity OF
the Guardsmen.
No Visible Signs Of a Resump-
tiOn of Mining.

Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. s.-Brigadier
General Goblin today sent platoon OF
cavalry to the mining settlement OF
Turkey Run for the purpose OF making
a demonstration in that vicinity wnacn
is populated mostly by foreigners. the
general had received information tnat
the families of nonunion workmen are
annoyed constantly by strikers and
their houses stoned. The cavalry re-
turned after staying in that section
short time.
The information received by General
Goblin was contained in letter from
woman whose husband is working IN
the mine at GilbertOn. She says ner
life has been threatened every day, her
home has been battered with stones
>ach night, and a large rock almost
struck her little girl who was asleep IN
bed, the missile resting on the pillow
against her head. The woman also de-
clared the neighbors annoy her by gath
ering in front of her house, jeerlng at
her and hanging crepe on the door
knob She concluded by saying that
one night someone fired at her, and she
asked General Goblin to send her pro-
lection.
the woman, and finding her in delicate
health, escorted her and her child to the
railroad station. She was sent with an
escort to the Pottsville hospital
The foreigners did not take kindly to
the visit of the troops. While going
along rough trail at the base of the
mountain a crowd some distance up on
the ridge, out of reach of the troops,
jeered and called the soldiers hard
names. One stone was thrown. and
then the horsemen came to a stop and
the crowd fled through the brush.
The firing of pistols and rifles during
the night continued but the firing never
occurs in the neighborhood in which the
guardsmen are stationed and the mill
tary officers in consequence are unable
to locate it. Gen. Goblin says there is d
great number of mischievous people
prOwling around the region at night
who probably shoot off firearms for no
other reason than to scare some one.
The strike situation in the Shenan-
doah region remains unchanged and de-
spite all reports to the contrary there
are no visible signs of preparation be-
ing made to resume work in the idle
mines,
Joseph Paluwicz, the butcher and
Matthew Paularkas, the one-armed
saloonkeeper, who are charged with the
murder of Joseph Beddall in the riots
OF last week, were today formally COM
mitted without bail to the county Jail
at Pottsville. They were taken to the
pennsylvania station under guard of
the troops and left for the county seat
this afternoon.
MITCHELL WON'T ATTEND.
W1lkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 8.-President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
will not attend the Michigan conference
between the coal operators and the
striking miners. He said today it would
not be necessary for him to make the
trip, as he had received assurances that
settlement satisfactory to both sides
would be reached.
Mother" Jones of West Virginia ar
rived in town last night and had a con-
terenee with President Mitchell today.
y f. LOOMS, vice president of the
delaware, Lackawanna & Western
company, who has been making a tour
OF the strike region with view of re-
porting actual conditions to the presi-
dents of the coal carving railroads ha G
completed his mission and proba bly,
VIII make his report to the operators at
a meeting to be held in New York to-
morrow