Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-30
HAVE APPEALED
). TO PRESIDENT

made 10 the courts for a revocation Of
their Licenses"
The general says that no more
troops will be called out at present
Strikers and a Captain Hurt.
Tamaqua. Pa, Aug. 3O.-In an en-
counter between troops and strikers
at Lansford yesterday morning Cap.
tain w. II. Helm, Of Company X,
Twelfth regiment, was slightly m
jured. A Aaif dozen strikers were
bayonetted by the soldiers as a result
lf the fraGas.
From daybreak the troops were &C.
tive in qaeEiag distNrbaAGes and pro,
tccHng non-urion men. While on .their
way to Work AS has been the case
Cor the'past few days the troops were
!eerqd' wherever they went. The Off
GERS repeatedly admonshad the
crowds not 10 insult or modest the
scldiers, but their words had but lit
Il. effect. At S o'clock Companies K
and E we're placed'in two tIolSy-cars
One Of the ;cars.was run in>front Of
the ear which carried the non-Gniep
aien to wJtk aid the other in the
ear. While paSs!Es Though Coal,
dale and EansfoTd the soldiers were
h2oted, but az, no sSop was made the
strikers did not. make any Violent
demonstration. AT Summit Hin about
double. the usual number OF, men avail
&C themselves Of the protection. Of
tie soldiers and went to work. The
Iickets Of the stSikers made efforts
t. stop them. bat the warnings of the
soldiers held them at bay. When the
workmen had been loaded onto the
car the return"tfip through the valley
commenced. The word that'more men
than usual were reporting for work
sRBeRd GATOusA the lower part of the
T&lley like wildfTe and in a short time
tAe -treets were almost blocked with
people. When the corner OF Center
and East BerSsch streets were
reached the cars stopped to allow
several non-Hnien men to get off. As
the men stepped to the ground the
mob made a rush fer them. A hall
dozen soldiers SRrang off the car and
With lcvelled guns forced the strikers
back and made a passageway fT the
aCn-uni0n men.
Strikers Resisted Soldiers.
When the soldiers returned after
escorting their charges TO a place OF
safety the ,mob commenced to close
in around the cars. The strikers were
in an'ugly yVmood and when ordered to
l'SPerse merely yelled louder and
pressed closer. AS Captain Helm, Of
company K, was about to jump from
the Car he was seized around the legs
and thrown to the ground. A haR
dozen privates who followed him were
roughly handled. One Of the mon had
q Portien of his shirt"torR Of, and,
according to the enlisted men and the
officers, q number Of blows were
struck. Major Gearhart, who was IN
command OF the two companies, then
ordered his men to disembark.
With .clubbed guns and Axed bayo
nets the soldiers forced the crowd
Back.. Many Of the strikers stood
their ground and would not move un'
Ill the soldiers jabbed them with their
hayonets. Some Of the strikers. fear
Jag that the troops would fire, rushed
into the opera house, On the corner
and for time a wild scene Of con
fusion reigned. In about FIVE minutes
tne crowd had been pushed back to
the curb line In the melee several OF
the strikers were knocked down
while others suffered slight bayone;
wounds. Captain Helm was severely
bruised by his fall.