Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-01
TROOPS GUARD TOWN
Twelve Hundred Armed Men
 In Camp at Shenandoah.
NO RECURRENCE OF THE RIOTING.
Miners Incensed at the Calling Out of Troops and Send Message to Governor Stone Requesting
 an Investigations.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Aug. l. Twelve hundred state troops are en- camped on a hill overlooking Shenan- doah. Down in the. town where rioters and policemen fought Wednesdays bloody battle all is still quiet, and the indications are that so long as the mili- tia remains the peace of the communi- ty will not again be broken. The riot, which caused the soldiers to be sent here, came like a flash and was over almost as quickly as it had started, and since then there has not been sin gle case of violence reported. The tens of thousands of idle men and boys in this vicinity who had been gather ing in large numbers and marching from place to place have not repeated their demonstrations, and the authori- ties consequently have had little or nothing to do
 Brigadier General J. F. s. Goblin of the Third brigade, i'll command of the
 troops here, and his staff were on the scene early. The camp is located on a very high hill just outside the town proper and commands a full view of the town. Within the camp lines are quartered two full regiments, the Eighth and Twelfth, two companies of the Fourth regiment and the troop of cavalry. General Gobin expressed him. self as highly pleased with the rapidi- ty with which the camp was estab- ished. The commander and his staff are quartered at the Ferguson House, but it is the generals intention to get under canvas with his staff as soon as circumstances will permit.
 Beyond the presence of a group of soldiers here and there on the principal street, Shenandoah does not show any evidence of having passed through a trying ordeal. aTt
 The major portion of the population is made up of foreigners, and as rule they kept close to their homes during the day It isaclaimed by the citizens of the town that the foreign element was solely responsible for the trouble. Most of the curious persons gathered in the vicinity of the Philadelphia and J Reading railroad depot, where the riot occurred. The station shows many bullet marks of the battle. A strong guard was placed around the station so that the crowd would not delay the soldiers as they left the trains.
 Contrary to popular belief, Shenan- doah is not under martial law. The local authorities and the sheriff of the county have not relinquished control of the town or, county, and they re main in as complete control of their respective affairs as they did before the troops reached here. The soldiers are merely in camp on the outside of the town,
 The mine workers are greatly in- ]. censed over the calling out of the l troops. They assert that this action l was entirely unwarranted and is an un- justifiable expense on the state. The strikers, through their officials, are making an effort to have the soldiers withdrawn. The first step in this di- rection was taken yesterday afternoon, when the following telegram was sent from here to Governor Stone:
 we, the undersigned officials of the l ninth district of the miners union, be- lieve that the request made to you to send troops to Shenandoah was based upon exaggeration, and as we are con- firmed in this belief we respectfully request you to send a personal repre- l sentative into this town to investigate | the conditions, and after such investi- | gation we believe that you will learn that the presence of the troops in this l town is unnecessary and that the order should be revoked"
 Of the twenty or more persons who ! were beaten with clubs or struck by ! bullets during the rioting one man, Jo-. | sephf Beddall, is dead. The four po- licemen who were shot and the strik- I CTS who were also hit by bullets will recover. Most of the wounded strik- CTS claim that they were merely on lockers.
 The district attorney and the sheriff are prosecuting an investigation, with a view of placing under arrest all those who participated in the riot.