The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-06
WORK FOR TROOPS
VARIOUS THINGS TO EMPLOY THEM
AT SHENANDOAH.
AN ITALIAN LAB0RER SHOT
TOWN AUTHORITIES CALL ON GEN.
GOBLIN FOR AID.

Soldiers Who Claim to Have Been
Chased Away by Strikers to BE
Court.martiaIed-To AuthOri-
ties Confess Their Inability to
Control Southern Section of Shen-
andoah and Two Compa nies of In
fantry Stationed There-TwO Lii
thuanians, wounded In Riot, Ar
rested and Rushed to Jail.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 5.-The peace
of this troop protected town remains
unbroken. The unsettled feeling which
has been apparent for the last few
days, however, continues. 1t was a
lively day at brigade headquarters,
where all the staff officers were kept
busy in connection with the move
ments of the troops and in keeping in
touch with the situation in the entire
county.
officers around headquarters say that
the tension is increasing and would
not be surprised if some of the troops
now in camp here were sent into the
surrounding region. The brigadier
general says he will not send for adj
ditional men until there is need for
them. 1t is not unlikely, however that
battery and another troop of cavalry
will be in the field by the end of the
week.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 5.-There were
many rumors flying around the regions
to-day of the trouble in the camp and
various parts of the region. The only
disturbance that occurred, however,
was at Girardville, six miles from here,
where a workman, coming from the
Girard washery, operated by w. R. Nc
Turk & Co, was shot in the leg and
slightly injured. The injured man is
James Caparell, an Italian. He had
been engaged at work. which had been
forbidden by the onion, and had been
warned several times to quit. This
morning, on his way home he was met
on the road by half a dozen unknown
| men, who began to beat him. Cap
arell ran. and as he did so one of the
men fired at him. Some of the buck
shot hit him in the leg. He managed
to walk to a PHYSICIANS office, and
after having the shot extracted from
his leg, walked to the Lehigh Valley
Railroad station and boarded a train
for Hazleton. Burgess Jones is inves-
tigating the assault.
Report was made to headquarters to-
! day that three members of Company
of the Twelfth Regiment, were chased
| by a crowd of men last night on the
| outskirts of the town and that the SOL
diers had sought refuge in the house of
| Squire McGuinnes at FrackVille. The
| militia men met the Squire and he took
| them to his home and kept them there
until to-day, when they returned to
| camp.
Brig. Gen Goblin in the meantime
heard of the incident and sent the
cavalry over to Frackville but before
the troops reached there the three
| men had returned to camp. Gen. Go
bin said the three soldiers will be
courtmartialed.
Authorities Ask For Help.
Burgess Brown. president of Council,
David r. Jones' and Chief of Police
Frye held conference with Gen. Co
bin to-day, and confessed their inabil-
ity to cope with the situation as it
exists in the southern section of Shen-
andoah. The Cambridge collery. own
ed by Mr. Jones and Squire McGuin-
mes, is located there. The borough
officials told the general that men
gather in that part of the town and
modest every person, not excepting the
women. that happens along. Men, they
alleged, can no longer work there in
safety. The burgess claimed that one
man in this crowd had boasted that
their object was murder If they can
find the man they are seeking. Threats
are openly made, and the officials re-
tod hot ha
Goblin consented to station two COM
panies of infantry in that locality, and
on the road leading to Turkey Run Hill.
Lithuanians Arrested.
Two injured Lithuanians, who were
in the riots of last week, were arrest
ed to-day. The COASTAL les located them
and asked the military officials for
protection while the arrests were made
The two prisoners, who sustained
wounds in the feet, were boarding in
the foreign quarters of the town. A
detachment of the Fourth Regiment |
surrounded the house and the men were !
placed in a wagon. The soldiers then |
formed a Gordon around the vehicle |
and escorted 1t through the streets to |
the Office of Squire Shoemaker, who |
committed the men to Pottsville Jail.
The two foreigners were held in $2,- |
900 bail each on various charges in |
connection with the riot. After the |
hearing they were taken in a carriage |
surrounded by a company of soldiers |
to the Pennsylvania Railroad station. |
The journey to the station was made |
on a run through the foreign settle |
ment. At the depot Company K of |
the Fourth Regiment was lined up in |
charge bayonet formation. On the |
bluff overlooking the station there |
were more than 1000 strikers. The |
crowd was kept at a distance, and the
men were soon on their way to the |
Pottsville Jail.