Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, is in
Hands ofa Mob.
MANY PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED
Police Attempt to Escort Non-unIon
Men Through Strikers Picket Line
and Are Set Upon by the Latter
One Thousand Shots Fired.

Shenandoah, Pa, July 31.-As a re-
suit Of the appalling riots which oc
CURED on the streets of this city last
night the town today is filled with SOL
diers and more will be called out if
necessary.
Brigadier- General Corbin, accom-
led BY the PottsvilIe and Pine Grove
companies of the Fourth regiment and
all Of the Schuylkill companies of the
Eighth regiment arrived here at $50
o'clock this morning.
In addition to these General Goblin
has ordered out the entire Twelfth and
Eighth regiments and the governor s
troop. He also intends calling out
two batteries Of artillery.
Reign Of Terror.
A regin of terror compared with
which the riots of 1900 seems insignif-
cant, held Shenandoah in it's grasp
last night with Center street, one of
the principal streets, in the hands of
the mob. Two policemen were shot
one perhaps fatally. Joseph Beddall,
a merchant and cousin of Sheriff Bed
dali, was bfutally dubbed to death,
and score of strikers, whose names
are now unknown, were shot by the
policemen, and it is expected that
many deaths will result.
The rro,,kia
The trouble started last evening.
with Deputy Sheriff Beddalls attempt
to escort two non-union workers
through the strikers picket line. One
of the men were taken from the dep
uty and almost beaten to death. Bed
dali opened fire ON the mob which had
gathered and emptied his deadly revol-
yer, hitting one man in the leg and
another in the foot. Beddal1 and the
other strike-breakers were compelled
to take refuge in the railroad depot.
The depot was soon surrounded by a
mob of 5000. Joseph BeddaIl, hard
ware merchant and brother of the
deputy sheriff, in an effort to reach his
brother to supply him with ammuni-
tion, was seized by the mob and beat
en- into insensibility. He died on his
way to the hospital.
The entire borough police force ar
rived and escorted the deputy sheriff
and his men to an engine which had
been backed into the depot. The mob
surrounded the engine and the engin-
eer was afraid to move. The police
fired vclAsy, dispensing the crowd
temporarily and the engineer pulled
out of the depot. The mob then ston-
ed the police and Chief John Fryer or
dered them to fire. At the first volley
the mob fell back and several fell.
With revolvers, stones and shot guns
the mob then charged the little band
of policemen and routed them. The po-
licemen fired as they ran but the mob
kept up the fire. A freight train
blocked the progress Of the police at
the railroad crossing and two were
caught and beaten. One will die.
One Thousand Shots Fired.
It Is estimated that upwards of
1000 shots were fired. More than
twenty strikers, all foreigners, were
shot. At least two will die.
Doctors dressed the wounds of
nearly forty strikers, all foreigners,
whose names could not be ascertained
Four policemen were shot. Chief Fry
or received slight wound in the
hand. Officer Yacopsky was shot in
the neck and may die. officer Ring
heiser was shot in the hand and back,
but not seriously. Officer Lauritas
was shot in several places and cannot
recover.
Deplore Affair.
Printed notices were posted by the
mine workers all over town deploring
the affair and calling upon all mem
bers of the United Mine Workers to
do all in their power to suppress law
lessness and help obtain order.
Town Quiet.
All the troops ordered out last night
have arrived here and are establish
ing camps at Columbia park. Although
the streets are full Of idle men extreme
quiet prevails.