New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-11

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Week ending October n. IsOoO0o Ie.noo
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lBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIsuxEI
Wilkesbarre, Penn. Oct. 1O-What ia v,r-
tuaIly condition of martial law has been de-
clared by General Goblin Of the Third Brigade
on instructions from Governor Stone General
Goblin has ordered the coIonels of regiments 10
retain prisoners captured as long as they deem
it necessary. The strikers are going to fight
the order and the union headauarters here ia
now preparing to make test case OF the FIRST
prisoner whom Colonel Dougherty locks up IN
his guardhouse for indefinite period The
rights of the civil authorities and whether or
not the men may he admitted To bail will be
decided by legal process.
The order was framed because during the pre-
vous period OF the strike the men arrested by
the soldiers were turned over TO the civil an
thorites and invariably released on bail some
of them to return and again commit vioIence
Ihere was notable case at Nanticoke where
number OF persons arrested for attacking a.
mousse gave bail before the alderman for a
temporary stay and the same night attacked
the house a second time. while their hearing
was still pending. The new order allows men
to be detained long as the officers consider
their freedom menace TO public safety
AM LAW FUR PRISflNERS
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Jacobs called at brigad.
headquarters this morning and had a conference
Win Major MlIlar concerning the attitude Of the
troops and whether the Sheriff would he sunar
seded by the military. As Sheriff Jacobs looks
at IL, the soldiers and the sheriff sbouI5 ,-orl1
together in preserving the peace. To take thar
Hght wholly away from the Sheriff would be-
equivalent to declaring martial law Major
Miilar said: ANY prisoners arrested b. the SOL
diers for breaches Of the peace riotfng etc will
be kept under guard and will not be turned over
70 the civil authorities. aldermen or justices
Sueh prisoners will be dealt with and punished
under military rules and regulations"
A similar condition exists tonight in the
towns Of Lansford. Summit Hill and CoaIdale.
where part Of the 10th Regiment is on guard.
There has been trouble at these towns for sew
eral nights, the houses of ncn-union men being
attacked and stoned and the workers and their
families hOOted and abused Tonight troops are
in the streets. and no men are allowed together
on the corners or in the saloons All the streets
were cleared by IL O'Clock Men in the street
after that hour we're stopped and examined
The control was taken quite out of the hands
of the civil authorities. who had proved unable
TO prevent the outbreaks II any arrests are
made the prisoners will be taken to the camp
OF the regiment and imprisoned Il ere. General
Schal says that he is determined order shall be
preserved.
THIRD BRIGADE BUILDS STOCKADES.
The regiments of the Third Brigade have
erected stockades in their camps. which are
popularity called pens They are 20 by 20 feet.
and made of long poles from fifteen 70 twenty
feet high. driven into the ground. They viii be
anything but comfortable. and this is being i'm
pressed on the public by the officers. in the be-
lief that it will have good effect in preventing
hnement.
Major General Miller, in command of the State
troops. came to the region himself to-day to
make a personal investigation Of conditions.
He desires. he says. especially 70 discover tf the
numerous cases of violence cannot be prevented,
If the dynamiting of railroads and Of bridges
cannot be stopped. and il attacks on the houses
of non-union workers and the intimidation of
their families cannot be prevented. He will also
decide whether the troops in the field are
sufficient TO maintain order if more are
needed. He spent to-day in the schuylkin dis
trict. and tomorrow will arrive in the upper dis
trict and get in touch with the conditions at
most of the mines which are working
Colonel Reynolds. of the 18th Regiment re-
fused this afternoon to allow ;he civil authori-
ties to take charge of Private Wadsworth. for
whom warrant. charging murder. issued
this morning Wadsworth yesterday shot and
hlIleu DurndIn a striker, VINO refused 10 answer
the call TO halt and to-day the dead mans
brother got OUT warrant The constable who
went TO the camp was refused admission being
told that the civil authorities could not have
WadswOrth. No further steps have been taken
At the inquest the soldiers who were on guard
when the striker was shot will be allowed un-
der the direction of the judge advocate. to give
evidence. but they will be permitted 10 answer
no questions of which that CffiCial does not
approve.
STRIKER SHOT
A striker was shot and. it is believed fatally
wounded in an attack on some non union men at
the Henry Clay colliery this morning The
workers were coming 70 their homes in a wagon
under the guard of some coal and iron police
when a crowd of strikers attacked and stoned
them. Policeman Frank Haddock fred several
times at the crowd. hitting John Sorco in the
abdomen This ended the attack. the crowd re-
firing and carrying the wounded man into the
woods with them. Nothing more has been heard
of them, and the wounded man has not been re-
ported to the authorities. Following the shoot
ing battalion of the 10th Regiment was sent
TO the mine. and viii remain guard all night
Aside from this occurrence there was no vio-
lence in the region to-day. A number OF non
Union men were interfered with. and turned
back home for safety None we're injured. The
regimental commanders throughout the coal
Held tonight report the region quiet and the
strikers orderly.
STRIKERS KEENLY DISAPPOINTED,
Wilkesbarre, Penn. Oct. 1O.-There was keen
disappointment among the strikers tonight