The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-01

Have the Troops WIthdrawn-StrIke Leaders Address Request to Governor stone-EFort to FIX Responsibility for the Outbreak.
 Shenandoah, Pa., July 31.--Twelve hundred state troops are encamped to- night on hill overlooking Shenandoah. Down in the town where rioters and po- licemen fought the bloody battle last night all is quiet, and the indica 7ons are that so long as the militia remains the peace of the community will not again be broken. The riot, which caus- ed the soldiers to be sent here, came like flash and wasover almost as quickly as it had started, and since then there has not been a single case of vio- fence reported. The tens of thousands of idle men and boys in this vicinity, who had been gathering in large num- bers and marching from place to place, did not repeat their demonstrations to- day, so the authorities had little or nothing to do.
 The arrival of the citizen soldiery proved to be great attraction for the large army of unemployed, and hun dreds of men and boys came to town to see the troops. The first companies to arrive came from St. Clair at 6:3O a. nl., and from that hour up to 3 p. nl., when the governors troop of cavalry disem- parked and galloped up the main street, Shenandoah presented a lively appear arce. Most of the commands were on the ground by 1090.
 Brigadier-General P. H. s. Gobin, ot the Third brigade, in command of the troops here, and his staff were on the scene early. The camp is located on very high hill just outside the town proper, and commands 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.
 Beyond the presence of group of SOL diers here and there on the principal street. Shenandoah does not show any evidence of having passed through a trying ordeal. The large number of persons who had been attracted to the place by the coming of the militia left during the afternoon, and tonight the
  The major portion of the population is made up of foreigners, and, as a rule, they kept close to their homes during the day. It is claimed by the citizens of the town that the foreign element was solely responsible for the trouble Most of the curious persons gathered i1 the vicinity of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad depot, where the riot occurred The station shows many bull let 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 and marched to the camping grounds.
 Contrary to popular belief Shenan- doah is not under martial law. The To- cal authorities and the sheriff of the county have not relinquished control Of the town and county, and they remain in as complete control of their respec- tive affairs as they did before the troops reached here. The soldiers are merely in camp on the outside of the town. It was deemed advisable, how ever, by the brigadier-general to estab- fish provost guard in certain parts of the town. Major Norman S. Farquhar of Pottsville, is the provost marshal So long as the situation remains as it is at present there is not any likelihood that the regimental companies will be scat tered through the mining towns of Schuylkill county. It is the intention of General Gobin to have the troops oc- cupy their time by going through drills, target practice and general camp routine.
 General Gobin spent a busy day in- forming himself of the situation throughout the county. He had a per- sonal interview with Sheriff Beddal in the forenoon and telephone confer lence with him in the afternoon. The general also received messages from various parts of the territory.
 In an interview with the correspond ent of the Associated Press tonight General Goblin said:
 'sThe general situation is very quiet There were no incidents during the day worthy of note, except the arrival of 800 or 600 men on freight trains. It seems that lot of the idle men. for want of something better to do, jump freight trains and ride from one town to anoth- CT. They call such rides Johnny Mitch ell excursions
 "I have received dispatches from diff ferent parts of the country which tell of meetings, marches, attacks of indi- vidua!s. violations of the law and the refusal of local police authorities to en- force the law. Upon these dispatches I am not yet ready to act. What ] will do depends largely upon what the sher- Tiff is going to do. We are here to give him support in his efforts to enforce the civil law. The national guard has no opinion to express as to the merits of the question agitated by either side to the controversy, as that is not within it's province"
 The mine workers are greatly incens- ed over the calling out of the troops. They assert that this action was entire 1y unwarranted and is an unjustifiable expense to the state. The strikers, through their officials. are making an effort to have the soldiers withdrawn. The first step in this direction was talk en this afternoon when the following telegram was sent from here to Gover- nor Stone:
 "We, the undersigned, officials of the Ninth district of the Miners union, be- lieve that the request made to you to send troops to Shenandoah was based