Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-25
Troops cAMPED
n STRIKE REGION
NJ Presence IS Unavailable AVAILABLE. to
'r,,,k sioting and LawI'ss"''''
r,a0Rl1IEs ARE FEARFUL
nave 20 Protect Non'Un'on
.o,.,rn strikers Chase Hun
- ,so.- coal Train Deraiiea'

o.,.,Ohla. Sept 2l,--of the ~ an
rs coal producing counties .,
tiSa's III s,ate troops are camped
nespite the presence OF 'he
D"e ,hase districts, rioting ana
wv ,a,yiessness continue In the
ssa" .I territory from Forest CITY,
hN ssnna county. on the north, 10
,,,,,ovn. Dauphin county, on the
distance Of more than lVV
~ The section Of the strike region
~ ,,e,nIty Of Forest city, when
np s.." Comparatively quiet ever since
ME- ,se hogan. was greatly wrought
w il', No crowds Of strikers inter.
", WITH and beating men VINO hau
ls ..ssd 10 work and as a result sher-
r v.,t If susquehanna county To-
s' ssked Gov. Stone for troops
hdst him and other civil authori-
Z, ~ preserve the peace 49,,
utesent there are four full req,
AZ two companies OF another ana
w. of cavalry In the field, Inc
,s,ssnfb regiment is camped at OH
~, sY miles north Of Scranton; the
I'm / ouartered at It's armory N
r ~ the Eighth regiment ana
I S.Oond Philadelphia city troop are
~, canvas on the top OF a hill over
~ "ohenendoah. one battalion Of
\ T1elfth and the governors troops
= n the Panther Creek valley ana
:. b.ttalon OF the Twelfth Is pre-
Wig order in the city OF Lebanon,
,s,,s ,bs iron and steel workers are
eated. - 49, o,ono
N b. compelled 10 call out additional
siIsH
4, me disturbances have been or
al serious nature as to cause the
rtsorItIes much apprehension. Every
~, h being made by the sheriffs or
/. ,syeral counties affected and the
snrs 10 prevent the disturbances from
swing 10 such an extent as to cause
ps,hed Reports are coming In from
NIX section OF non union men and
An being either shot or dubbed.
ru.,s Of workmen have been burned
{ tuamited, and attempts have been
~ 10 hold up coal trains or derail
On.
Ca Is being shipped from many
rrs Of The coal fields to market, but
erpared with the normal output the
N,ntlty Is Insignificant. The output
N his week viii be much less than
De- average production Of one day,
mich is about 100000 tons. The strik-
rs assert that very little OF the coal Is
freshly mined, and that It IL mostly
coal washed from the culm banks. or
has been stored at various points since
the strike began President Mitchell
Of The Miners union had no comment
10 make today on the movement Of the
troops into LuEerne county. He said
he strike situation was unchanged.
CONSIDERING MARTIAL LAW,
Itnaqua, Pa, Sept. 24.-Deputy
Agif Smith, speaking for Sheriff Be-
dil today, said
You can infer how serious the sher-
Y considers the situation, when | tell
pg that he has asked Gov. Stone
bplste the county under martial law.
~ sheriff thinks the time has come
: take drastic action before the sit
aton becomes so serious that it will
! uncomfortable.
Wien asked II martial law would be
ttared In schuylkill county, Gen.
@en said he had the matter under
h1iiteratlon and would make his de-
usn this evening after a telephone
hais'snce with Gov Stone.
CLUBS AND STONES.
STANTON, Pa, Sept, 24.-Three calls
we made on the Thirteenth regiment
Nsy to quell disturbances. The first
~ at o'clock in the morning from
s,hson No. cOlliery, at Priceburg,
'lSe me strikers were holding up q
= fain with Instructions on the
"a and threats against the train
NI Maj. b. Rishheld, with two
s1Isnies, hurried there on a special
al and dispersed the crowd. This
yang the same soldiers were called
us same place to dispense a crowd
~ was chasing non union men re-
1ahg IRON work Two strikers, one
an ak and the other with a knife
MSrtsled by the soldiers and taken
Hns camp.
s~u' a'SO ,. m. two Hungarlans
sMNIuning from work at the Tenn
mnpanys Sterrick Creek colliery,
s..sup, and were chased by a crowd
s.nAers' mostly foreigners. The flu
80 hred several shots, and this
sn .snl The whole neighborhood 10 the
~ Immediately a general hunt was
rAalied by the strikers and their
s%.raIhilers, with non.union men
49, from all adjacent collieries as
NJ. 49, dozen different groups OF nom
49, men were chased by as many
sIsht crowds. in as many different
,sas' shots were freely ex-
r. As'a While the neighborhood was
h. an uproar two militia compa-
=, ron the company at Oliphant,
miles away, arrived and the
'SSssnfn sought cover.
~. .n webster Of Peckville had
a. a. ms broken and his head broken:
ksss Coley Of pecksvile had his
~ vaaly gashed with a stone and
N mi MASON OF Ollphant was badly used
~ blows from clrbs and stones. All
'" WORK at the sterrick Creek.
COAL TRAIN DERAILED.
'ss,-Aesoarre, Pa. Sept 2i,--ln com.
~ with the request Of Sheriff ia
lu,,ala numerous other citizens OF
oSs.he county Gov. Stone TODAY
svs,s a NE Ninth regiment. national
Was..vl pennsylvania, to mobilize al
The regiment has It's
"a, quarters here and three hours al
,ers's order had been received the
llsI.saN With the exception of the
fei NJ company, was ready for the
tasls, ine regiment consists Of " com
Ma and has a membership Of about
IN, IN, = number Of mine workers are in
call ''sTItlnent' but all responded 10 the
arns,,ii ne soldiers will remain in The
pr.e t,e,aay 10 respond to any call.
corr,s,. Mitchell refused TO make any
lskIss n's on Sheriff Jacobs action IN
ne n me governor for troops for
prsss' ",5oming region. He said he
Zen. ny, Of The troops would not inter.
70 f5.i ,'a ,, any Of his plans. which wers
S-,,iyu we strike 10 a successful issue
10 4. u Jacobs. In statement Issped
le ~ ohc explains at length wbv
lis ,.ss on the government for troons
90 ss ~ ne outbreaks were beeomInc
I'st ss,u ,aIoas, and that with the lin.
sou5 , %. Of men at his command he
',mtns.' cope with the unlawful as.
plscss !, That gathered in cartons
A NJ sn'euFhou' the country
shlth ser'ey Central railroad train
ng 4, , ras moving out Of a nine "a
,xu warrior Run tar, 80