Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-08-04

later. Frank uraltiZ, policeman. was
shot through the head.
Chief of Police Frye was shot in
the arm and badly beaten.
Policeman Rengheisher, shot in the
shoulder and hand, also beaten with
stones and clubs.
One other officer and about twenty
Istrikers were wounded.
The trouble started about six
lo'clock when Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Beddell attempted to escort two non.
union workers through the strikers
line of pickets. One of the workmen
carried bundle mDder his arm The
bundle was torn from him, and when
it was found to contain blouse and
overafls. the man was taken from the
deputy and beaten almost to death. In
the meantime Beddell opened fire on
the mob which had gathered and emp.
tied his revolver. Two shots took eff
feet, one man being shot in the leg.
and the other in the foot. The depu-
ty and the other non-union miner were
compelled to fly and took refuge in a
railroad station. The station was
soon surrounded by an angry mob of
SOC. Joseph Beddell a hardware
merchant and brother of the deputy
sheriff. was seen making his way
| through the crowd in an effort to
reach his brother. and the mob divin-
ing he was carrying information to
those inside the station, struck and
beat him with clubs and billies into
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entire borough police force arrived
and escorted the deputy sheriff and
men to an engine which had been
backed into the station for that pur-
pose. When the mob realized their
prey was about to escape they sur
rounded the engine. The police fred
a volley dispensing the mob for a
brief period and the engineer turned
on full steam and got away. Stones
We're thrown thick and fast about the
heads of the police, whereupon Chief
John Frye gave the order to fire Al
the first volley the mob fell back and
several were seen to fall. The re
treat was only momentary They
| turned with revolvers stones and even
a few shotguns and charged on the
little band of policemen and made
them fly. The policemen turned at
short intervals and fired voley after
volley at their pursuers, but the mob
was thoroughly infurated and revol-
vers seemed to have no terrors. When
the Lehigh railroad crossing was
reached a passing freight train block
ed the progress of the police. two of
whom were caught and beaten.
| SHENANDOAH, Pa. July 81
Troops are swarming over the town
today but the feeling is very ugly and
bitter. 1t is not unlikely that COLI
sion may take place between the mi
litia and strikers. American laboring
men are cool-headed and doing all pos
| sible to preserve peace, but women,
those of the foreign laborers especial
| ly. are uncomfortable. and seem to
| think the soldiers are here to starve
them to death. Non-union workers
are now protected but they are having
hard time of it and several today re
turned from the mines. Some of the
labor leaders say that agents of the
mine owners are at work trying to
create strife, their effort being to put
public sympathy in opposition to the
| strikers. 1t is also quite evident that
| calling out the militia was a necessary
| precaution for after last nights riot
| ing the sheriff and deputies were pow
erless to prevent destruction of life
and property among the thoroughly
excited foreign element
WILKESBARRE, Pa, July 81
| President Mitchell today gave out
statement regretting the outbreak,
saying that violence was the enemy
of the strikers. He further said that
the local miners officials had been di-
rected to redouble their efforts to
maintain peace.
/ SHENANDOAH, Pa. Aug. Per
feet quiet prevails here this morning
No further outbreaks are expected
Fifteen hundred members of the Ma
tional Guard are sauntering about the
country as though on vacation. Sen
tries are posted. but they have moth
ing to do.
WILKESBARRE. Pa, Aug IA
general atmosphere of peace prevails
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day. and while it may be that the for
eign rioters were awed by the troops,
disturbances were effectually stopped
, by the earnest and persistent work of
labor leaders who begged, threatened
and implored the hot-headed element
to desist from any overt act. Presi-
dent Mitchell today says the reports.
anyway, were all greatly exaggerated
and the presence OF troops was scarce
ly necessary. He says that there will
be no more rioting of any kind. Con
tributions for strikers came in today
from the west quite generously, and
destitution among men and their fam
| lilies has been relieved.
Some excitement was caused here
To-Day by the attempt of two non-union
miners to enter the Gap coliiery Lii
thunian union miners attacked them.
American union men rescued both
non-union men and the provost guard
appeared. and dispersed the assem-
bled crowd. Organizer Richards to-
day organized the English speaking
union men into squads to assist in
preserving order. The Lithunian min
ers are being kept by them in their
own section of the town.