The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-05
THEY HAVE NOTHING TODD
Except to Furnish a Show For Thous-
ands of Unemployed.
MITCHELL DEEPLY REGRETS THE RIOT
Reports Appear, He Says, to Have Been Much
Exaggerated. Operators Think That
the Strikers Have Played In
TO Their Hands.
TO Their Hands.
(By the Associated Press.)

Shenandoah, Pa, July 1.-Twelv hun
bred State troops are encamped tonight
on a hill overlooking Shenandoah. Dow
in the town where rioters and police
men fought the bloody battle last night
all is quiet and the Indications are so
long as the military remain the peace
of the community will not again be
broken.
The riot, which caused the soldiers to
be sent here, came like a flash and was
over almost as quickly as it had started
and since then there has not been O. Sin
gle case of violence reported. The tens
of thousands of idle men and boys in
this vicinity who had been gathering in
large numbers and marching from place
to place, did not repeat their demonstra-
tions today and the authorities consc-
quently had little Or nothing to do.
The arrival of the citizen soldiery
proved to be a great attraction for the
large army of unemployed and no end
of men and boys came to town to see
the troops.
The first companies to arrive came to
st. Clair at $50 a. M, and from that
hour up to 3 p. III, when the governors
troop of cavalry disembarked and gall
Hoped up the main street, Shenandoah
presented a lively scene.
General Goblin, of the Third regiment,
in command of the troops, and his staff
were on the scene early. The camp is
located on a very high hill just outside
the town proper and commands a full
view of the town. Within the camp lines
are quartered two full regiments, the
Eighth and Twelfth, two companies of
H. Uy-.- -~l 49,
airy.
General Goblin expressed himself as
highly pleased with the rapidity with
which the camp was established. The
commander and his staff are quartered
at the Ferguson Hotel, but it is the
Generals intention to get under canvas
with his staff as soon as circumstances
will permit.
Beyond the presence of a group of SOL
diers here and there on the principal
street, Shenandoah does not show any
evidence CT having passed through a try
ing ordeal. The large number of persons
who had been attracted to the place by
the coming of the militia left during the
afternoon and the town presents its nor
NAL appearance.
II FOREIGNERS RESPONSIBLE.
The major portion of the population
is made up of foreigners and as q rule,
they kept close to their homes during
the day. 1t is claimed by the citizens
of the town that the foreign element
was solely responsible for the trouble.
Most of the curious persons gathered in
the vicinity of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad depot where the riot
occurred. The station shows many bull
lets 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, Shenandoah
is not under martial law. The local au-
thOrities end the sheriff of the county
have not relinquished control of the towr
or county and they remain in as complete
control of their respective affairs as they
did before the troops reached here. TIL
soldiers are merely in camp in the out
side of the town. 1t was deemed advis.
able, however, by the brigadipr genera
to establish the provost guard in certain
parts of the town. Major Norman S
Farquhar, Of Pottsville, is the proves
marshal. So long as the situation re-
mains as it is at present there is nc
likelihood that the regimental companies
will be scattered through the minine
towns of Schuylkill county. 1t is the in
tention of General Goblin to have the
troops occupy their time by goine
through drills, target practice and gen
cral camp routine.
General Goblin spent a busy day in.
forming himself of the situation through.
out the county. He had a personal in.
terview with Sheriff S. Rowland Beddal
in the forenoon. The General also re
ceived messages from various parts 0
the territory. In an interview with the
correspondent of the sSociated Press to.
night. General Goblin said:
"The general situation is very quiet
There were no incidents during the day
worthy OF note, except the arrival of 5W
or 500 men on freight trains. 1t seems
that a lot of idle men for want of some.
thing better to do jump freight train:
and ride from one town to another. The.
call such rides Johnny Mitchell cxcur.
sions.'
II have received dispatches from diff
ferent parts of the country which tel
of meetings, marcbings, attacks on in
hividuals, violations of the law and The
refusal of local police authorities to en-.
force the law. Upon these dispatches
an not yet ready to act. What l will
do depends largely upon what the sheriff
is going to do. We are here to give hin
support in his efforts to enforce the civil
law. We were ordered here because o
his inability to do SO. The Nationa
Guard has no opinion to express as t,
the merits of the question agitated b,
either side to the controversy, as tina
is not within it's province"
WANT THE TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
The ~mine-workers are greatly incense,
over the calling out of the troops. The.
assert hat this action was entirely un
warranted and is an unjustifable ex
pense on the State. The strikers, through