West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
TROOPS SENT TO
SHENANDOAH, PA.
Eighth and Twelfth Regi-
ments and Governors
Troop, N. G. P, Or
dered Out.
YI0TING CAUSED SHERIFF
To MAKE TWO APPEALS.
Mic Cousin Killed and Others Prob
ably Fatally Hurt, During
Fighting With the
Strikers.
STONE HURRIEs HoMEWARD
Hessaqe Of Sheriff Beddal Transmit
ted to Him, at Paul Smiths, In ttnt
rondaeks-Expected TO React
Harrisburg This Afternoon-Gen
Goblin In Command OF the Troops
Lawless State of Affairs Exists Al
MI Carmel, Pa.
IsroNE HURRlEs HoMEwARD.

HARRISBURG, JULY s1.-Gov-
ERNoR STONE ORDERED THE
EIGHTH AND TWELFTH RBGI-
MENTS AND THE GOVERNORS
TROOP, OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN
COMMAND OF GENERAL J. p. S.
GOBLIN, TO PROCEED IMMEDIATE.
~ TO SHENANDOAH, THE SCENE
OF YESTERDAYS RIOTiNG. GEN.
ERAL GOBLIN LEFT HERE SHORT.
~ AFTER MIDNIGHT IN A SPE-
cIAL TRAIN AND TT WAS Ex-
PEcTED THAT ALL THE TROOPS,
The COMBINED STRENGTH OF
WHICH is 1900, WILL BE ON THE
GROUND BY DAYBREAk.
The governor has been kept fully
advised of the situation by Private
Secretary Gerwig ever since the call
Cor troops by Sheriff Beddal, Of
Schuylkill county, early /it evening.
At o'clock last evening the follow
ing message was received from the
sheriff and Immediately repeated to
the governor, at Paul Smiths, in the
Adirondack mountains, by Mr.. Ger
wig:
Appeals of the Sheriff.
Shenandoah, Pa, July 80, 1902.
William A. Stone, Governor, Harris
burg, Pa.
Deputy sheriff and two assistants
surrounded and one killed, three Of
mob shot by sheriff, three local police
officers shot, one possibly fatally.
Town is without police. protection and
local government terrorized, threat
ened by mob if they sign petition.
Feeling running very high. Mine
workers admit foreign element be-
!ond their control Mob is beyond
control. Situation requires greatest
haste. Sheriff powerless for want Of
sufficient assistance.
IS. Rowland Beddal, Sheriff"
Subsequently the following mes
sage was received from the sheriff:
'Pottsville, Pa, July 80.
William A. Stone. Governor, and Ad-
jutant General Thomas j. Stewart,
Harrisburg, Pa.
"BfOodshed and riot in this county,
property destroyed. citizens killed and
injured. Situation beyond by control.
Troops should be sent Shenandoah
Immediately.
IS. Rowland Beddal, Sheriff"
Governor Stone started for Harris.
burg at o'clock last evening and ex-
rected to reach here in the Chicago
limited at o'clock this afternoon
He is being fully advised of the sit
uation and the movement of the
troops by Mr.. Gerwig.
Mob Controlled the Town.
Shenandoah, Pa. July 31.-A reign
az terror, compared with which the
scenes enacted during the riots Of
1900 seemed insignificant, held Shen-
fEdoah in its grasp last night. After
six O'Clock in the evening, Centre
street, which is one of the principal
streets of the town. was in the hands
Of an Infatuated mob for hours. Two
OF the borough policemen were shot,
enc perhaps fatally. Joseph Beddal,
leading merchant and cousin Of
Sheriff Beddal, was brutally dubbed
and died, and upwards of a score
Of strikers. whose names at this writ
Zig last night could rot be obtained
we're shot by policemen and it was ex-
rected that many deaths would re.
sllt- Sheriff Beddal arrived from
Pottsville at 7:45 o'clock last night
with a force of deputies. He took ND
bis Headquarters at the Ferguson no