Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-10-09
NATIONAL GUARD IS CALLED
GOVERNOR STONE ORDERS THE
FULL MILITIA UNDER ARMS
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Believes Presence of Trooys Necessary
to Preserve the Peace-Acccpts
Challenge of Operators at Confer.
ence.

Harrisburg, Pa. Oct. 7.-Governor
Stone tonight, after a long conference
with the general officers of the State
militia ordered out for duty the en-.
tire division CT the National Guard OF
Pennsylvania not already under arms.
Mobilization will begin at once The
order will throw into the anthracite
coal fields an army of 10000 men,
about 1900 Of whom are already on
guard duty here.
The order reads:
Harrisburg. Pa. Oct. 6, 1902
Headquarters National Guard Adju-
tant Generals Office: In certain por-
lions of the counties of Luaerne,
Schuylkill Carbon. Lackawanna, Sus.
Quehanna, Northumberland and Col
tmbia. tumults and riots frequently
occur and mob law reigns. Men who
desire to work have been beaten and
driven away and their families threat
cned; railroad trains have been de-
layed, stoned and tracks torn up.
The civil authorities are unable TO
maintain order and have called upon
the Governor and Commander-in-Chi
of the National Guard for troops. The
situation grows more serious each day.
The territory involved is so extensive
that the troops now on duty are insult
fcient to prevent all disorder.
The presence of the entire division
National Guard of Pennsylvania is
necessary in these counties to main
tain the public peace.
The Major General commanding will
place the entire division on duty, dis
will render them most effective for
preserving the public peace.
LAS tumrlts, riots mobs and disOr-
der usually occur when men attempt
to work in and about the coal mines,
he will see that all men who so desire
work and that their families have am
pie military protection. He will pro-
tect all trains and other property from
unlawful interference; will arrest all
persons engaging in acts of violence
and intimidation and hold them under
guard until their release will not en-
threats. intimidation, assaults and all
acts of violence cease at once.
The public peace and good order
will be preserved upon all occasions
and throughout the several counties
and no interference whatsoever will be
permitted with officers and men in the
discharge of their duty. Under this
order the dignity and authority of the
State must be maintained and her
power to suppress all lawessness
within her borders be asserted.
by order of VIM. J. STONE,
Governor and Commander-in-C Chief.
Thomas J Sewart, Adjutant General"
Governor Stone by his action to-
night has accepted the challenge laid
down by the coal operators in their
conference with President Roosevelt.
They have said: "Give us sufficient
military protection to suppress law.
lessness and enough men will voun
tarily return to the mines to avert all
danger of continued famine"
When asked tonight whether his &C
tion had been suggested directly OF
indirectly by the Federal authorities
In Washington. Governor Stone
through his private secretary, said
that it had not been, and that he had
issued the order without any consul
tation with President Roosevelt.
No such complete mobilization o.
the states soldiery for riot and VIC
lence has occurred since 1892, wher
the steel strike at Homestead called
the entire division into the field.