Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-24
Night of Unrest in the
Pennsylvania Min
ing District.
TROOPS ARE ORDERED
One Outbreak Follows
Another--The Trou-
BILE at Lebanon.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. Sept. pa reign
of terror existed in this section last
night and early today. The sheriff
and deputies are powerless to pre-
serve order and have asked the GO
ernor to send troops Immediately to
protect and defend property. Ne
sooner was one outbreak suppressed
than another broke out.
The governor at noon ordered out
the 9th regiment, of this city y bat
talon Will be sent to places wher,.
disturbances occurred last night.
WiIkesbarre. Pa, Sept. 24-If the
lawless outbreaks in the Wyoming
doubtedly follow the example of Sher-
if Schadt. of Lackawanna county.
and call upon Governor Stone for
troops. Five carpenters employed at
the COnyngham mine of the Delaware
and Hudson company while on their
way home were held up by n crowd Of
men and boys. but We're rescued by
the coal and iron police. In order
to drive the rioters off the deputies
fired in the air and n stray bullet hit
a boy in the shoulder. The boy was
at work in the Sheldon AK works
yard. The deputy was arrested and
committed to Jail for hearing.
Unknown parties placed several
sticks of dynamite under the house
of Joseph Harrison, at Plymouth but
timely discovery prevented the ex-
ploSion. Two nOn-uniOn workmen at
Plymouth were held up and beaten
At HugheStown. near Pittston.
crowd of men derailGd train carry
ing number of non-uniOn workmen
to waShery. The engine and two
cars left the track and two men Sus-
tained slight injuries. At Olyphant.
short distance from the camp of the
soldiers. an hour after their arrival.
two brothers. Bert and Charles Lun-
don. of Jefferson township while on
their way TO work at the Temple com
pany'S Lackawanna cOlliery We're
ambuShGd and shot down in the road
Bert is probably fatally wounded.
HaZletOn. Pa. Sept. PA house.
the property at Nuremberg of John
Sherman. nOn-uniOn pump-runner
employed at the Derringer cOlliery of
Coke Bros. & Co, was burned to the
ground
The Situation at Lebanon.
Lebanon, Pa, Sept. 2f.-An ugly
feeling continues here. No move has
been made to send the colored iron
workers away. In the darkness early
this morning a battle between a mob
and the men inside the mill took
place. and several were shot. but
none fatally. The soldiers stopped
the affray and made many arrests.
Few people went to bed. Firing in
the vicinity of the mills was heard
all night. This morning the situation
is more quiet.
Harrisburg. Pa. Sept. 24.-General
Goblin was ordered by Governor Stone
last night to send the First battalion
of the Twelfth regiment to Lebanon
to assist the sheriff in preserving the
peace where the iron and steel work
erS of the American Iron and Steel
Manufacturing company have been on
strike for nearly five months. The bat
TALON reached Lebanon shortly before
p. M. yesterday \ delegation from
Lebanon called upon the governor and
requested that troops be sent to that
city. where rioting occurred Monday
evening, resulting in one man being
mortally wounded. After consultation
the governor ordered General Goblin
to send the First battalion of the
Twelfth regiment to the relief of the
sheriff
The men went on strike May ; for
an advance of wages. The strikers
at that time numbered about 1000
men. and 1000 other employees We're
affected by the idleness of the mills.
\ few weeks ago the company start
ed up several of its rolling mills with
non-union men. all of whom were ne
groes taken there principally from the
south. The presence of the colOred
men greatly excited the strikers and
there has been more or less disorder
ever since. 4