Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Continue in the Dis
turbed Anthracite
Mining Districts.
FIGHT ACROSS A RIVER
RiotOuS Occurrences
Throughout the Af-
feCted Region.

Tamaqua, Pa, Aug. 29.-In an en-
counter between troops and strikers
at Lansford this morning Capt. w. II.
Helm, of Company X, 18th infantry,
was slightly injured. Half a dozen
strikers were bayonetted by the sol
diers as the result of the fracas.
Maj. Gearhart, in command of the
troops here. states that he will appeal
to the military authorities to put the
town of Lansford under martial law.
From daybreak troops were active
quelling disturbances and protecting
non-union men on the way to work.
Charleston. w. Va, Aug. 29.-Gov-
ernor White has ordered the Second
regiment of the West Virginia Nation
al guard to the New River district,
not-aS he Says-to settle the strike,
but to project life and property. Col
onel Morrison, at Parkersburg, was
given orders early yesterday morning
to call out his regiment and proceed
by special train to ThurmOnd, which
will be the headquarters. The cause
for this action by the governor is the
appeal of Sheriff Daniel. of Fayette
county, for assistance, on the ground
that many citizens refuse to respond
to his summons to act as deputies to
enable him to execute the orders of
the court, and his declaration that he
is powerleSS to protect life and prop
erty. His deputies were fired on
Wednesday in the vicinity of Red Ash,
where they were evicting miners who
are strikers and who are in arrears
for rent.
State of Guerrilla Warfare.
Thurmond, W. Va, Aug 29.-Every-
thing was quiet in the New River coal
field yesterday, save u little skirmish
at CapertOn in which twenty or more
shots Were fired, but no one injured
The centre Second regiment, state troops
was distributed about various coal op-
erations where on Wednesday trouble
resulted Three companies of militia
are stationed at Rush Run, two miles
west, where Wednesday probably 800
shots were fired across the New Riy-
er between the strikers and the guards
The strikers opened fire on non-uniOn
men going to work and the guards re-
turned the fire.
More Serious Trouble Expected.
None of the guards was injured,
and so far as known no strikers were
seriously hurt. The strikers gathered
in the wood lands and rocky cliffs on
the opposite side of the New River
from Rush Run mines, and kept up
continual fire throughout the day. This
led to the militia being ordered out
Sheriff Daniel thinks that more seri-
GUS trouble will soon follow. He saws
the strikers are becoming more deter
mined and that it was absolutely i'm
possible for him to cope with the sit
uatiOn.
Miners Striking, 5000; at Work, 1000.
Almost every mine on the Kanawha
and New River is being operated on a
small scale. In these fields probably
2,OOO miners are at work and 6,0OO
or 5000 idle. Considerable property
has already been destroyed. and it is
believed that the sending of troops will
tend to enrage the strikers more than
ever, and bloOdshed may soon result
The operators are determined and
state emphatically that they have no
intention of cOnceding a single de-
mand made by the strikers.
IN THE PANTHER CREEK VALLEY
Day of Excitement Ends in a Peaceful
Night-Incidents.
Tamaqua, Pa, Aug. 29-After a
day of intense excitement the situa-
tion in the Panther Creek valley quiet
ed down and last night the troops en-