West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-02
Assured President Mitchell
They Would Fight to
the Ecd.
1000 LET Mar SCRANTON.
Joseph Z, al Denied ca IS Death.
bed ~ Mas Carrying Ammunition.
InGuect Begun and Suspended
Quiet g: Sh .nandoah Yesterday.

oUIdulGl, Ia, aug. G.-Au NC III Ss
Of the :. les Of strikers mass meet
ings plaEHod to take place at the vari-
Gus ST. centers was held yesterday
in the found woods. There were
1000 st,:iers present from all parts
of the ely and the adjoining towns,
some |, als having marched four
miles T. the meeting, headed by a
bind or drum corps and carrying
1lags Il banners. National President
Jain Mtcnell, District President T.
y. Mic, Ills, District Vice President
Adam lyscavage, District Secretary
John T. Dempsey, Organizer MortiM
Memolo and Sub-District President
Theoph::us Philips delivered ad-
dresses. Vice President Ryscavage
spoke in Polish and Organizer Memolo
in Italian.
MitcLell's speech was brief and
dealt ely with the live issues Of the
fight. he said in part:
Portion of MitcheIts 9Peeoh.
"It Las been said by some who are
not your friends that the miners OF
lie Scranton region are getting tired
If the strike and are about to return
to wC2N. come to And out if this IL
so. | want to know if you are going
10 return to work, dishonoring your
organization and dishonoring your.
selves" (Cries of never" never"
no" don't you believe it," and the
bke)
Il want TO say that the anthracite
E'inels went on strike themselves.
They themselves voted for the strike.
Il was not the officers Of the United
Mine Workers who called the strike.
1t viii never end until you vote it
ended.
Ninety per cent Of the people Of
America have agreed that the miners
are light and the operators wrong.
81 understand there is some dissat
isfac Ion and misunderstanding about
The distribution Of the relief fund.
The operators have sent nrea among
va 10 urge you to be dissatisfied.
Through the newspapers they have
told you that you were dissatisfied.
We ha'-- circular to all the
locals N.-...- ..s. pain il ,.1tail the
plans i.r Gtstriln.!Mg !Cl'%f, and l
trust h. ytn b. it r2ad there will
We al ! :; -: cti5facti-H and mis-
urderst;.;a.;; -! lie W. :. vent got
millions. - ;. =" ugh - see to it
that 10 ..'... s.aiv, lHring the
continue. II hoe. St-t.... Cloud
chee:s)
81 w.. - a%r"Gl to III with
means to refrain from applying for
relief. Let the fund be used by those
wro are in absolute need of help.
He Urged Miners to Be Orderly.
The one among you who violates
to law is the worst enemy you have.
.,y one is more pleased than the OPP
c,ators in New York to hear of dis
G. der in the coal regions. | want our
Lien to exercise all the rights that
inure to them under the laws, but |
want that no man shall transgress
the law.
THE strike will be won. cloud and
irng cheers) l have no more doubt
about it than I have that l am stand
ing here addressing you.
Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 2.-Yester-
day was an uneventful day IN Shen
andoah and surrounding country. Abb
srlute quiet continues to prevail
everywhere and the general feeling Of
uneasiness which has prevailed is
rapidly disappearing. The troops
{; ent the day in perfecting their camp
arrangements and comparatively few
Ct them were in town. None are per.
Lifted out Of camp after dark.
I cddal Denied Carrying Ammunition.
Rev. ". H. Stewart, of the William
Penn NJ. E. church, said yesterday
that Joseph Beddal on his deathbed
denied that he was carrying anmunl'
ten to his brother Thomas, the dep.
MY sheriff, who was besieged in the
railroad station where the trouble &C.
Cured.
+ The inquest on the death Of Beddal
Tas begun yesterday, and after four
witnesses had been examined the
further taking of testimony was post
roned until next Thursday. Accord
ing to the testimony of DR.. ]. c. Bid
die. of the Miners hospital, Beddal
received a terrible beating at the
hands of the mob.
Deputy BeddaI First Assaulted.
Two witnesses told the story OF
the riot. 1t was brought out that
deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddal, who
vas escorting the three workmep
from the colliery, did not use his pts
tol until after he had been assailed
several times by shower Of rocks