Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-29
1UNULT At TANAQUA-.
First Clash Between Striking Miners
and the Troops.
SOLDIERS STONED BY MOB,
Five Men Placed Under Arrest. One
of Them Being Wounded by u
BayOnet - Militia Out In
West Virginia Now

Tamaqua, Pa, Aug. o9.-rhe first
clash between the striking miners and
the troops occurred during the lav.
and as Il result five prisoners are in
the guaru. t..ct at the Twelfth rpui-
tnent camp and Captain j. Beaver
Gearhart of Company f. Twelfth reyi-
ment, is suffering from Il wound on
his shoulder made by stone thrown
by Il striker.
A report had gained currency that
the striking men were gathering in
force to make a march on the No. +
collipry. where the I.ei,igh Coal and
Nayi%ation company is mining AMI
cleaning coal. The collipry is at the
west end of the Panther Creek VALLEY,
and the Governors troop WAS ordered
TO that Joint. Companies T. ana X OF
the Twelfth regiment were placed on
trolley ears and run through the val.
ley.
When the ears reached Summit Hill.
they We're surrounded by mob of
strikers, who hurled rocks mt the sol
diers and called them hard names
While Jimmy Marteen, an Italian.
was in the act of hurting a stone at
ear several soldiers jumped off and
made an attempt to capture him. Mar
teen offered resistance, and the SOL
G1ers We're compelled to fix their bayo
nets. In the melee which followed
harteen was slightly wounded in the
left side.
The troopers started back to camp
and as the cars rounded curve just
outside of Summit HILL at a point
where the tracks take an abrupt dip,
the motOrman on the first car made
the discovery that the rails had been
grea sed. The cars We're stopped and
soldiers were sent ahead to place sand
upon the rails.
Riot Seemed Certain.
When this had been done, it was pos
sible by moving the cars slowly to
reach Lansford in safety. A mob had
gathered there and for Il time it looked
like riot
AS the first car was passing through
the mob Captain Gearheart was struck
on the right shoulder by a stone. Sev-
eral soldiers jumped from the car in
pursuit of the stone thrOwer. After
an exciting scuttle they captured Jo-
seph Mccain, young miner.
The cars proceeded again. but had
not gone far when another crowd was
encountered and the soldiers were
again tainted and stoned. Half
dozen soldiers jumped off and captured
three men, who. it is alleged, were
urging the crowd to attack the troops.
The men gave their names as John
King. Timothy King and John Kelly.
They were taken to camp at Manila
park. where. together with Mccain
and Marteen, they We're placed under
a heavy guard.
The officers Of the Twelfth regiment
all agree that the situation is serious
They say the feeling against the sol
diers is very intense in Coaldale
Lansford and Summit HILL
Troops Out In West Virginia.
A Huntington (W. Va.) dispatch says
that Major James +. Verlander of the
Second battalion, West Virginia ma
tonal guard. has received orders from
Governor White to proceed at once
with the three companies Of state mill
tia there and one company at Milton
to New River cOalfield. where trouble
is imminent. The companies have
been assembled and will leave at once
on special train. Serious trouble is
predicted.
There are more soldiers on duty now
at Shenandoah After an uneventful
tourney from Philadelphia the Second
City troop numbering about sixty men,
arrived at the Philadelphia and Read
ing railway station in SHENANDOAH
The disembarkment was quickly made
and the troopers were marched toward
camp at Indian Ridge, where they are
now occupying the site vacated by the
Governors troop. The cavalry made
fine appearance as they marched down
Main street, the horses showing to bet
ter advantage than any previously seen
here.
A call was issued at Hazelton during
the day for general convention OF the
PEOPLES alliance Of the six anthracite
coal counties and the cities of Phlla-
delphia and New York, to be held III
this city on Sept. 4. 1t is stated that
a movement will be set on foot to ter
inmate the miners strike.
Two Burned In Barn.