The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-07

TO MAINTAIN GOOD ORDER
tawlessaesS Among the Miners Made
lhe Step Necessary.
ALI. WORKERS MUST Be PROTECTED
The Orders Say that Threats and
Violence Must Cease.
STRIKE CONFERENCE AT DETROIT.
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The COMMITTEES Win Await Until the
Meeting Begins Before Considering
Plans of Action.
STRIKE CONFERENCE At DETROIT.

Harrisburg Pa October 6.-Governor
Stone lrtc tonight ordered out tho entire
division Of the National guards Of Peuusyl.
yanla to duty IN the anthracite coal re
glons The soldiers VIII be in the hcld
tomorrow. The order calling out the guard
Is as fellows:
Headquarters Of the National Guard, nd
jutaut generals office, Harrisburg. Pa,
october Elm certain portions OF the couu-
tics Of Luzerne. schuylknl Carbon, Lacka.
wana. susquchana, Northumberland aud
Columbia, tumults and njts frequently &C.
cur and mob law relgus. men who beslrc to
work have been heater and driven away
and their families threatened Railroad
trains have been delayed stoned and The
tracks torn up.
THE civil authorities are unable to MAIN
tain c.der and have called upon the COVER
nor and commander In chief Of the National
Guard for troops. The situation grows
moro serious each day The territory in.
volved is so extensive that the troops now
on duty are insufficient to prevent all dis
orders. The presence 81 the entire division
National Guard Of Pennsylvania Is ucccs
sary In tile case to maintain the public
peace.
"The major general commanding win
place tho entire division en- duty, dlstribu-
ting tho men IN such localities as WIN ron
der them NEST effective FOR preserving the
| rnblic peace
"As tumults. riots niobs and disorders
usually occur when men attempt 60 work
| IN and about the coal mines he will see
| that all men who desire to work and their
! families have ample military protection.
| He will protect all trains and other prop.
erty from unlawful interference and arrest
all persons engaging IN acts Of violence
and Intimidation and hold them under
guard until their release win not c1dangcr
the public peace; viii sec that threats. IN
Limitations. assaults and all acts Of VIC.
lence cease at once. The public peace and
good order Will be preserved on all occa.
sons and throughout the several counties,
aud no intercourse will be permitted of Of
ficers and men IN the discharge Of their
duty aud under this order. The authority
Of the State must be maintained. and her
power to suppress all disorders In her Dor
ders be upheld.
by order Of william A. Stone. governor
and commander I'm chief: Thomas ]. stew
art. adjutant general"
This order was given at the executive
mansion shortly before II o'clock tonight
by Private Secretary Goodwin. Governor
Stone called a conference of the general Of
fcers Of thee guard, at which It WIS De
clded 10 place the troops IN the field Thos'
present were Major General Miller. Genera
Goblin Of the Thlrd brigade. General schal
Of the First brigade, Colonel Hullng Of tht
sixteenth regiment, who represented Gen
eraI Wiley Of tho Second brigade, who Is Il
Kansas Assistant AdJutant General Elliot
and Assistant Quartermastcr General Rich
ardson. The canvas and other cam
caulpage win be shipped from the Stat
arsenal and Il IS expected all the troop
VIII be In the field within twentyfou
hours. The troops which viii be sent {
reinforce those now on duty are the Firs
regiment. Second regiment. Third regiment
: sixth regiment, battery A, First troo
Philadelphia cavalry, who compose th
First brigade; Fifth regiment. Tenth reg
ment, Fourteenth regiment, Sixteenth reg
ment. Eighteenth regiment aud battery +
who constitute the Second brigade.