The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-06
COAL STRIKE SITUATION.
THE TENSION INCREASING AND
 FURTHER TROUBLE FEARED.
Troop-PrOtected Shenandoah sun Quiet but Feeling is stiII Unsettled Soldiers May be sent Into Other Sec- tIons and q Battery and Another Troop of Cavalry Called Out-Two Are rests Made by the Militia.

Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 5.-The peace of this troop-protected town remains unbroken. The unsettled feeling which has been apparent for the last few lively day at brigade headquarters where all the staff officers were kept busy in connection with the movements os the troops and in keeping in touch with the situation in the entire coun- try. There were many rumors of trouble, but excepting at Gurardville, where workman was shot and slightly injured, nothing of a serious nature oc- cured anywhere. The brigadeir gen. eral was unusually alert. however, and kept soldiers in readiness for instant use all day long. Many stories of threat ened trouble reached him. but he was able in every instance to run them down without sending out detail of men. Officers around headquarters feel that the tension is increasing and would not be surprised if some of the troops now in camp here were sent to the sur- rounding region. The brigadier gener- al says he will not send for additional men until there is need for them. It is not unlikely, however, that battery and another troop of cavalry will be ill the field by the end Of the week.
 Probably the most important devel- opment in the Shenandoah region to- day was the arrest and commitment to the county jail of two wounded Lithu- nians who participated in the riot of last Wednesday. The arrest was att tended by considerable show of military force they being taken into custody by constables who were surrounded by a plotoon of infantrymen and were taken through the streets under strong guard. The prisoners are Antony Xiii movitz and Stanislus Zukowski Each had been shot in the foot during the riot and was unable to walk. They were located in boarding house in the heart of the foreign quarters of the town. The constables feared that trouble would ensue if they attempted to make the arrest themselves and upon their suggestion General Gobin sent platoon of Co. of the Twelfth regiment to pro- tect them. The soldiers formed in line around the house and the two Lithu- nians were carried from the house and placed in an open wagon. By this time crowd Of foreigners of d.fferent na- tionalities had gathered around the sol- diers and followed them and the pris- oners to the office of Square W. H. Shoemaker, where the prisoners were given a hearing. While the hearing was In progress the platoon kept the crowd some distance from the place. The Lithunians along with a fellow countryman named Waldo Rowinski, who was arrested late Saturday night on the charge of being participant in the riot were then arraigned. The principal witness was Thomas R. Bed- dal a deputy sheriff, who was in the riot. He identified the men and testi- vitz and Sukowski wounding them in the feet The three men were then held in $2,00O bail each and in default they were taken to the jail at Pottsville.
 Shamokin, Pa. Aug. 5. - From the Ninth United Mine Workers district uCdu1 IpSAtIS IL NGhS d1iliOuhSCu that hereafter all miners, whether they belong to the union or not, will receive financial aid, idle non-union men having during the past week threatened to go to work unless they were aided by the union to buy provisions.
 Scranton, Pa, Aug. 5.--A bomb was thrown against the door of 8 2lon-union miners house early to-day where it exploded with terrifying reports. The miners home was wrecked and he and his wife and four children were thrown from their beds by the concussion. They were also asleep at the time and the shock of such an awakening may prove too much for the woman, who is on the verge of collapse. All were cut and bruised and narrowly escaped death. The miner is James Elias, who although once union man. was com- pelled to work as a non-unionist to support his family.