The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-31

@ HENANDoAH. Pa. July 3o.-In
street fighting tonight between a
mob of striking miners on one side
and deputy sheriffs and police on the
other, Joseph Beddall, a leading mer-
chant. was beaten to death, two Dor
ough policemen were shot, one fatally,
and more than score of strikers shot
by policemen and deputy sheriffs.
Sheriff Beddail arrived at 7:15 p. M
from Pottsville with a posse of depu-
ties. He had taken up his headquar-
tiers at the Ferguson hotel.
To an Associated Press reporter he
said he had asked Governor Stone to
that if the citizens of the town petit
toned for troops he would send them.
The trouble started about 6 o'clock
tonight, when Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Beddall attempted 10 escort two nom
union workers through the strikers
line of pickets. The workmen were
dressed in their street clothes, but one
of them carried a bundle under his
arm and this aroused the suspicious of
the strikers.
The bundle was torn from him. and
when it was found TO contain blouse
and oyeralis, the man was taken from
the deputy and beaten almost TO death.
Deputy Open Fire.
In the meantime Biddan opened fire
on the mob which had gathered, and
emptied his revolver Two of the
shots took effect, one man being shot
in the leg and the other in the foot
The deputy and the other strike
breaker We're now compelled to fly for
, their lives and took refuge in the Phil
adelphia & Reading railroad station
led nv
an angry mob of 5000, which was be-
| coming more threatening and demon
Strative every moment Joseph Bed
/ dali a hardware merchant and brother
of the deputy sheriff, was seen making
| his way through the crowd in an eff
/ fort to reach his brother, and the mob
/ dixining that he was carrying amnuni-
and beat him with clubs and billieS
| into insensibility He died en- route tC
the Miners hospital
Shortly after this the entire borough
1 police force arrived on the scene and
escorted the deputy sheriff and his mar
TO an engine. which had been backed
Pinto the station for that purpose
/ A Mob Surrounds Engine.
/ When the mob realized that theil
prey was about TO escape they sur.
| rounded the engine, and the engineer
! was afraid to move. In a few mo
! ments, however, the police fired a, vol
ley, dispensing the crowd for a briei
period, and the engineer turned full
steam on and got away.
Stones We're thrown thick and fas
about the heads of the police, where
upon Chief Frye gave the order to fire
At the first volley the mob fell bacl
and several were seen to fall
The retreat. however, was only mo
mentary. They turned, and with re
:. volvers, stones and even a few shot
guns, charged on the little band of po
licemen and made them fly for thei
lives. The policemen turned in thei
flight at short intervals and fired vol
ley after Yolley at their merciless pur
suers, but the mob seemed to have n
terrors for them. When the Lehigl
railroad crossing was reached, q pass
ing freight train blocked the progress
of the police, two of whom were caugh
and brutally beaten One Of them
Stiney Yacopslxy, will die.
1t is estimated that more than LOO
shots were fired, and the wonder i
that more fatalities did not result Nor
than twenty strikers. all of whom wer
foreigners. We're shot, and at least tw
of them will die
At IL O'Clock tonight the streets ar
still crowded with people, but every
, ! InlnS is quiet
; Doctors Kept Busy.
The doctors of The town dressed tn
= wounds of nearly forty strikers, all
whom were foreigners whose names cOul
not be ascertained- It is known at mic
, night that four of the six policemen weF
+, shot. Chief FRYE received a slight Woun
in the hand: YacopSky was shot IN IN
. neck and may die; Ringheiser Was shot l
the hand and back. not seriously; Id
! rutais was shot in several places an
cannot recover
The following printed notice was poste
bvefhe mine workers all over the tow
tonight;
In view OF the disturbances whic
have occurred in Shenandoah within tf
: past twenty-four hours in utter dlsregaI
TO the teachings and principles of I'll
United Mine Workers as an organizdtlol
and contrary TO the eXplicitness of II
! leaders we cdll-uDOn all members OF u
! United Mine Workers to at once do
: in their power TO suppress lawlessneS
: and to aid the officers in every way
f | maintain peace and good order
| (SiGned) JOHN r ATE .,
President Dictrict No. g.
l MITCHELL RETICENT