New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-23
CALLS OUT MORE TROOPS.
1.EGINENT ORDERED TO DCIf
IN LACKARANN4 COUNTY.
SHERIFF. UNABLE TO QUELL RI0TING
STRIKERS. ASKS HELP FROM
GOVERNOR.

Wfkesbarre. Penn, Sept by request u
Sheriff Schadt Of Lacka wanna County, Gov
ernor Stone has ordered the 18th Regiment into
that district
All day there was rioting in the LackaWanha
district. and tonight it continues Deputies
have been on duty since early morning and are
not in sufficient force 10 stay the distur Dances
After vainlv endeavoring TO maintain order
Sheriff Schadr called for troops soon after Z
o'clock tonight. Early in the afternoon ne hao
issued a proclamation calling on the strikers 10
disperse and to maintain order When TINS mao
no effect he made the demand for troops Ten
eral Goblin said this evening. that when ne re-
cei1ed the order TO send troops 70 help SheIlil
Scbadt he would send the Sth Regiment. and II
the situation was SO serious that IL could hoC
manage il he would send also Battery { Of
Phoenixvine. or one Of the two troops he has IN
camp. the Governors or the City Troop OF
Philadelphia.
The fear that several new Collieries would ne
started was the main cause for the uoGp'e
which ragged last night and all day IN al paris
of the region. At Priceburg in the night Eugene
Deity was set on and frightfully beaten that
he cannot live. This was the place where Only
last Friday President Mitchell made speech IN
which he declared that the man who committed
violence was an enemy Of the union, ana 'haI
the strike could he won only if peace and gooa
order were maintained. At ELEPHANT near by,
the houses of a number Of union men were
stoned and badly damaged. At Dunmore a
number of workmen at the Bull Head colllefS
were turned back. and the Sheriff was 'aHeo 10
the scene. AT johnson sixteen workers were al
tackled and sorely beaten by mob
All along the Lackawanna Valley the same
trouble occurred, workers being threatened VIII
death officials stoned. houses attacked ana d
wild and reckless spirit of laWlessness eNhlp''eu'
qfpl0T -
Finding that the control Of the situation was
slipping away from him. and that big outbreak
might occur. the Sheriff. who has made good
record during the strike for cool Judgment, de-
cided that he could no longer delay the call Tor
troops Just one week ago to-day ne had
warned President Mitchell thai unless the dis
trrhances were stopped soldiers must be asked
for.
RroTING IN MANY SECTIONS.
Violence occurred in other parts Of the an
thracite district well In the Schuylhlh re-
gion there were several serious cases Whlle
they were walking to Centralia John Mckinney
and Edward Golightly were attacked by large
crowd and left on the road for dead. Mct1lnie!,
who received a fractured skull, ana pIoheh
leg is dying Golightly has four rlos nroheh
and is injured internally. At the North Ma
hanoy coliery several hundred strikers crowded
all the approaches this morning, and would hgI
give way when several non-union men appeared
The company. however. had kept most OF the
men inside the collieTy. and was dple 10 iuil
the mine during the day When a supply tram
was sent TO the scene the strikers heId II up
but II was rescued by the deputies. who charged
on the strikers with rifles and scattered them
long enough to get the train inside the Stockaut-
Al Mahanoy City William Meredith ana MS
son were besieged for seven hours in their house
and then the foreigners in the crowd started 10
burn down the house. The Engnsh siedhlilS
miners drove the foreigners away. and then Inc
men were relea sed- The Silver Creek Brldge
nearly repaired after the dynamiting OF Inurs-
day night and the burning of Friday nlsht, was
again destroyed ingeniously. the crowd SAVING
the big tiTnbeTs so nearly IN TWO lfldl tIeS VIII
eli have 10 be removed. -
Shenandoah vas in 4 state OF excitement for
several hours this afternoon. Sh ne beG co.
and half a dozen deputies arrived in town ABOUT
] O'Clock and attempted TO arrest the strlherS
who have been taking coal from the mine
breaches on the Girard estate. Inc men resisted
arrest and the Sheriff appealed 10 General
Goblin for assistance The Second CITY Troop
ordered to the scene 10 protect the 9hellIl-
THE TROOPS KISSED
Meantime mob Of about five thousand per
sons had gathered near the breaches. With the
protection of the troops afforded, the Sheriffs
deputies arrested three coal pickers. but the
rest escaped. The prisoners were taken to the
Pennsyl vania Railroad station surrounded by
troops and followed by The mob Kissing ana
jeering About the time they were passing
General Gobin's headquarters the lst Battalion
of the 18th Regiment came dashing up the
street. with Colonel Clement at the head
AS the battalion approached the mob it formed
in company front. and the crowd scattered IN
every direction. 1t was the intention 10 take the
prisoners to the jail al Pottsyle. but while they
were at the station the strike leaders procured
bail for them. and they We're released.
Al SturmerVille. Nanticoke. Warrior Run,
Kingston. Edwardsville. Plymouth and several
other places lesser forms Of violence occurred
and there was generally throughout the region
more disorder than has ever been seen in one
day Of the strike.
LEFT ALONE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.