Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-06
NINE STRIKE OUTLOOK
Civil officials Appeal to Goblin to
Aid Them.
WORKMAN BEATEN AND SHOT
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company AbandOns Attempt
to Resume Operations at the
Good Spring CoIliery.

Shenandoah, Pa, Aug. 6.-There were
many rumors flying around the district
during the day of trouble in the SOL
diers' camp and various parts Of the
region. The only disturbance that &C.
CURED, however, was at Girardville,
six miles from here, where a workman
coming from the Girard washery, oper-
ated by w. r. McTurk & Co., was shot
in the leg and slightly injured.
The injured man is James Caparell.
an Italian. He had been engaged at
work which had been forbidden by the
union and had been warned several
was met on the road by half a dozen
unknown men, who began to beat him.
Caparell ran, and as he did so one
of the men fired at him. Some of the
buckShot hit him in the leg. He man
aged to walk TO Il PHYSICIANS office,
and after having the shot extracted
from his leg he walked to the Lehigh
Valley railroad station and boarded
train for Hazleton. Burgess Jones is
investigating the assault.
During the night several shots were
heard in Shenandoah between brigade
headquarters and camp. This give rise
to rumor that the camp was again
being attacked. but an official investi-
CATION proved the rumor to be untrue.
The provost marshal is making a
searching investigation as to who did
the shooting.
An Appeal to Goblin.
Burgess David Brown, President of
the Council David X. Jones and Chief
Of Police John Fry held conference
with General Goblin during the day
and confessed their inability to cope
with the situation as it exists In the
southern section Of Shenandoah. The
Cambridge colliery, owned by Mr..
Jones and Squire McGuinnes, is To-
Gated there.
The borough officials told the gen.
eral that men gather in that part
Of the town and modest every person,
not excepting the women, that hap
pens along. Men, they said. can no
lOHSCI "OlA IlClC III Safety uC
burgess said that one man in this
crowd had boosted that their object
was murder if they can find the man
they are seeking. Threats are openly
made, and the officials requested that
troops be sent there. General Goblin
consented to station two companies
Of infantry in that locality and on the
road leading to Turkey Run hill.
Two injured Lithuanians, who were
in the riots of. last week, have been ar
rested. The constable located them and
asked the military officials for protec-
ton while the arrests were made. The
two prisoners, who sustained wounds
in the feet, were boarding in the for
eign quarter Of the town. A detach-
ment of the Fourth regiment surround
ed the house, and the men were placed
In q wagon. The soldiers then formed
a Gordon around the vehicle and escort
ed it through the streets to the Office
Of Squire Shoemaker, who committed
the men to Pottsville Jail A third for
eigner was taken into custody later in
the day.
Cavalry Out For Exercise.
The cavalry took another dash across
the country for exercise, this time 60
ing In the direction Of Frackville. The
region generally remains quiet.
Word comes from Pottsville that the
attempt to start Good Spring colliery
has been abandoned by the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron COM
pany. All the colliertes there remain
tightly closed, and the ranks Of the
strikers are unbroken. Company off,
Gals do not regard prospects favorable
for an early resumption.
A Kittanning dispatch says that
Judge ]. D. Patton Of Armstrong
county has continued as permanent the
preliminary injunction granted by
Judge Wallace Of Lawrence county on
petition Of j. G. Beale, Republican
candidate for congress in this district,
against william Little and others, rep
resenting the United Mine Workers
of America and the Monongahela and
Carnegie Brass bands. restraining them
from parading ON the streets Of Leech-
burg for the purpose Of intimidating
miners in the employ Of NJ. G. & ]. G.
Beale. Judge Patton did not hand down