Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-28
Militiamen in Anthracite Coal
Fields Are Menaced dy the
Strikers.
AUTHORITIES FEAR CLASH TODAY
Situation in Panther Creek Valley Is
Becoming Serious. - Young Girl
Carrying Supper to Non-union
Brother Badly Beaten by 100 Men.

TamaQua, Pa, August ZS.-lhe SIT
ration in tie Panther Creek valley,
last night was serious. At O'Clock
the streets Of Lansford and summit
Hill were thronged with strikers.
Early in the evening two companies
OF the Twelfth regiment were sent
through the valley on trolley cars. All
along the line the soldiers were hooted
and jeered, and 1t was not deemed
2rudent to take them OF the cars. n
While Mary Markley wasTcarrying
supper to her brother, who is en-
r,oyed at a colliery near Lansford,
she was set upon and severely beaten ?
by about 100 men. Late last night
the crowds on the streets dwindled
down considerably, and order had been
partly restored The civil authorities
are fearful that a serious clash VIII
occur between the troops and the
strikers today. The fact that the lie
high Coal & Navigation company Is
coisting coal at its No colliery mas
greatly inCensed the mine workers, es'
peciallv the foreigners, and they are
determined not to allow no non-unlon
man to go to work.
At daybreak the Governors troop
and the First battalion OF the Twcl1tn
regiment went to Lansford and sum-
NIT Hill II the strikers continue 10
interfere with the nOn-union ment II
is probablc that both the towns Will
m
Harrisburg. August 2S.-The Second
Philadelphia City troop last evening
was ordered by Governor Stone tore
| Tort to General Goblin at Shenandoah
for duty in the anthracite regions.
The troop was organized in 1898, 10
take the place of the First City troop
when the latter organization was or
drered out during the Spanish. war;
This will be the first time the troop.
ever experienced real SERVICE ~
Wilkesbarre, Pa, August 2S!-The
I coal operators In the Wyoming re-
gion continue to make gains. The
AYondale mine Of the Delaware, Lack.
awanna G. Western company sent $50
tons OF coal TO the breakers yesterday.
It is Also said that over one hundred
tons were mined at the Dorrance col
!iery Of the Lehigh Valley Coal com.
pany. President Mitchell and the dis.
trict presidents, Messrs. Nichols,
Duffy and Fahy, were In conference
again yesterday.
Hazelton. Pa, August 2s.-The
Klondike washery at Tresckow. owned
and operated by Joseph Seager. Of
this place was destroyed by fire OF
unknown origin yesterday, causing a
/ os OF $1,000 partly covered by In
surance The washery suspended op-
erations when the strike began, but
resumed two weeks ago. Strikers
raided thr plant and closed II on Tues
4 - OF last week and two attempts tn
resume thi~ week were frustrated b.
'he strikers.
Shenandoah. Pa. August 2S.-A con
ference e me Cv"cutive committee OF
Of the o-rrln's Alliance from Girard-
VII. Hazletcn. Mahony Citv. Shenan-
Icah and c'rcr t"wns in the cGal
region. was I'D te-e last night and
movement sta-t"1 the purr"so of
Tli~h iG ~ i~r"'3t'Hg II "~'i'i"ns
amCrg the l"rincge -roH Cf ay"-" city
and town n the state askIng the gov.
crDcr . call an extra s'csi"1 Cf he
legislature f~r .ho nurDOsc RI Dlssirg
a compulsory a-ff'Tation law. The
cTcers q 're f"'~H~o sav 'hat the