The Iola register., 1902-08-01
MILITIA IL THERE.
Sent to Shenandoah to Quell Dis
order

scenes enacted during The riots of
1900 seem insignificant, holds Shenan-
doah in its grasp tonight.
Since O'Clock this evening, Center
street, which is one Of the principal
streets Of the town, has been in the
hands of an infuriated mob. Two of
the borough policemen were shot, one
perhaps fatally. Joseph Beddal, a
leading merchant, and cousin of
Sheriff Beddal, was brutally clubbed
to death, and upwards of score of
strikers whose names could not be as
certained were shot by policemen, and
it is expected that many deaths will
result.
The trouble started about 6 o'clock
this evening when Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Beddal attempted to escort
two non-union workers Through the
strikers line OF pickets. The work.
men were dressed in their sire ct
clothes, but one of them carried a
bundle under his arm, and this
aroused the suspicion Of the strikers.
The bundle was torn from him and
when 1t was found to contain a blouse
and overalls the man was taken from
the deputy and beaten almost to
death.
In the meantime, Beddal 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 another in the foot
The deputy and the other strike
breaker we're now compelled to fly for
their lives and took refuge in the
Philadelphia g. Reading railroad
depot. The depot was soon surround
ed by an angry mob of 5000, which
was becoming more threatening and
demonstrative every moment.
Joseph Beddal, hardware mer-
chant, and cousin of the deputy sher-
if, was seen making his way through
the crowd in in effort to reach his
cousin, and the mob, divining that he
was carrying ammunition to those in
side the depot, seized him and beat
him with clubs and billies into insen-
sibility. He died en- route to the
miners hospital.
Shortly after this, the entire bor-
rough police force arrived on the
scene and escorted the deputy sheriff
and his men TO an engine which had
been backed up to the depot for that
purpose. when the mob realized that
their prey was about to escape, they
surrounded the engine, and the en-
gineer was afraid to move. In fe
moments, however, the police fired a
volley, dispensing the crowd for 9
brief period and the engineer turned
on full steam and got away. Stones
were thrown thick and fast about thu
heads of the police, whereupon Chiei
Tom Fry gave the order to fire. Al
the first volley the mob fell back, and
several were seen to fall. The retreat
however, was but momentary. The!
turned aud, with revolvers, stones
and even few shotguns, charged OF
the little band of policemen and mad,
them fly for their lives. The police
men turned in their flight at short in
tervals and fired volley after volley a
their merciless pursuers, but the mol
seemed thoroughly infuriated and re
} volvers seemed to have no terrors TO
them. When the Lehigh railroad
} crossing was reached, passing
freight train blocked the progress o
The police, two of whom we're brutallN
beaten. One of them, Stirey Yacop
sky will probably die.
: 1t is estimated that upward of 100
shots we're fired and the wonder is tina
more fatalities did not result. Mor'
than twenty strikers, all ofwhom wer,
foreigners, were shot, and lat leas
two of them will die.
At IL o'clock tonight the streets ar
still crowded with people, but every
thing is quiet.
TROOPS TO SHENANDOAH
! Harrisburg, Pa, July 30. Governo
Stone has ordered the Eighth an,
Twelfth regiments and the governor
troops Of the national guard of Penn
sylvania, in command of General j
p. S. Goblin, to proceed immediatel
to Shenandoah, the scene of tonight
rioting. General Goblin left here short
} ly after midnight in special trai
and it is expected that all the troops
r the combined strength of which i
| 1900, will be on the ground by day
break.
MILITIA is THERE.
3 BY scripps- s-McRae Press Assn.
t Shenandoah, Pa, July 3l.-Th
. presence of troops this morning had
, salutary effect upon the strikers