The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-31
SHERIFF'S BROTHER BEATEN To DEATH
Trouble Caused by Attempt of Officers to Escort
Non-Union Men Through the Strikers
Picket Lines Mob Holds the Principal
Street of the Town Troops Are Sent For.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, July 30.-A
reign of terror, compared to which the
scenes enacted during the riots of 1900
seem insignificant, holds Shenandoah
in its grasp tonight.
Since 6 o'clock this evening Center
street, 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 IA
tally. Joseph Beddall, a leading mer-
chant and cousin of Sheriff Beddall, was
brutally dubbed to death, and upwards
of a score of strikers, whose names
at this writing could not be ascertain
ed, were shot by policemen, and it is
said that many deaths will result.
Sheriff Beddall arrived at Pottsville
at o'clock with force of deputies.
He has taken up his headquarters at
the Ferguson hotel. He has asked the
government for troops. The governor
wired that if the citizens of the town
petitioned for troops he will send them
and petition is being circulated for
that purpose now. 1t is almost GER
tain that the troops will be here to-
morrow.
Beginning of the Trouble.
The trouble started about O'Clock
this evening, when Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Beddall attempted to escort
two non-union workers through the
strikers lines of picRets. The workmen
were dressed in their street clothes,
but one of them carried a bundle un-
der his arm and this aroused the
suspicion of the strikers. The bundle
was torn from him, and when it was
found to contain a blouse and overaIls
the man was taken from the deputy
and beaten almost to death.
In the meantime Beddall opened fire
on the mob, which had gathered by
this time, and emptied his revolver.
Two of the shots took effect, one man
being shot in a leg and the other in
foot. The deputy and the other strike
breaker were now. compelled to fly for
their lives and took refuge in the
Philadelphia & Reading depot. The
depot was soon surrounded by mob
of 5000 men, which grew more threat
ening and demonstrative every mo-
ment.
The Beating of BeddaI.
Jos. Beddall, a hardware merchant,
brother of the deputy sheriff, was seen
making his way through the crowd in
an effort to reach his brother, but the
mob, divining that he was carrying
ammunition to those inside the depot,
seized him and beat him with clubs
and billies into insensibility. He died
en- route to the miners hospital.
Shortly after this the entire borough
police force arrived on the scene and
escorted the deputy sheriff and his
men to a locomotive which had been
backed into the depot for that pur-
pose. When the mob realized that
their prey was about to escape they
surrounded the locomotive and the
engineer was afraid to move. In a
few moments, however, the police fired
a volley, dispensing the crowd for
brief period, and the engineer turned
on full steam and got away with his
men. Stones were thrown thick anS
fast about the heads of the police,
whereupon Chief John Frye gave the
order to fire.
The Police Fire.
At the first volley the mob fell back
and several were seen to fall. They
soon turned and with revolvers, stones
and shotguns they charged on the lit
tie band of policemen and made them
fly for their lives. The policemen turn
ed in their flight at short intervals and
fired at their pursuers without effect.
When the Lehigh Valley crossing was
reached passing freight train blocked
the passage of the police, two of whom
were caught and brutally beaten. One
of them, Stiney Yacopsky, will die.
1t is estimated that upwards of 1000
shots were fired, and the wonder is
that more fatalities did not result,
More than twenty strikers, all of whom
were foreigners, were shot, and at least
two Of them will die. Many of the
merchants and politicians are refusing
to sign the call for troops, fearing that
the miners will boycott them The
streets are still crowded, but every
thing is quiet.
The Wounded.
Doctors dressed the wounds of near
y forty strikers, all of whom were for
eigners whose names could not be as
,ertained. 1t is known at midnight |
hat four d. the six policemen were |
shot. Chief Fry received a slight |
wound in the hand; Yacopsky was shot |
n the neck and head and may die; |
2ingheiser was shot in the hand and |
back, not serious; Lauritas was shot |
n several places and cannot recover.
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