The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-09
BIoodShed Likely to At
tend Any Attempt to
Open Galleries.
SOLDIERS BENG lRRITATED
Troops Elbowed Of Sidewalk, Cursed,
and Abused-Minister VIII Preach
Peace and Aid for Civil and Military
Powers-Strict Orders to Troops.

SHENANDOAH. Pa. aug. 9--Day al
ter day the conduit OF the foreigners
grows more impertinent and annoying,
and feeling against then is growing
Some Of the reasons advanced for this
feeling between he strikers Is that the
conservative American miners are op-
posed to the acts Of violence that so
many of the foreigners are directly or
indirectly implicated in; furthermore,
The feeling that the foreigners have been
gradually in days gone by, working
themselves into the -ery best jobs. to
the detriment Of the English-speaking
miners. cannot be ke9t down
Can Hold 0u- Long Time.
Another reason IS that the foreigners
live in such squalor, as rule. and that
. they have been enabled to husband their
resources until there is no question but
that they are able to stand-Out on strike
much longer than the American miners
without hard suffering.
That q determined effort to start more
mines in the Scranton district will be
made next week is admitted. General
Goblin. who keeps himself il constant
touch with every phase of important
moves contemplated by both sides, and,
from experience. has come to expect
trouble whenever and whatever mines
are opened with non-union workmen.
Irritating the Troops.
Foreigners elbow soldiers on the side
walk, curse them as they pass, refuse
to move along when ordered, land during
the night keep the camp and town
guards on the alert by the firing of shots
and the frequent throwing of stones
from behind some convenient shelter
Then they run. and the efforts Of the
soldiers to Overtake them so far have
proved futile The officers reported that
the men under this constant annoyance
have so far held their temper wei and
been cool anC taCJfuI. but now they are
on edge and any more violent inteTfer-
enee than usual might DTecipitate 2
fight.
General Goblin and staff Confer
Goblin and his staff held. a conference
last night to devise some plan for pre-
venting the continued irritation Of the
soldiers by the foreigners, which It Is
feared wiz soon lead to a serious con
fict
What measures we're decided upon
were not announced this morning but
the order has gone out that the soldiers
shall be more strict and shall be prompt
TO arrest men who do not obey quickly
while the patrols about the camp shall
deal vigorously with anyone creating q
disturbance or threatening the guards.
The Operators are not idle Agents in
their employ, with or without the
knowledge OF their chiefs, have issued
circulars calculated to cause trouble.
There is no question that the striking
miners are more determined today than
ever before against going to work. and
in allowing anyone else 10 work. and it
IS now said this feeling IS increased be
cause Of internal dIssensions that are
constantly ccming up between the stTik-
ers themselves.
Preachers Plead for Law and Order.
President John Fahy. of the Ninth
United Mine Workers District who ar
rived here last evening, instructed Of
deers IN charge Of local strikers to i'm
press on the minds Of the rank and
file OF the men the vital necessity OF OBJ
serving the law and in particular the
futility Of angering soldiers.
The clergy of all denominations will
again deliver sermons tomorrow as 70
the necessity for congregations aiding
the civil aad military power in keeping
.lswbTeakeTs down.