The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-31
One Man Beaten to Death by Mob
'" Of Strikers.
Troops Are Ordered Out to Suppress
a veritable Reign OF
Terror.
BECOMES SERIOU
STRIKE

Dntuunuuhu, Iu.t July Ola hotth
of terror, compared with which the
scenes OF 1900 seem insignificant. held
Shenandoah in its grasp last night.
From O'Clock in the evening Center
street, which is one Of the principal
streets Of the town, was in the hands
OF an Infatuated mob. Two Of the
borough policemen were shot, one per-
haps fatally. Joseph Beddal, lead
ing merchant and cousin Of Sheriff
Beddal, was brutally dubbed to death
and upwards Of score Of strikers,
whose names could not be ascertained,
were shot by policemen, and il is ex-
pected that many deaths will result.
The trouble started about O'Clock,
when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddal
attempted to escort the non-union
workers through the strikers pickets.
The workmen were dressed in their
street clothes, but one Of them carried
bundle under his arm, and this
aroused the suspicion of the strikers
The bundle was torn from him and
when IL was found TO contain blouse
and overalls the man was taken from
the deputy and beaten almost to death.
Joseph Beddal, hardware mer-
chant, and brother Of the deputy sher-
i'll, was seen making his way through
the crowd in an effort to reach his
brother, and the mob, divining that
he was carrying ammunition to those
inside the depot, seized him and beat
him with clubs and billies into in
sensibility. He died en- route to the
miners hospital.
Stones were thrown thick and fast
about the heads of the police, where
upon Chief John Fry gave the order
to fire. At the first volley the mob
fell back and several were seen to fall.
Their retreat, however, was but mo-
mcutary. They turned and with re-
volvers, stones and even few shot
guns they charged on the little band
OF policemen and made them fly for
their lives. The policemen turned in
their flight at short intervals and fired
volley after volley at their pursuers,
but the mob seemed thoroughly infur-
lated and smoking revolvers had no
terror for them. When the Lehigh
railroad crossing was reached q pass
ing freight train blocked the passage
Of the police, two of whom were
caught and brutality beaten. One Of
tnem, Stiney Yacopsky, will die.
Nearly all the residents were up
all night here. awaiting with con.
siderable anxiety the arrival Of the
militia. II was noticed that the
pickets that have been guarding the |
approaches to the mines. were not on
duty this morning. but II they had
been their vigilance would hardly |
have been rewarded, as no one was
venturesome enough to approach sf-
Ter the terrible experiences of last |
night
Brigadier General Goblin of
Pennsylvania's national guard. 40
companied By the Pcttsville and Pine
Grove companies of the Fourth Regi--
meut, and all Of the schuylkiil COM
panies Of the Eighth regiment, arriv.
cd via Heading railroad at $50 this
The entire Tenth and
Eighth regiments and governors
troops have been ordered out.
II conditions are found to warrant
II two batteries Of artillery will be
,Alled out. 1t is impossible today 60
obtain the names Of wounded foreign
,rs. Even the doctors who are attend
u -. A.