Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-10-10
SENT TO THE FRONT.
Gov. Stone Orders Out Remainder of
Pennsylvania Militia.
Full Force of the National Guard
on Duty I'm the Mining Region
First Time Since Home
stead Riots.

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late Monday night ordered out the
entire division of the national guard
of Pennsylvania to duty in the an
thracite coal region. The soldiers will
be in the field'to-day. Gov. Stone called
conference of the general officers
of the guard, at which it was decided
to place these, troops in the field.
The troops now in the field are
the Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth
and Thirteenth regiments of the
Third brigade, and the Governors
adelphia city troop. The troops which
will be sent to reinforce those now
on duty are the First regiment, Sec
ond regiment, Third regiment, Sixth
regiment, Battery A, First troop Phila-
delphia cavalry, who compose the
First brigade; Fifth regiment, Tenth
regiment Fourteenth regiment. Six
teenth regiment, Eighteenth regiment
and Battery ID, who constitute the
Second brigade.
The Order.
The order calling out the guard is
as follows:
"Headquarters National Guard Adj
iutant Generals Office. Harrisburg,
Pa, Oct. 6.-In certain portions of the
counties of Luzerne, Schuylkill, Car
bon, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, North
cumberland and Columbia, tumults
and riots frequently occur, and mob
law reigns; men who desire to work
have been beaten and driven away,
pnn-
road trains have been delayed. stoned
and tracks torn up. The civil author
tiles are unable to maintain order and
have called upon the governor and
commander in chief of the national
guard for troops. The situation grows
more serious each day. The territory
| involved is so extensive that the troops
now on duty are insufficient to pre-
vent all disorder. The presence of the
entire division of the national guard
of Pennsylvania is necessary in these
counties to maintain the public peace.
"As tumults, riots, mobs and dis
orders usually occur when men at
tempt to work in and about the coal
mines, he will see that all men who
desire to work and their families
have ample military protection. He
will protect all trains and other
property from unlawful interference
and will arrest all persons engaging
in acts of violence and intimidation
and hold them under guard until
their release will not endanger the
| public peace; will see that threats,
intimidations, assaults and all acts
of violence cease at once. The
public peace and good order will be
preserved upon all occasions and
| throughout the several counties, and
no interference whatever will be
| permitted with officers and men in
the discharge of their duties under
this order. The dignity and author
ity of the state must be maintained
and her power to suppress all law
lessness within her borders be as
serted"
VIII Cost over S1,OOO,OOO.
This is the first time since the
Homestead riots in 1892 that the en-
tire division of the guard has been
ordered out for strike duty. The cost
| to the state of this tour of duty will
probably exceed $1,00O,00O
Beyond the order issued by him,
| Gov. Stone refused to make any state
ment regarding the strike situation.
1t can be said positively, however
| that the action of the governor was
not inspired or recommended by Pres
ident Roosevelt. 1t was entirely of
his own volition, and only after = care
full and conscientious survey of every
detail of the situation. Since the fail
ure of any amicable basis of settle
ment or truce between the warning
forces of capital and labor, attention
has been attracted to Gov. Stone as
the central figure from whom to ex-
pect official action. The governor, it
can be said with authority, for some
time before the conference at Wash
ington, had been considering what
was the best step to take, but he de-
termined to make no move until he
felt that the proper time had arrived.
Now Up to the Operators.
The statement by the local coal OPP
orators to the president that if they
had sufficient force to protect those
desiring to work, there would be a
|
coal into the markets, may have had
something to do with this action. So
far as the governor is concerned,
however, he will not discuss the mat
ter. One of the coal operators said
that anarchy and lawiessness" pre-
vailed in Pennsylvania, and that if
they had a sufficient military force
they could furnish all the coal that
was needed. AS one prominent in of
fetal life here put it: "It's now up to
the operators. They have the entire
military force of the state at their
disposal under orders from the com.
manding officers. Now let them mine
the coal"
Continues to Improve.
Washington, Oct. THE president
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