New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-25
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
THIRD BRIGADE AND MIMI
REGINENT CALLED OOI.
REIGN OF TERROR IN ANIHhAol1 L
FIELD CONTINUES. WITH RIOTERS
APPARENTLY IN TEMPER FOR
EVERY FORM OF VIOLENCE.
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- - the conpanieS of the Third Brigade
which have not vet taken the field These are eist
ror,nsnles of the 9Th Regiment and Battery = OF
Pbopnixrille General Goblin is still keeping hlS
,.z,,,arters Al Shenandoah. but because the STU
s-ior In Ta1zerne and Bachawanna counleS i ln'ie
critical than that in Carbon and Schuyklil- ne Is
considering the advisabilty of establishing Hl'
HEADQUARTERS in this city. If present conaiuons
continue IL is probable that the Gosernor VIII "e
asked for still more troops. and that IN a sllo'.
time reinforcements from the other brisaoes may
he ordered out General Goblin VIII come here TO-
morrow morning and bring the sth Regiment
Despite the presence Of some seven hundred
-ronps in SchuvIkill County. Sheriff Beddal con
i5re The situation there so serious that he to-day
recommended TO Governor Stone that the en'iie
county be placed under martial law. IN liiS 0fp9
Sheriff Reddan stated that the iawless eIeiiieI' ~
she county has no further fear of the civil Officers
that they are defied and abused and arrest Is Ie
sisted and that lawlessness exists from one Gnu "
the county 10 the other where the troops 90 lot
chance 10 be There is. he says immediate leat u
q serious outbreak and he believes il IS one 10
take drastic measures General conn VIII -
ably decide what course 10 take to-nofro"- N
1ocoi,s may make 2 similar request tomorrow
The 9th Regiment under command Of Colonel -
r Dougherty of this city was ordered TO tahe 'ile
field to-day. At o'clock this morning 0iei
Jacobs asked for troops and sent word to Governor
Stone that he had reached the end OF his resources
.rd that there we're more calls for assistance tnan
he could answer All night there had peeh oI'-
breaks and about midnight the demonstrauoils -
crowds which were collecting at various points
ND and down the valley were so serious 'la' "0
could no longer protect the workers and the prop
critics Of the companies. No answer had been re-
ceived from the Governor at o'clock TINS morn
ing and Sheriff Jacobs then called UP AdJutar'-
General Stewart by long distance telephone ana ilau
q long talk with him about the condition through
out the county reporting fresh violences whch hau
broken out this morning. General Stewart SAID
that he would place the matter directly beloIe No'
ernor Stone as soon possible Following 'his di'u
while the Governors decision was suA doun'u d
number of the coal company officials waited upon
the Sheriff and placed before him list OF The out
RACES which had occurred during the morning
again insisting that he persist in his efforts 10 gel
troops here. Later number Of prominent citizens
met in the Board of Trade rooms ana aooeo uleN
voice TO the Sheriff's appeal sending word TO the
Governor that it was necessary. in order TO pre-
serve order and protect the men who want TO
work to have troops sent TO the region
Meanwhile the news that the 9Th might be ordered
out was spread up and down the valley, and all the
members of the regiment were soon waiting TO near
the order 1t came at noon. and word was hastily
sent ont and the men ordered to report at the ar
n1ory possible
Tonight the companies stationed in this city ana
at the various towns up and down the valley are at
their respective ar1nories waiting the order TO make
q field camp This will be done early in the morn
ing at West Side Park opposite this city, where the
troops viii he in central location and close TO a
trolley line which take them TO any portion or
the valley rapidly. The first camp detail will go
out at O'Clock in the morning if the rain which
has fallen all day is then over.
All night long after the call for troops was sent
rioting continued at several places up and down
shis valley At Exeter mob of one thousand col
Iected about the colliery and stopped all the men
who started for work Several who resisted were
attacked and severely beaten. Superintendent
Owens and four carpenters Were fired upon and
dubbed and Harry Richards shot in the back
and leg twenty shots being taken from his body
al the hospital. number Of deputy sheriffs went
TO the scene and in turn attacked, Chief
Deputy p E Boyle being knocked down and
severely injured Tonight Patrick Brann president
the Exeter local union, who is charged with hav
ing led the attack. and Patrick LOTUS, also men,
her OF the local. arrested and held under g 600
hail each. Warrants out for twenty-six more
who were identified
AT Wanamie the guards at the No. IS breaker
were attacked by large crowd of strikers. who
fired many shots. but driven back three times.
They threw two dynamite bombs but did not injure
any Deputies rushed to the scene, but
the strikers had anticipated their coming and
blocked the track The train was derailed but was
running slowly and no was hurt The deputies
rushed TO the aid Of the guards, and able to
erive off the mob.
At Cilberton the house Of Henry Gottschall was
dynamited and the front portion wrecked. Mrs
Cottschan and her three children were injured but
not seriously At Silver Creek carload of guards
protecting the bridge which had been DESTROYED
three times was attacked and driven inside the
washery grounds. where they remained until the
Governors Troop rushed TO their protection this
morning and dispersed the mob The troops re-
manned guard all day and tonight
AT Summit Hill Russell Hoag aged thirteen. a
slate picker, attacked by strikers and so bad
~ frightened that he was overcome by a fit and
lay unconscious in the road all night. At the En-
pire colliery. this city. four were burned and
this morning number Of the workers were turned
back At Nanticoke John waslewski was stabbed
and a score OF workers assaulted and driven hack
while at Arondale, Plymouth. EdwardsviIle Par
sons Pittstcn and several other places workers
were forced 10 go home and the number of coll
Eeries working in the Wyoming Valley was so de-
creased that little work was. done.
Sheriff Deitrick Of Northumberland COUNTY this
afternoon furnished q number of deputies for the
Locust Gap colliery Of the Philadelphia and Read
ing. where mob threatened an attack and the,
guard tonight At Upper Lehigh this morn
ing the colliery surrounded by force Of 1000
men. and the workers were driven away. When a
force OF deputies appeared the mob slowly with
drew and was followed 10 the outskirts % Fr.e
land Borough where a stand was made. and the
mob stoned the deputies A number OF shots were
fred. and iar time serious light was expected.
bur union leaoers managed finally 10 dispense the
mob
district were twice called out Fred Weiss non
tonight, and Company D sent to his rescue
At Peokville fight between strikers and non
union workers caused great excitement. and
company was sS,o sent 10 S,9 dIisperse tben
&c ns isIb t5 aG dTTa[e Scott Bry
rested yesterday for sssaulting while in uniform
non-inicn workers. this afternoon fo,InJ
guilty a court martial and were stripped Of fbeir
uniforms and orummed out OF camp Tonight de-
tectives are searching for Them to arrest them
President Nichols, in charge Of the United Mine
Workers OF Luzerne and Lackawanna cor-ties
tonight issued the following proclamation:
observation-disclosures. a portion of the State militia
being duty and quartered in our midst d..
IL proper 10 advise you Of wishes regarding
your attitude toward them The mere rtTseSrcss
Of the soldiers cannot operate for against US II