The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-10
Saws an Excited State of Law
Iessness Prevailed.
OARROW STIRS HIS IRE
he Nor Union Men Have Closed Their Case
and The Coal Con- anies Will Open
Theirs Before The Commission
Today.
(By the Associated Press.)

Philadelphia. Jan. 9.-After occupying
sented about $50 witnesses. the non
union men who are a party to the arbi-
tration agreement, closed their case to-
day before the coal strike commission.
The coal companies will open their case
tomorrow, and according to the plans OF
the operators, the companies will pres
ent their case in the order of the geo.
graphical location of their mines.
The principal witness before the COM
mission today was lieutenant Governor
L. P. S. Goblin, senior brigadier general
of the National Guard of pennsylvania.
General Goblin was in command OF the
Third brigade during the time the troops
were on duty in the hard coal helds'
He was nthe stand three hours and a
half, and during most of this time was
engaged in a recital of the conditions
as he found them in the territory ne
covered. From his observations and from
reports made to him by his onlcers, II
was his opinion he said, that an "ex-
cited state of lawlessness" existed in
the regions, that disturbances were
numerous: that the pesence fthe troops
was absolutely necessary to preserve
law and order, and that 1T was difficult
20 maintain the law, even after all the
troops in the State had been placed in
The disturbed territory.
After his entire brigade had been call
ed out, the general said the situation
became extremely serious in several
parts of the strike territory, and he
feared he could not cope with it if it
grew worse. He so informed the gov
ernor. The now famous shoot to kill'
order issued by him after his soldiers
had been attacked by stones, was touch
ed upon by Mr.. Darrow. The general
said it meant every word it said, and
that the issuance of the order had a
most salutary effect upon the communi-
ties which his soldiers covered. 1t had
such a good effect that it was not
necessary to fire one shot. The order,
he further said, did not include the
shooting of women and children. Mr..
barrow called mis- attention to the fact
that the order did not except them, and
the witness replied that his men were
not engaged in fighting women and chill
dren. There was considerable cross
fire between Mr.. barrow and the gen.
eral over the right Of a sentry to fire
upon a man skulking about the camp OF
soldiers after dark. The witness finally
gave it as his judgment that. a sentry
has a right to shoot in guarding the
men in camp.
Just before the cross examination was
concluded, Mr.. barrow wanted to know
if he ever met certain coal operators.
When asked by Commissioner Watkins
the object of his question, and Mr.. OAR
row replied, ito show that his relations
with the coal companies were much
more friendly to the operators than to
the workers
''That is not two " warmly replied the
general, and the discussion was stopped
there.
Rev. Carl Hauser. a Lutheran Slavak
Minister, of Freeland, said when he was
called upon to officiate at the funeral
of a non union man in the Panther
Creek Valley, he experienced the great
est difficulty in securing pail bearers.
When the body was taken from the
house, Rev. Hauser said the strikers
yelled: "Scab," and spat upon the
coffin Some of them made such re-
marks as Its a shame to bury 'scab,
throw him to the dogs"