The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-10
TESTIMONY OF PREACHER
Lieutenant Governor Goblin
Also Gives Evidence.
Says That 'tExeited State Of Lawiess-
mesa" Prevailed In Hard Coal
Region When the Troops
Were Called Out.

Phifadniphia, Jan. s.--After occupying
eight days and presenting $50 witnesses,
the nor-urion men who are party 10 the
arbitration agreement. closed their case
today before the coal strike commission
The coal companies win open their case
tomorrow and according 10 the plans Of
the operators. the companies win present
their case Ia the order Of the geograph-
lead location ~ their mines, the Delaware
and Hudson Company, whose coliieriee
are fnrthest north. being the first.
The principal Witnesses before the COM
mission today was Lieutenant Governor
.. p. Q. 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 field. He
Yves on the stand three and one half
hours and during most OF this time was
Hngaged In q recital OF the conditions Is
he found them Ia the territory he oov-
ereA he Yves On duty from July % until
about Nevezaber OF A~From his obser-
Walton and frem reports made to him by
hts efsacers IL was has Oplnion. he said
that en- 'excited state OF lawisasness" ex-
listed In the regions, that disturbances
were Numerous, that the presence OF the
trc0Ds was necessary to preserve law and
order and that Il was dlAicult TO main
tain the law even after all the troops
In the State had been placed In the dis
tarbed tsrritory.
Tilts With DarTow,
During direct and eross-exaninatlon
General Goblin had savaral Tits with
c1arenae 8. parrewS counsel for tbs uAin-
eve bat they newer reached n serious
point - -
went iEato the 0eal .raaiaAa In shiA aaen ~
tho result OF q riot at Shenandoah he was
unable for time 30 get vNhloles to carry
his uuppliees transfers refusing to fur
niaA theuA IN Shenandoah and In the
Panther Greek valley. he said. there Was
ne cly2 authority az unaA Committees
Of the unsou called upon him and assured
hau that the striking miners would give
him an the assistance they could but ~
far as the witness could remainder they
never gave him aay help nor I'D he ask
them for any,
7Aftar bis entlr~ brigade bad been called
out 0ensral Gohan said, the situation BE-
came extremely serious In several parts
az the strike Territory and be feared he
could not cope with the situation II Il
xrev WORSE H0 50 informed tina Cover
nor.
issued by him after his soldiers had been
attacked by stones. was touched upon
by Nh. Darrows
Meant Shoot 70 Kill
Tia General said 1t meant every word
II saId and that the issuance OF the order
had q most salutary effect upon the
rexions which his soldiers had covered
II had such q good effect that 1t was not
necessary to IRE one shot. The order,
he further said did not include the shoot
ing Of women and children. Mr.. Darrow
called his attention to the fact that the
order did not except them and the wit
mess replied that his men were not en-
gagged In lighting women and children
There was considerable cross IRE be-
tween Mr. DarroW and the General over
the rigbs of a sentry to- fire upon man
skulking about the camp Of soldiers after
dark The witness gave 1t az his 1udg-
Tnent that q sentry has a right TO shoot
In guarding the men In camp
Inst before the cross examination was
concluded. Mr.. Darrow wanted to know
II he ever met certain coal operators He
was asked by COMMISSIONER Watkins the
object of his question and Mr. barrow
replied:
sTo show that his relations with the
coal companies were much more friendly
TO the operators than to the workers.
.Srhat is not true" warmly replied the
3sneral and the discussion was stopped
there
Before General Goblin left the stand
James n, Torrey, counsel for the Della
ware and Hudson Company. asked the
General what q letter written to Gov
ernor Stone by a committee Of miners
contained. General Goblin said 1t was a
protest against the troops protecting men
at work ana objecting to the soldiers
doing police duty.
Dettrsy Under Fire,
Among the Witnesses called were two
who testified to statements made by
william H. Dsttrey, who was yesterday
at Hazleton elected president Of District
No. 7 OF the Miners Union in place OF
THOMAS Duffy. One of them said that
Dettrey in his presence after the strike
re--s-kph that snyhadv VINO had worked
during the strike should have his throat
cut The other declared that Dettrsy
IN a meeting Of a local union made q
sneeeh in which he said that all men
working should be given good thpfnp
ing"
Chairman Gray was unable to attend
today's session Of the strike commission
because Of a slight illnoss and in his
as chairman. Counsel for the non-union
men opened the proceedings by present.
ing the indictments and pleas of guilty of
certain union men for acts of, lawIess-
ness and showed that 1t was the miners
union invariably because Of their bonds
msn.
Lawrence Jenkins Of Parsons a deputy
sheriff IN Luzerne County during the
strike, was recalled. He told of many
instances where he ana other deputy
saaFiRa were ssRt 10 different psEts Of
ths eOaRtF IA RRsii AistuFbaasas, He
said o stats of laSEissSRRss existed,
Tha sFoss-exa#iRatiea developed asth.
tag aeW.
Rsy, Carl Houses, = Lutheran minister
of Frssiand, said, whoa ne was called
upoa to e6ieiats at ths funeral OF non
,lniss nan in the Panther Creek valley,
'. kS aSpsEieRse4 sAs greatest diaassStE 10