The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-10
GOBLIN TOLD OF HIS
STRIKE EXPERIENCES.
Last Witnesses for the NOn-UnIon
Miners Heard.

Miners Heard.
Philadelphia, Jan. 9.-After occupy
ing eight days, during which time they
presented 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
present their case in the order of the
geographical location of their mines
The only witness before the commits
sion to-day was Lieut.. Gov j. P. S.
Goblin, senior brigadier general of the
National Guard OF Pennsylvania. Gen.
Goblin was in command of the Third
Brigade during. the time the troops were
on duty in the hard coal fields. He
was on the 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 he
covered.
From his observations and from re-
ports made to him by his officers, it
was his opinion, he said, that IAN ex-
cited state of lawlessness'' existed in
the regions, that disturbances were nu-
merous, that the presence of the troops
was absolutely necessary to preserve
law and order, and that it was difficult
TO maintain the law even after all the
troops in the state had been placed in
the disturbed territory.
After his entire brigade had been
called out, the General said, the situ-
alton became extremely serious in sew
eral parts of the strike territory, and
he feared he could not cope with the
situation If it grew worse. He so in
formed the Governor.
The now famous shoot kill" or
der issued by him after his soldiers had
been attacked by stones, was touched
upon by Mr.. barrow. Gen. Goblin said
it meant every word it said, and that
the issuance of the order had a most
Salutary effect upon the communities
which his soldiers covered. 1t had
such good effect that it was not nee-
essary to fire one shot. The order, he
further said, did not include the shoot
| ing of women and children.
Mr.. barrow called his 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 children.
There was considerable cross-fire be-
| tween Mr.. Darrow and Gen. Goblin over
| the right of a sentry to fire upon a
man skulking about the camp of SOL
| gave it as his judgment that a sentry
| has right to shoot in guarding the
| men in camp.
Just before the REORGANIZATION
| was concluded Mr.. barrow wanted to
| know if he ever met certain coal oper-
| ators. He was asked by Commissioner
Watkins the object of his questions,
and Mr.. Darrow replied: ITO show that
his relations with the coal companies
were much more friendly to the opera
| tors than to the workers.
THAT is not true" warmly replied
| Gen. Goblin, and the discussion was
stopped there.
| Rev. Carl Hauser, a Lutheran Slovak
minister of Freeland, said that when
| he was called upon to officiate at the
| funeral of a non-union man in the
Panther Creek valley, he experienced
| the greatest 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, he said
| made such remarks as, Its a shame
to bury a scab; throw him to the
| dogs"