Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-20

was Instantly killed and many others
wounded, including spectators who
We're not mineworkers or strikers.
| The excitement was so great that
the Sheriff was unable to preserve the
peace, and ne appeaIeo TO Governor
william A. Stone Ior assistance Irom
| the National Guard The Governor
| ordered Major General Charles Miller,
| commanding the division, to detail U
| portion OF 1t for the support or the
oneriH or Schuylkill county. General
Miller Immediately oroered BrigauIer-
General j. +. =. Goblin, commanding
the Tnlrd Brigade, to place part OIL mis-
brlSaue In service, ana in q few min
utes an order was issued from brigade
headquarters, calling out the Fourth,
Eghth and Twelfth Regiments OF In
fantry, Battery Z and The Governors s
Troop.
Soon after midnight, Captain j. b.
Fisher, OF Company u, and Captain
Maurice E. k1nney, OF Company l., re-
celVed Geographic orders from Colonel
Theodore f. Holman, commanding
Eighth regiment, to report for field
service with their commands imme-
dlateiy. FIRST sergeants were nouned
ana the assembling of the men began
at once. So rapid was the response
to the call that Companies d and 1
We're among the very first to report
as ready to move and they were taken
to Shenandoah early in the morning
of the 22d, leaving Harrisburg about
z o'clock and arriving at Shenandoah
at noon.
The regimental camp was pitched in
field owned by Thomas Baird, super
iptendent of the Thomas Coal Com
pany, located at the end OF Shenan-
doahs principal street. The field was
on The side OF Locust Mountain, where
the slope was about thirty degrees and
there was great difficulty in erecting
the tents on account of the grade
and the rocky character of the ground.
Tent pins were hard to drive and after
the camp was finished it was difficult
for, the men to keep their equipment
and themselves from rolling out of the
tents and down the hill. Behind the
camp was great sink in the mines
or the Kelley Colliery operation,
where the tunnel had caved in for over
mile, leaving q ravine nearly 200 feet
deep Immediately behind the company
quarters. Over the edge Of this sink
the latrines were constructed.
Companies ID and L were located
close together in their battalion Sec
tlon Oh the reglmental camp and were
soon very comfortably situated under
the circumstances. Good camp
ground was very scarce in that region.
On Monday morning, the third day
on winch the troops were in service, n
parade of nearly 1000 men occurred
In Shenandoah in attendance upon the
funeral OF a man killed in the riot on
the 21st of September. Owing to the
presence OF the troops, there were no
disturbances and no interference.
While on this tour of duty the two
companies were frequently on duty s
provost guard in Shenandoah and also
furnished numerous details for guard
Ing collieries and mining properties all /
through that section.
On one occasion the entire battalion
made march to McAdoo, Beaver
Meadows, Audenreid and Yorktown.
territory most of the men of Company
u were thoroughly familiar with by
reason OF having been located at Au-
denreid during the Hazleton strike in
1897. Reports had been sent to the bri-
eade commander of trouble near those
towns, but when the battalion reached |
there everything was peaceful and
they returned to camp at Shenandoah. |
On another day the battalion made a |
hike to Girardville
After service of thirteen days the
regiment was relieved and COMPANIES
ID and L returned home on October 4
Ihe pay for the services Of the men
or the two companies from the State
was: Company D Captain Fishery
,292:26; Company 1 Captain Fin
ney), $1,369.03.
The names of the officers and en-
listed men of the two companies who Il
were on this tour of field service are
given In the rosters printed here with. Il