Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . isla-ture, and it has seemed to me that, since free text-books havealready been provided and paid for out of the general appropria-tions made since 1893, the annual appropriations could be reduced$500,000 a year without doing any injustice to the two years, the financial condition of the State had greatlyimproved, and there was a large cash balance in the treasury. Inhis message to the legislature in 1901, the Governor, therefore,urged the passage of a bill appropriating the million dollars with-he
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . isla-ture, and it has seemed to me that, since free text-books havealready been provided and paid for out of the general appropria-tions made since 1893, the annual appropriations could be reduced$500,000 a year without doing any injustice to the two years, the financial condition of the State had greatlyimproved, and there was a large cash balance in the treasury. Inhis message to the legislature in 1901, the Governor, therefore,urged the passage of a bill appropriating the million dollars with-held from the schools. This was accordingly done; hence theeducational interests of the State suffered only temporary incon-venience from the reduction two years before. The peace of the State was seriously disturbed by riots atShenandoah in the fall of the year 1900. An extensive strikewas then in progress in the anthracite coal region, and on Sep-tember 21. two thousand men occupied the streets of Shenandoah,firing revolvers and resisting the civil authorities. Two persons 516. Robert Fultuii Artist; inventor; the first to make a commer-cial success of steam navigation, 1807. Repro-duced especially for this work from an engrav-ing by Gilbert Psrker, after a painting by Ben-jamin West Hastingss and Stones Administrations to were killed and seventeen wounded. Ihe sheriff of Sclniylkillcounty reported these facts to the State government, and request-ed the protection of the National Guard. Governor Stone imme-diately took action, and on the morning of September 22, orderswere issued for the movement of the Fourth, Eighth, and TwelfthRegiments. Battery C, and the Governors Troop to noon that day, two thousand troops were at the scene of dis-turbance, thus preventing any further violence. The troubleswere all adjusted before October 31. on which date the last of theGuard was withdrawn. On May 2, 1902, another strike was inaugurated in the an-thracite coal field, beginn
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