The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-04
MINERS NEWS.
Terrible RIOt--Three Hundrea Coal MI.
ueTs Engaged.

Terrible RiOt-.Three Hundrea Coal MI
neTs Engaged.
We clip the following from the Pittsburgh
Commercial OF the Sat ,ult While IL is
evidently one sided staten emit, all friends
az law and order must condemn all such
h.gh handed, unias'ifable proceedings
Intelligence reached tho city yesterday
evening that desperate riot was going on
u the coal mines Of John O'Neill 4 Son,
AZ Pine Run. on Electromagnetic river, three
miles above McKessport. The first intima-
tion OF the riot was received BY the Mayor,
who was telegraphed 10 send up Immediately
ten or twelve policemen aid a coroner.
Chief Greene enrolled thirty men, Hhc were
properly armed, ana drillt& fer tae n.
counter they would probably be engaged in,
but previous b the time OF the departure of
he tram, a tesagram was received stating
that the services Of the police would not be
Deeded .ast night, as the riohsIs bad dis
persed
Relative to the origin Of tle ret, II seems
that soue time ago the miners 81 the en-
pioy Of Mr.. O'Neill 4 Son struck for GER
tain rate Of wages. After holding cQs ufa-
I'll Yesterday they retained to work. which
so.exaspercd the miners in the neighboriue
works that they determined TO compel them
TO quit labor and hold ont. With this OBJ
ieet in view some two hundred men from
the neighborhood Of Six Mile Ferry arrived
about noon yesterday at O'Neill's works,
armed with clubs. They called upou the
miners - come oct and cease work. Their
demand was refused by Mr., O'Neil and bis
men, and collision ensued between the
parties. Mr.. 0'Neill and Wis mn were
armed ID anticipation Of the troubles, and
al the onset u the rioters discharged their
weapons at them, killing one man, and
rounding five. only enc Of the LATTER. how
ever, Seriously In tie melee, Mr.. O'Neiii
was severely, but not daugeregssss.Fy wgEe.seded
by blows from clubs. Having met with d
warmer reception than they anticipated, and
not caring to prolong the fight with clubs
against powder and lead, The mob dis
Persed.
After the rioters had left, Mr.. U'Nenl
was reinforced from the neighboIhood, and
last night himself and property was guarded
by one hundred armed men. His son will
be in the city to-day, and make an infor-
nation before ..ayar Blaekmore against the
rioters, when Sufficient armed force will
be sent up for their arrest. Coroner Claw
son will 60 up 90 the scene Of the riot this
morning, and hold an inquest upon the man
who was killed.
lKPoF-ANT Tc CoAL MINERs.--The Pitts.
burgh advocate OF the Sd ult. saws:
AT meeting Of the delegates renresent-
ing the coal miners on the line Of the Pam
handle Railroad. heid at Walkers Mills, on
Saturday The 2Sth uit., the following resolu-
tioh was unanimously adopted:
Resolved That We request deputation OF
three lien from each Of the coal banks on the
different railroad lines rannirg coal into Pitts
targh 70 meet us Oh the first Friday Of April,
II be Grand Lodge Of tAe Trades Union, to
take into consideration matters Of vital imp0r-
tsDce,
TERRIHLE AccmENE-A Scranton, PA. }
dispatch Of the Slst says:
BY the breaking of chain connected
with the hosting machinery at the Diamond
coal mines, in this city, this morning, a
platform, containing seventeen men, was
percipitated to the bottom OF the shaft, 1856
feet. Eleven men were instan tlv killed, one
has since died, and two more il is thought,
cannot live. They leave eleven widows and
twenty gut orphans,
The funeral of the victims took place the
following day, in the presence Of 1900 peo-
PIE. The bodies were inferred ht Hyde Park
Cemetery.
IN the S. Helens's district Of Great
Britain 10000 golfers are on a strike
against proposed reduction Of their wages
Of 10 per cent. They are willing to accept
leduciiCD Of 10 per cent, but to this, at
present, the employers refuse TO assent.