The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-19
THE MINING TROUBLES.
Arrest OF VIM. Scranton for Com
plieity I'm the Shooting OF Two
Men.

Men.
SCRANTON, Pa, May lS.-In conse
auence of the shooting Of the two watch
men the most intense excitement pre-
walls. A crowd of three thousand ex
cited people congregated near the
Briggs shaft, where the laborers had
resumed work this morning, and de.
manded that the men come out, and
also that VIM. Scranton, the superin.
tendent, should come with them, that
the mob might be avenged. Ii was
with the utmost difficulty the soldiers
could restrain the crowd until fresh
troops arrived, when the men and Mr..
Scranton were given safe conduct to the
city. Mr.. Scranton is under arrest for
completely in the shooting and will
have an examination this afternoon.
The Mayor has issued q proclamation
closing all the saloons and ordering the
police to dispel all roughs assembled.
1t is thought that martial law will be
proclaimed.
SCRANTON, May lS.-The most in
tense excitement has prevailed all day.
The Welchmen were astir this morn
ing and it is rumored that all their ire
is centered on the men who worked in
Biggs shaft, and their Superintendent,
Mr.. NJ. Scranton, not the least daunted
by the threats OF the mob, got the Ia
borers ready, all armed, and they
marched TO the shaft being led by Mr..
Scranton in person. The crowds along
the route kept out Of gunshot range
but yelled and hooted like demons. At
about 10 o'clock the number had in
creased TO about 1900 and they kept edg.
ing nearer to the shaft and finally they
yelled their demands for the blac klegs
to come out and their Superintendent
with them. The military, however,
made sorte and although not a shot
was fired, the rabble fled in all direc.
tons Reinforcements soon after ar
rived at the shaft and with them a loco
motive and car on which Mr.. Scranton
returned to the city, where Immediately
upon his arrival he was arrested upon
a warrant issued by Alderman Jones,
a Welchman. This morning, he was
taken before that officer and escorted
by two companies OF military and hun
dreds Of citizens in carriages and on
foot Examination was waved for the
time and he was remanded to Wilks-
barre Jail, when they returned to Scran-
ton. A special train was in waiting
which conveyed the prisoner and his
friends to Wilkesbarre where they went
before judge Harding and entered bail
in the sum Of $4,000.
The coroners jury in the case Of the
two men who were shot yesterday rem
dered a verdict that they came to
their death by shot from gun in the
hands of Michael Cairns, and exonor-
ated Mr. Scranton faom all blame in
the affair. Cairns is still in Jail. The
men who were shot Davis and Jones)
will be buried tomorrow in the Welsh
cemetery. At noon to-day, when the
excitement was at its height, the Mayor
issued the following proclamation:
MAYORS OFFICE,
CRY OF SCRANTON, MAY Is.
WHEREAS, have reliable informa-
ton that the peace OF the citizens Of
this city, especially in the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth wards, and the safety Of
property is in imminent peril, and that
a serious riot is apparent in said wards,
now, therefore, in order to preserve
the peace and protect property. do
hereby order and direct that all places
where spirituous, vinous or malt liquors
are kept be- at once closed and that
until the revocation of this order there
must not be sold or given away in said
wards any intoxicating drinks Of any
kind, and ! do hereby further order the
police to disperse all tumultuous people,
and request all citizens to refrain from
all acts tending to disturb the peace
and to endeavor to preserve the same.
GSigned, w. y. NORRIS,
Mayor.
The Pennal Coal Company men will
all positively resume work tomorrow
at the companys offer Of 933 cents.
These miners comprise about one
third Of the whole number in the Lack
awanna region, and it is presumed the
men of the other two companies will
soon follow their example. The ut
most precautiou has been taken tonight
to guard against an outbreak in any
quarter. Fresh troops have been al
riving all day and the city now presents
truly military aspect.