Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

MAH1>iNc Grey. Pa. June Sat three
o'clock p IL. t1-lay. sheriff Weener tele-
4 graphtd chat his posse sad cen fired upon
/ and asked Tor military assistance. The
! PotG~vllie light infantry and tiJwan guards
1 who bad been awaiting orders since IL
! O'CLOCK. Immediately Lett hv a special train
4 tor tbs D ace, arriving at ) O'Clock. They
| found the mob had gem rally SUNK away
| in the uut-SIrt> OF the town. The citizens
/ were much excited aud al parts of business
/ had been clp-ei sue noon. The first dis
| turhaucc r,cHrrc,. at King. Tyler L Co.'s
/ coIliery. when the Sheriff with posse or
/ dered the rioters to dI~pes>c- One OF their
chiefs replied that they could not drive them
away AT the same time man fired upon
| the Sheriff The firing then became
| general, Ute riater= pouring u volley
/ ON the c.,lz-;s, who were greatly
outbGu.bercl, the miners also having the
advantage oi bsins on the hillside. Two
| hundred shots were fired ty both parties.
/ The sheriff finding hin-elt overpowered re-
turned t. town and rcnrEanIzsd his force.
Inc citizens volunteered and every fire arm
| T. be found was brought INTO requIsltiOn.
/ lie also tClclTdphot ior military aIi. Three
I were wounded on -hc cIfZen~ Siie--One IA
1 taliy--aud three OF Jhe rioters we're wound
/ cd. and one k.iiei outright. After the FIR
ing bad easel the raiders formed iu line
| and marchod deiiAnt.V through the town.
| headed bv music, Ot tas two Thousand
men III line who went down the val
| lev. one thousiud returned here.
and forming into small squads they
went in different directions About
GOO OF the raiier> from lla>elton and vicini-
ty. marched the greater part o. .a>; night.
| compelling every man they set to accom-
/ paDy them Ihe balance ot them came
| IRON Shenaud ah. Grdrl-silie. Mlhonlng
/ Plane. and places Ia shat vicinity. Fac
/ troops are qalrtered IN CITY Hall. Several
! companies were alSD ordered To Shenandoah.
arriving there az : p. IN to-day. The
streets at SHENANDOAH are crowded, and
much excitement prevails
| lOp m.-Ail l. quite here and at Shenan-
| doah. Sheriff went to the latter place. tins
evening. TO-mOrr,w the miners vIl again re-
sumo work at the cJilierIes where they were
/ at work when Irter,cred with by mob. The
military are expected t. remain here and at
| Shenandoah several day-,Gr longer it deem
ed necessary. The raiders have publicly
| threatened 10 burn the town and compel
the men to stop work il they made another
attempt to resume Alyices from Shenan-
| doah up 70 1919 p. IN. state attempt
was made 20 throw the evening passenger
| train from the track between that place and
| MahOning Plane. \ large number OF miners
| were paradIng the streets AZ ST CLAIR thus
evening IN sympathy wi,h the miners here.
| 4 special train has been placed at the dis
posal of the military should 1t he found
necessary u move troops during the night
Tug PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRES.
A Port Jervis dispatch states that great
suffering en>ued in the northern counties OF
| Pennsylvania from the burning OF scores
! of houses in the Numbering settlements
during the past week. While fleeing from
Stoddardville whole family of ten were
nearly overtaken by the flames and the
f1ther escaped with his wife and children.
being obliged, through exhaustion 10 leave
his aged mother who was burnec
to ashes On the mountains from
White Haven to iouldssoro tity-twc
farm houses wer5 burned. with barns
farm implements. stock Se. Besides these,
heavy individual losses are reported iu
Monroe county. ineluding ten millions feet
of manufactured lumber, twelve saw mills.
four stores and over two hundred head ot
horses and cattle The losses in this region,
independent of standing timber. Is at least
$500 900, the main loses filling on poor peo
pie who are hDmeles~. Tho losses on bi tges
are about ten thouseni dollars Along
Mud River the FIRE spread with such velocity
that 1t swept down upon some places before
the inhabitants were aware OF their dan
ger. The village of Mud River was totally
destroyed. Thi- place va, one 0t the most
extensive numbering stations IN northern
Pennsylvania. Five mills with II total capa-
city OF SOC, 900 feet day were destroyed
and not less than thirty millions ieet oi
lumber. Not building was lett standing
in that vicinity When the fire swept down
from the mountains. the wife of John Geliz.
a wealthy lumber operator. Law dead In the
house awaiting burial rhe funeral servi-
ces were being held. when the advance OF
the flames was 50 rapid that tho house was
almost surrounded before the mourners
could escape Inc body of the dead woman
wa consumed with the house. Thousands
of acres of the best timber lands are ruined
The loss on Mud River will reach more than
4 million dollars.