, 1875-04-30
Desperate Fight with Miners Near
Wilkcsbarre, Ia.
Two Officers Shot~--0no Mortally
Wounded.
Tho Strike In tho Anthracite
Fields Of Pcnpsylvanin.
A History Of tho Difficulty, from Its
Origin to tho Present Time.
Forty rr,o,.j land TcrEons Out Of Work-.'
4 Perfect Reign Of Terror.
Immense Poonniary LoBses to Operators,
q, Minors, Merchants, md Others.
Determination of tho oontootnnts---A
Coal-Famino Apprahonded.
PENNSYLVANIA OUTLhWRY.
oFF1cEna nraInrED AND ONE KILLED.


Erttlat Dfaratch 10 The Ch,caaa Tribune.
WrLKRsnAnNE, ra.. Apiil 20.--There las boen
bloody work III progress ncur this CITY, and It is
foa.cd tho end In not set. Pat;o IIoox, small
mining village nbont Inloa away. was tho aceno
Of n fearful conflict between an eyii~aiH-
poAcd family and tho conatabulary and
police al,llorittcs. Tho trouble began ycatorday
whom Constable Cha1litt and two Depntlaa
armed With tho necessary legal documents, wore
endeayoring to eject q family from a houRc
which had bcan bought at Bhctifts Hale. tho oo-
cupants rofuslnts to givo possession. Tie house
WAS ocoupinl by Lawroncs U'Counc'l, one Of
seyan brothers living 1iear by, who havo
An u.ENyAnLE REPUTATION
~ desperate characters. When tho Conhta0lo
and his poeae nttemntcd to ontor the house 5nH-
tert1ay they werc met by IN infnrated mon OF
STACKED thoin With stones aud other
p1sass ;ssss FL To ddsTs s da i' not ron make Ike
their appearance, but tie posse concluded to
w!.ldraT from Tue e1ciisa nsalisy anu nt rssntn
Chiof Kelly for nunl'nr Of roccme,, mud
after a conference with tho City. Council
tho roQnost wns granted. aud tho Con-
ntablo retufnod this ioIo1loon accompanied by
houao, shortly before noon, Peter and JOHN oConnrll
wcro asrsatoI mud taxen Iuio cnssoay. Willie tho
charge IN fla ierco vii, stones and enbr ocer nsl.
succeeded in capturing she g.nynesc n,other.
sp w.. sas s 4r oot M Of 9 d10 w'n SS
lcavy load Of baetallot taking cnect In tho otccr4
head and Aida. Tlero was a A!gnsl for
A1ENEnAL p1aGiiA1l1E or r1AEAllMN,
eud Constable Casey fell 10 tho ggouud Al0t In both
sega This 1t once aougt satcty iii reircs bc--
.'a oG tl'or wounded and fho'r two p1lsoner;. Of
mostaDy wouucl. while tho priaoncFb and injured
constable, wers driven to tb!s city.
4 III Lass, " pls nSs e 's sss s;s4 sss5s"f ke.1ass sss
beard Of tho affair. and accompanied ny Equal
drove rapay to ths tc9no q! hs d!stusbann'. Witch
suatlon seat messenger to "iiaosbafFa with csll
osk HUNDRED ARMED MEN.
Tho sacahougor reached htra n,out / O'Clock, L!a
borss Acskcd With foam, and al,nopt cxsanstoI Only
few minutes elapsed before posso of about twenty
arac arm stn Viii ntra s n,Ee, IT, M resovorr aud
vcyance for 1n,, Hollow wftrs excited H,rtitudr,
hass xoro ~ hd t
arrived within range Of tho house where tho o'c''-
nss were 'sa1etol than ,allsy 9t ox q sayc' ..!
reIsned among no aut6orites hs oonatablo e,ita.e
10 act nls tho sheriff beRg undecided a to ls owf
huthurity. 1t WA determined to
BuERouyn THE HOUSE
With armed mon to Prevent an escape. The doors sutl
Brothers, vii wiih % ihef father were ~ seen s ri tic
usiu with their rifles, they threatening to shoot nny
we gGa ens hs psss as Tue 9 81
Earloy with tho Sheriff and Chief Q. Police,
lie result Of which WAS determined
on their part = to tetGin yossossion. 4
constable then won't to Of Tho doors and battered
~, nunber Of tho force protecting HIN ny drawing
thnir weapons The only two occupants visible The
iather etool with an hl drawn revolver romaIk-
nE that ho was an old man au1 would ssll lila life
dearly.
4 RUSH wAH THEN MAnE
by tho Deputy Consa6le, who seized the fnshcr before
ta could Tire, zud his gun wseBed from him. The
hotAs was Eearchcd and brothor found utdar tue
l1d armed with An X mud pfRtol, but
DO vas covero1 With dozen carbtnGs, whoa Ao
surrendered. Tho others wcro missing, hut were
discovered In MI adjoining houso, and ruat raaIc
ior them. They drew their resolycrs, but eSfoEe
they could ratao them half dozotl determined mn
loseed their carbtnes 1t their heads, and they ri
ouco .urreu1ered. Ths last two we1o the onea who
hred tho shots this morning with such deadly effect
All were heavily ironed and brought to Wkesbarte.
IA the processleu Of armed men with their pEiaon-
came Into towt there Lilo grcutcst cxcciuent
aud eursca WIRE heAlsl upon tho O'Connell's. The
kgcd father and lis ve Lad hearing tonight
md wero committed to prlkon.