Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-21
STRIKING MINERS.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20.-Considerable excite
ment and uneasiness exists at Brownsville and
other towns along the upper Moncngahela
owing to the recent outbreaks and threatened
violence by striking coal miners in that vicin-
ity. Nearly all Of the coal mines here have been
shut down for some time, the original cause of
trouble being reduction in prices paid for
digging. Within a few days past several of the
nine owners have attempted to start up at re-
ouced prices with fresh hands, but the old men
nave become violent that the new men are
AFRAID to go to work. The former empioyees
IN some cases, have taken possession of the
mines and threaten dire vengeance on any one
gong to work. On Tuesday night Sheriff
OF deputies at Beallsville, and at 10 o'clock be-
with lOo men, mounted and heavily armed,
marched on Brownsville, arriving there at
CLOCK Wednesday morning. The sheriff i'm
medlately went to work arresting coal miners,
In many cases taking them out of bed, and
large number of the strikers were
jailed. In addition to the los men from BeaIls-
vile l22 from Californ and Greenfield were
sworn IN and joined the other party at Browns
vile, making the entire number of deputy
sherifts 230. They are camped in Brownsville
and West Brownsville, and made many arrests
to-day. Brownsville is in Fayette county and
what authority Sheriff Work has is not vet
known. He telegraphed Sheriff Dean, of Fay
cite county, at Uniontown, yesterday asking
his help in securing the arrest of the leaders
but Dean refused to give it, saying he had no
authority to make arrests. Gov. Hoyt has
placed Company 81 Of the Tenth regiment un-
der Work. command. They are at Washington
| awaiting orders. Many of the miners have fed
to the mines, where they have enough provi-
s,ons to- withstand quite siege, and fears are
felt that bloody outbreak may occur at any
| moment.
MUCH MARRIED MLEON.
AsHEv1LLE, N. c., Feb. 2O.-John McLeon,
quondrm Methodist preacher, and the most no
torlous bigamist ever known outside of Utah,
was arrested here tonight. McLeon, up to
Monday last. had married nineteen times, all
his partners being alive. It seems that he has
made business of going from State to State,
marrying IN ALMOST every community in which
he found himself. acquisitions have been is
sued by almost every State South, asking for
the delivery of McLeon to the officers to be
sent from those respective States. He might
still be at large, but for the kidnapping of
child OF his last victim, widow, Mrs. Bette
". Fullerton, of Lynchburg, Va. He lodged
the child in the recesses of Walnut Mountain,
barren, desolate place. about thirty miles
from here. The mother of the child came here
to-day. accompanied by United States deputy
marshal, and visited the cavern, where they
found the child almost starved to death. 4
McLeon and placed in the hands of the proper
officer, who started in pursuit. His man was
found at Marion, Mcdowell county, and CON-
mittea to jail. McLeon is about SO years old.
and exceedingly prepossessing in manners.
| DISHONEST OFFICIALS.
CINCINNATI, Feb: 20.-A dispatch from New
ark, O., says there decided commotien at that
place on account of the publication, by order
of the city council, of the names of former
members of the council, with dates and
amounts of money illegally taken from the
city treasury under different pretexts, aggre-
eating $4,000. Many of the recipients are
among the most prominent citizens. A solic-
ltor Is Instructed to commence suit for the
recovery of this money at once. This, added to
the recently discovered Irregularities in the
county clerks Office, occasions considerable
excitement.
TO HANG TO-DAY.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 20.-It is now definitely de-
termined that George Washington, the negro
ravisher, will be hanged for his crime to-mor-
morrow at noon.