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


PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2O.-Consid.,,
ment and uneasiness exists at Bro.,.-.,1. ii
o'ner to"hs along the upper Mononpahela
OWING to the recent outbreaks and ,brea+aned
violence by striking coal miners in ,b.+ ,;o;,
ity. Nearly all of the coal mines here -,
shut down for some time the original ca,,ao' 90
trouble being reduction in prices ,.;d g.
digging. Within a few days past Several - ~
mine owners have attempted to start ~, -
duced prices with fresh bands, but the Old man
have become SO violent that the new: man orc
afraid to go to work. The former ern,,Inveea
IN some cases. have taken possession al the
mines and threaten dire vengeance On sov one
gong to work. On Tuesday night Sheriff
Work. OF Washington county, Assem- bled posse
OF deputies at Bealsville, and at 10 0 clocI, he.
with loo men, mounted and heavily armed,
marched on Brownsville, arriving there at
CLOCK Wednesday morning. The sheriff i'm
nedlately 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 Bealls-
vile l22 from Californ a and Greenfield we're
sworn In and joined the other party at Browns
Vllle, making the entire number of deputy
sherlfts 23O. They are camped in Brownsville
anu 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
cue county, at Unlontown. yesterday. asking.
MS help IN securing the arrest of the leaders
Dut Dean refused to give it, saying he had no
authority to make arrests. Gov. Hoyt has
placed Company q Of the Tenth regiment Qn-
der Works command. They are at Washington
awaiting orders. Many of the miners have led
to the mines, where they have enough prori-
slons 10 Withstand quite siege, and fear are
felt that bloody outbreak may occur at anv
moment.
MUCH MARRIED M'LEON.
ASHEVILLE, N. c., Feb. 20.-John McLaou.
quondrm Methodist preacher, and the most no.
torlous bisamist ever known outside of Utah.
was arrested here tonight. McLeon up to
Monday last. had married nineteen times. all
his partners being alive. 1t 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 a
child OF his last victim, widow, Mrs. Bette
W. Fullerton, of Lynchburg, Va. He lodged
the child in the recesses of Walnut Mountain,
barrei, 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
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warrant was at once obtained for the arrest of
McLeon and placed in the hands of the proper
ofhcer, VINO started in pursuit. His man was
found at Marion, Mcdowell county, and COM
united to jail. MclIeon is about SO years old,
and exceedingly prepossessing III manners.
DISHONEST OFFICIALS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.-A dispatch from New
ark, o., says there a 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, aggrc-
eating $4,000. Many of the recipients are
among the most prominent citizens A solic
ltor Is instructed to commence a 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. Pot is now definitely de-
termined that George Washington, the negro
ravlsher, will be hanged for his crime to-mor-
morrow at noon.