Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-06
Women Lead Rioters.


Out in Ilipoise mines in st. Clair
county miners went on strike last
week. They were not content to quit
work, but they proposed that every
other miner should quit work, and to
raise force that should appear formi-
able in every particular they assem-
bled 500 women, wives and daughters
of miners, and about $50 men and with
music they marched from one mine to
another where work was going on and
stopped work. That was carrying the
business to far. They were not as
successful as was the Persia King
that invaded Egypt and armed each of
bis soldiers with cat knowing that
the Egyptians would not shoot cat
it being q sacred animal. The Hill
noise strikers thought, perhaps, that
the women would be as formidble as
the cats of old, aud keep the men from
resisting the demand to stop work.
The Persian cats Only mewed out the
sucker women yelled and each carried
club, but still with all that there was
a growing feeling against the outrage
of :hs movement that compelled men
that wanted to work, to quit work, and
the feeling quickly developed irto a
demand that the rioters with their
women should be suppressed. The
Governor was called on for troops by
the Sheriff. The call was speedily honor
ed and troops were sent upon the scene
Dispatches under date of May % tell
the result as follows, the militia which
Governor Hamilton had ordered out
companies from Taylorville, Edwards
vile and Verden, were placed under
command of Col Barkley, of Spring
field who received instructions from
the Governor to take his orders from
the Sheriff of the county i'll which the
| troops are stationed.
Col. Barkley was notified that the
mob had taken possession of the mines
around Bellyille, and that the civil au-
thorities were powerless Immediately
he started with the 8 companies on
board a train, and arrived at Bellvllle
late in the afternoon, when be learned
that the mob had taken possession OF
/ Nine No. |, at Reinicke, small sta
ton on the Louisville and Nashville
Railway, in St. Clair county, about 81
miles west of Bellville. The militia
then started for that point, reaching II
about $50 2. NJ. From the car win
doHs they saw mob of 500 strikers
and about 100 frantic women III poss-
ession Of the mine.
The women had just come from Rose
Hill, and, wild with rage, were very
much more demonstrative than the
men. The tram had stopped in a ra-
vine between two high hills, and both
bluffs were covered with strikers, the
women having taken position on the
summit. Deputy Sheriff Anthony, of
ST. Clair county, mounted upon box
on the depot platform, and, address
ing the strikers, and said he did not
desire to have trouble, but he wanted
the laws complied with, and urged the
mob to disperse peaceably. Before he
had concluded, the report of a pisto
rang out on the air, followed by ~
more shots from the summit of the h
The deputy felt bullet whistle ? a.
his ear. and noticed where the So ,ok
came from in the mob drew his 'oist,
and fred in that direction.
This was the signal for 2 ener,
fusilade from the mob, and one of tt
soldiers, who was just getting out
the cars, fell with bullet IN b is kne
Two-thirds of the militia wers still
the cars when Deputy Sheriff Anthop
ordered Col Barkley to give the wor
to fire, and the Colonel 9 louted O,
the command 20 his men The troor
filed rapidly out of the car and poure
q volley into the strikers with deadl
effect. The latter retire ated. but r,
turned the fire, where lpon a secon
volley, was given by y ,e militia. Tb
mob, men and wome' 1 alike. scattere
and ran helter- skelr II through the gu
lies and ravines. jlfter the smoke ha
cleared away it va found that one {
the strikers had b cen instantly kille
and another shot through the head S
that he cannot ecover. A third wa
shot throught ne hip. Several mad
their escape, leaving bloody trails bC
hind them.
The folio wing is the most authenti
list OF the casualties among the strlk
ers obtain' BILE at present:
Fred T ,offmaster, glassbIower, kill
ed shot through the head
VIII lam Starkey, shot through n
head and hip; will die.
James Blanchard, wounded, in side
dang .erously.
sIartin Carroll, wounded slightly il
tb e left leg.
Of the militia, Elmer james, of Ed
} wardsville, was shot through the flesh,
part of the leg. The wound is no
dangerous.
Twenty six of the mob were mad
prisone.s and are now held by the sol
der, in their camp. Company f, G
Edwardsville, numbering As men, re
! main at Reinicke with the prisoners.
Frederick Hoffmaster, the dea
glassblower, came from Pittsburg, II