Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-19
MINERS IN ARMS.

An Infatuated Mob of Strikers Attack q
Coal Mine in the Hooking Valley District
Several Hundred Shots Fired, Results
Ing in the killing off Guard and Wounds
ing Several-State Troops Ordered Out.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. AT two o'clock
yesterday morning three thousand miners.
representing the entire Hooking Valley
district, attacked the guards at the Snake
Hollow mines, killing one and wounding
two. The miners had previously cut the
telegraph wires to prevent the Sheriffs from
calling on the Governor for help During
the battle which cnsued the hoppers were
Athens County, sent a telegram to Governor
Hoadly, in which he said that the miners
had blackened their faces before making
the attack. They quietly surrounded the
| guards and opened fire without provocation.
The battle which ensued lasted for an hour.
miners were hurt. At Jacksonville the
mines were surrounded and the hoppers
burned before the guards were aware of any
evil intent on the part of the miners. The
telegraph wires had previously been cut.
The name of the man killed at Snake uol-
low was William Hare, an elderly man.
The two men wounded were shot in the leg
and head respectively. The striking miners
are concentrating at Murray City. The
Deputy Sheriff has asked the Sheriff for aid.
and it is thought troops will be called out
before morning. Elsewhere everything is
reported quiet.
The rioters are firing OF the guards at
Sand Run and Longstreth mines. Both
places have called for help, and the militia
at Lancaster and New Lexington have been
ordered to be in readiness for marching Or
ders. Owing to the cutting of the wires
particulars are obtained with difficulty.
Governor Hoadly has telegraphed the
Sheritis of Athens, Hooking and Perry
counties that all means in their control
should be exhausted to suppress riotous
proceedings and protect life and property
before the aid of the State IS called for.
On Governor Hoadly arriving at his Office
at midnight he received the following:
LOGAN. o., Sept 1.-All the means in my
mower are entirely exhausted to repress the
disorder and to protect life and property.
The strikers are cutting all telegraph wires.
am worn out; have been going day and
night for Two months. Please send militia i'm.
mediately and save further bloodShed. The
jail is threatened.
}. +. MCCARTHY, Sheriff Hooking County.
h Governor at once ordered out all of
the Fourteenth Regiment, the Duffy and
the Governors Guards, the Lancaster, Cir.
cleville and New Lexington companies, and
replied to Sheriff McCarty that troops were
on the way, and asking if more were need
ed. The Lancaster company, being only
twenty miles from Logan, was sent
to that place to guard the Jail. One
OF the leaders in the riot at Snake
Hollow yesterday morning, and the one
believed to have killed O'Hara, was
arrested and brought to the Jail at Logan.
The mob was coming in Oh the town to re.
lease him. Special trains lave been put
OH the railroads at tile Governors disposal.
AT a late hour the last wire was cut, so that
there is no communication with points be-
low Logan, except as carriages reach south-
ern points, and send to the city by circuitous
routes. This does not enable the authorities
to KNOW what is going on till two or three
hours time has elapsed. and it is be-
heved that riot has prevailed for hours at
certain places. The bank bosses at New
Straitsville report that no men are to be
found in that town, and the women refuse
to tell their whereabouts. They are be.
lieved to be out in the riot according to a
general and preconcerted plan. Advices
are meager and unsatisfactory.
LATER Sheriff McCarty, of Hooking
County, telegraphs from Logan that he has
five points in his county where the riot is
beyond control, and Is unable to get at
them SO as to give definite information as
to what is being done. The Governor re-
piled that $50 troops were on the way, and
more were under marching orders if needed.
Owing to lack of communication advices
directly from the points. of attack can not be
obtained.
3:15 a. m.-The military are being held
for further orders. The Lancaster com
pany is at Logan guarding the Jail. The
Clrcleville and New Lexington companies
have been taken by special train to Ian.
caster, and all the rest Of the troops Or
dered out are being held at Columbus. The
Governor has just left on a special train for
the scene Of the trouble, to Investigate the
matter for himself, and will then order
troops If he thinks necessary. lie can
reach the point in one hour and thirty min
utes.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. L. 1t is re-
ported here that two hundred striking
miners at the Warrior coal mines, twelve
miles from here, had fired on recently inn
ported Italian miners, killing ten OF them.
There is no positive news but the military
companies of this city expect to be ordered
to the mines.