The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-28
STRIKERS SHOW FIGHT.
OHIO MINERS ALMOST CREATE A RIOT.
They Manifest Their Dlsapprobation Of
Imported Cheap Labor IN AN Emphat-
10 Maaner--All Quiet According
10 Latest Iiaports
TRouOLns OT THE COAL mNERa,

coLuMnrs, o.. Aug, 2G-One hundred
Polish miners from Toledo were taken TO
DIchtel yesterday morning, and placed In q
stone house, TO be guarded for the time be-
Ing from tho striking miners. The latter
endeayored 10 drive the guard back, but
They were resisted by detectives, aud II
looked for time as II there would be
q riot OF some dimensions A crowd
OF several hundred men, women and
children had gathered around tho
now miners, and were apparently deter.
mined on an assault, and one OF tho intOr-
prelem who accompanied the Polish mlnen
was knocked down by striking mner,
and ls reported to DO In critical cond tIon.
Lieutenant Hay having charge OF the Pink.
erton detectives In the employ OF tho syndl.
cate telegraphed 10 tho Sheriff at Athens
that the situation was threatening, aud that
he would DO Obliged 10 use violence 10
protect himself and the property OF
Tile ayndlcat0 and railroad, General
Superintendent Carr OF tho COlum.
bus, Hooking Valley & Toledo Road, re-
ported TO Governor lloadly that an attack
had been made In the morning, and also
that the wires had been cut, and wanted TO
know II under these circumstances troops
could bo ordered out 10 protect tho property
The Governor was not In the city, but his
private secretary communicated with him,
hnd also stated that II would bO impossible,
under tho law, 10 furnish troops TIL the
Sheriff had exhausted all his forces and had
failed 10 restore order Iie could then
aVt na ~ al
OF this city, has been ordered TO DO In
readiness should It's services be demanded.
The officers OF tho syndicate applied 10 tho
State Tor arms 10 b0 furnished TO special
c0nslables who should take the place OF tho
detectives now on duty but the arms were
refused by tho State, as the authorities had
no power 10 give out tho same,
COLUMBUS, o., Aug y6,-iopOrts from
Buchto aud other mining towns to-day are
that all Is quiet with no Indication OF
trouble Ut present.
Coal CENTER, Pa. Aug 30. The
miners camp was reinforced yesterday by
the wives, mothers and children OF tho
miners arrested last week. Yesterday after
noon about lfty OF them, headed by IN old
gray'halrOd woman seventy years OF age,
marched 10 tho Office OF Squire Dawson, at
California and applied for admission 10 the
poor.house, claiming that they had no
means OF support, Their application was
refused, and the party then took up their
march 10 Operator Neel's house, but special
officers would not permit them TO enter tho
grounds, and they returned 10 tho camp.
PlrTsUuR0n, Pa, Aug 20, "A special
from Coal Center, Pa, says thrty'fOu
more camping coal'mlnors were arrested
this morning by special officers Mcclure
and McBurney for tresposslng on tho rail-
road c0mpany's property ThOy were
lodged IN tho Odd Fellows Hall, and will
bo taken 10 Washington jail In wagons
this afternoon. Tie Wives OF fifteen or
twenty Of tho prisoners came 10 California |
With babes In their arms this morning and
begged 10 DO sent 10 jail with their
husbands, rs they had nothing 10 live on |
but little corn meal Their request was |
not granted, The citizens are Indignant nj |
the Wholesale arrests which arc made |
without warrants, and II Is probable pub. |
lie meeting 10 dOnounCo tho action of tho |
officers viii bo called, -Four hundred now |
recruits aro expected 10 arrive In camp this
afternoon A report from StOlbS mines,
IN the third pool, indicate serious break
IN the strike one hundred and atty mon
hrn said 10 nave gone 10 work this morning,
and Others are weakening and are expected
TO go In before the close of the week,
YOUNGSTOWN, o., Aug, "a, Agents for
the Hooking Valley mine operators aro
gathering negroes and sending them 10 MI
the places OF the striking miners. L. =.
Brooks, Treasurer Of the Ohio Coal Ex'
change NJ Columbus was htro In person
two weeks, aud from Newcastle, Beaver
F0lle, Rochester and points between
youngstown and Pittsburgh, collected 800
negroes aud sont thom TO tho minos,