St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-11
Ten Men Injured in Two Hours Riot
Of Strikers at Pine Run. Penn
sylvania.
Movements of Coal Miners There and Else
where Indicative of Serious Further
Trouble.
The Strikers Encampedt in the Woods,
and VIII Allow Nobody to APP
proach Them.
Strike of Swftchmen in Chicago--Men
Drilling With Winchester Rifles
in Missouri.
Ri0t0us Strikers.

| PITTSBURG, Dec. 10.-Pine Run, about
one mile below Elizabeth, Pa, was the
scene OF another riot this morning between
| the striking coal miners and the men who
have been working for the past two weeks
! at the reduction. This morning about half
| past 3 O'Clock, when twenty-five miners
| were on their way to work in Lynn's mines,
! squad of 200 masked men met them and
demanded that they return to their homes.
This they refused to do and the mob then
made an attack On them with clubs, sticks
and stones. The riot lasted two hours
| and about ten men were injured. One of
| them, Newton Campbell, driver, was set
upon by six strikers and beaten to insensi-
bility. His injuries are believed to be fatal.
Richard Hall and Samuel Myford were also
seriously injured. The others got away
| with slight cuts and bruises. After holding
| their ground for nearly two hours the nom
| unionists were driven off and fled to places
of safety. The strikers then stayed in the
| vicinity of the mine until after daybreak,
waiting for more miners to come to work,
but none made their appearance. The mob
| then wedged the switch Of the private coal
| road running to the mine and disappeared
OVER THE HILLS.
| A train coming along short time after
was thrown from the track and the engine
upturned, but no one was hurt. Word was
Immediately telegraphed to this city for as
sistance and at II o'clock Sheriff Gray with
posse left for the scene. The mob is be-
lieved to be the one organized to visit all the
mines to day where the men are working at
the reduction, and more trouble is antici-
pated. More trouble is feared among the
striking coal miners and the men working.
Word has been received in this city to the
effect that committee from the miners has
been working along the river for several
days past gathering up volunteers to visit
the miners working at the reduction. The
| men have been working for about two
weeks at ~ cents. They have been asked
to rejoin the strikers, but have refused,
and now it is the purpose of the committee
to compel them to quit work. Men hava
been secured from Elizabeth. McKeesport,
| Coal Centre and other points along the
river to march to the mines and request the
men to come out. A strict order has been
| issued that no one shall be molested or
harmed in any way unless resistance is
offered. The leaders in the movement are
| said to be men selected from mines all along
| the river. Most of them have regulations
for going through with whatever they under
| take.
FURTHER TROUBLE EXPECTED.
II p. m.-There was no further trouble
at Pine Run to-day. but another outbreak
is looked for tomorrow morning. Sheriff
Gray returned to this city this afternoon
and reported everything quiet. Heis hold
ing himself in readiness, however, and will
start for the mines if there is any indica-
tion of another assault. The strikers are
camped in the woods some distance from
the mines. but will not allow any one to ap-
proach them. The people living in the
vicinity are greatly alarmed and anticipate
general raid along the river. Supt,
O'Neill of the Pine Run mines says he be-
lieves the mob will attack the mines again
tonight, and that an effort will be made to
burn the tipples and engine house. The
movement seems to have been a thoroughly
organized one, as secret meetings of the
strikers have been held daily for week.
1t is believed that the Allequippa mines
will be the next point of attack, as sus-
picious-looking men have been hanging
around all day. This evening fifty Win
chester rifles were shipped to the Allequippa
mines to be distributed among the non.
union men. They will be supplied with
fifty rounds of ammunition, and bloodshed is
quite probable if the strikers attempt to
disturb the men on their way to and from
the mines. 1t was learned tonight that
they paid visit to Walton's mines, near
Elizabeth, this morning during the absence.
of the workmen and destroyed their tools.
They also broke off the end gates Of the
coal wagons, which were standing on the
tipple loaded, and then dumped the coal