The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-11

0oSn oroer0d TO secure Possession OF al
bridges Spanning the Thames and re
sist AL GttemPts on the par
81 me mobs to cross. The police ct thiI
hour hold ali bridge approaches and Ar
preparing 70 resist an attack The al.
Shortties have warned all tradesmen do.
ing business in Strand, Cockspar street.
Fau Kali sndRegent street to expect dis
order tonight and to Immediately Close
their shops and to take steps 60 protect
tnsir property. The West End already
has funeral appearance. The Dept
Eoro mob On tts way toward the Thames
swung through New Kent road and
new England causeway. They sacked
several small shops along the
way. They stopped al the
mommoth establishment of Vim, Trask
q Co. This establishment includes
numbers 205 to 80 in New Kent road
and 16S 70 173 New England causewav,
and Is devoted 70 trade in the line of
stlks, mems and Women's clothes, boots,
Shoes carpets, IRON work, bedding, fur
niture etc. This building was under
police protection but the mob overran
the officers. sacked the store and when
they retired left the bnilding badly
wrecked.
DUBLIN, Feb. 10-The Earl of Aber-
deem. the new lord lieutenant, and John
Morley the new chief secretary arrived
here and have been quietly sworn into
their respective offices.
RsOt In the Coke Regions.
PTTnBURG, Pa, Feb. S.-A serious
anFay took place this morning at the
Henry Clay coke works Of Frick s. Co.,
near Bradford About 800 strikers from
Lelsenlng marched this morning to the
Henry Clsy works where q few men are
ct work. When the strikers appeared
en- the hill above the ovens they began
firing on the workmen. They kept up
the firing for some little
time. but nobody was hurt.
As they came nearer and their aim
better, several men are slightly injured,
one Of the men who was beaten by the
strikers for refusing to quit work day
or two ago, returned the fire. He shot
several times and hit one man, who fell
and was carried of by five OF
his companions. It is not known
how badly he was injured.
This returning of their fire
infuriated the strikers, who set upon
Wa. Solsson, foreman of the mem and
gave him severe betting. The man
vas left lying on the ground unable TO
walk or defend himself from the straw
kicks which the rioters gave him as
they passed to and fro.
The strikers then made an attack on the |
Triple house, drove the men in charge
out OF 1t, and upset the Office stove, |
which caused the building to be set on
nre. The employees Of the company
made plucky attempt to put out the
fire and save the Triple, but
were driven away by the atrikers,
who surrounded the Triple and guarded |
it until it was consumed They allowed |
the company's employees to attempt to |
save the boilers after the Triple was de-
stroYed. The strikers did not attempt |
to burn anything else. but after remain
ing at the works q short time went |
TO the Sterling works where
they did some little damage
and injured q couple of men. A couple !
deputy sheriff were ct Henry Clayovens,
but were powerless to do more than to
identify some of the leaders. At Sterling i
Sheriff Stewart met the strikers. He /
had about a dozen deputies with
n1m' ~ mo0C SpoeCn 10 the strikers
and they seemed disposed to listen
to him at first, but when
he counselle1 them to avoid violence
they hooted at him aud became violent.
The mob then left for ScottdaIe, where
they are to meet 500 strikers and hold q
mass meeting this afternoon. The man
who shot at the strikers is said to have
been slightly wounded by pistol shot
and badly beaten.
The striker who was shot is an italian
named Ssggi. He is believed TO be
fatally wounded. About TWENTY-FIVE
men were in the slope when it wss fired
and q number IF them were badly
ScoFched in getting out. Several cars
on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-.
road under the Triple were partly
burned. The trouble in the regions is
believed to be just commencing.
The strikers propose to force ali
he Workmen out and if they resist loss
IF lite and destruction of property is an.
icipated. The mass meeting at Scott.
Tale to-day was largely attended. Up
% O'Clock this afternoon over 5000
lad been donated to the strikers by the
merchants of Scottdsle.