River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-09
9 .oTous STRIKERS.


Bioodshed In Pennsylvania Son-UnioD
hi ners and q Q Police Attacked at shen-
andoah sixirmish between Colored
Iron Workers and Strikers at Pittsburgh
So feraI Persons Badly Hurt In Both
Instances = Troops Fire Into a Body Of
Rioters In spain-Fifteen Killed aud Sew
erai Wounded.
sAEGUpNABY sKIRNnsHEs
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb 6.-At the Kelley
Run soiiiery Saturday evening. when the
non dnion miners were returning home
after finishing work for the day, they were
acc mpanied Iy the police. They were
mel by crowd of exasperaued Polish and
Hungarian strikers armed with clubs aud
sto les The latter made an onslaught on
thu non-union men and officers anu drove
tbs m back The officers concluded
NOS to shoot down the Poles in
co d blood, and retreated a short
III itance, warning the excited men to keep
back. Several shots We're exchanged, how
ever. On both sides. and Just when a muir
d,srous fusilade was about to be commenced
the citizens appeared as messengers =
peace, mingled among the mob, szd finally
E4cceeded in keeping them of, dispensing
them and sending them back TO their shan
ties AS far as can be learned Dut one man
was wounded. Officer Whitman. of Pot. sville.
The Knights of Labor have dec ded 10 Sc
CT &c speakers in the Polish and Hungarian
l. lguages to make a strong personal appeal
the riotous foreigners 10 desist in their
Ilurderous work The Knights of Labor
offered their services to protect the town
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 6-The Solar iron
works OF Clarke & Co. have been idle for
two months owing to differences between
the company and its employees. On Satur-
day The mill was filled with negro work
men, the furnaces lighted and he ma
chinery set in motion. AT the conclusion
OF the days work the negroes. eighty in
number started home, escorted by the po-
lice. 4 ey were followed by a crowd of
a out 800 men and boys short dis
lance away from the mill one Of
crowd of boys threw a brick, which
hit a policeman. Nearly all the negroes
at once drew reviewers and fired at the
boys A policeman also fired one shot and
e boys scattered in ali directions Joseph
X my. aged IL, was found unconscious in
the street II was shot IN the face. Two
otaer toys are sgid 30 have been wounded
and spirited away by their companions No
arrests were made.
TERRIBLE BATTLE IN SPAIN
MADRID, Feb GA rot occurred at
II le.ya turday and in a conflict be-
tween the mob and troops ten civilians
were XII ed and i've others so badly wound
ell that they have since died Two of the
sold ers were also wounde
The Rio Tinto miners who are on a strike,
! ned the peasants living in the vicinity N
protesting against open-air calcinationS
Tue civil Governor of Hueiva, accompanied
by TWO conp.nles of troops and some
VII guards arrived at the scene on
Saturday and found the streets occu-
pied by a threaten ng mob, number
ing about $4,000 The Governor tried
TO restore order, but the crowd
drowned his voice with shouts and fired
stos and threw dynamite cartridges at
tie soldiers T G troops were then ord red
10 fire, and after hard struggle succeeded
In dispensing the rioters The town and
surround ng villages are now occupied by
loo soldiers and civil guards
Magistrates sent TO investiga e the affair
found arms and dynamite secre ed in
number of houses. Socialist agents were
also discovered The strike was caused by
an Englsb company reducing salaries be-
cause the density of the smoke arising from
caIcinaiOn stopped work for two or three
hours daily The company, on advise, has
resolved to pay the old wages