The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-04
RIOTSAMONG THE MINERS
SHENANDOAH IN POSSESSION OF
A ROWLING MOB.
The Police Put to Flight-Many People

The Police Put to Fltght-Many People
Badly Injured, But No One Yet Re-
ported Kiued-Apprehens Over
To-Day's Developments-A Fight
with Pistols at the William Penn Col
hery.
READING, PA, Feb. 3.-Another skirmish
with pistol shots is reported from the coal
regions this morning The miners at the
William Penn colliery were stopped by n
party of twenty men from No. 3, and a
fight ensued. Strikers also met the men
from the Rock bank at Turkey Run switch
and stoned some Polanders. The attacking
party are on a strike at the Philadelphia
Coal Company's works. The Coal and Iron
Company's police in disguise were with the
Poles and made rush for the aSsailants,
and Thomas Ryan was captured and taken
to the Pottsville Jail. Others were chased
| by the police to No 8 School House where
they were met by a large force who fired two
| shots at the officers. The latter did not
| return the fire with their carbines for fear
of killing some Innocent person but went
| back and escorted the Poles to a place of
safety.
FURNACES OUT OF BLAST.
BELvIDERE, n. j., Feb. 3-There are
now twenty-one furnaces out of blast in the
Lehigh valley alone. Thirty-two furnaces
are still in blast, but some of these may be
blown any day,
A BIG RIOT AT SHENANDOAH
| SHENANDOAH, PA, Feb. "A tremen-
dous riot broke out here tonight when the
miners in the collieries which recently re-
sumed operations quit work for the day.
They were attacked by crowds of idle
miners, principally Polanders, aud were de-
| Tended by the city police and the officers of
the coal and iron police In a few minutes
the entire town was in possession of the
rioters, and any number of broken heads
and bruised bodies could be found.
| The police were overrun by num-
bers. The offices of two Justices
| of the Peace were wrecked and all the
! prisoners captured by the officers were
| liberated. The Sheriff has sworn in three
fire companies as part # his posse and the
! city authorities have passed an order for
the enrolment of special officers. Nobody
| has been killed so far as is known, although
pistols were used freely by the mob. The
crowd gathered so quickly at the first
sound of the attack upon the miners that it
is evident the affair was premeditated.
| Tomorrow is looked forward to with con-
siderable anxiety.
QUIET AT MIDNIGHT.
SHENANDOAH, PA, Feb. 4, l A. NAT
midnight the mob dispersed, and every
thing IS quiet. No further trouble is appre
hended for the present.
TROUBLE IN OTHER REGIONS.
WuKEsBARRE, PA, Feb. 3.-District
| Assembly No 16 which closed its three
| days session at Pittston this morning, oific-
! tally announces this afternoon that they have
| resolved to demand an advance of - per cent
of all the mine operators in the Lackawanna
and Wyoming valleys. They say that the
present prices of coal warrant such a move
on their part The District Execu-
tive Board, to whom the mat
| ter was referred will submit
| their report to the operators tomorrow and
a special meeting of District Assembly No.
| 16 will be called at an early day to consider
| the answer of the operators. They claim
their ability to enforce their demand from
| the fact that though few in numbers their
ranks embrace large majority of the
| practical miners, and that their numbers
are sufficient to close every mine in this re-
| gion if they determine to strike.
5000 SAID TO HAVE RESUMED.
| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-An officer of the
! Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany estimated that at least 5000 miners
returned to work during the week and said
that there are enough mines being worked
| to avoid any famine.
The bulletin of the American Iron and
| Steel Ass ociation says the whole number of
| iron furnaces idle because of the local
| strikes is twenty-one, but many others are
much Inconvenience.