, 1888-02-09
Strikers Attack Non. Union Men
and Officers.
Policemen Compelled 10 Fire on
the Mob.

streets In full possession ot the town. AT
O'Clock when the non union miners lett
their work in the Shenandoah CITY and
West Shenandoah collieries II lot of strik-
ing POlaudrrs attacked them with stones.
A squad Of half dozen police went at
once To the assistance o the miners. They
caught one ot the rioters and was husiling
him of when the strikers rallied and res-
cued him, and began 10 handle the officers
roughly. The latter, however, succeeded
In break ing away and started iOr the she
nandouh City mine. iullowed by crowd
of riutiIiis strikers, who now numb red
about 1000, and who continued Their attacks
on the men aud boys coming from the
mine Six police accepted the long odds
against them and returned to the attack
They made sharp fight aud took
couple of prisoners, one Of whom
they landed IN Magistrate Shuenaker's OF
ticp blit the crowd rushed Tor the two po-
liccmen with the other PRISONER and began
To club and beat them. Finding them
selves duwn and their lives in danger, they
drew their rev"lvers and fired into tile
crowd, which scattered i'm all directions.
Mike HeiIroii, "A young man. received u ball
in the mouth aud is badly injured. J"hn
Gather. AN iron founder. was shot in the
arm. and Polandrr was shot behind the
ear A borough officer then arrested both
policemen for shooting i'm the borough.
iney were taken befbre Squire Monaghen
while "a warrant was being sworn out by II
Polunder, charging them with assault with
intent tn kill. They pleaded guilty under
advice Of Capt. Chrestian. and were await
ing cuImmittal to the Puttsville Jail, when
things took another bar turn. Two uusis-
trite OH O. were on east Centre street IA
square and u half apart. That whole
space was densely packed wth
people, large portion of them Polish,
who were wild with passion. They sur
rounded both Offices, Yelling for the Off. /
GERS and saying, lynch them," 'kill |
ham Hppl "a
squire Shoeniaker's window. In II minute
the fronts of both offices were riddled with |
stones. and their inmates had IL tough |
scramble Tor safety. Some bruised bodies |
resulted but no serious damage WAS dome !
except to the offices which were wrecked. |
The town is in IA perfect uproar. Men are |
mad with passion and drink and no one ap. !
pears to have any power 10 quiet them
The borough authorities are powerless and !
no one can say how the uiops fury may |
yet vent itself. Capt. Christian viii mass
his whole force oi coal and iron men here
Tomorrow wnh Capt. Linden's Pnkeriun
men. Sheriff Duffy swure in to-night tbr-e
fire accompanies ot the town AS posse cJnl-
itatus preparatory for trouble Tomorrow.
The borough ,uncil also held special |
session and have instructed Chief burgess
Boehni to swear in special officers tor an
emergency. John Duri<in, assistant fore
man AT kolhunur coliery, WAS shot at this
evening by PolalIder, out escaped injury.
III is asStilldIlt was uTTtsttu. AZ ultinlBnt
the mob had disp,r-ed. Everytl ing is
quiet, and no further trouble is appre-
hended Tor the present.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 4.-The riot Of
las MI Ut was renewed this evening. 1t
was gel orally known during the afternoon
that Polanders were buying all the revolt
vers that could be had In the town and that
they were holding meetings at central
points Tor the purpose of agreeing Oh con.
cert action Yet beyond the sweurIUs in Ot
twenty special policemen, all ut whom are
in sA mpathy with, II not engaged III the
strike, Chief Burgess did nothing to avert
the Storm that Was IIupendiUg, while tie
sheriff WAS absent at tile county seat. rIe
Poles were uprn in expressing their intrn-
ton 10 stop Ie Ke ley Run cJlllcry ir, IN
doing any work after to-day and warniul
II at they would suffer rom the coal and
iron police had no effect Jn them, their re
plies being. I'VE We're employ hands last
night, we have pistols now, killing is our
business and SO it proved ro-
wards three O'Clock they began
10 gather on the small circus grounds south
Of Tie Kehlev Run coliiery, OH the sur
rounding hillside and ali the streets, alleys
and yards III the vicinity. By O'Clock.
when the Gap bell rang the signal Ia quit
work. there were fully 5000 men, women
and children cungrrgated waiting tor the
wOrkmcu. Not all OF these were Poles, but
those III the front rank were armed with re.
volvers, clubs and stones, impa,icntly
looking for the coming OF the kehiey Kun
employees. They regarded the 9th, ,r
thousand. who stood behind them, IA pas
slvely endorsing their work If not actively
engaged In II. The breaker boys were the
first to quit work. 1t Was not thought by
mine managers that the mob would
molest these mere boys, but it WAS bad
Judgment, for they beat them rs though
they had been responsible adults. A lew
men who braved the mob alsu met the
sume tate, aud 1t soon became evil
dent that 1t the rioters were to
be checked ut ali it must be by
authority of the coal and iron police
pnd cold lead. The Borough specials were
not to be found while the riot was going
ON and Chief Burgess was running around
trying to hunt them up. The coal and
iron men to the number OF thirty.two
formed on u HAT at distance OF about
fifty yards below the breaker in the very
front Of the mob who continued To prlt
them with stones. As they formed com.
pany front with drawn revulverS, heavy
and sell-cocking weapons, the mob recohcd
and stood ut bay, its temper temporarily
cooled by the knowledge they were facing
death. The conservative part oithe crowd,
that which was only there as Spectators,
drew back to IL sale distance The poles
however. still remained in The foreground
waiting for u move ON the part of the OF.
iicers The latter ut the word ot command
tnauc WHSel W Tue leth' /
ing to the east and toward ''i,ei-
bridge" which spans the Lehieh Valley
railroad where the Reading crosses il and
connects the gap coliery with ludian
Ridge The Poles slowly followed for Il
while in the reur under the leadership Of u
big brawny individual, who h1nriNhed n
large revolver and seemed determined 10
use il. The platoon ut officers marched
slowly ON up slight eieva ion OF the rpad,
which. as IL rose. iorIucd an cuban kment
FOR the Lchigh Valley Railway As they
ieared the top ol the road they We're sud, !
lenly fired On by few Poles who bad
,rept along under tie shadow of the bark.
,nr az tb, ,fiirars Oscur Williun fell with