The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-09

made by setting fire to lot of lin.
en- in q drawer. The FIRE department
was called and another panic among
the crippleS ensued, but fortunately
the fire was soon out and nobody was
hurt. One of thepatients, Mary Wilson,
IL years of age, was discovered sneak
ing away from the spot where the fire
was discovered, and the fire marshal,
whose suspicious already pointed
towards her, taxed her with the crime.
She at first stoutly denied it bat final
" broke down and confessed that she
had made a half dozen attempts to
burn the hospital. She did not know
why she did it. A physician who ex-
amined her says she is afflicted with
pyromanIa.
INSTANTLY KILLED.
HUTCHINSON, Kas., Feb. 2.-Amos
Hostetter, section laborer on the
Rock Island railroad, six miles west
Of this city, was struck this morning
by a passing train and instantly kill
MINERS sKIRMISH.
READING, Feb. 3.-Another skirmish
with pistol shots is reported from the
coal regions this morning. Miners at
the William Penn cOlliery were stopped
by party of twenty-five men from No.
8, and a fight ensued. The strikers
also met men at 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
made made a rush for the assailants, and
Thomas Ryan was captured and taken
to the Pottsville jail. The 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 people, but went back and
escorted the Poles to place of safety.
MINERS TROUBLES.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 3--The
striking miners here have at last over
stepped all bounds and have been riot
| ing up and down the streets in full
possession of the town. At O'Clock
| when the non-uniOn miners left their
work in the Shenandoah City and West
Shenandoah collierieS lot of striking
Polanders attacked them with stones.
once to their assistance. They caught
one of the rioters and were hust-
ling him off when the strikers
returned and rescued him and
began to handle the officers
roughly. The latter, however, sue
ceeded in breaking away and started
for the Shenandoah City mine, follow
ed by the crowd of rioters. The
strikers, who now numbered about
| 900, continued their attacks on the
men and boys coming from the mine.
The six policemen accepted the long
odds against them and returned to the
attack. They made a sharp fight and
took q couple of prisoners, one of
whom they landed in a magistrates Of
flee. The mob rushed upon the two
policemen with the other and rescued
him. The officers finding themselves
down and their lives in danger, they
drew their revolvers and fired into the
crowd which scattered in all directions.
Mike Hefferon, a young man, received
ball in the mouth and is badly in
jured; John Cutler, an iron founder,
was shot in the arm, and Polander
was shot behind the ear. The two po-
licemen were arrested, charged with
shooting with intent to kill, they
pleaded guilty under the advice of Cap
tain Christian. The two magistrates
Offices are within a block and half of
each other, and the whole space was
densely packed with people, large
portion being Polish, who we're wild
with passion. They surrounded both
Offices, yelling for the officers and say.
ing: Lynch them," kill them,"
e
Squire Schoemaker's window. In a
minute the fronts of both offices were
riddled with stones, and their inmates
had a tough scramble for safety.
The town is in a perfect uproar.
The men are mad with passion and
drunk, and no one appears to have any
power to quell them. The borough
authorities are powerless and no one
can say how the mob's fury may yet
HhrIofi0n
mass his whole force of coal and iron
men here tomorrow, together with
Captain Lindnes' Pinkerton men.
Sheriff Duffy swore in tonight the
three fire companies of the town as
posse, preparatory for trouble tenor
row. The borough council also had a
special session and instructed Chief
special officers for emergency.
John Durkin, assistant fore
man at Kohendaren colliery, was
shot at this evening by Polander, but
escaped injury. His assistant was ar
rested. Thomas Ryan, of William
Penn, is also under arrest for partici-
pating in the riot. He was sent to
Jail.
JUMPED TO DEATH.
MORRISON, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-On the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
Monday, as a stock train was entering
a deep cut near here, the engineer dis
covered the red lights of a way car only
| a few yards in front of him. Wrongly
supposing the head train to be stand
ing still and expecting an immediate
telescope, he shouted to the two men
who were in the cab with him to jump
for their lives, and reversing the en-
CINE the three men jumped. Two of
them struck the walls of the cut with
such force that they wore thrown back
under the wheels of the train and in
stantly killed. One was Edward KEEL
", a farmer, resident of Gladbook, Ia,
and the other Daniel Donovan, fire.
men, of Marquette, Mich.
| CASTAwAYS RECOVERED.
RoCKLAND, Me-, Feb. 3.-The crew
of the Gloucester schooner Eta Got,
were brought here to-day by steamer.
The vessel ran ashore January IL on
Spoon island, during binding snow
storm. The crew found an old cabin
on the island, and were kept from star
walton and freezing by getting stove
and provisions from the wreck. They
were on the island a week, before their
signal brought aid from Yorks island.
| They were cared for on Works island
another week, when the ice broke up
and they roWed in a day to Vinal Ha-
ven, where they took the steamer.
THE STEAMER HENDERSON SINKS.
| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. S.-The steam
er Blance Henderson sank at the LOm-
bard street wharf this morning. She
arrived from Jamaica last night, after
tempestuous voyage, during which
she leaked badly. The ice in the river
| increased leaks, and the vessel went
down just before she reached the dock.
Her cargo, 5000 cOcoanuts and 5000
bananas, wiz be total loss.
HOPKINS TRIAL.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.-Arguments in
the trial of Benjamin E. Hopkins, of
| the Fidelity Bank, we're concluded to-
day, and Judge Sage, in the afternoon
session, delivered his charge to the
| jury, who took the case under consid-
| Grafton.
Keep your blood pure and you vii
nJt have rheumatism. Hoods Sarsal
parilla purifes the blood, and tones the
whole system.