The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-02-10
TROUBLESOME MODS.
Renewal Of the Disturbances ct
Pittsburgh and Shenandoah
Considerable
Shooting-Riotfng in Spain Withs Loss
ofSeyen Lives-Two Soldiers aud
Several Civilians
Wounded Barbarous Indiana White Caps
Fatally Whip Witness Against One
Of Their Leaders.

Wounded Barbarous Indiana White Caps
Fatally Whip Witness Against One
Of Their Lsadera
PITTspURGH, Pc, Feb. Gas was feared.
. coils OH occurred Saturday between the
noh-union men at the Solar iron works and
the strikers, in which three persons wero
injured, one, q sixtcen-year0ld lad named
Joseph Kenna, it Is thought being fatally
shot. The works which have been idle for
the past two months on account OF striks
resumed operations with eighty colOred
men, members OF the Amalgamafed As.
sociation, which surrendered its charter
last Thursday. A forco Of twenty police
was placed on guard at the mill and ut
night the non-uuionists were escorted
to their homes under police prOtec.
tion. A large crowd OF strikers and
friends followed, but offered no violence
and contented themselves with hO0tinG
anc calling the negroes 'scabs."
Shortly after five O'Clock the non-uniOn
men came out OF the mill. They were sur
rounded by officers and the procession
started down tho tracks to Th,rty-thlrd
street, tho strikers following and shouting
''scab" and "black sheep" while occasion.
ally viler eplthet was hurled at the col.
ored wOrkmcn. BY the time Smallnian
street was reached. the mob had swelled to
several hundred men aud boys. The Col.
ored men bore the storm Of epithets quiet.
ly, occasionally casting vicious and half
frightened sidclong chances at their pur-
suers, but along Smallmau street the Jeer.
ing OF the striking wOrkmen became louder
and more violent in its character, and Oc-
casionally Q rock would be seen shooting
into the ar and falling into the ranks Of
tho bcleaguered Africans. At this juncture.
without any warning whatever. several OF
the colored men reached for their pockets,
and drawing reviewers opened fire upon
the dense mob around them. Then there
was scene of wild confusion and excite
ment, and terror. rage and pain rang out on
the air from the thrOats OF hullrcds OF
angry and excited men.
The officers now drew their revOlvers
also and rushed among the excited cOlOred
men and endeavored to stop the murderOus
firing. The crowd broke and ran in all
directions across the common into the
mills, any place to get out of range Of the
destructive bullets The firing lasted six
or eight minutes and between thirty aud
forty shots had been fired before the OH.
GERS succeeded in stopping it aud hustiiug
the negroes up 1wenty-cighth street,
where they crossed the bridge and scat
tered to their houses Oh the hill A num-
Der Of the strikers pursued them. threat
ening summary vengeance until they were
stopped ut Penn avenue by the police: but
the colorcd men made TO further demon
STATIONS.
Rloting was also renewed at the Kheley
run colisrv, Shenandoah, where an officer
named Whitman was shot by one OF the
strikers in the left thigh. The police free
at the mob, with what result was not
stated. Reports from several points nf
fected by strikes indicate renewal Of the
disturbances.
STRIKE TROUBLES IN SPAIN.
MADRID. Feb. IA dispatch from Hulus
states that Saturday mob of riOtous
miners, now on q strike. being ordered tc
dispense refused to do so ana were free
upon by the troops and two civilians were
killed. The miners had joined the peasants
living in the vicinity on protesting against
open air calculations. The Civil Governor
Of Hulva, accompanied by two companies
Of troops and some civil guards, arrived ut
the scene and found the streets occupied by
q threatening mob. The Governor spoke
from the balcony Of the municipal building
and tried TO restore order, but the Grove
drowned his voice with shouts and
fired pistols and threw dynamite
cartridges at tho soldiers. The troops
were then ordered to fire. The crowc
was finally dispersed Two soldiers were
wounded. At the beginning OF the trouble
the crowd had almost succeeded in routing
the troops. After the dispersion Of the
crowd the soldiers retired outside the town.
1t is now ascertained that five more civil.
ians have died from their wounds and other
cases of wounded persons have come to
light. Ono thousand soldiers, composed of
infantry, cavalry and civic guards under
BrigadierG General, now occupy tho town
and surrounding villages. Magistrates sent
to investigate tho affair found arms and
dynamite secreted in number Of houses.
Socialist agents were also discovered. The
strike was caused by an English company
reducing salaries because the density Of
the smoke arising from cllcinatiOn stopped
work for two CIR three kours daily. The
company, on advice, has resolved to pay
the old wages.
DAsTARDLY WHITE CAPS.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 6.-Near Marcngo,
Crawford County, live Thomas Williams
and wife, who were subjected last year to
great indignitics. it is SAID. at the hands OF
tho 'White Caps" At the timo Williams
claimed to have recognized among his u.s.
sailants o prominent young man, Thomas
Courtney, Jr., son Of one of the leading
physicians OF the county. He Immediately
sought the arrest Of young Courtney, who,
fearing trouble, left for parts unknown, and
nothing further was heard Of him until re-
Gently, when he was located at Fort Scott,
Kan, and arrested and. under requi-
sition from Governor Gray, is now
being brought back. This news en-
ragged the young mans friends
aud they went to Williams house Friday
night and being refused aimittancc broke
down the door. Williams fired into the
crowd, wOundlng couple Of men. The
mob then tied Mrs. Williams to bed and
took her husband into the yard and
tied him to tree. Upon his refusal to
make u sworn statement, exonerating
young Courtney Of intended charges, they
logged him until he became unconscious
found in dying condition.
1
You don't see o railroad corporation
banging the Brotherhood Of Engineers
about rs it may trainmen or swltchmen or
roadmen. 1t takes few trips or few
days to make ''good enough" road hand
for IN emergency, but 1t takes years to
make an engineer; and there is no such
thing as a ''goOd enough engineer that
fills the bill He has got to be thoroughly