Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
APPEAL TO BRUTE FORCE,
STRIKING HUNS AND POLES ATTACK
A GANG OF BOYS,

Thea open Fire ON the Police and Badly
Wound One OF Them Decidedly Good
Prospect for More of the sgme-NegrO
Workmen at PittsburG Answer n Hoot'
Ing and Stone- Throwing Mob with the
| Ready RevoIVer-The CasuaItiss.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 6.-Riotiug broke
| out afresh on Saturday afternoon in con.
sequence Of the miners trouble, aud resulted
ia the supposed fatal shooting of "a special
policeman. As quitting time drew near the
strikers began assembling In the vicinity OF
Kelley Run collery Trouble was antici-
pated at this point, and District Attorney
Whltehouse went there, aud addressing the
men, advised them to preserve order and dis
perse. No attention was paid TO this request
and as the breaker boys came out they were
set upol aud Numerically beaten. The boys
had been permitted to start home unpro-
tected, because it was not expected that the
strikers would attack mere boys. The police
hurried to the rescue aud succeeded in get
ting the boys TO their homes, and then retired
TO their barracks.
The angry crowd had now grown into
several thousand and advanced on the police,
armed with clubs. stones and revolvers, and
HlIsidkinB retreat LOT CoWhIulco hleh' SUI
ously, perhaps fatally, wounding Officer
Wilmer, of POttsville The police returned
the fire, stopping the crowd, but with what
result was unknown The city burghess and
some prominent strikers, with the advisory
board, aided in finally dispensing the crowd.
A special train arrived over the Reading
road just as trouble was ended, bringing IN
over 100 special company officers anu "A car
load OF carbines, and the vicinity OF Indian
Ridge soon colliery presented a warllke aspect
Skirmish lines were thrown out ana camp
routine inaugurated. Up to / o'clock p. M
no new trouble had arisen, but the oflcers
were on the alert FOR action as IL was re-
ported by detectives that the mob Intended
to attack the seals" at their homes after
midnight. The mob was composed mainly
OF Poles and HungarIans, the same AS OH the
previous evening.
Sunday passed off quietly, the streets were
unusually crowded, with no external lndica-
tions of renewal of hostilties, but this may
come il an effort is made to start the col
leries again. OF the victims OF the trouble
thus far, Base Ball Player Heferon, shot in
Friday nights riot, is in bad shape and has
been taken to the Miners hospital at Ash
land Policeman Williams, shot in the thigh
on Saturday, was taken to his Pottsville
home. The others are out of danger Quiet
inquiry OF tne various ufug STORES unu phSsi-
clans dscloses the fact that over dozsn
cases of gun-shot wounds are being treated
about town.
The borough and county officials have at
last awakened to full sense of their duties,
which, it is said, has been FASTENED by the
delivery of Manager McLeod's message that
if they did not act the state would be APP
pealed to for military aid, and have sworn |
in several scores of special officers, but have |
not yet ordered them on duty. Sheriff Duffy |
was in Pottsville all Sunday consulting |
with his own and Readings counsel, result |
ing in the organization of posse comitatus |
of 100 men to start with, the number to be |
increased if needed. This force is now being |
recruited at Pottsville, Shenandoah and |
other points The company guarantees wages |
and expenses of these deputies. These men |
will be concentrated about the town and |
handled separately frora the coal and iron |
police, in order TO increase the power of the |
latter At District Attorney Whitehouse's
suggestion they will also be appointed sher-
iff's deputies
Sheriff Duffy has issued proclamation in
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