Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-04
HOME AFFAIRS.
DESPERATE RIOTING BY STRIK.
ING COAL MINERS.
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an English Sea Captain-The
Future of Irrigation.
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ANOTHER ATTACK.
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Striking Coal Miners Again Fire Upon
Non-Union Workers.
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REDING PENN, February 3d.-Another
skirmisb with pistol shots is reported from
the coal regions. The miners at the Will
liam Penn colliery were stopped bv a
party of twenty men from No. 3 and fight
ensued. The strikers also met at Rock
bank at Turkey Run Switch and stoned
some Polanders. The attacking party are
on strike at the Philadelphia Coal Com
pany's works.
The Coal and Iron Company's police in
disguise were with the Polanders and made
a rush for the asseilants and captured one.
The Others were chased by the police to
the school-house, where they were met by a
large force, who fired two shots at the
officers.
The William Penn Branch of Amalga-
mated Association decided unanimously to
go to work, and about seven hundred men
and boys are at work to-day.
SHARP FIGHTING IN THE AFTERNOON.
SHENANDOAH pa, February 3d.-The
striking miners here have at last overstep-
ped all bounds, and have been rioting up
and down the streets, in full possession of
the town. At o'clock, when the non
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andoah and West Shenandoah collieries. a
lot of striking Polanders attacked them
with stones. \ squad of halfdozen Coal
and Iron police went at once to their as
sistance. They caught one of The rioters
and were hustling him off, when the
strikers rallied and rescued him and began
to handle the officers roughly.
The latter, however, succeeded in break
ing away, and started for the Shenandoah
City mine, followed by the crowd of riotous
strikers, who now numbered about a thou
sand, ard who continued their attacks on
the men and boys coming from the mines.
The SIX police accepted the long odds
against them and returned to the attack.
THEY MADE SHARP FIGHT,
And took a couple of prisoners, one of
whom they landed in Magistrate Shoe
makers Office, but the crowd rushed for
the policemen with the other prisoner and
began to club and beat them.
Finding themselves down, and their lives
in danger, they drew their revolvers and
fired into the crowd, which scattered in all
directions.
Mike Hebron, young man, received a
ball in the mouth, and is badly injured
John Gather, an iron founder, was shot in
the arm, and Polander was shot behind
the ear.
POLICE ARRESTED.
borough officer then arrested both DO
licemen for shooting in the borough.
They were taken before Squire Monahan,
while the warrant was sworn out by the
Polander charging them with assault with
intent TO kill. They pleaded guilty under
the advice of Capt. Christian, and were
awaiting committal to the PottsYille jail,
when
THINGS TOOK ANOTHER DAD TURN.
The two Magistrates offices are on East
Centre street, a square and a half apart
That whole space was densely packed with
people, large portion Polish who were
wild with passion. They surrounded both
the offices, yelling Lynch them" Kill
them p etc.
Suddenly stone was thrown ct SQUIRE
Shoemakers window. In a few minutes
the fronts of both offices We're riddled with
stones, and their inmates had a tough
scramble for safety. Some bruised bodies
resulted, but no serious damage was done,
except to the offices which were wrecked.
MADDENED WITH PASSION AND LIQUOR,
LATKR-The town is in a perfect uproar
The men are mad with passion and drink,
and no one appears 20 have any power to
quiet them. The borough authorities are
powerless, and no one can say how the
MODS fury may vent itself.
Captain Christian will mass his whole
force of coal and iron men here to morrow.
with Captain Linden's Pinkerton men,
Sheriff Duffy swore in tonight the three
fire companies of the town as posse, pre-
paratory for trouble tomorrow.
The Borough Council also held a special
session, and have instructed Chief Burgess
Boehm TO swear in special officers for the
emergency.
John Durkin, assistant foreman of the
Kohinoor colliery was shot at this evening
by Polander, but escaped injury. His
essai.aBt was arrested.
QUIET AT MIDNIGHT.
AT midnight the mob had dispersed, and
everything is quiet. No further trouble is
aDprehended for the present