Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
THE RIOT REGIONS.
TWO Outbreaks in the Pennsylva-
mia Coal Regions-Strikers
~ Assault
Non-Union Miners Considerable Shoot
ing-Three MeA WOunded-An
Infatuated Mob
Wrecks Two Justices Ofices-Shenandoah
in an Uproar Swearing in Special
Officers.

READING Pa Feb. 4.-Yes terday morn
ing the miners at the Willia1 a Pena colliery
were stopped by party Of men and hight
ansued. Strikers also met the naeu at ROCK
Bank at the Turkey Run Switch and stoned
some Polanders. The att Aeking party were
strikers at the Philad eIphia Coal Com
pany's works. The { GAL and Iron Com
pany's police in disg lisc were with the
Poles and made rus for the assailants,
md Thomas Ryan wa > captured aud taken
to the Pottsville il Tire others were
. chased by the police TO No. s school house,
where they were m Ct by large force, who
fired two shots at tAe officers. The latter
did not return the FIVE with their caroines
for fear Of KILL Ag some innocent people,
but went back a adj escorted the Poles to n
place of safety.
At five ocloc yesterday afternoon wheo
the non-uuion nicers left their work in the
Shenandoah fsitg and West Shenandoah
colllerics, a Ut cf striking Poanders at
tackled them With stores. a squad OF sron
police went at once TO their assistance,
caught one Or tae rioters and were huSt1ng
him OF whG IN the strikers rallied and res
cued him, and began to handle tine 'oMicefs
roughly. The latter, however, sucSeedeu
in ;breakiT ley asxay and started for the She
nau6 oah citF mine; followed by the crowd
of riotous strikers armed with 'oluos ana
stones, w no ROW na1m bered about a thousand,
stnS who oontnued their attacks on the
men and bog S coming from the mine
The six policemen accepted lifelong odds
against them and returned to the attack.
They 1adc a-ShI.rp fight and took a couple
s~of prisoners one of whom they landed in
Magistrate ShDemaker's Office, but the
crowd rushedliOr the two policemen with
the other prisoner and began TO sclup and
beat them sFIrlding themselves Down and
their liz es 'in danger, they drew their re-
volvers and Lieutenant Meyers fired into
the crQgvd, (which scattered in all dlrec-
tions. Mike -Heffron. young iman, re-
ceived a balEu the mouth and IS BADLY IN
iured: John %Cutler, an iron founder, was
shot in theAarm, another In the neck and
Polan&er behind the ear A shot was also
fired by al POlander, but with what effect
is not known. An officer then arrested
both policemen for shooting in the bor-
ough-
The crowd scattered at 'She firing but i'm
mediGtely swelled to several hundred
frenZiedlueu, ready to YwreakyVengeanco
on Any Policeman or scab ttheycould catch.
The police arrested two men and took them
to Squire. Shoemaker' ofhc the mob fol-
lowing and almost demollshing the place IN
their efforts to release their companions.
Meamwhile, in the easterCpart'of the town,
Boss DRnGan of the Kehicoor ooEiery was
attacked. An officer came to the rescne,
fired ,oDtbe crowd and arrested two men,
whGm 6they took to SSlnlEe Monough' s
office.
The TIVE magistrateS'g0fficeS are on East
Ceutre r-eet, u square AID a half apart
The whole space was den&ely packed with
peoQle, n large portion Polish, NMho were
wiki lwitG passion. TheyssnrrOunded both
offices, yelling for the Officers uHd cryin g
s.LgNeh7 Rlemr' XII them !'eetc. Sud-
denly stone was thrown at Squire Shoe
makers ~rndow. In % minute the fronts
of both, Offices were riGdsed with stones
and their inmates had hard scramble for
safety. TSome bruised bodies resulted, but
no serious da mage WAS. done except to the
offices, which were wrecked.
The town is in a perfect uprOGc. Men
are mad with passion ami drunk and no
one appears to hare any power to quell
them HE Orough aut hCrItieS are power
less ahdlnO on can say ,hovr the mGS''s fury
may yet ven itself. CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN
will mass his whole force Of coal aid iron
men here, toge Their with Captain Iindnes'
Pinkertoo mea. Sheriff skoIffy Su ore in
last night the three tire companies of the
town as aposse commi tatus preparaSory for
trouble. The Borough sConE Gil also had a
special session and Instructed Chief Bur-
CESS Bo2hern to swear IN special Office rs for
an emergency. JOIN Durkln, ss,stant
foreman at Kohl moor colliery, was s1cot at
last evening by PolaGder, but escaped i'll
jury. His assailf mt was arrested. Thomas
Ryan, Of William. Penn, also undsr
rest for participa ting An'the riot. He was
sent to Jail.
At midnight the mob Slad adj spersed and
every thing Q uiet No.fust ner tr0g BILE
IS apprehen6ed for tue present