Daily Republican., 1888-02-06
DrHER GUTHRIE AK .
Nor, sIng Mt rwenu +
u s<,n and GOAL Policemen In Line
10Y fire Upon the Mob.

fop fire Upon the Mob.
" ANpoAn, Feb. 5-Wbeu the
KEN :un coiltory employees, tt Shen-
Andas e., stopped work last eyeniuR they
we're alta led with stones During ths
hot twenty-t zo coal and iron policemen
'ormed In line, and for . me stopped
he attack. They then marched up the
road, and were followed BY numoer
,i Poles, who fred upon them. and
Oscar Whitman. TIE Off oeTs
lhen tuIntd and fred upon the mob, but
no one was hit. The mob returned the
ere. and the fficers mArohtd of again
TO Indian Ridge Breaker, where they
are luArtered 10 the oili Ies. The mob
followed, but made no attack. Late In
the afternoon mora off ,ers arrived.
Thoy ere QuHrtered In passenger cars.
There WAS no disturbance yesterday. IL
is currently understood that the rioting
Poles do not propose to allow anybody
TO work at either the RsAdiug Of indt.
viduAl collieries 10 they can stop II !
They speak in the warme3t terms CT ad- |
mirAiion OF Chairman Lee, and insist |
that what they do In in c0nsonAncs with
his advice to mai "a solid strike, and |
will be adhered to. The William Penn |
c0lliery Is 10 bs worked todsy, and IT
10 stated that no violence on the part OF
the strikers will be permitted Tho Goal
and Iron Police are picked body OF men
armed with Winchester rlti3s, and they
are deter mined to preserve order.
A. collision occurred ou Saturday
evening between the non -uniOn men At|
the Solar Iron Works in Plttsburs and
the strikers, in whioh three persons
were wounded, one, Joseph NICK ennA,
aged 16 yeare, IL is feArei fatally. The
works, which had bsen idle for two
months, resumed opera i)ns on Friday
with eighty colored ,nsn. The wotkars
were escorted to their homts under Pa
| lice protection. On Saturday e-sataR,
when the non. uuion men left the uaili,
they were followe By the strikers call
| ing them opprobrlouS name and finally
after the crowd had swollen to severAl !
hundred men and boys, stones were
thro Nn into the ranks OF the colored
men.
Suddenly several Of the latter drew
revol vers and fred into tho beleagurinR
mob, which scattered In oil directions.
The policemen also drew revolvers aud
tried to stop the firing, but II lasted
several minutes, and bet NeeO so and AZ
shots were fred before the fusillAdt
could be stopped. The colored men
we're chen hustled up Twenty eighth
street tU the bridge, where they dis
persed to their homes on the hill Th'
boy, MeKenna, was shot in the face Ai
he was standing on the top OF car.
WILKEsBARRE. Ps.,s Feb. 5.-lt II
stated here this afternoon that the hrs
demand for an advance for l6 per cent
, will be made upon the Delaware Ano
Hudson Goal Company. This will b'
followed by q similar demand upoi
other companies. The merchants here
. while fearing q strlke arc OF the opin
ion that 1t will neither be general no
last to any great length OF time. The,
cite the fAot that older miners, WI
have engaged in many pTeviou
strike and have always lost none
thereby, now own their own homes an
are Satisfied with their pre4ent earnings
r and the further fact taat many OF IN
l employees OF the coal companies A'
D Welsh, HunRsrianB, PolAuders and ItN
G iAns, who're actions caDntt be oontrolle
by any organic atiou, no matter ho'
e powerful. The withdrawal OF membeI
c Of the knights Ct Labor from the mint
e would seriously embarTaas operation
Q bat would not entirely ttop the prodn
4, tion. Another reason why the strike
opposed IL the fact that miners In th
4 valley arc not working on what
i known as the sliding scAle, and the
are actually r5oeiving IL per cent mo
n than the S,huylkill miners hAve bee
= receiving, or more than they hay
/. asked for.
Il WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb 6.-Oh
9 GERS df tue Lshigh and WilkesoArl
Goal Company, the Dslnware and HUI
IT son Coal Company, the Hillman Vel
Company, the susquehauua Goal Con
n pany and the Rsd Ash CJal O)mpau
d; being the principal coal operators
Il the Wyduing valley, hsye hesn sec
By reporters to. day. From what can
lie learned they all enphsticslly decls
that they would not RIaut 10 per Ger
)r ad vance TO tue miners ut this time. III
l. reasons given are to the h1ot that TIT
/. are paving all they can afford TO at pre-
to ent There is TO probability Of stri
here, as the old minsrs are opposed
rn such movement.
&c PorrsvILLE, Feb. EVERY tAing
quiet throughout the coal region to q a
RI at Shenandoa the Sheriff and the Co
and iron officials wers busy orgAnizl Ii
or the special DO Ice force and preparil
n for expected hot work on Monday i
ut gathering OF applicants for appoii
ment as members OF the Sheriff pos
n this evening, made matters lively al
&c Goal and Iron headquarters
Seventy Ave men were enrollt
or armed with revolvers, and sent
Shenandoah on ths midnight tTai
m Lieutenant Mayer, who took part
Fridays melee, is in charge, assist
is BY ex-Shtriff W0rmer, who did su
in good WORK in quelling the riots of IS
IN, The strike leaders arc demorali'
and are putting forth every effort
for prevent further outbreaks. Opini
of here generally is to the effect that tn
will shortly be general resumption
the better elements of the miners
becoming disgusted at the acts OF Ia
ay, lessness.
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