Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-04
GRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.
BLOODY RIOT.
The Air Filled with Flying Bul-
lets and Stones.
A Mob Of One Thousand Miners Terribly
Infuriated.
The Greatest Confusion and UnIe-
strained Acts OF Violence at
Shenandoah City.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. j

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There was a serious riot tonight as the
men and boys at work in the Shenandoah city
and West Shenandoah collieries started for
home. The Polanders opened fire with
stones, whereupon the coal and iron police
men, VIM. Myer, Diebert, Shreve and krei-
ger. went TO their aid. Myer and Diebert
caught Polander and hustled him up street
as if by magic. The region swarmed with
men and boys, and in a second the prisoner
was free and the officers roughly handled.
They got away and started for the Shenan-
doah City mine. followed by a crowd num-
bering over a thousand.
The latter continued beating the workmen
and boys. when the officers i'll body sprang
to their rescue. |; was brave act of six
men against crowd, but for five minutes it
was successful. Then, as the officers were
going off, Myer and Diebert with one, and
kreiger and Shane with another prisoner, the
crowd surged on them again. kreiger got
away with his man and finally landed him in
Squire Shoemaker's office. Myer and Die
bert were badly beaten with clubs, and both
were down when they drew their revolvers
and fired into the crowd, which scattered
promiscuously.
Mike lletiron, a young man, received a
bali in the mouth and was very badly in
jured.
John Gather, an iron monlder, was shot
and Poander was shot behind the ear.
Three shots were fired by the Polanders,
but with what effect is not known. James
Shields, borough officer, then arrested both
officers for shooting in the borough. A war
rant was sworn out by a Poander charging
them with assault and battery with intent to
kill. They pleaded guilty under advice of
Ebr;s a,,J al
in Pottsvtle Jail when things took another
bad tnrn. Two magistrate offices ON
East Center ST., "A square and a half apart.
The whole space was densely packed with
people. A large portion were Polish Wild
with passion they surrounded both offices,
yelling Lynch them" xiii them Sud
denly stone was thrown at the Shoemaker's
window. In minute the front of both offices
were riddled with stones and the inmates had
Il tough scramble for safety. Squire Mono
CHAN, Myer Diebert and Capt. Christian
were in small room separate from the main
room and escaped through window in the
rear. But for half an hour, the mob think
ing them still in, pelted the office. The town
is in perfect uproar. The men are mad
with passion and drunk No one appears to
have any power to quell them. Capt Chris
tian will mass the whole force of coal and
iron men here tomorrow with Capt. Linden
of the Pinkerton men, and it is possible that
the scenes of 1875 will be renewed when the
military force was called out.
The VIM. Penn colliery worked today with
every man. The kehley Run mine is prac-
tically in the same condition.
Sheriff Duffy swore in tonight three fire
companies of the town as a posse preparatory
for trouble tomorrow.
The borough council held a special session
and instructed Chief Burgess Boehm to swear
in special officers for an emergency
John Dunkin, assistant foreman at the
kohinoor coliery was shot at this evening by
Polander but escaped injury. His assail-
ant was arrested, Thos Ryan of the Will
liam Penn, under arrest for participation in
the riot there, was sent to Pottsvile Jail.