Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-22
OUR OWN IRELAND.
Evictions in the Coal Reg ons
of Pennsylvania.
A COUPLE OF PIr1PUL INSTANCES.

Driven from shanti~. Hardly Fat To Live
in-widow cey,s's Ca.e-sh- and Her
Ie-Y-.r-oId Daughter aaadcaa-d and
Tied Ia Post-rh- Landlord E-rent.
-Mans-han wouIdn't Move. 5. They
Evscted Htm-shsme Details.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Nov % Americans
Aave read with feelings OF horror he nc
counts Of eviction of tenants in Ireland
To day they can peruse the newspapers OF
their native country aud note the turning
out Of renters thrt teens with revolving
inhumanity. In the mining districts Of
Pennsylvania this wretchei work has
been wrought upon the tenants without
even murmur of prutestaiion from the
press The Lehigh Valley Coal company
is the corporation that has instituted this
proceeding. Rappshannock Is small
mining village in the anthracite region.
The buildings can scarcely he termed
houses. Implanted and miserably put
together, they are hardly 1T to live in.
Wide Coyie shows Fight.
In many cases the miner owns the house
but not the land. aud when the land own
or wants possession the sqnaIter has TO
go In one-story structure, not over
fifteen feet square, lives Widow Coyle, a
mother OF six children. She supported
herself and family by picking coal on a
dirt bank. She did not heed the sheriff's
notice to vacate the premis s. and when
deputy sheriffs came to the house TO evict
her she showed decided disposition to
remain. In her efforts to hold on to the
property the woman struck one of the
officers with a poker. Her IL year-sld
daughter assisted her mother To defy the
officers
Left Them Tied eo a Post
Eager to carry out their Instructions
the deputy sheriffs took mother and
daughter out OF the building by force.
handcuifed them aud then tied the two
women TO post with n clothes line
They then went on with the eviction. and
at its end wen away, leaving the mother
and daughter tied fast, with ne protection
from the rain. Neighbors took the small
Ter children into their houses, and finally
released the unfortunate women. The
owner, learning of the fate which
befell the poor widow. commended
the action of the officers. He, however, re-
Tented and subsequently opened the door
of the shanty. and the almost frenzied
WuHfHn uioNcu tue WdterSoaked furniture
back into it.
Monaghan Had to Go.
Another case equally shameful occurred
to the family of miner named Moua-
CHAN. The Lehigh Valley Coal company
wanted 10 make an extension of their
coal dirt bank. Monsghsn's house wa.
In the WAY. He had To 20. and was mott
fled TO vacate. lie paid no attention to
the notice and the next thing a deputy
sheriff and hi, assistants called. The
deputy read aloud his Warrant and then
took out all the furniture except that
used BY the womsn and her seven chill
dren. Then the nrn went on the roof
and began remoy.n the shingles
Hard wostd to Live In
This WAS tBo much for the poor woman.
and she tainted and in that condition
was carried out of the house When Mon
Afghan came home and saw the work OF
demolition he wept. The grsef-strick-n
husband at once started out tn iiud
house. aud late at night sncceesiei ia Sc
curing quarters. Monaghan has worked
but two days since july IL. when lac had
several ribs broken by an accident in the
mines.