Telegram-herald., 1891-12-24
NOBBED By lHE WUNEA
Ninsrs Attacked by the Wives ~
ths Strikers
MADE DESPERATE RI THEIR WAIT
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BRAxu. Ind. Dec. es-A mob Of
womsa. hasf erazed from hunger and
want mkdz furious attack on the
.'ble-;kleg" traia when il stopped at
syndicats miae No. ) TUESDAY morning.
With curses sad screams OF rage they
peited the train with stones. and when
IL came - . stsadstil they made .
rush for the cars in which the
"oiaekiegs" were. declaring that nos
one of them should eseaps alive
Fcrtanately toe ths men. they were
well armed ana aeon drove their savage
sssailants bze< several sf the miners
were severely bruised with blows fron
the clubs shs women carried. thoagh
mona were seriously injured There
were several hand TO hand eoaficts but
food and we're easily overpowered The
Gght IVES over in less .hAa ten minutes
but for nearly an hour tho women
loitered around the mine. swearing
vengeance agsiass sks "blscklsSA"
oper-t~xs surprised-
= II was . complete surprlss TO ths op-
orators. They had received no intima-
sion OF the troubis. and for the frss
tims since the mine resumed operation
General Manager Mcclellan did not go
out with the train The women were
concealed behind long row Of coal
cars, and did not show themselves
until the train was within a few rods
of the stopping place, when they
made rush from their ambush,
showcring stones on the train as they
came. Rober. Wallace. the mine super
intendent and August Nnrkais. the pit
boss, attempted 10 intercept them. but
they mixht a. well have attempted to
stop a torrent Mrs Thomas Short
carried a pick-handle. and with thu
fury OF bear robbed OF her whelps
abe made at SArkAis. He dodged the
blow and quick as . fash seized her
about the waist and attempted TO wrest
the club from her grasp tie was not
equal To the task. With the strength
given by rage and desperation she
threw him of and second time
rushed upon him, screaming with all
Again he lodged the blow, aad this
time he seized her by the throat and
threw her back several PAGES In her
effort TO keep from falling she let 60
-. club and the pit boss got it
Took to Hls Hesis-
Mrs. Sandy Jenkins. Mrs Falkner
AID Mrs. Nc Donald, who. in their Of
forts TO reach the "blacklegs," had not
before noticed the light between Mrs
Short aud the pit boss, row came to
the rescue. and he fed with the women
In hot pursuit Superintendent Wal
lace tried to stop them, when he be-
came involved in a hand-to-hand con-
hics with Mira Jenkins The other
women sch upon him with such fury
that ne had TO give it mp. BY this time
The ''biaeklegs" had left the train and
by pointing their weapons Mt the wom-
en- kept them ut . safe distance.
Curses for " Biackiegs-"
'You miserable cowardsl' yelled
Mrs Falkncr. coming here to steal
the bread from the mouths of our chill
dren. We viii kill your
XIII the dirty blacklegs," put In .
dozen others
You may go on this time" screamed
Mrs Jenkins, with volley of oaths,
but il you come cut here again we will
use dynamits."
Nobody but cowardly 'blackleg'
would point gun at a defcnseiess
woman" howled Mrs Mcdonald.
Finally. when the miners took their
tools and descended into thes pit, the
women sent a shower OF stones in that
direction and marched up the hill,
screaming as they went
oEseers Secured for Protection.
As soon as the women left the miue
the train was sent back to Brazil. and
I'm the afternoon IL returned with .
squad of police officers and General
Manager McClelland Word was then
sent to Caseyville that IL the women
came 20 the mine in the evening they
would bc arrested and taken 20 jail IL
had the desired effect and none of
them appeared when the train pulled
out
Thinks the strike Lost.
Peter Flenings. the chairman of the
strike committee. said that he had done
al in his power TO prevent the women
from going 70 the mine. lie had re-
fused 10 allow his wifs % take part in
the disgrsceful affair He said that il
would bring trouble 20 the husbands OF
she women. and besides. IL the men
could not make the fight. it was useless
Tor the wemen 20 try. As to the strike
he believed that 1t was lost TO the men
They had received practically no assist
anes from the outside, and it would be
necessary for them 20 60 TO work soon
or let their families starve. That many
a. The families are "a the border oi
starvation there can be no question
The women and men OF Cassyvillc.
however. persist that they are not in
want but that they condemn the state
and national sf6cers in bitter terms for
not sending the aid that was promised
when the strike was declared. In many
ef the small mining towns the grip has
broken ont aud in some places il pre-
vsiling almost In an epidemic form.
Sickness, added 10 their other trials
does not improve tae outlook
Died st ptnu-rs
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