The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-29
WASA FIERCE BAITI7
sON-UNiON MINERS ROUTE,
BY STRiK eRS.
at Weir CITY, Kan, Strikers and rh.,
Wives Charge ON the Works !.
After Desperate Encounter p..-
tho Non-Unioa Men to Run.

WEIR CITY, Kan July a2.-Tha :.
pected or Sis has come in the KsnsA
miners stri c. \ iners who were wS
ling work have been attacked
the strikers nd bio d has been sha?
The feeling, VIII oh has been growiOJ
more and more bitter for several davi
culmina ed yes erd;,y in fierce baisI1t
NJ Clements p I, one mile south
this city. All the forenoon there wer1
murmur ngs OF the arproachings orm
and the feeling was universal ia
serious trouble was At hand.
just before noon b nd OF RI
strikers. headed by 100 women. VIII
had been marching to the variou1
strip pits, reached Clements; pit nm
S, mt in a committee to persuade IN
miners work. e there TO quit. Tbll
they refused TO do and when the com
mi,tee reported the entire body
marchers moved on the works 10 fore
the men out J lie strip men Wenl
ready for them and WHOM they passed
the IT spass line they were fl cd upon|
and "a general battl followed, in which
" Winchester rifles, pistols and cluhl
were used. Over 20 shots Were Hredl
but nobody was killed, One man wa
wounded in the forehead, another
the leg, II boy in the foot and one
the women got a bullet through he}
arm. None of h. woUn S are fatllI
and it is believed that none # then
are dangerous. A number on bot !
sides We're badly beaten mp with club
and dubbed with guns. The WOUNDED
were Quickly removed by their friendS|
and their names have not beenlearneI
AS a result of the battle tn. men
the strip We're routed by the Striker
and were forced to dee for heir lived
pursued by the howling mob, whi1
would have lynched them had The |
been caught.
The owrer of the strip, ClcmenaI
, his son and n man named Big DID
Reed are said To lie the ones who I'll
the shooting, and they have giye}
themselves M and were run oul Il
the com or safe keeping. The el|
element was inteuse after the shoaI
ing and it was feared that matted
would become worse, but prominesl
striker, George Il, Fulton. made "a
crowd a speech, in which he adyisI
them 10 keep cool and counsesl
pea"c. 1t is rumored that larpj
number OF firearm, has been + ceivs |
here. The excitement continues at
hiZh pitch. and further bloodshel
now seems inevitable.
TorENa, an, July Ell iout God
lanielS. who is also ma or genera
Of the la sas National guards, waj
o d rel to lit'shurg, the scene OF thd
coal miners strike, to assume conf
mand OF the militia companies in tha|
part o. the state. No call hasydl
been made for assistance, and the mi
owners have declared tint they havs|
no in ention of asking aid of the & Il
ernor preferring 10 employ armed
guards, who will he more aeazous d
the work than s'a'c troops.
Adjt-Gen. Artz suidyt sterd yaftsI
noon that trouble was exp cted wal
the mine owners a tempted 10 eva |
strikers from their homes. In CaFI
ford Couatv Il. sheriff is republicsL|
and he is swearing in Deputies TO pfc|
tect miners who desire 20 work. wAs|
in Cherokee county the sheriff is
popu.iSt, ard The niDe-owncrS are en'I
p.pyinr men IN their own aceoGnl N
protect their properly.
The 5 ate troops are not sent out ~
ovcrawe the striking workmcn, but
keep the mtnc-owners ahd thcic hirsd
guards in check.