The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-28
eLoopsHeo IN KANSAS.

| The Cria1s In the Miners Trouble In Aaae
sss Arrive. A Fierce battle ut Ciens~nt's
FIT. Near Weir City Five Hundred
strikers. Headed by = Hundred Women
Drive the Men from the PIT After .
Desperate struggle xcitesnen NJ Rita
burgh Neg ro~s to Take the Place Of the
Miners.
WEIR CRY, Kas.. July 20.--The ex-
pected crisis has come in the kansas
miners strike. Miners who were will
ling To work quietly and peacefully
have been attacked and blood has
been she'd The feeling which has
been growing more and more bitter
for several days eliminated to-day
In fierce battle at Clements pit. one
mile south of here. All the forenoon
there were mutterings Of the approach
ing storm. and the feeling was univsr-
sal that serious trouble was ut hand.
Just before noon band of 500 of tho
strikers. headed by 100 women, which
had been marching to the various strip
pits, reached Clements pit, and com
mittee tried to persuade the miners
there to quit. This they refused To do.
and when the committee reported tho
entire body of marchers moved onto
the works to force the men out.
The strip men were ready for them.
and when they had passed the tres
pass line they were fired upon and
general battle ensued in which Win
chesters, pistols and clubs were used.
Over 100 shots were fired. and il Is
nothing short of miracle that no
body was killed. One man was in
jured in the forehead and another in
the leg, boy was shot in the foot and
one OF the women got a ball through
her arm. None of the injuries are
fatal and il is believed that none Of
them are dangerous. A number en-
both sides were badly beaten up with
clubs and dubbed guns
As "A result of the battle the men in
the strip pit were routed by the strik-
ers, and were forced to flee for their
lives, pursued by bowling mob, which
would have lynchcd them had they
been caught.
There is an inclosure around the pit,
which was broken into by the strik-
ers. The owner of the strip. Clements,
his son and man named Big Dick
Reed. are said To be the ones who did
the shooting. and they have given
themselves up and were run out of the
county for safe-keeping
The excitement was intense after the
shooting. and it was feared that mat
ters would become worse. but PROM
inent striker, George X. Fulton. made
the crowd speech, in which he ad-
vised them to keep cool and counseled
peace. 1t is rumored that n quantity
of firearms have been received here IT,
night. The excitement is still at fever
heat. and there is every probability
that a further dcmonstra ton will he
made during the night.
Intense Excitement at Pittsburgh.
PIrrsBUnGH, Kas.. July 20-Tho
miners in this vicinity are in a state Of
intense excitement tonight over the
wounding of four of their number at
Weir City this afternoon. Many ex-
press the opinion that this is but q
starter and will result in more blood
shed. That they are more wrought up
now than at any time during the strike |
Is certain. snd there IL NO telling what
the end will be.
A meeting of miners and strip men
is called for tomorrow in Henrys hail
In this'city. when it is expected num-
Der OF miners will be present from the
lower part Of the district. and it is all |
most certain something new will be
decided upon regarding the matter OF \
work
a telegram was received to-day stat
ing that Assistant Attorney-GeReral !
Clarke will arrive in Pittsburgh to-
night to afford the miners all the le-
gal protection to which they NAV be
entitled.
No attempt was made to disturb the
strip pits in the neighborhood of Pitts
Durgh to-day. Those operated by
Beck, Beasley and Lanyon are running
he same as usual. The stockades
around the Kansas & Texas shaft
No. l2 at Litchfield is about one-third
and the men are working
night and day upon it, Considerable
ineasiness was felt at Lees pit last
hight from the fact that a number OF
men marched up and down the road
here shouting and firing guns. No
,ther demonstration was made. Min
RS. having provided themselves with
runs, it is feared that to-day's erup.
ion at Weir City will result in COLI
ion here.
,oiored Men to Take the Place Of strick
Ing Miners.
LEAvENwoRTH. Kas-, July 21.-It II
current ruinor here, with the railroad
'fficers as authority. that 1000 colored
men were put on che cars ut Birming-
nam, Ala, Wednesday night, and
started for Kansas, to take the places
4 the striking miners 1t is thought
hey will go to Pittsburgh, and from
hat place be distributed TO all the AZ
ected mines in the state. Trouble
md perhaps bloodshcd will undoubt-
dly follow such an attempt.
lrrested On . Charge of EmbeExlement.
New ORLEANS. July 2i.-Yesterday
ftcrroon James W. Dow1inv of the