The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-21
KANSAS MINERS FIGHTING.
IoUR OF THE STRIKERS WOUNDED IN
A FIGHT WITH NEW MEN,

The Operators Building stockade. within
Witch Their Men May work-1 900
Miners on Their Way from Ainsamn-
strikers Say They won't Let Them Mine.
KANSAS CITY. No.. July 20-Fpur striking
| miners were wounded in an attack on the new
mon brought In by the operators at Weir City,
Kan. this afternoon. They are Henry Beigh.
a man known as the Swede." John Herring
and boy. A French Indian woman, who was
cheering the men on. was struck in tho thigh
by q stray bullet. Adjt- Gen. Artz has Or
dered two companios Of militia from Topeka
and Wichita to the scene. The operators are
making every effort to resist the men who.
aided by their women. are organizing to keep
out the ]. 900 negroes on their way to Weir City
from Alabama.
To-day's difficulty originated in this way:
About noon 800 striking miners went to
Clemens's strip pit. The strip pit workmen
refused to quit work. and the strikers forced
an entrance to the grounds and battle began
with clubs and pistols. About 100 shots were
fired. The strip pit workers were defeated
and ran out OF the grounds.
The stockades. behind which the coal opera
tors expect to put men to work In the near
future, are fast approaching completion. and
when they are finished. the shafts will present
the appearance OF Indian forts At Mine No.
% the fonces in all directions have been posted
with small pine boards, on which has been
tainted" No trespass."
ABOUT forty mon arc busy building the stock
aGe. many sinking holes and others mailing on
boards. The fence is built out OF lumber that
had been used before. The posts are very
heavy and the fence Is about seven feet high
and considerable space is left between the
boards. 1t will enclose twelve acres Of ground.
giving plenty OF room for people to live in. II
they desire, when at work. as well ns forming
q guard line around the shaft About two
hundred yards have already been completed.
and three hundred yards OF posts are up ready
for the fencing.
Some Of the miners. when asked about the
fence said that it would prevent them from
dong anything at that shaft. but that they
4%s to any coal
would 10 liz ely to go inside the ss:cRade and ,
Tho stoekade at Weir ,ci5y for the Kansas
report was current On the he's stI eets this fore.
noon that about 800 men would remove the
WORKS and stop the men building the stockado.
gram from A. b Cockerell. saying that every
thing was quiet. with no prospect OF trouble.
warrants had been issued for the arrest OF
President Walters OF the Miners Union for
verify the report. Walters is busy in Missouri.
A large number Of miners met in the driving
park at 8 A. NJ. for the purpose of holding q
convention between tho strip and shaft men.
but owing to the short notice it was impossi-
BILE for all the strip men to be present. Conse.
Quently after q short debate. the Meeting was
POSTPONED until tomorrow. when both parties
will meet in Henry's Hall unless hostilities to-
morrow prevent it.
The result OF the meeting with W. and J.
I.anyon WAS the granting OF full permission
for their men to work. for the present at
least SO long as It is shown that no coal Is
shipped 1t Is generally believed that II the
"trip pit men. who are nearly all still at work.
do not join In the strike after to- morrow's
meeting. force will he used. The strip pit
operators openly declare that they will work
the mines as long as they can find men who
want work. The situation Is ono OF open de-
The excite nent at Weir City tonight is in
streets to protect the people from assault by
threatening everybody and everything. The
wives Of the strikers are ready to fight and
burn. They say that they will never let the
1000 miners from Alabama go to work when
they reach here Saturday
PITTsBURGH. July 2Q.-A strike OF about 500
coal miners In the Sawmil Run district oc-
CURED this morning. About 800 quit work
yesterday and were Joined by the other 200
this forming. The places affected are Hartley
and Marshalls enterprise mines and the Ven
ture mines Of tho Snwmill Run Coal Company
at Banksville. The principal difficulty IS tho
demand OF the mpantes that tho men load
the slack coal In the mine. for which they re-
ceive no pay. The miners are not organized