New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
RIOTS BY NIGHT AND DAY.
MOB VIOLENCE IN ENGLISH MINING DIS
TRICTS
THE TROUBLES IN YORKSHIRE SPREAD TO
OTHER UNTIES-TwO STRIKERS KILLED
BY TROops-RIOTERS BURNING AND
DESTROYING PROPERTY.

London Sept s.-Anothcr STRIKER has died OF
wounds received in the fight at Ponteiract last
night.
The strikers throug ghout the Ponteiract district
are in a sullcn and dangerous mood. glN mons
have been gathering AT several points despite the
efforts of police and troops TO dispcrsc them In"
magistrates throughout the districts have called
for more troops. a. they believe that only by an
overwhelming display Of force will il be possible
TO prevent general fighting and great loss of
property
Al Hartley in the County Of Northumberland,
magistrate was stoned while he was reading the
Riot act He was badly bruised hut received no
severe injuries. Many fremen and police who
tIed TO drive back the strikers were cnt ana
bruised. The strikers are threatening NOR"
trouble
In the Sh.ihed, Dcwsbury and Nottingham dis
trcts the labor agitaiors hard At work foment-
inc trouble At the meetings held this morning
near all three cities the temper of the strikers
favored extreme measures against the military.
More troops have gone 70 these districts TO re-
store order, and special policemen are being
drafted with all haste into the service. AZ Not
tinghan, where the strikers are making their
ugest threats the police viii be REINFORCED with
several companies sent from London.
In the neghborhood of Wakefield in the West
Riding of Yorkshire the min" owners are panic
stricken. Last night tn" rioters went from pit 10
pit wrcrking the buildings and often setting fir"
to the ruins The dama2" done before dayhrcak
amounted 10 thousands of pounds.
Troop. wcr" called for this morning by the
authorities, as rioters had gathered nclr the town
and the police Were too weak to disper~c them.
Soon al.r neon a mob Of strikers began 10 pllag''
shops md tavcrns in the suburbs. IlI" troops
had not arrived, and the police we've scattered
bv the rioters The whole district around III"
town is now in the hands of the miners The
liqmor shops have been plundercd, and many Of
the miners are drunk. The re.pcciabl" residents
of Wakefield are t"rrih'd and repeated requests
for troops have been made by the authorities. who
fear that m the absence of a strong force the
whole town may be given over 10 pill 'gc.
In Mansfield, near Nottingham. hardly less
apprehension ~ felt. ioit" oI uidgooils anu III
lantry marched into Dewsbnrl lat" TINS alter
no n Cavalry supported w monnt"d police"
started for Biretall near Leeds. at o'clock to
,ttock the rioters who w're wIcchine III" White
Ice collicry. .;,
Dispatcl,e, from Pont"irart tins morning .tid
thar one miner was killed and another m0rtallN
wounded in the lsht there between the troops
and the strikers .,. ,,.;.,,.
Tie rioters ont all nIght. destroying
proncrtv and fighting the military and police.
TLrv burnei the wooden bridge over the collicry
railway 10 Lord Mashams property Inc Ihl
military and police force was on duty without
nause until a. H.. to-day At > O'Clock me
riofers had been brought under temporary con
troI Most of the mobs have beon scattered, but
they are likely 4 rca ssemble at any hour