The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-17
MURDEROUS STRIKERS.
Fierce Battle in Alabama Between
Miners and Deputies.
SIX KILLED AND MANY INJURED.

The victims Fired Upon as They We're
Leaving the Mines-Troops Sent TO the
Scene, Rs More Trouble May Occur at
Any Moment.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July IA fierce
battle occurred yesterday afternoon at
4;9O O'Clock at No. mine, at Pratts', be-
tween mobs Of striking miners and depu-
ties, in which six men were killed and
nearly a score wounded. The full list of
dead and manned cannot be secured, as
the bodies were carried of quickly after
the fight occurred.
A mass meeting of striking miners was
held on the creek near Pratt mines, and
It was decided that the law be taken into
their own hands, and that they would
kill or be killed. About o'clock, the
lime when the employees of the mines qL
work and come out Of the mines, a mob
Of men was secreted in the woods near by.
As the negroes would come out one by
one, shot would be sent at him, and
they would drop to the ground, either
fatally wounded or dead.
After the third negro had fallen the
deputies opened fire on the mob, and a
fierce battle took place b. w. Tierce,
| the commander of the deputies, fell TO
| the ground. A Winchester ball had pierced
| his body, just above the heart. Almost at
the same instant, one Of she strikers was
seen to fall, but he arose again to his
| knees, and, taking aim with his Win
chester fired four times at the deputies.
| The deputies kept reloading their guns
and firing, and the mob began dispensing.
| The deputies then made a detour around
the wounded striker, who was still fir
| ing, and after a time they succeeded in
silencing his gun. He proved to be a
Frenchmau
NAnother section of the mob made an
attack on a train, which was carrying the
negroes from Mine No to their homes.
| There were several guards on the engines,
and the attack was answered with a tus-
| illade of bullets. The first shot from the
strikers went through the cab window Of
the engine and just missed killing the en-
gineer and j. j. Moore, the superintend-
ent at the mines.
Telegrams were sent to town in haste
| for help, and Sheriff Morrow summoned
| twenty-five deputies. Governor Jones,
who is still in the city, hastily summoned
the Birmingham battalion of the state
troops. Out at Pratt's posses were hast
| lll lbIultu anu IuG WbOhS NtAb SCDuL GU
| for miles and miles, but the miners had
made good their escape.
The work of hunting up the dead and
wounded then began. Ten men were
picked up and six are dead. George
Campbell, colored, had his leg broker
and bullet went through his chin. H,
says that the striker came on him after
he was down and kicked him and fired
another shot into his nose. The negroes
are terror stricken and are running wild.
| The streets about town are crowded with
people and all sorts of rumors are flying
| aACat.
A courier has just returned from the
scne and everything is we'll guarded
there for another attack should one bC
made. The bodies of the two white mel
and one of the negroes have just beer
brought to the city, and the undertaking
shops for blocks, are crowded with a surg
ing mass of humanity.
Report just comes that a dead negro wa
found one mile from the scene Of battle
on the Kansas City track.