The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-02-01
EXCITING RIOTS.
..,,,ors Raise Merry Nod at the Mansfield, Pa, Mines-
prlcy OF ANARCHY NAUCURATED.
, rropcrty Destroyed d-Whoiesome Eff ,cc, ofn Bullet on One of the Riot CTS Citizens Organized
 Into Posses.

p,rrsr,nGu Pa, Jan CA wave of .,Lv in whose train followed blood
 h.5 S arson and the destr' c5ton of
 ,a,rtv. 'u,n passed over the Mansfield rrrion Saturday. It began at
 E~, 5,,rr and at dusk it was estimated .Tot Sl0oooo worth of property had .n 5.,troycd Made wild by fancied
 y,;,v,nces and liquor, mob of sev-
 ss.., hundred foreigners Hungarians, S,srs Italians and Frenchmen, swept orsr the country surrounding Mansfield s,l through the valleys of Toms and p,irter's runs. They attacked mine ,rrcrs miners and the few scattered Ssnutv sheritfS, burned tipples, wrecked cars and destroyed railroad property. Tn,; noon the mob met hardly any assistance. At that time it reached ,bs mines of the Beadling Bros, near Federal, on the Pittsburgh, Chartiers Youghiogheny railroad.
 Here the rioters met determined re- sistance and were checked. With re- nsatjng Winchester rifles in their hands. Thomas William and Harry Raodlinr stood their ground and ooened fire upon the mob as it ad- vapced They fired four vollcys in ouick succession, fatally wounding one, md niuring half a dozen others The htallvwounded man was Frank Stepig, Russian. He was shot through tbe body and is probably dead before this The names of the injured could not be learned. After the four volleys the rioters turned and fled percipitate- lv down the hill
 At this moment a train bearing Sher- if Richards and forty deputies pulled into Beading and the officers, quickly a!ighting, started in pursuit of the rioters, firing as they ran. The chase was long and hot one, but finally six teen were oyertaken and captured. They were marched to the Mansfield jail at the point of revolvers. On the way tue party was met by a posse of citi- pns of Bridgeville, under command of Squire Casper Meyers After the riot
 CTS were locked up rumOrs of an at tempted rescue were rife, and. as a
 matter of precaution, the prisoners
 were brought to this city, and are now
 safely lodged in the county jail. They will be held for riot and arson.
 EXCITEMENT CoNTINUES MANSFIELD, Pa, Jan. 29. Never be. fore did the streets of Mansfield present
 such a scene of excitement as they did
 last evening News has just arrived
 that a battle is in progress at w. J. StcenS mines on Toms Run, between q band of rioters and force of deputies. Hundreds of people throng the streets
 in front of the justices officeto, hear the
 verdict, and a large crowd has gath cred about the station to learn the
 latest from the skirmish. The report
 was brought by W. J. Steen. operator
 of the mines which bear his name. He came to Mansfield to secure more deputies It is said an engagement took place between the forces in which
 a number of shots were fired. What
 the result is has not been learned. Mr.
 Steen reported that number of the rioters had been captured and are be- ing locked up in empty freight cars as
 atemporary jail. Sheriff Richards has gone to the scene.
 Franz Josef Stepig, the rioter who
 was shot during the battle at the Bead. ling mines, is dead. He died about noon in the Slavish tenement house,
 where he was carried and left by his
 comrades His sufferings were terrible. Upon the request of numerously slgned petition from Bridgeville, a spe-
 cal detachment of deputies has been
 sent to guard that town. The citizens fear an assault
 Ihis IS the town which mustered up ssquad of twenty volunteer deputies "hlIe the Schultz coal town was in names and ran down the mob of rioters, capturing number of
 .hem who are now in the coun- " JalL Through reports sent out was learned that the rioters
 nad reassembled and pledged them
 N' AN'NhBC blCu1SclNCS Oh LIlc citizens of Bridgeville. It was also oec'ded to revenge the death of their SSomrade at the Recalling mines They nave pledged themselves to destroy the
 beadIing coal tipple, if it takes months
 "'o It. For this reason special pre- Vau'lons are being taken in both dis u!ctS' The Bridgeville deputies, with 'S'niorced numbers, are on duty with tue company deputies.
 At the Recalling mines, where the Ierce battle Saturday took place, Cand of four deputies, consisting of T"PI Michael Dean, Joseph Murphy, 'ohn Benning and F.. D. Sellers, are on guard Dozens of citizens of the Bead aug mining hamlet are ready to respond Cn d signal from Capt Dean Among '"eA are n number of foreigners who are entirely out of sympathy with their "aarchistic bretheren and have pledged themselves to respond upon a moments warning, and shoot down their country
 '''n II necessary to save the tipple.
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 TT'w Haskell Institute Superintendent
 LAWRENCE, Kan, Jan. 29.-A success oor 10 Charles F. Meserve, who lately hA |