Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-01-28
RIOT RUNS RED.
Fearful Uprising Among
Coal Miners
In Several Pennsylvania
Districts.
Property Valued at 100000
Destroyed,
The Foreign Element PInched by
Poverty Has Become Mad and
UncontrollabIe.
By the Associated Press.


PIrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. PA wave of
anarchy, in whose tread followed blood
shed, arson and destruction of property,
passed over the Mansfield coal region
today. 1t began at dawn and at dusk
it was estimated that 5000, 1000 worth of
property had been destroyed.
Made mad by fancied grievances and
liquor, mob of several hundred for
eigners, Hungarians, Slavs and Ital-
ians swept over the country surround
ing Mansfield and through the valleys
OF Toms and Painters runs, attacked
mine owners, miners and the few scat
tered deputy aheriffs, wrecked cars and
destroyed railroad property.
Until noon the mob met hardly any
resistance. 1t reached the mines of
Beading Bros, near Federal on the
Pittsburg, CHARTERS & Youahiogheny
railroad. Here the rioters met q de-
tsrmined resistance and were checked
with Winchester repeating rifles.
Thomas F. Williams and Harry Bead
ling stood their ground and opened fire
upon the mob. They fred four volleys
in quick succession fatally wounding
one and injuring half dozen others.
The man fatally injured is Frank Stable
q Frsnchman. He was shot through
the body and is probably dead before
this. After the first volley the rioters
fed precipitately down the hill. At
this moment = train bearing Sheriff
Richards and forty deputies pulled into
Beading and the officers started in
pursuit of the rioters firing as they ran.
| The chase was a long and hot one,
but finally sixteen were overtaken
and captured. They were marched to
Mansfield Jail at the point of revolvers.
As a matter of precaution the prisoners
were brought to this city and are now
safely lodged in the county jail. They
will be hold for riot and arson.
Tonight everything is quiet. A force
of deputies guard every mine in the dis
trics and no more trouble is appre-
hended before Monday; another out
break is anticipated then. 1t is learned
that at Yesterdays mestlng ct Mans
field it was decided that if the men now
at work refuse to join the strike by
Monday all tipples in operation will be
burned. Nearly 1000 miners, all
foreigners, attended the meeting and in
speeches it WAS declared that all miners
in the district will be compelled to quit
werk.
Sheriff Richards now has seventy-fve
deputies on duty and is swearing in
others as rapidly as he can secure them
By o-morrow night he expects at Least
200 men armed and equipped for any
emergency. The citizens of Mansfield
Bridgeville, and WoodvilIe are also or
ganizing and if another outbreak shoult
occnr there is little doubt the mol
would be quickly dispersed.
Trouble is fsarsd in the Washington
district. A dispatch tonight says th'
outbreak among the miners in thu
Mansfield nsighborhood has excited thu
foreign element among the miners il
the Mcdonald and Ridgway section
and violent dehonstrations are feared
The energetic measures that quietet
the lawiess class in the uprising toda.
have had an effect upon their imitation
in the other districts named. Hat
there been any temporizing today ther
is no question but trouble would spreaC
throughout all this region. As it is tn
mine owners fear an uprising.
Twelve deputies are at Robbin'f
mines at Mcdonald and another squat
has been dispatched to the Ridgewa.
mines in the vicinity of Bridesville
The sheriff had calls this evening b.
wire for immediate protection at tn
points named. Still another messag,
has been received from Canonsburg OF
an operator there fearing raid on tn
works, and another force of deputie
will probably be sent there. A Nc
Donald dispatch says that as precau
tionarY measure at Robbins mines
the sheriff has been called OF
to send deputies for. prote :tion
There is feeling OF insecurit
fully warranted by the situation
The striking miners, particularly tn
native born classes are restless and ugl.
and q spark in q sharp Academia
collision between individuals may re
suit in an explosion that will involve
multitude.
The fact ia the men are in dreadful
plights owing to low prices and uncer
tain work and lacking the respect TO
the law that governs the native ele
ment, the pinch of poverty has mad
them desperate. There is much appre
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