Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-02
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 Two thousand rioters had assembled
 at the St!ckle Hollow plant to dissuade
 miners from going to work. The work
 men were about to comply and go home
 when deputies rushed in the midst Of | the strikers and got possession Of the workmen and marched them to the pit.
 A deputy sheriff fired shot and the
 battle oper ed. Volley after volley was ] fired by each side at close range. The
 strikers ammunition gave out and they
 were forced to fee.
 | It is said the strikers were advancing
 on the deputies when the latter fired
 the first shot. A large number of
 strikers were arrested today who had
 guns and ammunition. The killed gre
 all strikers aad three deputies are
 among the wounded.
 Today the situation at Hill Farm is
 decidedly alarming. Five hnndred
 strikers marched to the plant. They
 are said to be planning an attack on
 works. Fifty deputies are on guard. The strikers are determined to force all plants to shut down. regardless of loss
 of life.
 CENTRALIA, Ill, May 24.-Five
 hundred striking miners from the Duquin and St. Johns mines arr.ved
 here today on ire ght train and at the 1 Big Four mine operated by Potenger & | Davis demolished the machinery, filled
 the shaft with about fifteen feet of | debris, and smashed all the glass and
 sashee. The strikers left on foot for 1 Odin, eight miles north, to shut down the mine. The sheriff swore in fifty deputies, who W re equipped with win I chesters from the armory here and left
 on a special train for Odin. The
 miners are armed with pistols and plenty of ammunition.
 LEAvENwoRTH, Kas., May 24.-Cap-
 tain Ryan, leader of the Missouri miners
 who intend to invade the city this even- | ing, arrived at noon and held a confer
 ence with Mayor Dodsworth. The mayor warned the agitators not
 to enter the city. Ryan concluded to
 have his men go into camp and enter { the city by twos tonight. Excitement
 is general, and if the bell sounds 5000
 men will respond.
 The sheriff is sw, arlng in 500 depu-
 ties. Many extra police have been 3D.
 pointed. Ryan states that his men will
 not offer resistance. A force of 500
 miners, at work in three mines, are
 dreading the approach of the mob. If l they should be beset by agitators there certainly will be serious consequences. SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 24.-The populIsts today nominated the follow ing additional candidates on the state ticket:
 Secretary of sia'e M. McGlypn, San Francisco; comptroller, Jobn $. Dore, Fresno; treasurer, r. N. Barton. Placer county; attorney gene al, Louis Luckel, Los Angeles; superintendent of public instruction, w. A. Richardson, San Bernardino county.
 GALEsBURG, H., May 24.-When the Chlcaga. Burlington & Quincy fast mail was four miles east of Kewauee teddy, running fifty miles and hour, the glass in he lubricator can broke and the oil was spilled through tte cab; striking the hot boiler head it ignited and next moment the whole interior of the cab was in flame.
 Fireman Ed. Martins clothes were saturated with oil and caught fire. He rolled on the cab floor and extinguished the flames. Engineer V. B. Giddings set the brakes and brought the train to a standstill. Martin rushed to the wa ter tank and jumped in. exinguishing the flames.
 Giddngs rolled around in the wet grass. Martin was horribly burned and 1 is in s precarious condition, Giddings' left hand and his clothes were burned l off of him.
 WAsHINGT N, D. c, May 23.-The onslaught on the civil service comm g. sion, which was started yesterday, Was resumed today, and several times dur | ing lhe day the question was disposed | of only to break out little later in an- other place.
 The paragraph providing for the transfer to the civil service commission of clerks from departments was stricken | out of the bill today.
 The house refused to strike out the | appropriation of Sf0000 for travelling expenses of civil service examiners.
 Another amendment made to the bill gives the secretary of the treasury dis in ha fap int nf clerks to wind up the accounts of divi- sions proposed to be abolished instead | of taking them from the classified serv- ice.
 Prior 10 going into committee of the whole the house passed bill amend ing au act to provide for the sale of the remainder of ths reservation of the Missouri Indians in the states of Nebraska and Kansas.
 The house adjourned at 5:05 after getting half way through the leglsla- tive bill.
 LONGvIEw, Texas, May 23.-At 3 D. m. five robbers entered the First Ma tional Bank of Lohgvlew. The preei- dent and cashier were ordered to throw up their hands and the robbers secured 8 5600 Officers and citizens appeared and constant firing was kept up, dur ing which George Buckingham and J. w. Mcqueen Were killed and City Mar sh el Muckler badly wounded. Ons of the robbers, small, dark k-complexioned man, was Ri led. Over 400 shC ts were fired. The remaining robbers escaped with the dead mans horse ard gun. A large posse is in hot pursuit.
 SACRAMENTO, Cal, May g. - The peoples party platform is said ts ln- dorse the Omaha platform and joint Formers Alliance and Labor congress The platform favors national control of railways, telegraphs and telephone sys- tems and the unconditional repeal of the national bank act. opposition to the issuance of government, state and mu- nicipal bends; favors woman suffrage. condemns all opposition to the public school system and opposes the Pacific