Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-31
THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.
Rauroad Cripplsa BY Shortage Of Fuel
Violence Of strikers.

Railroad Cripplsd BY Shortage OF Fuel. =
Violence Of strikers.
Tho great coal strike while not universal
throughout tho country IL beginning to bo
seriously felt in the East.
The effect Of the coal strike is being felt by
the Philadelphia, Reading and New England
railroads, the companies' supply Of soft coal
being entirely exhausted at all stations, from
Hartford to Haybrooke, New York. All pas
senger engines have begun burning hard coal
At staunton, Illinois, the Consolidated
Coal Company In order to protect Its miners
from strikers, have secured 100 Winchester
shot guns, with several hundred pounds Of
reached staunton that the strikers intended
to return there and force the working miners
to stop work. Deputy Sheriff Hoadley in
tends to protect all men wishing to work II
he has to call on every citizen in the city.
Both mines arc working full force.
A dispatch from Akron, Ohio, on the 2end
said: Serious trouble is apprehended among
/. the coal miners Of Tuscarawas county, where
several mines are being worked. To-day the
men were driven out Of one mine by the
strikers and tomorrow the same fate Is
threatened to the other workers. The sheriff
bticSEbputu MAJOR e. ". oryAu VI tho iSikhei
regiment for aid and he Immediately left for
the seat Of trouble, asking Adjutant General
Howe to meet him, and ordered his companies
to hold themselves in readiness The strikers
are belligerent and demand that work shall
not be continued.
A serious riot occurred at La salle, Illinois,
on the 22nd In which several men were in
iured. Ever since the mines closed the
Union Coal Company has kept some men at
work to clean up entries. Nothing was said
against 1t by the strikers, but Tuesday even
ing as the men came from work they were set
on by the strikers and brutally beaten by q
mob Of at least o thousand. Some sought
shelter in the company's office and barricad-
ed the doors and windows with Office furni-
ture. This only added to tho fury of the
mob and the doors were battered in and the
victims set upon. Benjamin Hetherington
was pounded into insensibility. Edward
Cumming was savagely beaten and several
other men roughly handled. The sheriff ar
rived in the evening and after swearing In
deputies went to the mines and dispersed tho
mob.
Another riot occurred at La Sale on the
24th. A mob OF 1000 coal strikers raided the
shaft Of the La Sale County Carbon Goa
Company in the evening, and, in q conflict
with tho sheriff and his deputies, five strikers,
Sheriff Taylor md Deputy Sheriffs Hoolihan
and Dwyer were painfully wounded. The
mob closed in on the officers and hand to hand
fight ensued. Three men were arrcsted but
they .wcrc released on the men threatening tc
tear down tho jail and burn the city hall
The situation being alarming, the govern
or was telegraphod to for state aid.
News was received at Evansville, Indiana,
Thursday night Of serious trouble at Little'a
coal mines at Little's station on the Indian
apolis s. Evansville railroad. Two hundred
and fifty armed men marched to the mine in
the afternoon for the purpose of compelling
the force at work to Join in the strike. A
battle occurred about o'clock between the
strikers and those who have continued al
work, in which five men wcre wounded and
two killed.
For some days past deputy shcriffs have
been stationed as guards Mt the mines, but
they were disarmed and driven away by the
strikers. The strikers evidently intend to
remain at Little's, ns they have gore into
camp and taken about 80 days rations with
them.
1t is expected that the militia from Evans
Vile will be ordered to the scene.
Miners at Cherokee, Kansas, have resumed
work.