The Red Cloud chief., 1894-02-02
CHECKED THE RIOTERS.
THREE MEN WITH lNchesTERS DIS
peRSE HUNDREDS

At the Crack OF the kiue-A wild Day In
Fcnnsyl,ania Coat Regions - About
100000 worth of Property Destroyed
by Riotous Huns and Italians.
PIrrsDuEG, Jan. 2o-Thc quiet Of sun.
day prevailed throughout the Mansfield
coal region, the scene of the recent rioting.
But few strikers were seen out Of their
houses, and the deputy shcriffs on guard
ut the various mines in the district had lit
tie to occupy their attention. by many
however, the calm was regarded as proceed.
ing the storm. There are we'll grounded
fears Of another outbreak today. and the
l~aw-abiding citizens nre preparing TO meet
It.. Trusted foreigners who were supposed
to be in sympathy with the rioters were
sent outby the coal operators. They cir
culated freely with the strikers and re.
turned with the information that prepare.
tons were being made to attack the works
at Bridgeville, Roscvalc, and Beading.
The feeling among the rioters is very bit
ter against the Beading brothers for tho
killing of Frank Stehitz, and they asser,
that they will have revenge.
Looking for Another Attack.
II another attack is made on tho Bead
ling works the foreigners will meet with n
still warmer reception than that accorded
them at the first. There are twelve men
in the Beading fumily, and every one Is
rs determined and brave as the three who
put to flight n mob Of several hundred.
Thomas Beading says he and his two
brothers fired ut least 100 shots, and he is
aA,ZG.. s1.ns g a. an.l -
houses was made at least a score OF
wounded men would be found. Frank
Stehitz, who was shot through the body,
is dead. lie was a member OF the Sons OF
| st. George, and his family will receive a
death benefit of 81 500.
Charged Upon the Anarchists.
There are strong reasons for believing
| that the anarchists hereabout are rcspon-
sible for the disorder. IL is known that
the bulk Of the insurgents came from
Bower Hill, and upon the authority of
Rev. Father Jacob Wertz, pastor of st.
Joseph's German Roman Catholic church
at Mansfield, there are ut least 100 families
on Bower Hill who openly avow anarch.
ism. Their Bible is a radically anarchist
| sheet printed in Wisconsin and appro-
priately named 'Lucifer," and the confes.
sion Of faith is set forth In the specious
| sophistry of its publication. This sheet is
written by an unfrocked priest named
Michael Biron, IA man of good education
who fell away from the church when in
Mayence, Germany. He is now publishing
this sheet in Madison, Wis, and IL has a
considerable number Of subscribers in this
section and in the coke regions.
Wiped Out $780, 900 In Property.
Whatever may have been, in the matter
Of politico-econominal propaganda, the
leading idea of the men who headed the
mobs it is certain that anarchy was the
| result in the Mansfield coal region. The
movement of the mob began ut dawn and
ut dusk it was estimated that s2OO, OOO
worth Of property had been destroyed.
Made mad by fancied grievances and
liquor n mob Of several hundred foreign.
ers--Hungarians, Slavs and Italians
| swept over the country surrounding
Mansfield and through the valleys of
Toms and Painters Runs. They attacked
mine owners, miners, and the few sent.
tered deputy sheriffs, wrecked cars and
destroyed railroad property. Until noon
the mob met hardly any resistance. At
that time it reached the mines of the Bead
ling Bros, near Federal, on the Pittsburg,
CHARTERS and Y~oughioyhcny reilway.