The herald., 1894-01-28
A BILLOW OF ANARCHY
RIOT, ARSON AND BL0OESHED IN
Pennsylvania.
Striking Miners Create a Reign OF Ter
ror Near Pittsburg-They Start
Out to Burn, PillRge
and Murder.

PITTsRURG, Pa, Jan. PA wave of
anarchy, in whose tread followed blood
shed, arson and destruction OF prop
erty, passed over the Mansfield coal
region today. 1t began at dawn and at
dusk it was estimated 100000 worth of
property had been destroyed by mob
made mad by fsncied grievances and
liquor.
A mob of several hundred foreign
ers-Hungarians, Slavs and Italians
Mansfield, and through the valleys of
Toms and Painters runs, attacked
mine owners, miners and the few scat
tered deputy sheriffs, wrecked cars and
destroyed railroad property.
Until noon the mob met hardly snv
resistance, when it reached the mines
OF Beading Bros, near Federal, on the
Pittsburg, CHARTERS and Youghogheny
railroad. Here the rioters met deter
mined resistance and were checked with
repeating Winchester rifles. Thomas f.
Williams and Harry Beading 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 WAS Frank Stable,
Frenchman. He WAS shot through the
body and is probably dead before this.
After the fourth volley the rioters fled
precipitately down the hill.
At this moments train bearing Sheriff
Richards and 40 deputies pulled into
Beading, and the Offices started in
pursuit of the rioters, firing as they ran,
The chase was long and hot one, but
finally Is were overtaken and captured.
They were marched to the Mansfield
Jail at the point of revolvers. AS mat
ter 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.
Tonight everything ia quiet. A force
of deputies guards every mine in the
district, and no more trouble is appre-
hended before Monday. Another out
break is anticipated then, as it ia learned
that at yesterdays meeting at Mansfield
it was decided that if the men now at
work refuse to join the strike by Mon
day, all the tippies in operation will be
burned. Nearly 1000 miners, all for
eigners, attended the meeting, and in
speeches it was declared that all the
miners in the district will be compelled
to quit work.
Sheriff Richards now has rs deputies
on duty and is swearing in others as
rapidly az he can secure them. BY to-
morrow night he expects to have at
least 200 men armed and equipped for
any emergency. The citizens of Msns-
field, Bridgeville. and Woodville are also
organizing, and ii another outbreak
should occur there is little doubt the
mob would be quickly dispersed.
Trouble is feared in the Washington
district. A dispatch tonight says the
outbreak among the miners in the Mans
field neighborhoods has excited the for
eign element among the miners in the
Mcdonald and Ridgewsy sections, and
violent demonstrations are feared.
The energetic measures that quieted
the lawless class in the uprising today,
have had an effect upon their lmitators
in other districts named. Had there
been any temporiziug today, there is no
question that the trouble would spread
Throughout all this region. AS it is, the
other mine owners fear an uprising.
Twelve deputies are at the Robbins
mines at Mcdonald, and another squad
has been dispatched to the Ridgeway
mines in the vicinity Of Bridgeyille.
The sheriff had calls this evening by
wire for immediate protection at the
points named. Still another message
has been received from Canonsburg, an
operator there fearing raid on his
works, and another force of deputies
will probably be sent there.
A Mcdonald, Pa. dispatch says: As a
precautionary measure at the Robbins
mine, the sheriff has been called on to
send deputies to protect it. There is
feeling of insecurity fully warranted by
the situation. The striking miners,
particularly the foreign-born classes, are
restless and ugly, and spark in sharp
accidental collision between individuals
may result in an explosion that will
involve multitude. The fact is, the
men are in dreadful plights, owing to
low wages and uncertain work, and
lacking the respect for the law that
governs the native element, the pinch
of poverty has made them desperate.
There is much apprehension OF serious
times coming.