The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-28

VIII 10 run IOr nlS fte was Da0ly
injured by stones thrown at him as he ran.
From here the mob went TO the wicks
mines and Beachmont Mines driving the
workmen off and destroying everything that
came in their way.
The mines OF A. j. Shuttle & Co., on
Painters run. was the next point OF at
tack On the way, the frenzied foreigners
stopped at C. p. Mayors general store.
After smashing the windows they took sew
eral bundles OF pick handles. which they
used as weapons When they reached
Shutte's works they forced their way into
the office and, overturning the stove, set
fire to the building. Then, procuring OIL
they poured 1t over the tipple and. with
brands from the burning office building,
they soon had the tipple blazing from
score OF different places. The Panhandle
Company's works suffered next. Here the
moo also fired the tpple, after compelling
the miners to flee for their lives.
THREE BRAVE MEN.
The mob then took up the march to the
Beading mines and here they met a sur
prise Standing shoulder TO shoulder, were
the three brave Beading boys with their
rifles ready for action. The mob jeered
and continued the march forward. "Tom''
Beading ordered them to halt, at the same
time telling them that the works would be
protected with their lives. But the foreign
ers were flushed with success and never
dreamed of determined resistance. When
they came within fifty yards of the works
crack, crack crack, went the rifles, and
three men fell, one with bullet through
the body In quick succession four volleys
were fired by the brave young men, and,
before the last shot had been fired, the
fourth time the mob, dismayed, was flee
ing panic stricken in all directions. The
timely arrival OF Sheriff Richards COM
pleted the work begun by the Beadlings,
and the riot was checked.
Tonight everything is quiet. A force OF
deputies is on guard at every mine in the
district and no more trouble is apprehended
before Monday Another outbreak is an
ticipated then, as it was learned that at
yesterdays meeting at Mansfield 1t was
decided that if the men now at work re-
fuse TO join the strike by Monday all the
tipples In operation will be burned. Nearly
two thousand miners, all foreigners, at
tended the meeting and In the speeches 1t
was declared that all the miners In the dis
trict will be compelled TO quit work. Sheriff
Richards now has seventy-fve deputies
duty, and he is swearing in others as rap
idly as he can secure them. BY Tomorrow
night he expects to have at least two hun
dred men armed and equipped for any
emergency. The citizens of Mansfield,
Bridgeville and Woodville are also organic
ing. and If another outbreak should occur,
there is little doubt that the mob would be
quickly dispersed.
Trouble is feared in the Washington dis
trict A dispatch tonight says: "The out
81, in
neighborhood has excited the foreign ele-
ment among the miners in the Mcdonald
and Ridgeway sections, and violent demon
strations are feared. The energetic meas
ures that quieted the lawless class I'm the
uprising to-day have had their effect on the
agitators in the other districts named.
Had there been any temporizing to-day,
there is no question but that the trouble
would have spread throughout all this
region. AS ii is, the other mine owners fear
an uprising. Twelve deputies have just gone
from this place to the Robbins mines at
Mcdonald, and another squad has been dis
patched to the Ridgewas mines in the vi
cinity of Bridgeville Tac sheriff had calls
this evening by wire for immediate pro-
lection at the points named. Still another
message has been received from Canons-
burg an operator there fearing a raid on
his works and another force of deputies will
probably be sent there"
A Mcdonald Pa, dispatch says: GAS a
precautionary measure, at the Robbins
mines the sheriff has been called on to
send deputies to protect the works. There
is a feeling OF insecurity. which is fully
warranted by the situation. The striking
miners. particularly the foreign-born class,
are restless and ugly. and spark in the
shape of an accidental collision between in
dividuals may result in an explosion that
will involve a multitude The fact is that
the men are in a dreadful plight, owing to
low wages and uncertain work, and lack
ing the respect for law that governs the
native element, the pinch Of poverty has
made them desperate. There is much appre-
hension of serious times coming"