Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-28

ran. From here the mob went to the
Wicks mines, and Beachmont mines,
driving the workmen of and destroying
everything that came in their way.
The mines OF A. j. Shuttle S5 Company,
on Painters Run, was the next point Of
attack. On the way tho frenzled for
eigners stopped at c. Il. Mayors general
store. After smashing the windows
they took several bundles OF pick
handles which, they used as weapons.
When they reached Shulte's works
they forced their WAY into
the Office and overturning the
stove. set fire TO the buIId.
ing. Then procuring oil, they poure
II over the tipple and with brands from
the burning Office building, they soon
had the upple blazing from a score OF
dlrerent places, The Panhandle Com
papy's works suffered next. Here the
mob also hred the tipple, after com
pelling the miners TO fee for theirllyes.
Leaving destruction in its wake. the
mob then took up the march to the Read
ing mines; here they met a surprfse
standing shoulder TO shoulder were the
three brave Beading boys. with their
rlhes ready for action. The mob jeered
ana continued TO march forward.
Tom" Beading ordered them To half
works would be protected with lives.
But the foreigners were flushed
with success aud never dreamed
OF determined resistance. When they
came within nifty yards OF the works
the crack, crack, crack Of the rifles rang
out
AND THREE MEN FELL,
one with bullet through the BODY. In
quick succession four volleys were fred
oy the brave young men and before the
last shot was fired the mob dlsmayed,
was neeing, panic stricken, In all direc-
tions. The timely arrival ef Sheriff
Richards completed 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 anticipated tonight as IL
was learned at yesterdays meeting at
Mansfield it was decided that II the
men now at work refuse TO Join the
strike by Monday, all the tipples in oper-
alton would be burned. Nearly 1000
miners, all foreigners, attended the meet
Ing and In the speeches iC was declared
that all the miners in the
district will be compelled to Quit work.
Sheriff Richards now has seveuty-hve
deputies on duty, aud he is swearing ia
others as rapidly as he can secure
them. BY tomorrow night he expects
at least 200 men armed and equipped
for any emergency. The citizens OF
Mansfield, Bridgeville and Woodsville
are also organizing, aud IL another out
break should occur there is little doubt
that the mob will be quickly dispersed.
Trouble is also feared Ia the Wash
Gfrlr A q
says: The outbreak among the miners
in the Mansfield neig h borhood has ex-
cited the foreign element among the
miners in the Mcdonald and Ridgway
sections and
VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS
are feared. The energetic measures
that quiet the lawless class in the up-
rising to-day have had their effect on
the agitators In tue other districts
named. Had there been any tenn
porizing to-day there is no question
but that the trouble would have spread
throughout this region. As II is, the
other miners fear An uprising. Twelve
deputies have just gone from this place
TO Robbins mines at Mcdonald, aud an
other squad has been dispatched 10 the
Ridgway mines, in the vicinity of Ridg-
v lie. The sheriff had call this even
ing by wire for immediate protection at
the points named. Still another mes
sage has been received from Canons-
burg, an operator fearing a raid on his
works, and another force OF deputies
will probably be sent there.
A Mcdonald, Pa. dispatch says: As
precautionary measure at the Robbins
mines, the sheriff has been called on TO
send deputies and 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 a
spark 10 the shape OF an accidental col
lision between individuals may result in
an explosion that
WILL INVOLVE 4 MULTITUDE.
The fact is that the men are In dreadful
plights owing to low wages and uncer-
tain work. and lacking the respect for
the law that governs the native eIe-
ment, the pinch OF poverty has made
them desperate. There is much appre-
hension OF serious times coming.