The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-30
MANSFIELD NINE RIOTS
Rioters Kept in Order by Deter
mined Deputies,
TWENTY-FIVE sLAVs ARRESTED

shcriT Richards Believes That the worst
1, over, but the Operators and Rail-
road Men DO Not share This Conf
dcuoe.
MAv.rELD. Pa. Jan 30 Yesterday
was am exciting day iu the Mansfield coal
region Reports of intended outbreaks
by the striking miners i'm different locnl-
ties came thick and fast. aud Sheriff
Richards was kept busy disputching dep
putieS to protect tine threatened plants
The miners were said TO bc marching ON
the Armstrong works; then they were as
sembliug for an attack on the works of
Foster a Steeu. A mob was reported To-
be gathering about the Ridgcway miners.
and late last evening an assault was
feared at the Bend and Cherry mines,
near Mcdonald
Sheriff Richards believes that the worst
is over and while he does not fear further
trouble he will keep his deputies in the
district for several days. The operators
and rulruadmeu, however, who have had
long acquaintance with the miners, do no.
share this confidence As significant of
this the pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago
and St. Louis Railroad Company has had
two section hands watching the Cherry
/ tipple since Saturday.
An agent of several OF the operators in
/ this section, who has been circulating
/ among the miners during the past forty
/ eight hours i'm the role of a digger from
/ the Monou district, reports that even If
| there is not an extended outbreak there
| will be serious riotiug that will probably
spread over all the districts where the dis
tress is greatest, so long as the condition
l of the miners remain as at present,
Very serious reports of trouble were
brought from Mcdonald last night by
! Mr. McCue, owner of the Cherry mines mt
Hays Station, He states that notices
were posted in the blacksmith shop uoti-
flying the l26 miners who We're working mt
the siXty-fve cent rate that they would
have to vacate at once or the tipple would
be burned Frightened over the notice
the men prepared TO obey. As they left
the mine Thomas Mcmahon, a stable boss
for the mining company, heard two shots,
aud at the same time bullets whistled by
his head.
Fearing trouble. Mr. Frank Armstrong.
owner of q mine near Bridgeville, ordered
his men to quit work, and the mules were
driven into tire fields He has decided tC
make no attempt to start the mines foI
several days. Twelve Slavs entered the
Foster grocery store and demanded gun.
and ammunition. They were refused uut
then became boisterous and threatened tc
wreck the store A squad of fifty vig
lance committeeman, armed, pursued tn,
Slavs and arrested three. Twenty-Five
Slavs in the Toms Run district, who ar,
alleged to be connected with the riotin.
at Stcen's mines, were arrested.
PTTsBuRG, Jan. 3O.-An attempt viii
be made to start number of works. !
no opposition is met with the trouble fo
the present may be considered as over
The Beadlngs are well prepared for any
attack that may be made A gatliug gun
has been placed at the door of the com
, pany store and a large cannon faces th
railroad Besides this they have Win
3 chester rifles for all the men aud larg
/ stock of ammunition