The Oskaloosa herald., 1894-05-31
FLAMES OF ANARCHY
Dreadful Riots In Illinois
by Striking Miners.
The Troops Called out--DecIsive
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The Troops Called Outs-Decisive
Action.
Thursday night 500 striking miners
from Spring Valley marched to LaSalIe
and took charge of the city, and after
compelling the liberation of the prison
ers from the jail, mob Of thousand
or fifteen hundred strikers marched
through the streets, making riotous
demonstrations and shouting ''Vive T
ADarchie." They hooted at and defied
the officers and the town was at the
mercy of the mob. The governor had
been appealed to for troops to preserve
the peace, but refused until the out
break came, when five companies were
ordered to LaSalle.
Previous to this outbreak mob of
1000 coal miners, none of them English
speaking, raided the shaft of the La
Sale County Carbon Coal company and
in the conflict with the sheriff and dep
uties five of the strikers and Sheriff
Taylor and Deputies Tom Hoolihan and
John Dwyer were wounded. The mob
closed in on the officers and hand-to-
hand fight epsued. Three men were
arrested, but one of them was released
on the men threatening to tear down
the Jail and city hall
From Spring Valley, Ill.,, comes this
item of volume:
"a crowd of foreigners surrounded
No. shaft where men were at work,
They re dissuaded, however, before
they had taken any action. A Pole was
caught throwing & rock at No. l tower
and was arrested and placed in the city
Jail. A mob of infuTiated Poles and
Lithuanians marched TO the jail and
liberated the prisoner. Later the police
force attempted to arrest the ringlead-
ers in the Polish district, but they were
set upon by another gang armed with
knives and missiles. Que officer was
struck on the arm by flying rock. A
Polish woman brandished a revolver
and defied the officers. Mayor Jack is-
sued orders not to make any arrests
until the excitement had died down"
From Centralia, Ill, comes the news
that a mob of miners destroyed $4,000
worth of company property, and made
general wreck of shaft by dumping
ties, cars, iron, etc, into it. The sheriff
and large force Of deputies got right
after them, and they were captured and
j allied. Nearly all are foreigners, and
there was a babel of tongues in cursing
and pleadings.
From UniontowD, Pa, comes this:
"The long threatened attack by strik-
ing miners on Pitts, Washington Coal
aud Coke Co., was made Thursday
morning. The fight was one of the
tiercest of the mining trouble, and Gre
ated feeling of most intense excite
ment and anxiety. Four of the strikers
were killed, and double that number
were badly wounded, some of them
|mortally. Thomas Kenan was the only
American killed"
IN IOWA
about 800 miners went to the Vanmeter
mines, Is miles west of Des Moines,
where 40 men are engaged, and tried to
bring them out, but the men refused to
quit work. The men from Des Moines
will remain Friday and work to their
end.
In the local field there is nothing
particularly new. The number of strik-
ing men in procession at Giyin does
not increase, but it is decreasing. 1t is
understood that they have dispersed
until Monday, when the gathering will
re-conyene. Not one of the colored
miners has quit work at the Hollow,
and they say that there will be none to
go out About 100 flats of fuel are be-
ing put out daily. AT Evans the usual
force of miners are at work. Some 40
miners have been let out, being in the
strike. New men are going in, aud all
their places will be soon filled. AZ
Colon work is moving along with about
100 men, and peace is an abundant crop
everywhere at al mining camps.
CanVassing for help for the families
of some of the strikers has been going
on, and every days continued idleness
will bring the pinch of hunger closer to
many mora.