The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-29
LED BY ANARCHISTS.
Riptous Pennsylvania Miners Gre
ate Sad Havoc,
MINE BUILDINGS BURNED DOWN


Rioters Killed.
PGTTsBURG, Jan. ga wave of anarchy.
in whose train followed bloolshed, ARSON
and the destruction Of property. passed
over the Mansfield coal region StJ,,ay. >
| 1t began at dawn, and at dusk it was esti-
mated that 100000 worth of property had
| been destroyed Made wild by financial
| grievances and liquor a mob of several
I hundred foreigners, Hungarians, Slavs,
| Italians and Frenchmen swept over the
country surrounding Mansfield and
! through the valleys of Toms and Paint
| er's run They attacked mine owners,
! miners and the few scattered deputy sher-
! ifs, burned tipples, wrecked cars and de-
| stroyed railroad property. The working
miners were put to flight and in one in
| stance a man was robbed of his clothes
| and thrown in a creek.
! Until noon the mob met hardly any re
! sistance. When they reached the mines
! of the Beading Bros, near Federal, on
| the Pittsburg CHARTERS and Youghio-
! gheny railroad, the rioters met deter
mined resistance and were checked With
repeating Winchester rifles in their hands
! Thomas, William and Harry Beading
stood their ground and opened fire upon
/
volleys in quick succession, fatally wound
ing one and injuring half dozen others
| The man fatally wounded was Frank
| Stepitz, Frenchman.
After the fourth volley the rioters
turned and fled preclpitately down the
hill AT this moment train bearing
Sheriff Richards and forty deputies
| pulled into Beading, and the officers
| quickly alighting, started in pursuit of
the rioters, firing as they ran. The chase
was a long one, but finally sixteen were
overtaken and captured They were
| marched to the Mansfield Jail at the point
of revolvers. On the way the party was
met by posse of citizens of Bridgeville
under command of Squire Cooper Mey-
ers. After the rioters were locked up
| rumors of an attempt to rescue were rife,
and as a matter of precaution the prison
ers were brought to this city and are now
safely lodged in the county Jail They
will be held for riot and arson.
The foreign element of the mines in
that region have been making threats for
several days. They have been incensed at
the fact that some English diggers have
been working for fifty and sixty cents per
ton, when they themselves want the
former seventy cent rate to prevail. The
] nuns, oldNS anu IJdlhuS lOTuleu Jne
major portion of this discontented horde.
The quiet of Sunday prevailed yester-
day throughout the Mansfield coal region.
By many however, the calm was regarded
as preceding the storm There are well
grounded fears of another outbreak, and
the law abiding citizens are preparing to
meet it, Trusted foreigners, who were
supposed to be in sympathy with the
rioters, were sent out by the coal opera
tors. They circulated freely with the
strikers, and last evening returned with
the information that preparations were
being made to attack the works at Bridge
vile, Rosevale and Beading The feeling
among the rioters is very bitter against
the Beading brothers for the killing of
Frank Stepitz and they assert that they
will have revenge.
If another attack is made on the Bead
ling works the foreigners will meet with
a still warmer reception than that ac-
corded them Saturday There are twelve
men in the Beading family and every one
is as determined and brave as the three
who on Saturday put to flight mob of
several hundred.
Thomas Beading says he and his two
brothers fired at least a hundred shots on
Saturday, and he is satisfied that if a
search of the strikers houses was made
at least score of wounded men would be
found Stepitz, who was shot through
the body died yesterday. He was a mem
Der OF the Sons of St George and his
family Will receive death benefit OF
$1,000,
squire &. +. Mayer, whose general
store was attacked by the mob, made in
formation against sixteen men, whom he
recognized among the rlotors
At present There are over 100 armed
deputies on guard throughout the region,
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