The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25
UYIoYTowN, Pa May "a.

ONlONlONNt % NA"y ~N'
TIGHT at Sickle Hollow was not a
l. ons-sided battle. as at first re-
ported, but was fought with ss
u many guns on one side as on the
ptDer and with as much firing by the
strikers as by the deputies. Among
the wounded are three deputies, while
the killed are all strikers. When tho
workmen came to the strikers in the
public road they ware asked to 90
home.
The workmen were about to comply
with the request when the deputies
rushed into the midst of the men, got
possession OF the workmen and escorted
them to the pit In this part of the
performance deputy sheriff fired
a shot. which opened up battle in
which there was volley after volley
fired by each side at close
range. The strikers stood their ground
while their comrades were falling, but
their ammunition gave out and they
were forced to give up the field and
flee to escape the rain of bullets from
the Winchester riff ).
DTPUTIEs OPEN FIRE
II is said that the strikers were ad-
vancing on the line of deputies when
the latter fred the first shot Many
who had guns in their possession were
arrested by the deputies and will be
brought to Jail here. --latest news
from the scene of the trouble says that
the strikers have all gone and that the
situation now is more peaceable.
lbn uoplYtpnp huUa NOT UCpa n xunrk
hut are willing to do so as soon as the
excitement suodues. II has been learn
ed that one of the men killed is named
Shannon and that he Lived at Woods
Ran. John Foy. of Fayetts City, is
among the wounded, being shot in the
leg.
DUQUoIN STRIKERS DISPERSED.
ODlN, ILL.,, May 24.-The Duquoin
strikers who wrecked the plant Of the
Pettinger and Davis mine at Centralia
this morning, reached here ut 2 o'clock
this afternoon. They we're met at the
railway depot By Sheriff Helm and his
deputies with large number Of local
militia. The sheriff appealed to the
strikers to disperse peaceably and re-
turned to Duquoin. They refused and
insisted on marching to the mines and
driving out the men at work there.
The sheriff ordered his deputies to
charge on the mob. With fixed bayo-
nets the deputies advanced on the
strikers, who fled in every direction. A
few minutes later they congregated in
the western part of the village and
prepared to give battle to the deputies.
Some desultory firing is heard in that
vicinity. but it is believed it is caused
by the deputy sheriff's firing into the
air with view of intimidating the
strikers
The men at work in the mines are
armed and offer to assist the sheriff in
driving away the strikers. The viii
laGe is wild with excitement, and as
the feeling of great many of the viii
layers is i'll sympathy with the strik-
srs, it feared blood will flow before
night.
The sheriff has succeeded in captur.
ing several OF the ring leaders of the
strikers, but others have been selected
to take their place, and the discipline
is maintained
ALlNH1i-D hLN UoLo lhOOlSA
Sheriff Helm teegraphed Governor
Aligpld this afternoon asking for
troops to assist the deputy sheriff's in
resisting the strikers A reply was re-
ceived from the governor this after
noon in which the latter refused to or
der cut the state troops. but agreed to
furnish arms and ammunition to the
sheriff The governor claimed he was
not satisfied that Sheriff Helm had ex-
hausted his means to overcome the
mob and advised that more deputies be
sworn in.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, May "a The Pana
Coal company telegraphed Governor
Altgsld this morning asking that
troops be sent to their mines at Papa
to protect them from an expected at
tack by the striking miners. Governor
Allgeid replied that he could not fur
nisn troops unless assured that the
strikers had overpowered the sheriff
and deputies. Aojutant General Or.
andorf has battalion of troops ready
10 start at moments notice. They
will he ordered to any point the gov
ernor feels justified in sending them.
MINERS FORCED TO STOP WORK.
New KENsNGToN, Pa, May 24,-At
O'Clock this morning 100 striking
miners marched sfrom Leech burg to ].
S. Smiths coal works at Kelly's Sta
tion anil forced tue thirty miners to
stop work. This cuts off the fuel sup
ply of the Allegheny Valley railway
aud the Pittsourg Plate Glass COM
pany The strikers were very orderly
.CoNNELLsvlLLE, Pa. May "a AT /
o'clock this afternoon mill strikers
marched through this place on their
way TO Jimtowu, four miles north.
with the determination to force out
the men who work there. They were
unarmed. but more trouble is feared.
GEEENBURG. Pa, May "a The
miners ut tho Strickler worka On the
Sewickley branch were waited on this
morning by several hundred strikers
and forced to come out Whether they
will return to work when the strikers
leave is not known.