The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30


Making Many Throats-A Number
,of Minos ACCOMPLISHMENTS Flools
to tho Mansfield Region and Join
tho Strikers. 4
PITrsnuRau, Pa, Jan. 20.-The slrik.
3ng miners in tho Mansfield coal district
secem to fully cowed by tho disastrous
attack upon the Reading mines aud tho
ptescnce OF couple OF deputy shcrifls
nthIs district, for peace prevailed in
Tho district all Sunday and last night.
4 At Brldgcyillo still prevailed last night
INIT a vigilance committee OF citizens
3SSasalstcd the deputy sheritTs In patrollinc
33sStho strcOts. Ihcy had several alarms
but they proved groundle,s. Rumors
sot all kinds are still flying. Tho woods,
according to tho reports OF scared far
j81ners, are supposed to DO full Of bands
gsof slayonic and Belgian miners awaiting
opportunity to rush from their hiding
retreata upon unwary deputy sheritfs,
put tho latter to rout and then continue
their destruction OF coal lipp!cs. Shorif
Il Richards, who has been ut Mansfield
fecelving reports returned to Pittsburgh
sEior brief time this morning. lilo says
che does not believe any further at
tfmpts at property destruction will be
smade by the strikers.
AT MANSFIELD.
A Mansfield dispatch says shorG'
Richards went to Brldgeville at 10 a. m.
land will attend to the starting Of the
sEnines there. Most OF tho old mon who
gsswere driven out. by the mob on Satur-
day have returned 10 work and about
hfty foreigners arc watching them.
Deputy sherids Foster and Slattery
out the TOMS Run branch with
forty, assistants to mako arrests. They
2shavo nineteen informations sworn out
9before Squire Menns, OF Mansfield.
Deputy Sheriff. Breslin will take charge
ot the Mansfield deputies. Reports
from W. ]. Stems mines arc to the
effect that the men have returned to
fwork in body. So far oil the mines
Ion the Tom Run branch arc idle with
4 no indications that the men will re-
turn 10 work soon. A meeting OF
Dinners will DO held ut Junction . this
morning. A.
ssk There has been no disorder OF any
Find in the valley, and the chief depu-
Tues believe tho trouble Is over.
AT wooDvILLg.
A Woodviile dispatch says: The
Armstrong Coal Conpany's works are
an object for attack by the miners. at
San early hour notice was posted by
BONE unknown person that II the men
pow working in the mines did not
Cease at once they would DO driven of,
the tipplea burned and the mules
sfkisled. Tho Armstrong;, upon receipt
81 this, at once took away all the mules
not necessary for the absolute working
< OF the men in the mine, and then noti-
Ned Sheriff Richards, who was at Mans
held. With force OF deputies lie at
Z once went to the mines. Arriving at
the station, he found large crowd OF
men congregated. He ordered the dep
nties to patrol in front Of tho works.
4 They did so by exhibiting white badges.
This show OF force alarHsed tho mon,
{nnd they got on trains or marched over
the hills towards Mansfield. The men
in the mine have been armed, and
swear they will defend tho tipple to the
last.
Deputy Taylor has jus. returned from
Fosters mine. He reports that this
morning number Of strikers gathered
around the works and made the darkest
4 threats. One man who spoke English
quite we'll said: $50 long as there IL
any one working go long will this place
be in danger. You fellows had better
leave bore soon." Thirty deputies went
y over to Toms Run this morning and
arrested 10 Slavs. They were taken to
Mansfield. Tho men had consregated
around tho upper mines Tor two days
and last night built bon free. They
2E@ere drinking an,l lnnde many threats.
r The deputy aherias tried 10 Qucll them
bythoir presence but the miners were
Y defiant. This morning Sheriff Richards
sent an additional force with handouts.
N They succeeded in arresting 10 OF tho
strikers who offered no resistance.
Some sympathizers on the hillside
l,ooted and hurled stones, but as they
We're not otherwise riotous no reply was
made to them. A large crowd OF strikers
arc on the streets OF Mansfield. They
4 Beem to be without leaders. and walk
1 about in al uncertain manner. The
\ sight OF the deputy shcriIs caused tho
most intense hatred aud were 1t not tor
n tho fact that the latter arc armed thoy
II would stand but little show.
MAKING THREATS. 9 :. s. .5ggs,,
Quite o largo number Of miners from
g the Monongahela region are aocking
hcre. They are mingling with: the
Sstrlkera, marching from pit to pit try
Wing to induce the men to commit acts OF
The leaders in the attack at
Y Shuitestipple were all strangers. 45
7 Deputy Sheriff a. L. Green returning
B from Bower Hill reports that mn Eng
&lish speaking miner who understands
the Slavonic language, overheard mum.
4 Der OF the latter in close consultation.
* He drow nearer and learned that there
Twas a plot to hoist AIRED flag this after.
moon and declarefor blooli. There We're
& about fifteen siays in the group, and
they seemed terribly wrought UP, de-
noancing tho coal operators in the most
y nnmeasured terms. Il instructed the
. man, continued the deputy sheriff, Ito
2 return to tho men and warn them that
az they searched for blood they would