River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-31
THE MINERS.
Strikers and Deputies Come Int
Open Collision.
Trouble at Ia Sale and CentraIis. ~
Your strikers Shot Down by Armed
Guards in Pennsy ivania- Dynamite
Used with Deadly Effect.
woRkrRs FORCED TO OUR.

Used with Deadly Eject.
WORKERS FORCED TO QUIZ.
! pASvILLE, H.. May 25.-Wednesday
morning $50 strikers from Kelleyville
came upon the Beard mine. This be
/ ing the third visit of the kind and
! fearing serious trouble, the men at
work fed to the woods. A little later
a mob of over 1000 miners started for
the Mission Fields mine. They were
armed with knives, pistols and clubs
besides having covered wagon loaded
with rifles. Those in charge of the
mine seeing that the thirty-five depu.
ties would be no protection told the
men they could stop work. Many took
the opportunity. The men who re-
NAMED at work were compelled &c
swear that they would come out Of the
mines and stay ont.
BRAZIL, Ind, MAY %. Striking
miners formed in groups Tuesday even
! ing and visited every slope in the
county where men were at work and
ordered out the employees. All com
| piled. and not pound of coal is being
/ dug. These slopes furnished coal for
the city only, and since they have
/ ceased operations it is difficult to Sc
/ cure coal for domestic use.
LA SALE, Ill, May 25.-A mob
] of 200 striking miners took possession
/ of the Illinois Central Railroad com
pany's property Wednesday afternoon
ard emptied all the coal out of the
cuutes on the tracks. The sheriff was
called and with his posse finally dis
/ persed the mob
CRY OF MEXICO, May 25.-The strike
/ of American coal miners has caused
/ the price of northern coal to rise very
sharply in Mexico. This, coupled with
/ the attending scarcity of coal, is seri
ously mountaineering many Mexican
manufacturing industries.
Troops Ordered to the Scene.
! SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. May 26.-On Thurs
/ day Gov Altgeld ordered out four com
\ panies of the Illinois national guard
| TO La Sale and Ave more TO Centralia.
Sheriff TAYLOR. of La Sale county,
telegraphed the governor the condition
/ of affairs at the La Sale County Car
I bon Coal company's mine. He said he
with large force of deputies had been
\ attacked by several hundred miners
with stones, revolvers and other
weapons, shooting three of the
deputies, severely injuring several
others, including himself. He was
unable to quell the riot, and there
was imminent danger of great loss of
| life and destruction of property
| if immediate action was not taken by
the governor. He appealed to the
governor for such military aid as
could be furnished. There are 5000
striking miners at Spring Valley, Ladd
and Seatonville. who are likely to
come there at any time and continue
the riot. A mob is surrounding the
hotel where he is lying wounded.
The telegram was confirmed by one
from the mayor of La Sale, +. w. Mat
thison who states the mob has re-
leased one of the arrested strikers
from Jail. Later the sheriff telegraphed
that the strikers were running riot and
to forward troops at once.
Sheriff NJ. J. Helms, of Centralia,
telegraphed that he had arrested sew
enty-fve men for conspiracy in de-
stroying property. that he has 200
armed deputies. The mines at Sando-
val. Kinmundy and Odin are threat
ened with destruction by approaching
miners. who are also determined to re-
lease those under arrest.
Indiana Miners.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. May 26.-A story
which had been circulated of riot
and blOodshed at Little's mines was
greatly exaggerated. Miners from
Washington went to Titles to per-
suade the men to come out. and during
the negotiations slight contest arose,
but with no serious results.
Four Strikers shot Down.
USIoNTowN, Pa, May 26.-The long
threatened attack by striking miners
on the pits of the Washington Coal &
Coke company at Sickle Hollow was
made Thursday morning. The fight
was one of the fiercest in the history
of the mining troubles in western
Pennsylvania. and in the section where
il occurred as well as throughout the
whole coke region the situation it has
developed is one of the most intense
excitement.
Four strikers are lying dead, and
double that number are badly wound
ed. some of them mortally. Thomas
Kenan, of Woods run, is the only
! American killed i'm the encounter with
the deputies. The other dead men are
Slavs The wounded men, who fell
under the first volley from the depu-
ties. were taken off by the retreating
strikers. and even now the actual
number of wounded is not definitely
known, their friends having the strong
est motives for concealing them.
Sixty-six of the strikers were placed
under arrest and taken back to the
companys ground, where they were
closely guarded during the rest of the
day. The whole lot of them were later
paced in box ears, which were nailed
up. and kept there until this evening
when they were brought here to the
Jail in charge of twenty-five deputies
The situation at the mines is alarm
ing and more serious trouble is ex-
pected. Reports from there are to the
effect that 5000 strikers from the lower
end of the fourth pool were marching
on Sickle Hollow, thoroughly armed,
for the purpose of storming the works
regardless of consequences.
slain In "a shaft.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. May 2s.-At 10
o'clock Friday morning eleven men
started to work in the Strong mine on
Battle mountains Shortly afterwards
a large body of strikers blew up the
shafthouse with powder, causing
loss of S25. 600. and then dropped 100
pounds of giant powder dean the
shaft. which was also exploded, kill
ing all the inmates.
Not more than 500 yards from the
Strong shaft house sixteen men who
had been engaged to go to work in the
Independence mine were surrounded
in their bunk house, and, after long
parley, agreed TO surrender. Each one
was armed with rife and brace of
revolvers The arms are now in the
| nnsSessinn of the strikers