Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-31
MODS AWED BY WINCHESTERS
An Army OF Deputy SheriffS Maintains
Peace in the Coal Regions

All ARMY OF Deputy O06PIIS MAINTAINS
Peace in the Coal Regions.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 29.-The striking
miners in the Mansfield coal district
seem totally cowed by the disastrous at
tack on the Beading mines and the
presence of 200 deputy sheriffs inthe dis
trict, for peace prevailed in the district
all Sunday and last night. At Bridge
vile intense alarm still prevailed last
night, and a vigilance committee of
citizens assisted the deputy sherifs
in patrolling the streets. They
bad several alarms, but they
proved groundless. Rumors of all kinds
are still flying. The woods, according
to the reports of scared farmers, are
full of bands of Slavonic and Belgian
miners, awaiting opportunity to rush
from their retreats upon unWary deputy
sheriffs, put the latter to rout, and then
continue their destruction of coal tip
pies. These succession of alarms kept
the deputy sheriffs awake last night
from Mansfield to the upper end of
Toms Run.
The Armstrong Coal Co.'s works at
WOOdville was an object of attack to-
day by the miners At an early hour a
notice was posted by some unknown per-
son that if the men now working in the
mines did not cease at once, they would
be driven off, the tipples burned and
the mules killed. The Armstrong;,
upon receipt Of this notice, at once took
away all the mules not necessary
for the absolute working Of the
men III the mine and then mott
fed Sheriff Richards, who was at
Mansfield. With force Of deputies he
at once went to the mines. Arriving at
men cOngregated. He ordered the
deputies to patrol in front Of the works.
They did SO, exhibiting white badges.
This show OF force alarmed the men
and they left on trains or marched over !
the hills toward Mansfield. The men in
the mine have been armed and swear
they will defend the tipple to the last.
Deputy Taylor has just returned from |
Fosters mine. He reports that this |
morning number of strikers gathered |
around the works and made the darkest |
threats. One man, who spoke English |
quite well, said: $50 long as there is
Oe in danger You fellows had better
leave here SOON"
Thirty deputies went over to Toms |
Run this morning and arrested fifteen
Slavs. They were taken to Mansfield.
The men had cOngregated around the
upper mines for two days, and last
night built bontires. They were drink |
ing and made many threats. The dep |
uty sheriffs tried to quell them by their |
presence, but the miners were defiant. |
This morning Sheriff Richards sent an |
additional force with handouts. They |
succeeded In arresting fifteen Of |
I 40 C-tN l.. i
Some sympathizers on
the hillside hooted and hurled
stones, but as they were not 9th
erwise riotous no reply was made to
them. a large crowd Of strikers are on
the streets of Mansfield. They seem to
be without leaders and go about in an
uncertain manner. The sight of the
deputy sheriffs caused the most intense
hatred, and were it not for the fact that
the latter were armed they would stand
but little show. Quite large number
of miners from the Monongahela region
are focking to WoodvilIe They are
mingling with the strikers, marching
from pit to pit trying to induce the men
to commit acts of violence. The leaders
in the attack at Shultz tipple were all
strangers.
Deputy Sheriff A. L. Green, returning
to Woodville from Bower Hill, reports
that an English-speaking miner who
understands the Slavonic language over
heard number of the latter in close
He drew nearer and
learned that there was plot to hoist
red flag this afternoon and declare for
blood. There were about fifteen Slavs
in the group, and they seemed wrought
up. 81 instructed the man." said Dep
uty Sheriff Green, ''to return to the
men and warn them that if they
searched for blood they would find it,"
deputies will be sent to
Bower Hill to disperse any meeting.
Thirtytwo rioters have been captured
and are now in Mansfield Jail. Sheriff
Richards went to Bridgeville at 10 A. NJ.
and will attend to the starting Of the
mines there Most of the old men who
were driven out by the mob on Satur
day have returned to work, and about
fifty foreigners are watching them.
Deputy Sheriffs Foster and Slattery
went out to Toms Run branch with
forty assistants to make arrests. They
have nineteen informations sworn out
before Squire Means, of Mansfield. Re-
ports from w. J. Stems mines are to
the effect that the men have returned
to work in a body. So far all the
mines on the Toms Run branch
are idle with no indications that the
men will return to work soon.