The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
ALL UP IN ARMS.
Striking Miners Make
Trouble.
MEN COMPELLED TO QUIT.
No Work Shall Be Done Unless
All Work.
HERE WILL BE BLooDsHED.
Everywhere the Authorities Are
Getting the Troops Ready to
Take the Field.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, May 22.-The union
miners assem- bled at Fayette City yester-
day. 600 strong, and made raid upon the
Kyle plant, capturing a number of the
coke company's men who had returned to
work. The strikers took the workmen to
their camp, and DOW hold them captives
there.
At daylight 100 strikers, armed with
guns and revolvers. started for the Sickle
Hollow mines, where twenty men were
working, 10 drive them ont. Nine men
were captured by the strikers at Fair
Chance last night and are held prisoners.
At Vanderbilt and Dawson last night 1000
strikers assembled to bring ont tho negroes
lately imported into the coke region. They
made a big demonstration, but accom-
plished nothing.
LATRoBE, Pa. May 22.-In terest In the
strike situation here had the call over the
food excitement last night. The attempt
TO resume work by the Latrobe Coal
Company was met by ugly opposition.
principally from a big mob Of Slavs and
aliens. who were armed with clubs. bars of
iron. big steel files and other weapons
equally formidable. Only one man was
allowed to work.
L
Ohio River Railroad Company has warned
engineers and fremen to use the utmost
caution in crossing trestles 1t is feared
an attempt will be made to burn the tres
ties because the company is hauling nom
union coal.
FRosTBURG, Md. May 22.-Striking
miners hereabouts are no. interfering
with non-uuion men at work in the Hoff-
,T,,0
pany has had injunetions Issued against
Wilson and about eighty OF the strikers
Eighteen sticks OF dynamite have been
stolen from the Savags Mountain fire-clay
mine. near Frostburg. The telegraph
line between the Frostburg and Carlos
mines has been cut twice. Letters writ
ten in red ink. illustrated with skull and
| cr0ssbones, were sent to miners.
AKRON, Ohio, May 22.-Serious trouble
is apprehended among the eoalminers OF
| Tuscarawas County. where several mines
are being worked. To-day the men were
| driven out OF one mine by strikers and to-
morrow the same fate Is threatened to the
| other workers. The Sheriff telegraphed
Major E. c. Bryan of the Eighth Regiment
for aid and he Immediately left for the
seat of trouble. asking Adjutant-General
Howe to meet him and ordered his COM
panies to hold themselves In readiness.
The strikers are belligerent and demand
that work shall not be continued.
LA SALE, ILL.,. May 22-A serious riot
| occurred here to-day. in which several men
were injured. Ever since the mines
closed the Union Coal Company has kept
some men at work to clean up entries.
Nothing was said against it by the strikers.
but this evening as the men came from
work they were set upon by the strikers
and brutally beaten by a mob of at least
1000. Some sought shelter in the COM
pany's Office, and barricaded the doors and
windows with Office furniture, but this
only added to the fury of the mob The
doors were battered In and the victims set
upon. Benjamin Hatherington was pound
ed into insensibility, Edward Cummings
was savagely beaten and several other
men roughly handled. The Sheriff ar
rived this evening and. after swearing in
deputies, went to the mines and dispersed
the mob.
STAUNToN, H., May 22-The Consoli-
dated Coal Company, in order TO protect
Staunton miners from the strikers, have
secured 100 Winchester shotguns with
several hundred pounds of she'll loaded
with buckshOt
CENTRALIA, ILL.,. May 21.-Trouble Is
expe cted tomorrow at the Big Four mine.
About forty miners. principally negroes,
res ponded to the call of employers to re-
sumo work and went down into the mines
this morning and have been working all
day. 1t is understood here that delega-
tion of strikers from Duduesne. Bellevlle
and other adjoining mines will be here to-
morrow TO force the men out.
DEs MONIES. Iowa. May 22.-Mayor
Hllis to-day met q committee of striking
miners and asked that they permit enough
coal to be mined to keep the water works
going. The miners said thsy would not
permit it. The water works will be shut
down on Thursday.
BETTER WAGES.