River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-10
A LAWLESS BAND.
Striking Miners Ruin Several Plants
in Alabama
A Mob Two Hundred Strong Uses Dyua-
mite-The Mines of Two Firms Rem
dered Useless Strikes and strikers
In Other Quarters.
A MIDNIGHT RAID.

A MIDNIGHT RAID
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May s.--The long
expected has happened. About mid
night mob of strikers and others,
about 200 strong, went to the mines of
Thomas Price at Horse Creek, Walker
county. and commenced the work of
destruction. The miners at Prices had
refused to join the strikers.
The mob first put dynamite under
the boiler and engine in the mines and
blew them up. They then destroyed
ne main ways of the mines and sup
pies and other property From Prices
they marched TO the Victor mines,
few miles distant. and blew up a rail-
road car loaded with timbers Several
other cars they turned loose down the
hill and wrecked.
Sheriff Guthrie telegraphed Sheriff
Morrow of this city and to the gov
ernor for assistance. He also sent a
posse to the scene only to find the mob
had dispersed. lie then wired counter
manding his appeal for help and now
thinks he can take care of things if no
further outbreak occurs
Several ringleaders are known and
are being hunted. Gov. Jones has put
troops upon orders in preparation for
further trouble. Operators are in great
alarm and attacks on the Pratt City
and Coalburg miners are feared.
Coke Strikers Led by Their Wives Charge
Upon the Deputies.
UNIoNTowS, Pa, May Z. - Friday
was a day of bullets and axes and
the widest lawlessness reigned. In a
daylight battle at the Painter
plant fifteen Hungarians were shot,
several fatally, and at least three
dead comrades are thought tn have
been carried of the battlefield
and buried secretly. Superintendent
Sanford White, of the Painter plant,
and +. b. Roddy, booklSeeper at the
same works, were horribly beaten and
both are lying at the point of death.
Sixty-three Slavs are now in Jail
charged with rioting.
BY contract with the Mcclure com
pany thirty worlzmen reported for duty
at the Painter mines. The report
spread among the strikers and about
day break they began gathering on the
common. There were many women in
! the crowd.
in front, the men daring the deputies
to open fire on them. They were soon
| in the yards, regardless of the presence
/ of the deputies. and sweeping every
/ thing before them.
In the first conflict fully ten Hungari-
ans fell to the ground and were car
ried away to their settlement, while a
great many were injured by flying mis-
/ siles. The sight of the wounded and
/ the dying falling at their sides only in
furiated the mob, which rushed on the
deputies like wild men and women.
Deputy Sheriffs Mat Allen and John
/ Richards took posse of deputies and
started at once for the scene of the
riots. They found the men and wom-
en- all in the houses. and without meet
/ ing the least opposition arrested sixty
three of those who composed the mob
They were brought to Jail here under
the protection of twenty-five Win
chesters. In the gang of prisoners
were twelve women and ten children.
AT the time of the trouble thirty men
were at work, all of whom have since
/ quit The works are idle.
An Interstate Conference.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May Goal mine
operators from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania met in this city
/ Thursday and decided to take steps to
settle the strike. After a conference
among themselves they sent for the
miners officials. With the latter they
4 talked the situation over and agreed
4 upon a joint call for an interstate con-
ference to be held in Cleveland May Is
/ The call is as follows:
ITO the Operators and Miners OF the Btumin
I Gus Zines of the United States; meeting
/ will he held "a Cleveland O., Tuesday, May 10.
I at o'clock p m, TO take such action may
/ be deemed wise 10 bring about an adjustment
! of the differences that exist between the oper-
/ ators and the miners in the varions states. All
/ operators and miners are invited to attend the
meeting"
The call is no halfway measure. 1t
was drawn up by President Mcbride,
/ in accordance with the wishes of the
operators, and signed by all present
Shot n Mesaba Striker.
! DULUTH, Mimi, May Marshal
/ AL Free tried to suppress a slight dis
turbance among the striking miners at
/ Mountain Iron Friday evening when
Mat Matson threatened him with re-
] IANC SipS Nun NNiSt
/ in the abdomen and he will probably
! die. Notice of the affair was sent to
the strikers at Virginia and a mob of
/ 1900 started for Mountain Iron with
/ the avowed intention OF lynching Free
Ten minutes after the mob left for
/ Mountain Iron "a train left with the
/ sheriff and militia The train beat
I the mob by ten minutes and arrived
| here at midnight with Free aboard.
/ Adjt Muehlberg called out company II
/ to go to Mountain Iron and it left az
/ midnight. The strikers cut the tele.
/ graph wire at midnight and there is no
/ other communication.
Only Six Mines at Work.
ST. LOUIS, May Tho reports re-
ceived from the mining districts of llli-
nois in the vicinity of this city show
/ that but six mines are now being OPP
erated-Staunton No. 6, Clyde, Gill
lespie, Sandoval, Odin and Bunker
Hill. The net result of the crusade OF
strikers Thursday was the stopping of
work in No. Z, Breese, Trenton, Troy,
| Brookside, Hillsboro, Coffee and Carlin-
vile mines
BLOOMINGTON, III. May 5.-The $50
miners of the Mclean County Coal com
pany struck Friday.
/ Coal Famine
/ CHICAGO, May s The soft coal fam
inc is beginning to be seriously felt in
/ Chicago and some surrounding towns.
Coal that ten days before hardly went
at s3. rs ton was eagerly sought at S.
ton, and in some cases even IS. 50 was
obtained for small quantities. Many
/ Of the railroads centering here are des-
perately pushed for coal. With one or
two exceptions all the western roads
are more or less seriously affected.
/ The famine is also making itself felt
| nmonu the factories and large Office