St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-28
ANARCHY ALL The RAGE.
BLcGDSAE0 AND ARSON AT THE
MANSFIELD COAL REGi0A
INDEPENDENTLY DESTROYED.

French Miners burn property
Attack Mine Owners and
Wreck Cars at Mansfield, Pa.
PIrrsBURG. Jan. ga wave of an
areAy, in whose train followed blood
shed. arson and the destruction of
property, passed over the Mansfield
coal region today. 1t began at dawn, and
at dusk it was estimated that 100000
worth of property had been destroyed.
Made wild by fancied grievances and
liauOr. Il mob Of several hundred
foreigners. lEuugauaGS, SiaVS, Italians
and Frenchmeu, swept over tie country
surrounding Mansfield and through the
valleys OF Toms and Painters runs.
They attacked nine owners, miners and
the few scattered deputy sheritTs.
burned tippleS, wrecked cars and de-
stroyed railroad property.
Until noon the mob met hardly any
resistance. Vt that time it reached the
mines of the Beading Bros, near Fed
erul, or the Putsburg, CHARTERS u
Yough;ogheny railroad. Here the riot
erS met determined resistance and
were checked. With repeating Win
William and Harry Beading stood
their ground and opened fire upon the
mob as it advanced. They fired fuur
volleyS in quick succession, fatally
wJundin@ oAe and inuiring half-dozen
others. The man fatally wounded was
Frank Stable, Frcnchman. He was
shot through the body, and is prob
ably dead before this. The names of
the injured could not be learned.
After the fourth voiiey the rioters
turned and fed precipitately down the
hill. At this moment train bearing
Sheriff Richards and forty deputies
pulled into Bending, and the officers,
quickly alighting, started in pursuit OF
the r.OierS,
FIRING AS THEY RAN.
The chase was 4 long and hot one.
but finally sixteen were OVertaken and
captured. They were marched to the
Mansfield Jail at the point of revOlvers
On the way the party was met
by 4 pc s5e of citizens from Bridge
vile, under command CT Squire
CASPER Meyers. After the rioters
were locked up, rumors of an attempted
precautiOn, the prisoners were brought
to this city and are now safely lodged
in the county jail. They Will be held
for riot an arson.
The foreign element of the mines in
that region have been making threats
for several days. They have been i'll
censed at the fact that some of the En-
glish diggerS. together with number
of their brethren. have been working
for so and go cents per ton,
when they themselves want the
former 79-cent rate to prevail. The
Huns. Slavs and Italians formed the
major portion OF this disconnected horde,
and have been nouriShing their anger
with bad whisky. From what could be
learned, the mob seems to have
formed at Woodville, about mid
way between Mansfield and Bridge
vile, on Friday evening. 1t
was evidently the intention to take in
all the works within a radius of two or
three miles Of that place, and was the
outcome OF a M setting held at Mansfield
yesterday. The meeting lasted until
la,e in the afternoon, and
INCENDIARY SPEECHES
were made III a number of languages.
lie first decided outbreak was made
shortly after tie close of the meeting,
when party OF about SOC massed to-
gethcr and marched upon the Arm
strong mines, just outside the village of
WoOdvi.c. They threw yolley of
stones through the windows of The tip
pie houses. Attracted by the shouts of
the attacking men, the miners
Issued forth trom the pits, when they
were set upon, beaten, and compelled
10 flee for their lives. Meme of them
were seriously hurt, though many re-
ceved cuts ard bruises in the conflict,
which ragged iiercely for several mo-
meniS. The men at work saw that
they were 0utnumbered three to one,
and. being unaTmPd. decided TO seek
safety iii flight. They were followed
by their aSsailantS for some distance,
and warned not 10 return TO work.
Shortly after daybreak they again
collected, and were reinforced by a
numEPr Of others. About S o'clock
they marched. $50 strong. toward the
R0eedale mines of the Steen Coal COM
pany. Finding too large force Of men
at the mines, the attacking party sullen-
~ passed by, hur!!ng imprecatiOns at the
heads OF the men gathered at the pit
as they departed. Up TOMS run the
angry mob proceeded. Arriving at the
foot of the Pittsburg Fuel company. an
other battle was soon on. The miners
st work were vanQuShed and forced to
retreat, suffering much injury in the
contest. which was waged with weapons
OF every description. Several Of The
party attacked had to help their conl-
radeS from the
SCENE CT THE EKIRMISH,
they were SO cut and battered that thew
could not walk. The mob threw q half
dozen loaded cars from the tipple, aud
damaged the latter considerably before
they would leave. They finally took
their leave about 8 o'clock, departing
in the direction OF Federal, four miles
from WCodviile.
Fedora! Is situated on the Pittsburg.
CHARTERS & Eouhiogheuy branch of the
Lake Erie, and The mines o. the Block
Coal company are there. This plant
has a number of men at work at tie
60-cent rate. The mob reached here
at 10 o'clock this morning, and
Immediately attacked The mines Of
the CHARTERS Block Coal company.
They drove tie men from work, then
ran the coal off the tipple and attacked
the check weighnan, who had to run
for his life. lie was badly Injured by
stones thrown al him as he ran. From
here the mob went to the Nicks mines
and Bcachm0nt mines, driving the work
men eli and destroying everything that
came in their way. The mines of
a. j. Shuttle & Co. on Painters ran was
the next point of attack. On the way
the frenZied foreigners stopped at C. =.
Mayors general store. After smashing
the windows, they took several bundles
of pick handles, which they used
as weapons. When they reached
Shutte's works, they forced their
way into the office and oyerturning
the stove, set fire to the building. Then
procuring oil they poured it over the
tiprle. and with brands from the burn
ing Office building they soon had the
tipple burning from score of different
places. The Pan Handle company's
works suffered next.
HERE THE MOB ALSO FIRED
the tippie. after compelling the miners
to foe for thair lives I % ,,in1r oio..4r1.,