St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-29

French Miners Burn property,
Attack Mine Owners and
Wreck Cars at Mansfield, Pa.
From the Sunday Glope.l
PITTSBURG, Jan. PA wave of an
archy, 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
liquor, mob Of several hundred
HungarlanS, SlavS, Italians
and Frenchmen, swept over the country
Mansfield and through the
valleys of Toms and Painters runs.
They attacked mine owners, miners and
the few scattered deputy sherlffs.
burned tipples, wrecked cars and de-
stroyed railroad property.
Until noon the mob met hardly any
At that time it reached the
mines of the Beading Bros, near Fed
eral, on the Pittsburg, CHARTERS 81
Youghiogheny railroad. Here the riot
ers met determined resistance and
were checked. With repeating Win
chester rifles in their hands, Thomas.
William and Harry Beading stood
their ground and opened fire upon the
mob as it advanced. They fired four
volleys in quick succession, fatally
wounding one and inujring half-dozen
others. The man fatally wounded was
Frank Stable, Frenchman. 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 volley the rioters
turned and fled precipitately down the
hill. At this moment q train bearing
Sheriff Richards and forty deputies
pulled into Bending. and the officers,
quickly alighting. started in pursuit of
the rioters,
FIRING AS THEY RAN.
The chase was a 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 a posse of citizens from Bridge
vile, under command of Squire
Casper Meyers. After the rioters
were locked up. rumors of an attempted
rescue were rife, and, as matter of
precaution, the prisoners were brought
to this city and are now safely lodged
i'll the county jail. They will be held
for riot and arson.
The foreign element of the mines in
that region have been making threats
for several days. They have been in
at the fact that some of the En-
glish diggers. together with number
of their brethren. have been working
for so and 60 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 discontinued horde,
and have been nourishing their anger
with bad whisky. From what could be
learned, the mob seems to have
formed at WoodviIle, 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 meeting held at Mansfield
yesterday. The meeting lasted until
late in the afternoon, and
INCENDIARY SPEECHES
were made in number of languages.
The first decided outbreak was made
shortly after the close of the meeting,
when party OF about 800 massed to-
gether and marched upon the Arm
strong mines, just outside the village of
Woodville. They threw volley of
stones through the windows of the tip
Pile houses. Attracted by the shouts of
the attacking men, the miners
issued forth from the pits, when they
were set upon, beaten, and compelled
10 flee for their lives. None of them
were seriously hurt, though many re-
ceived cuts and bruises in the conflict,
which ragged fiercely for several mo-
mentS. The men at work saw that
they were outnumbered three to one,
and, being unarmed, decided to seek
safety i'll fight. 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
Of others. About o'clock
they marched, 500 strong, toward the
Rosedale mines of the Steen Coal COM
pany. Finding too large force of men
at the mines, the attacking party sullen-
ly passed by, hurting 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
at work were vanquiShed 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 COM
rades from the
SCENE OF THE SKIRMISH,
they were so cut and battered that they
could lot walk. The mob threw half
dozen loaded cars from the tipple, and
damaged the latter considerably before
they would leave. They finally took
their leave about O'Clock, departing
in the direction of Federal, four miles
from Woodviile.
Federal is situated on the Pittsburg,
CHARTERS & Youhiogheny branch of the
Lake Erie, and the mines of the Block
Coal company are there. This plant
has number of men at work at the
6O-cent rate. The mob reached here
at 10 O'Clock this morning, and
otldChCu TIC HlIleS Vi
the CHARTERS Block Coal company.
They drove the men from work, then
ran the coal off the tipple and attacked
The check weighman, who had to run
for his life. He was badly injured by
stones thrown at him as he ran. From
here the mob went to the WickS mines
and BeachlGont mines, driving the work
men off and destroying everything that
came in their way. The mines OF
A. j. Shuttle & Co. on Painters run was
the next point of attack. On the way
the frenzied foreigners stopped at C. 2.
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 overturning
the stove, set fire to the building. Then
procuring oil they poured it over the
tipple, 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 tipple. after compelling the miners