The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-30
MANSFIELD NINE RIOTS
Rioters Kept in Order by Deter
mined Deputies.
TWENTY-FIVE sLAVs ARRESTED.

bherih Richards Believes That tho Worst
Ia Over, but the Operators and Rail-
road Men DO Not Share This Comb
dence.
MANSFIELD, Pa, Jan 30-Yesterday
was an exciting day In the Mansfield coal
region. Reports of intended outbreaks
| by the striking miners in different locali-
ties came thick and fast, and Sheriff
Richards was kept busy dispatching dep
puties to protect the threatened plants.
The miners were said to be marching on
| the Armstrong works; then they were as
sembling for an attack on the works of
| Foster & Steen. A mob was reported to
be gathering about the Rldgeway miners,
and late last evening an assault was
feared at the Rend and Cherry mines,
near Mcdonald.
Sheriff Richards believes that the worst
Is over, and while he does not fear further
trouble he will keep his deputies in the
district for several days The operators
and railroadmen however, who have had
long acquaintance with the miners, do not
share this confidence As significant of
this the Pittsbnrg, Cincinnati Chicago
and st. Louis Railroad Company has had
two section hands watching the Cherry
upple since Saturday.
An agent of several of the operators in
this section, who has been circulating
among the miners during the past forty
eight hours in the role of digger from
the Monon district. reports that even il
there Is not an extended outbreak th ere
will be serious rioting that will proba bly,
spread over all the districts where the dis.
tress is greatest so long as the condition
of the miners remain as at present
Very serious reports of trouble were
brought from Mcdonald last night by
Mr.. MeCue, owner OF the Cherry mines at
Hays Station. lie states that notices
were posted in the blacksmith shop noti-
flying the l26 miners who were working at
the sixty-fige cent rate that they would
have to vacate at once or the tlpple would
be burned. Frightened over the notice
the men prepared to obey. As they left
the mine Thomas MeMahon, a stable boss
for the mining company, heard two shots,
and at the same time bullets whistled by
his head.
Fearing trouble, Mr. Frank Armstrong,
owner OF mine near Bridgeville, ordered
his men to quit work, and the mules were
driven into the fields lie has decided to
make no attempt to start the mines for
several days. Twelve Slays entered the
Foster grocery store and demanded guns
and ammunition. They were refused and
then became boisterous and threatened to
wreck tho store. A squad of fifty vigi-
lance committeeman, armed, pursued the
Slavs and arrested three Twenty-Five
Slavs in the Toms Run district, who are
alleged to be connected with tho rioting
at Stems mines, were arrested
PlrTsBURG, Jan. 80.-An attempt will
be made to start a number of works. IL
no opposition is met with the trouble for
the present may be considered as over.
The Beadlings are we'll prepared for any
attack that may be made. A gatling gun
has been placed at the door of the com.
pany store and a large cannon faces the
railroad. Besides this they have Win
chester rifles for all the men and a large
stock of ammunition.