The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-28
Composed Of Foreigners Out Of
Work and in Some Cases
Hungry
Considerable Property Destroyed
One Man Fatally and Others
Severely Injured.
Fears Are Entsrtainsd Of widespread
Troubis in the Coal Mining Regions
fPsansyivania.

PrrrsBuRo, Jan. IA wave Of anarehy.
Ia whose trail followed bloodahsd, arson and
destruction OF property, passed over ths
Mansheld coal region to-day. IL began 81
dawn, aud al dusk 10 was estimated that
500. 900 worth Of property had been de-
siToyed. Msddsnsd by fanoied grievances
and liquor a mob Of several hundred for
siRnsTs, HunRarians. Blavs and Italians.
swept over the country surrounding Mans
Geld and through the valleys Of Teens and
Painters runs. attacked mine owners, min
ere. and the few scattered deputy ahsrihs,
wrecked cars and destroyed railroad prop
erty. Until noon the mob met hardly any
Resistance. IL reached the mines Of Bead
ling Bros. near Federal. on the Pittsburg'
Charters a Yougkioghsny railroad.
Here the riotsrs met determined resist
anoe and we're checked. With repeating
Winchester rifles. Thos. Y. Williams and
Harry Beading stood their ground and
opened Ere upon the mob. They hTed four
volleys in quick succession. fatally wound
ing one and injurinR half q dozen others.
The man fatally wounded was Frank
Stable, a Frerohman; be was shot through
the body and IL probably dead before this.
After the fourth vollsy the rioters fed pre-
cipitatsly down hill. AZ this moment q
train bearing Sheriff Richards and forty
deputies pulled into Beading. and the OH
GERS started In pursuit of the rioters. firing
a. they ran. The chase was . long and hot
one, but finally sixteen were oveTtaken aud
captured. They we're marched TO Mans
held Jail at the point Of IevolVsTs. As q
matter Of pfecaution the prisoners were
IA nnN IL
lodged in the county jail. They will be
held for riot and arson.
Tonight every thing is quiet forcs Of
deputies is on guard at every mine in the
district, and no more trouble is appre-
hendsd before Monday. Another out
break Ia anticipated then, as it was learned
that a. yesterdaS's meeting a. Mansfield ~
was decided that IL the men now at work
refused TO Join the strike by Monday all
| tipplos in operation will be burned Nearly
2, 600 mintrs. ell foTeiRners. attended the
meeting, aud in spssehes ~ was declared
that ali miners in the district will be COM
psllsd to quit work
sheriff Richards nov has seventy Eve
deputies on duty, and is swearing In others
a. rspidly as he can secure them. BY to-
moroW night he expects 20 have a. least
200 men armed and equipped for any emst-
Qency. Citizens of Mansfield. Bridgeville
ard Woodvills are also organzinR. and II
another outbreak should occur there ia
little doubt tho mob would be quickly
/ dispersed.
Trouble is feared in the Washington dis
triot. A dispatch tonight says ths cut
break among the miners in the hansneld
eiehborhood has excited the foreign ele-
ment among the miners IN she Mcdonald
| and RidQeWay sections, and violent dem
oustrati0ns are feared. The energetic
measures that quietod the lswless olaas in
the UPRISING to-day have had effect on int
tAtors in the other districts named. Had
there been any tempofizinR to-day there 70
no question but trouble would have spread
throughout all this region. AZ 1, Ia. other
mine owners fear An uprising. Twelve
deputies ase at the Robbins mines. st Nc
Donald, and another equad have been dis
patched to the kidgeway mines In the
vicinity of Bridasviile.
The sheriff had calls this evening by wire
for immediate proteetiOn AZ tns points
named. Still another message has been re-
ceived from Csnnonsbur2 an operator
there fearing a raid on she works. and an
other 10 ce OF deputies will be sent there.
IA Mcdonald. Pa, dispatch says shat as q
precautionary measure ~ tue Robbins
mines, the sheriff has been called on 20
send deputies 60 protect the works. There
is q feeling Of insecurity. fully wa ranted
By the situation.
Striking miners, particularly foreign
born classes. are restless and ugly. and 4
spark in the shape of an accidental colli-
sion between individuals may result In an
explosion that will involve multitude,
The fact is, the men are In q eadful piiRhi
ewing 20 low wages ana uncertain work,
and lacking the respect for Law that gov
erns the native element. the pinch of pow
erty has made them desperate. There II
apprehension Of serious times coming.