New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-30
,AY. MAY 30, 1891. TWELVE PAGES.
LAWLESS ACTS OF MINERS.
OBSTRUCTING RAILWAY TRAFFIC AND
TRYING TO CLOSE MINES.
STRIKERS AND DEPUTIES ~ COLLISION AT TWO
PLACEs-ATTEMPTs TO WRECK TRAINS
DYNAMITE PLACED on RAILWAY
BRIDGEs-AiIIfTIA ORDERED OUT
WEST VIRGINIA AND REGULARS

WEST VIRGINIA AND REGULARS
IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Saneville Ohio. May 29.-At Wellsville last
night $50 miners wero put off the Cleveland and
Pittsburg passenger train They marched to
Irondale. where they awaited the arrival OF the
passenger train due at o'clock this morning.
Sheriff Mccoy with several deputies. had
boarded this train at Wellsve. Upon the ar
rival Of the train at Irondae the mob boarded
the PLATFORM bowling and swearing. The sher
iff and his deputies fought them back and, after
the train had started and stopped ten times. sue
ceedcd in getting clear OF the mob. After un
successful attempts to nag freight trains the
miners walked arriving at Salineville at 10
o'clock this morning. The streets have been
thronEed to-day with excited miners.
Massillon. Ohio May 29-Another attempt 10
wreck Wheeling and Lake Erie train carrying
non union coal is reported as having been made
between Dillonvale and Laurelton. heavy
chain made Of coupling links was bound around
n rail by persons supposed to he miners The
engine struck the chain, but 1t was not securely
fastened and the effort failed.
Brazil. Ind, May 29-About 100 striking min
ers took possession OF the Vandaa yards a,
Knightsvlllc. near here late last night to prevent
the passage Of coal to the West. Early thi'
the eantlet by putting on a full head Of steam
and pushing through the yards at n speed Of
thirty miles an hour The strikers threaten 10
wreck any train which my repeat the attempt
Terre Haute Ind May % (SpecaD-The coal
train OF twenty-five cars captured by the str'k-
ing miners and held by them AT Clinton Locks
was successfully moved this morning toward
Chicago by United States Marshal Hawkins.
without any resistance on the part or the
strikers. who respected the order obtained from
the Federal Court.
Des Moines. May 2a--The 500 miners OF the
Des Moines district who are on strike are pre-
par;ne to 20 to Muchakinock 10 force out the
900 negro miners at work there. Governor jack
sons reply to the request for troops Instructed
the Sheriff to call on the Oskaloosa company ot
militia II he needed assistance. II is said that
the American Railway Union branch. In this
cItv numbering about 500 men, has offered 70 as
sst the striking miners by refusing TO handle
nOn-union Goa!
Ottumwa. Iowa. Nav 29-Six hundred strikers
went to Evans to-day to try to induce the men
there to e. out The Centrevllle miners who
were well armed were the leaders in the move
ment The Governor has an a!de at the scene
and the National Guard vii! be ordered from ms
city and Oskaloosa II needed. The strikers openly
declare that they propose 70 use violence on
Thursday n the cOlored miners 30 not come ou,.
superintendent Baxter and the working miners
are all armed. and prepared Tor an attack.
Wenona III. May 29-Late last night Sheriff
LEM. having secured posse Of nifty deputies.
attacked and routed the striking miners con-
gregated north Of here. who were guarding the
obstruction put the railroad tracks 70 pre-
vent the passage Of coal trains The miners
scattered Immediately after the first shots were
fired by the sherirs posse. The posse then re-
moved the obstrictlona but when the train
tod fD found that
links and pins had been stolen. Nearly TWO
hours were spent In vain efforts 20 maintain
couplings. in the darkness the strikers
r ould pull pins from one part ~ the train as
fast as they were replaced I'm another. Finally
the attempt 70 move the train was given up
until this morning. when the track was cleared
and the strikers dispersed.
Mlnonk H.. May 29-Everything quiet
here to-day. The Delavnn and Canton COM
panies Of militia left here last night for home.
The Peoria company is I'm camp south or the
city and Will probably stay here fcw days
longer.
The miners say their wives and children are
AT the point of starvation. They are subsisting
mainly on dandeons but have no hour meat or
other provision. The men complain OF their
treatment by the company store, which has re-
fused to furnish them with anything to eat un-
less they have cash. They are AFRAID 70 90 10
work for fear ~ the men from Ladi. Spring Val
ley and La Sale forcing them out
Hartshorne. l. T. May 29 The striking miners
in this Territory have grown aggressive on ac-
count Of the non-arrlvd Of the regular soldiers
and the receipt Of news a. 10 the success OF the
strike generally The strikers are preparing at
Coalgate. Lehgh and Krebs 10 move on 70 tho
Choctaw mine ana force cessation of work IN
the mines. II is reported that the miners AT Hun
tingtOn ana Jenny Lind, Ark. have agreed To
ioin I'm the movement. There are many Anag-
chists among the strikers and attempts have been
made to wreck bridges u the Choctaw Coal and
Railway Company. The second tim" dynamite
was removed from the bridge before !; exploded
CAPTAIN f. Mcklcr. aldc-de-camp TO Genera
Miles has reported that 1t Is necessary to send
troops 10 the scene at once.
Ieavenworth Kan. May 29-An order from the
Secretary OF War was received at Fort Leaven-
worth last night for three companies OF military
to move Immediately to McAester. l. T.. TO sup
press the mine trouble and restore to owners the
/ property now held 10y striker.
The 400 miners employed AT the Home and Kan
sas and Texas shafts stopped work to-day ana
long strike seems inevitable.
Pomeroy. Ohio. May 29-The miners achieved
peaceful victory to-day at spcman. w. Va,
and there was no need OF the services OF the
West Virginia militia. At about o'clock the
steamboat G. a. Hill with two barges, con-
talning about 800 strikers from this place
landed at West Columbia, w. Va. The strikers
waited quietly until the men came out OF the
mine a little after o'clock; and after con-
ference the miners. hfty-three in number de-
cided to quit work Every mine In Pomeroy IS
now closed.
Huntington w Va. May 2e.-Companies and
G.. State militia. Of this city ordered this
morning 10 proceed 10 the Camden mines at
Snellman W Va Most OF the members OF Com
pany G refused 10 20. not having been pald Tor
doing duty before. They will be prosecuted by
the State military authorities. They seem 10
| sympathize with the coal strikers.
Charleston. w. Va. May 29.-Throughout the
Kanawha. New River and Loup Creek mining
districts the miners are gradually returning 10
| work A great deal Of suffering Is reported
| lie believed
| wi hin ten days all mines will be running fun
! blast.
THE SITUATION IN THE COKE REGION.
rniontown Penn May 29.-There was no disorder
to-day at the Kyle works OF the Flick COMPANY