The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-02-01
MINERS BECOME RlOTOUS
DOZEN ZEN sHor,oNE FATALLY
They Burn Two Works. Demolish o
Third and Destroy Property
Before Quelled.

| A wave OF anarchy. in whose train fol-
| lowed bloodshed snd destruction OF proper
~ passed over the Mansfield, Pa. Goa
region Saturday. It began with dawn and
st dusk one human life and at least $4,000
worth Of property had been destroyed.
Made wild by fanced grievances and liquor
mob OF hundreds Of Infatuated foreigners.
Huns, Slavs, Italians and Frenchmen
swept over the country surrounding Mans
field through the Toms Run and Painter 9
Run valleys, attacked mine operators and
Few brave but scattered deputy sherirs
burned upp'es wrecked cars and destroyed
railroad property.
Until noon the mob met hardly any re-
siStance. At that time u bad reached the
mIne' ot Beading Bros, near Federal
station ON the pittsbur,, Charters and
Noughingheny Railroad. Here the rioters
met determined resistance and e cheek
ed. Repeating Winchester rifles in the
hands OF Thomas aud William Beading
aud their nephew. Harry Beading, opened
hre. killing one riuter aud woundng about
IA dozen
sheriff James Richards. OF Allegheny
county took prompt and determined uc-
ton.
At the request ofseveral companies whose
property was attacked. he hurriedly dis
patched about dozen deprte, to the
scenes o. disorder beiorc noon; ut 2p m. u
special train carried ~ deputies and Just as
the train pulled into ljeadiing- the mob
was retfeatiug under the hot lire from the
defenders of The mines
The train was stopped aud the depntie.
swarmed out of the coaches and started in
pursuit of the mob. Zach de uly had
revolver OF heavy CaliDer. The rioious min
ers 1ed up narrow valley thst leads TO the
north of Beadlngs mines
A running Tire was opened between the
pursued ANA pufsuers Along the slippery
sides OF the hill the deputies ran rae
rioters scattered Three were lirst caught
The deputies hung to their men and finally
overlook l6 OF them.
Knives. reyOlyers and clubs were found
on the prisoner. A. the point of revovers
they were marched oyer the hills TO Mans
held and placed ~ Jail, On the road the
deputies were met by posse OF citizens from
Budgevile under command of Squire
Mayer. Ihe Two oiorces effected a junCture
ana together marched IL rioters to the town
lhe prisoners were placed in the Mansfield
lookup and later brought To the ltteblrg
lail Tor fear OF an attempted rescue at
Mansfield
The story of the defense OF Beadlne's
mines is heroic. Three men kept bowling
moo NJ pay All morning the foreigners
had been having their own way, shooting
AT All whom they met and destroying pro-
cry lhey were flushed with victory
Every man had weapon OF some kinds
Most had revoIvers and wicked looking
KNIVES, some bad hunting rides, iron bars,
slaves ahd cluOs Az II o. clock word was
brought 10 the Beading brothers that their
mines were to be attacked within AN hour.
The mine was running and the brothers
Were IN the PIT al the time. Word was
Drought 10 the men IN the mine by son OF
one OF the Headings, The miners offered
10 take part III the defense,
Tom Heading said: We will defend this
mine or die here. Rifles and amnlun-
hon were hastily brought to the tipple.
the valley came the mob in strangling
fashion, Each nationality seemed to keep
Nv ltsell anu each had separate leader. An
Italian known as Big Tom" beaded his
conntrymen.
WI ~" NO. ~ Hr die
tan,e ona an mn. ,,..,,.,,,,.. Ia. ,u.,.-
iy. Here's ,be ,innle Come and bnrn If n
Won cam
For an answer he got shower of badly
aimed bullets which mostly embedded
themselves in the wood of the tipple frame.