Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-07
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
RiotouS Miners.


PEORIA, His, June After the.r
work of destruction at the mine yes;fr
day the mob secured several gallons o..
kerosene and threw it all over the
shaft and power house The matca
was applied and the buildings were
burned to the ground.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, June "A com
pany of infantry and a battery, by order
of Governor Mckinley, left on train
for Cambridge at 4:25 o'clock this
morning.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June Tie
miners attacked the militia at Farmer
burg early this morning. Several OF
the soldiers are reported wounded
The pickets were surprised by a body
Of miners, who slipped up under cover
of darkness and opened fire without
warning. The outposts returned the
fire. Two companies are now march
ing to reinforce the attacked militia
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 7.-Nothing
of especial interest has transpiry at
Frostburg, the scene of the prescn, DIFF
Gculty with the striking miners of
Georges Creek region, since yesterday
morning. In an interview this morning.
Agitator Wilson, who has Just returned
from Columbus, said the fight would he
continued on the present lines and that
he was again in the region to aid The
miners in their labors. The companies
will not, however, under any circum-
stance, recognize any committee ap-
pointed by the Union Mine Workers
association to confer with them, in the
hopes of adjusting the present troubles
and when the strike will terminate
is hard to tell. The troops control the
region adjacent to Frostburg and The
villages are well guarded.
General Douglas thinks the militia
will remain here until Saturday and
possibly longer.
WHEELING, w. Va, June "A re-
port has reached here that the strik
ing miners at St. Clarsvile Junction on
the Baltimore and Ohio have seized the
coal train which was held up at that
place last night and are cutting the ears
loose and sending them down the grade
TO Bcllaire one by one. A report has
also been received that the troops are
blockaded at GAINESVILLE.
WHEELING, w. Va, June THE
eighth and seventeenth regiments Of
the Ohio militia with the GAINESVILLE
light battery numbering in all about
900 men, arrived at Cambridge, Ohio,
this morning and proceeded slowly 70
GAINESVILLE. 1t is reported they are
i'll at GAINESVILLE, being blockaged BY
aims. The militia will advance 20
Byllaire, where 900 miners are located.
Trouble will probably occur AT tbs
point if at all.
McKEEspoRr, Pa, June 7.-Buy iew
strikers were to be seen in the vicinity Of
the plant of the National Tube WORKS
Company this morning. All night
long the men guarded the WORK @r
the purpose of intercepting dcPatics or
outsiders who might be coming hereto
aid the tube works in starting UP.
This is unnecessary as the owners say
they will make no attempt to STAR the
WORKS at present.
KENovA, W. Va, June "A te.e-
gram from the Pocahontas Compant 10
Dingess, w. Va, states that the miners
at that point to-day all joined The
strikers. These men are all white aud
were organized last Friday in the
United Mine Workers. This is Tie
first strike on the line OF the y. * W.
railroad and is the first step toward an
effort to induce the men Of the Poca-
hontas territory to come out