The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-22
WAR WITH STRIKERS.
Three Men wcro Kilied-Dynamfts
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Leadvillc. Colo, Sept. 21.-Leadville Is
n battle-ground to-day, and the Coron-
ado mine Is the scene Of desperate en-
gagement between strikers and the
twenty men who were working In and
living at the mine. The bloody hand OF
iaWlessness and anarchy by the use Of
dynamite bombs burned the Coronado
smart mouse and made u forced attack
on the mines, but the attacking party
were driven from their ground with three
OF their members mortally wounded and
two seriously injured. The most atroci-
GUS assault committed during this law
iess attack was the shooting and mortal
Iy wounding OF Jerry O'Keefe, who was
doing his duty as n fireman in trying to
extinsuish the blaze that, despite the
efforts OF the fire department, consumed
tour dwellings, as well US the Coronado
shaft house and outbuildings. But the
bloody work of the strikers was not con-
fined alone TO the Coronado mine.
lawlcss mob gathered around the IIm-
nett littlG after the attack was made
on the Coronado. but the men at tie
Emmett were ready for the attack, and
when the crowd appeared they fired such
Volley OF bullets into them that they
found Ii unsafe to go further in their
nefarious work. Not one of their mem-
bers was killed. but Jerry Mahoney, a
miner living near the Resurrection, who
happened to be coming along the road
at the time. walked between the strikers
ana the men on the inside, and with the
hrst voliey was shot, probably fatally.
AT the El Paso, also, the men were at
tackled by strikers, but they left .hc shaft
house and sought cover under bushes
close by. Here they were waiting the
attack OF the strikers. but the latter did
not come near the property, contentinE
themselves with firing about a hundred
shots into the shaft house. Armed men
also prowled around the Ram mine Mt
about the same time and fired several
tt n hn 4. L.
come close enough to throw dynamite
bombs and fire the buildings A i-rea,
quantity OF giant powder was behind
the renee OF the Emmet mine, but no
harm was done by 1t. 'rlhs powder was
brought to blow up the Emmett shaft
house, but the resistance made by the
men on the inside foiled the strikers
plans. and, fearing being caught with.
the powder In their possession they
burned ii. The men who were killed at
the Coronado are:
Berry Weir,
James Benson
Jerry O'keefe,
Mortally wounded.
VIII Higgins.
No one Is able. to identify either Rem
son or Weir, their names being known by
letters In their pockets. Higgins has
Tour bullet wounds in his right arm and
one, which Is pronounced dangerous, just
below the abdomen. This lodged in his
stomach, and the physician says will
prevent his recovery. Higgins Ia not
more than 20 years old. John Mahoney
is not dead. but the doctors say he can
not live, and will probably die to-day.
Mahoney is not u striker although he
IS union miner. He was working a
lease with two others, and they were
with him when he was shot, but none
of the men knew they had walked into a
death trap until Mahoney was pierced
by ball and fell from his horse
OKeefe and Mahoney are single men.
and 1t Is believed that Benson and Weir
are also single.
Under orders from the Governor sew
cral companies OF the State militia, are
on the way to Leadville from Denver.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo to strength
en- the local mining force OF three com
panies.
The miners were organized recently by
the Western Federation of Miners, and
almost every mine worker was in the
union when their demands were made
The miners ask So a day for all classes
OF workmen. including surface and un-
derground men. The employers de-
clared at the beginning of the trouble
that they were willing to continue paw
Ing the wages which had prevailed in
LeadVille TO that time. Under that scale
surface workers were paid only $3.50,
ana practically the only change the
union proposes is the advance Of the
wages of this class of men to SO.
Tonight the city of Leadville Is quiet.
the saloons all closed and the people
who are standing on the streets are
standing idly about talking discreetly
low. The State militia, which has for
the fourth time in two years been called
out to stop rioting in the mining camps.
Is arriving tonight, and Will do merely
patrol duty. for there is absolutely no
evidence rintinp In he