The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-22
FATAL R|O||NG
'''''' "'''''i # HADv|uE
Striking Miners Resort to
Dynamite
SIX men IRE NOW known 1ODt DEED
While Many Bodies Were Con.
cealed
CITIZENS MEET IN SECRET
TarDeclde Upon Stringent Measures to
Be Taken
State Militia on Duty aud Good Order
Rules
CITIZENS MEET IN SECRET
TerDecide Upon Stringent Measures to
Be Taken
State Militia on Duty and Good Order
Rules
But the Strikers Are Believed to Be Well
Armed and the Utmost Anxiety
Still Prevails Through
out the City.

OF dynamite ana puckSnot is Ill eNiuehce
at thee ity morgue, where lie five bodies
yesterday full Of the vigorous life OF the
mountains, one is riddled with bullets
while doing his duty, two are horribly
mangled by the dynamite they were
using to destroy life and property and
the others are fJ1l of leaden pellets re-
ceived while they were fighting in the
shadows to destroy the lives of men who
were earning bread by honest toll.
Six lives at least were sacrificed in the
fighting and work of destruction at the
Coronado and Emmet mines. The fol-
lowing is a list of the dead and injured:
Dead: Michael Daugherty.
Bert Meir.
James Benson.
Both were employed at the Coronado
and were killed by the explosion. They
were identified only by papers found on
their bodies.
Dying: William O'Keefe, foreman Of
hose company No. 2, shot through the
stomach.
J. Higgins, miner, employed at the
Coronado, shot eight times in the arms
and stomach.
John Mahoney, miner, shot through
the stomach.
Frank Knell and Martin Scott. Coro-
nado miners. received injuries which are
not fatal
Mahoney was shot near the Emmett
mine. He claims he was there merely
as spectator.
At least three Of the attacking party
at the Emmett were hit with bullets. but
were carried away by heir comrades.
The Coronado people heard of the COM
ing trouble last night, but supposed the
attack was to be made at the Emmett
Soon after the destruction commenced
many citizens responded and quickly
armed themselve with rifles and shot
guns, butt hey could do little toward
fighting the fire and dynamite Foreman
O'Keefe was shot from behind just after
he had turned on stream at the Coro-
nado.
An addition was made to the death
list at o'clock this evening by the dis
covery of the body of Michael Daugh-
erty on the ground near the Emmett
mine, where he fell while attacking the
rioters who went to the Emmett flushed
with their victorious deviltry at the
Coronado
There were many people in upper WIN
dows and on house roofs, provided with
night giasess who in the brilliant moon
"ens Sa ~ 90 % W. .Ae -
nie.s "'-N III ~ .,e
lio.7. .se s" "...S .,' -. sas ..a. .ne
nist voiey I'm .n' .,i.e was uenve,eu
a. ciose @ ians 1.1l anu 'has lhe al'achihs
1ren -en Inv On a.. 1919 1919 rne siohie
~" .iaiS Nc .Ae -a'e y, I"usii
may eon ~ 'n,ie anu eearch VI
.ohe ao"roo"eo eAai'S i,i .ia' vicinity
u 'ei' IL ho" seeiiis .hal 'he rioters
ui1eeu o""s INC "eau anu wouiiueo'
.nuiau ia'nion 10, sreat many people
ave A~,s oe" "Dou. 'ne iae.. 'ouay anu
sA,,H 40 .ae on.' ui'sos Vi .na' niiio'
the s.u,y VI 'ne ue.ense VI .he f'niiiett
s one 0uftouhueu oh,y ny
'snt =. oo"-u .eoe' ~ seehs woiiuerlui
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80 e" e.an anu .he ouliuihss oeihoi-
.eru pu. tne ni.eeh puchsiio' iouno
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80 - lAe nis' soiiey from the
NV auioAiy 'ne strlhers lost
--,N - ~ ~ .ne oioouy business. Ihe
c - AAio VI Erin was happlly
h,a,u, -, i1au TINS mime oeen
~ ana 90. So. pumps wnicn oraln
H..r a..tua,..s ,nes wouio nave
sr,gh+f,1 - ooa+a.,n anu me ensuing damage