Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-06-03
SHOOTING ARRAY.
Two Men Killed and Several Others
Wounded.
4 COAL MINERS STRIKE EXPECTED.
Militia Ordered Out to Prevent the Res me
Of Y TOllgate Raider shot Dead by
Mistake-Fined for Biasphemy
"A Mothers Deed.

town OF Oakman, Walker county, was
the scene of desperate shooting
ARRAY yesterday afternoon. The dead
are Isaac Appling, aged 50, mayor OF
Oakman and leading merchant Of this
place, and Charles Williams, aged 80, a
machinist. The:wounded are Andrew
Richards, clerk in the store Of Appling
Bros, shot in the head, will die; Mont
gomery Appling, brother and business
partner of Mayor Appling, shot in the
body, wound not necessarily fatal; Will
liam Duncan, an aged Englishman,
shot in the leg and back, will die. The
two Applings, Duncan and Richards
were shot by Williams The latter
was travelling machinist, who recent
ly came to Oakman from Mississippi to
secure work at the coal mines.
Yesterday, while intoxicated, he
entered the store of Appling
Bros, the largest business house
at Oakman, and became very bolster
GUS. Mayor Appling, after ordering
him out, was about to call policeman
when Williams drew revolver and
opened fire on Appling, who fell dead
at the first shot, with a bullet in his
heart. Montgomery Appling, who was
standing behind the counter, only u
few feet away, snatched up Win
chester rifle and began firing on the
murderer. Williams received two
rifle balls in his body, but after he had
fallen continued firing until he had
emptied his pistol. Andrew Richards,
clerk, was shot in the head by Will
liams while trying to escape from the
place. William Duncan, an English
man, who has been prospecting in
Walker county, was shot in the leg
and back. Montgomery Appling was
also wounded.
A BIG COAL MINERS STRIKE EXPECTED.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 9S.-I'he ma
tional executive board of the United
Mineworkers of America has decided
to order general strike throughout
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia,
to secure the 90 cent. rate for mining.
The order is expected to be in the hands
OF the workmen within very few days.
More than 5O,0 miners will be affected
by the order and desperate struggle
between the men and operators will
result. The order, it is said, has been
decided on because of the fact that IS
OF the large coal companies in the
Pittsburgh district have secured CON
troll Of all the lake front docliage.
This year the conditions in the lake
market are entirely different from what
they were in former years. Time was
when the smaller operators could mar
ket coal on the lake 'front.' but this
year all has been changed. Now they
cannot dispose of any coal unless it
goes through the hands of the IS coal
companies.
MILITIA ORDERED OUT,
LEXINGTON, KY, May ss. Company
=, Kentucky state guards, 50 strong,
acting under the orders of Gov. Brad.
ley, left here on a special at $50 last
night for 0wingsville. The company
was ordered out by request of Sheriff
Lane, Of Bath county, who, 1t is re-
ported, has information that strong
mob Of tollgate raiders would try to
take Johnston, their captured chief,
from the 0wingsville jail Failing in
this, 1t Is reported that the raiders
will attempt to take Johnston from
the hands Of the court during his trial
to-day.
SHOT DEAD BY MISTAKE.
CINCINNATI, May 2S,-George A. Duey,
who has been connected with the As
soclated press mere ana at Denver and
other places for many years, was killed
last night in most peculiar manner
by Policeman Amos Booth An alarm
OF burglars was given, calling Booth
to the place. Duey was en- route home
at the time, and refused to halt when
the officer shot him dead mistaking
him for one of the burglars, who made
their escape. Duey had recently been
employed in Chicago and was here WIS.,
iting his parents His brother, D. j.
puey, is the chief operator of the As