The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-10
A RIOT AT
cENTRAhIA
several Persons Were Injured and Some
Seriously.
TWO AT THE MINERS HOSPITAL.
One Had His Skull Fractured and Ano ther
His Eye Shot out-A Third Victim
was Shot in the Back-Little
Girl Injured.

Centralia was the scene of bloody riot
Saturday night in which twenty OF more
people were injured and at least three of
them very seriously The\riot lasted about
two hours and it is surprise that some of
the participants were not killed outright
The house in which the affair started is
ruined. Every window and door in it was
shattered and little more than the frame of
the building is left intact. 1t is located in
the center of the town.
According to HERALD correspondents S
report, fight started between drunken Poles
and Hungarians in the saloon of Jacob
Michelofski. While it was in progress three
Irish h-American men entered the saloon and
got mixed up in the fracas. One of them
Cornelins Carr miner 35 years old,
was knocked down and while PROSTATE
upon the floor, was beaten with a base
ball bat. His two companions managed to
escape from the place and commenced to
lombard the building with rocks and every
thing within reach. In the meantime sew
eral of their friends gave them assistance
and the building soon presented dilapidated
appearance.
Among the children attracted to the scene
was little girl named Mary Pinkey, a
daughter of the bartender in the saloon
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struck on the head by a rock and sustained a
scalp wound that required seven stitches.
Her condition is reported as being serious.
Another victim was Thomas Collins IS
years old. He drives the stage between Cen.
tralia and Ashland. He reached the scene at
the time when Michelofski, the saloonkeepcr,
opened fire from second story of the build.
ing with double barreled shot gun. For
tunately the gun was loaded with bird shot
Collins however suffered seriously from it
Some of the shot pierced his right eye. II,
was removed to the Miners hospital and the
attendants there say that the sight of the ey,
has been destroyed.
George Shoufller, young man, also go
into the crowd that was bombarding III,
building and he received charge of the
bird shot in the back, but was not seriously
injured.
Meanwhile the bombardment was going OF
at high pitch and the whole town was in ,
state of great excitement. The Poles ant
Hungarians found that the building wa
getting too hot for their comfort and com
menced to steal out. The crowd outsid,
stoned them as they appeared. Chase wa
given to one of the Poles He was overtaker
and terribly beaten. His nose was almos
kicked off. Ten or fifteen of the Poles anC
Hungarians who escaped from the buildinl
were terribly beaten. The extent of thei
injuries could not be learned, as they scat
tered in all directions in a wild hunt fo
places of safety, and some of them hav
cleared out.
When the crowd outside forced open th
doors OF the saloon Cornelius Carr was fount
, lying on the floor amid the ruins of the ba
, fixtures windows and doors. The man wa
, unconscious and remained in that condition
during his removal to the Miners hospital
, and for sometime after. DIR. Biddle and hi
assistants found there was a bad fracture o
, the skull. An operation was performed an,
five or six pieces of the skull were removes
to relieve the pressure on the brain. Althoug
D Carrs condition is serious, the doctors be
lieve he will recover.
To-day several arrests were made in con
nection with the affair upon warrants issue,
by Justice Laughlin, of Centraia Amon
those taken into custody were Michelofski
the saloonkseper, Thomas Jacobs, William
Savage and William Yousavage.