The age-herald., 1899-04-11
He Resisted Arrest and Fired
 on Deputy Sheriff.
THE RIOT ALARM WAS SOUNDED
Citizens Rapidly Armed, and Negroes on Being Told That One of Their Number Had Been Arrested
 Fired Into Crowd.

most serious disturbance that has occurred
 here since the union miners instigated @ strike in April, 1S9S was enacted today, re- sulting in seven persons being shot to death and nine wounded, as follows: The dead:
 Frank Coburn, citizen.
 Xavier Lecocq, Frenchman, union miner. Four negro men.
 One negro woman.
 Wounded:
 Frank Laldsworth, shot in head; Mrs. Henriol, shot in left arm; Will Kuhn, laundryman, shot in legs and hand; Cyrus Strickler, shot in back; Albert Uickers, shot in hand; George Kimball, farmer, shot
 in hand; Henry Stevens. negro, shot in
 neck; Cass Proffitt, shot in foot; Carrie
 Felix, shot in breast.
 The situation quieted down at nightfall.
 and no more trouble was looked for. Ad-
 jutant General Reece, Colonel A. E. Gull
 yer and three companies of infantry, arriv-
 ed at o'clock this evening on special
 trains and perfect order was maintained
 throughout the town from that time on. Soldiers Patrol Streets
 The soldiers immediately began patrolling the streets throughout the entire town.
 Miners stood about in groups talking, but
 there was no outward manifestation of ex-
 citement, although 1t was evident that
 great indignation existed, especially among
 the townspeople, over the shooting of the
 citizens and women.
 Henry Stevens, a negro miner, who has
 long been considered leader among his as-
 sociates, is declared to have been the di- rect cause of the riot. It is said he was also the leader of the riot that occurred here last September. Stevens visited the jail at 9:30 o'clock this morning and was talking through the window grating to sev eral negro prisoners confined for petty of- lenses, when Deputy Sheriff Cheency ap- preached and told Stevens he was under ar rest, producing warrant that had been standing against Stevens for some time.
 The negro immeditey drew a revolver and
 showed fight.
 Not daunted, the deputy sheriff drew his
 weapon and advanced to take Stevens, who
 immediately fred The bullet went wild and the sheriff opened up with him own
 weapon, but without effect. Stevens took
 to his heels and succeeded in gaining
 Powell's general store in Locust street,
 the principal thoroughfare, two blocks dis tant, and took his stand in the entrance He hesitated there an instant and then stepped to the pavement, levelied his re- volver down the street toward his ap- preaching pursuer and fred A Non-Combataut Killed The bullet missed the deputy and struck Xavier Lecocs, a F'renchman who was standing in the entrance of a nearby sa- loon, squarely in the forehead, killing him instantly Stevens then turned and ran into the Penwell store and sought refuge behid counter. By this time the streets were rapidly filling with men, all of whom | bore weapons Sheriff Downey dashed into 1 the store, followed by Deputy Joe Mullen and several citidens. fusillade of bul- | lets were poured into the store and c9fayens emptied his revolver at his assailants from behind the counter The infurCated crowd | at the door continued the fire, and Stevens seeing that death was inevitable if he re- mained behind the counter, made a desper- ate dash from his cover to a stairway in the rear of the store He fell pierced by six bullets before he had gone ten feet. One of the bullets had gone through his
 neck, another through his back and the other wounds were of a minor nature. The firing stopped instantly and Deputy Chee- ney went to the wounded negro and placed
 him under arrest. Stevens is a negro of
 robust constitution, big and brawny. The shock of his numerous wounds d.d not ap- | parently hurt him. for he swore and said | to the deputy: "I surrender" and with blood pouring down his clothing, walked | with his captor to physicians office. | where he was given medical attention. He | was then taken to jail.
 Riot Raging In Streets Meanwhile, the riot was raging in the streets. As soon as the first shots had | been fired, the whistle of the electric light | plant was blown as a signal for the ecitizens, | the majority of whom had long ago been l sworn in as deputies to turn out armed and reay to fight. At the same time the | miners of the Pana and Penwell mines, who | are located about four blocks distant from | the Penwell store, which is in the center | of the town, rushed into the tipples and | opened fire on the thronged streets, the 1 news that Stevens, one of their number | had been shot and arrested, arousng them | to pitch of fury. They shot at any living | mark in sight and as result among their | victims are three women. two of whom are white women, wounded and one negro | woman dead. I arrested every deputy sheriff. including | Chief Deputy Cheney. all of whom wero | disarmed and then released.
 Chief of Police William Kelly was also | arrested by the soldiers and then re- | leased.
 Frank Coburn, the local agent for a brew | ing company, was standing In the door of | his boarding house near the Penwell mine, when a bullet struck and killed him. Grocer's Boy Shot Frank Landsworth is a grocer's delivery boy. He was delivering goods near the Penwel mine, and was wounded in the Harrison hotel. was shot in the side by a bullet that entered the kitchen window from the Pana mine tipple.
 Alberta Vickers was wounded while standing on the Big Four station platform. Farmer George Kimball was wounded just as he stepped from Big Four train. Cy-