The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
Many of the Persons Shot Were
Merely Looking On.
State Troops Have Now Full Control of
the Situation.

mines, which are ltca' ed about four
blocks distant frnm ne FenHtll store,
which is in the ornter o, the town., rushed
into the tipples nd opened fiie on the
thronged streets. The news that Stevens
had been shot and arrested aroused them
to pitch Of fury. They shot at any
living mark In sight and as q result
among their victims are three women,
two of whom are white, wounded ana
one negro woman dead.
Frank Coburn was killed by q bullet
from the Penweu tower. He was the
local agent for brewing company and
was standing in the doorway OF his
bottling house, when he was struck
Frank Land worth is grocer's delivery
boy. He was delivering goods near the
Penwell mine and was wounded in the
forehead but not fatally.
Carrie Felix, o white waitress at the
Harrison hotel, was shot in the side by a
bullet that entered the kitchen window
from the Pana mine tipple. Albert
Vickers was wounded while standing on
the Big -Four station platform.
Farmer George kimball was wounded
just as he stepped from Big Four train.
Cyrus Strickler was struck By a bullet
while standing In the house of neigh
Dor.
Cass Profit WAS wounded on the strest
The three unknown negro men were
killed in the BIatham district ad jaceut TO
the Pana mines.
The dead unknown negro woman was
also killed in 6his district Mrs Henriet
was injured while in her dooryard near
the Pana mine.
1t was reported tonight that several
miners were dead and dying In fields near
mine No. 2 of the Pana Coal company
having been hit by stray bullets, but
owing to darkness it has been impossi BILE
to ascertain the facts.regardina the report
his impression is strengthened by the
fact that dead negro miner was found of
ter night fall In the road near shaft No. q.
The firing In that district was general
and 1t is not improbable that search In
the morning will result In other bodies
being discovered.
Coroner L. l.. Bradley arrived from
lay lorville at five o'clock tonight and
the iirst inquest will be held tomorrow
over the body of Frank Coburn who is
the son of ex-Sheriff Ira Coburn.
The military upon arrival arrested
every deputy sheriff, including Chief
Deputy Cheney, all Of whom were dis
armed and then released
Chief OF Police William Kiely was also
arrested by the soldiers and taken before
Col. Culver, who disarmed him.
1t was learned tonight that the names
OF the three negro non-union miners are
James L. James, GreenvilIe, 5. c.;
Henry Hobbs. birmingham, Ala; Chas.
Watkins, Alabama. lhe iirst name of the
dead negro woman Is Julia, but her last
name cannot be ascertained. She is also
from the South and Is said to be the wife
of negro miner here
. Late tonight Adjutant General Rees or
cred Captain Miller of company b,
bloomington, to report at Pana Immedi.
ately to Col Culver with his entire com.
mand. The saloons were all closed in
Pana Immediately after the fighting and
remained closed throughout the night.
Coroner bradley said at midnight that he
had been told that the bodies of six more
| negroes had teen found in the Flatham
district. The coroner was unable to veri-
~ the rumor and decided to wait until
daylight to investigate.