The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-11
One Coal and Iron Policeman Killed
Another and a Striker Dam
gerOusly Wounded.
TEN MEN HIT WITH STONES
AND SEVERAL SEVERELY INJURED
BUT NONE SERIOUSLY.
Attempt by Strikers to Hinder Opera.
tion of a Colliery-Parade and
Mass Meeting at ScrantOn.

HAZLETON, Pa, Oct. 10.-A special po-
liceman was instantly killed. another was
wounded in the head, a striker was prob
ably fatally shot and ten nonunion men
were more or less seriously wounded at
the Oneida colliery of Coke Bros & Co.,
In a clash between the officers and five
tins are:
Killed
RALPH MILLS. aged so years, of Beaver
Meadow, one of the officers conveyed in
special train early this morning, from
that place to Oneida. He was shot through
the back.
Wounded
GEORGE KELLNOR. aged thirty-eight,
of Beaver Meadow. also a special officer.
He received shot wounds in the head, but
will recover
JOSEPH LEsKo, aged thirty-eight, of
Sheppton, striker. He was shot in the
groin. and will probably die.
OF the ten nonunion mer who were
stoned, only two were seriously injured.
They are John vanblargin and James Tosh,
OF Sheppton. The former received scalp
wounds and the latter had four ribs broken.
The Oneida colliery having been in opera
ton since the Inauguration Of the strike,
the union men of Oneida and Sheppton,
where many of the employees OF the Oneida
and Derringer colleries of Coke Bros.
& Co. live. decided early this morning
to close down the mine. They gathered
in groups on the streets as early as 8
o'clock. AS the nonunion men went to
work they were asked by the strikers to
remain at home. Some turned back, others
did not. Those who went to the collery
were stoned. Vanblargin, one of the non
union employees. attempted to pull a re-
volver. but the weapon was taken from
him. and in the beating he received he
had several ribs broken. This occurred
just before starting time at the mine.
The strikers remained at the colliery all
morning. AS the small mine locomotive
used in hauling coal from the No. 2 and
No. collieries to the Oneida breaker
pulled up the road near the latter ccl-
lery, a crowd of women blocked the track
The women were told by General Super
intendent Kudlick TO go home. He as
sured them that their husbands would get
an increase in wages and that their other
grievances would be properly adjusted.
The women refused to listen and stoned the
superintendent. who was wounded in the
head. Then the striking men and tha
women rushed toward the No. colliery
A force OF about fifty special policemen.
who had been brought down from Beaver
Meadow to prevent trouble. attempted to
intercept the mob. but they were power
less to do anything and retired to their
engine house.
Just as the officers got close to shelter
a shot fired. This was followed by
another and in a few seconds many shofs
rang through the air. Policeman Mills
was the first TO fall. Then Joseph Lesko.
striker. staggered TO the ground No
one knows who shot first. but IL is believed
that both the strikers and the officers
used their weapons. A gunshot killed
Mills and small shot struck Policeman
kellnor. Lesko. the striker. was struck
by a ball from a revolver, with which all
the officers were armed.
After the shooting the strikers dispersed.
Sheriff Toole. OF schuylkill county. in
whose territory the clash occurred. was
In Philadelphia. and could render no as
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