Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12
ONE DEAD; SRIEENN0UNDEO.
Miners Kill il an All-Day Battle
at Oneida, Pa.
RIOT TERRoRlZET THE. TOWN.
Small Force OF Gunrds Cuts Its Way
Through Mob Fights for Hours, but
Il Put to Rout--Attack Is Not Ex-
rccted. ~ F

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 12.--One man, a
mine guard, was instantly killed and
sixteen were injured in strike riot
at Oneida, twelve miles from Halle
ton. The fight started at q. M. and
continued internationally until dark.
Last night the mine guards and coal
and iron police were barricaded in the
village store and a passenger car,
while armed Hungarian rioters were
parading the street. Neither deputy
sheriffs nor troops had yet reached
Oneida. The killed: Ralph Mills,
aged IS years Of Beaver Meadows, sent
to Oneida as special guard; struck in
back by buckshot and instantly killed
while defending engine house. The
seriously injured: George Kelner,
special guard sent from Beaver Mead
| ows; shot under eye; taken to Halle
ton hospital; will recover. Sam Lip
ko, striker from Sheppton; shot in left
hip; taken home; will recover. The
other men injured were mine employees,
| who were attacked by the strikers
while on their way to work at a.
m. They are: William Bates, Har-
vey Brobst, Frank Elsenhauter, Ellis
Hazer, Clarence Hunter, John john
son, James Josh, Gideon Kouch, Fred
erick Miller, Samuel Nuss, Adam
Ringlaben, owen Tosh and John Van
! BIGGER -
Guards Besieged In a Store.
No trouble had been feared at Onei-
ia, which is owned by Coke Bros. &
Co., and consequently only a few
guards were on duty. Once the riot
ing began, they were helpless and took
shelter in the store Of 6. NJ Howells
& Co., leaving the strikers in undis-
puted possession of the village. Day.
light found score Of armed and in
toxicated Hungarians guarding every
road to the mine. The first bloodshed
came when a crowd of miners started
down First street toward the breaker.
In minute r0ey were surrounded and
attacked with clubs and stones. Some
of the workmen fled to the woods,
while others sought shelter in houses,
leaving number of wounded lying in
the road. Foreman Hunter made an
other attempt to get his men to the
mine, but they were driven back.
They retreated to the railway station,
where they secured an engine and
car. In these they charged through
the rioters and reached the breaker,
which they barricaded After their
first victory the rioters gained in
strength rapidly and at Z o'clock 800
men and women were marching
through the village streets. shooting,
and daring the guards to venture out
Of the store. At - o'clock three news
paper reporters standing in front Of
Howell's store were shot at twice by.
4 striker, but the bullets went wild.
Minister Pursued by a Mob.
In the afternoon the strikers Sc
cured a warrant for a guard. charging
him with shooting Lipko.s No one
could be induced to attempt to serve
it, however. Later in the day Mine
| Superintendent Kullich and Rohlands
were attacked in Oneida and Kudlich
was knocked down.
Shortly afterward the Rev. John
| Hauscr of Hazleton passed through
| Oneida. The strikers mistook him for
! Kudlich and chased the minister half
q mile, hurting sticks and stones at
him. He escaped uninjured. .
| Sheriff Toole Of Schuylkill county
was on his way to Philadelphia when
| notified Of the riot. He ordered Deputy
Sheriff O'Donnell to go to Oneida and
| report whether troops were needed.
O'Donnell reached the town late in
the afternoon, but refused to say
| whether the militia would be called
out. The last of General Gobin's force
at Shenandoah went home Yesterday
f. The only trouble at, Sheppton took
place in front of the house of John
Bolick. striker. A crowd of riot
ers quarreled among themselves and
dozen shots were fired, but hurt no
one. - ,
@ Free Fight at Il Mine.
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