The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-22
MINERS SHOT DOWN
Sheriff's Posse Fired on Strikers, with
Fatal Results.
TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED,
One of Whom Was a Little Girl, Name
Unknown.
At LEAST NINE OTHERS INJURED.
Sheriff TooIe Gave the Order to Ills Men
10 Fire.
SHOWERS OF STONES AND STICKS FELL
Several Companies of the state MIL
tia We're Ordered Ont Mt Re-
quest of the sheriG.
OF STONES AND STICKS FELL
several Compantcs of the state Mill
tia We're Ordered out Mt Re-
aucst of the sheriff.

Shenandoah. Pa., September 21.-A
snerlffs posse fired - crowd OF riotous
men near here this afternoon. killing two
persons and wounding seven others.
Sheriff Toole and Deputies oDonnell
and Brennemen were called to Shenandoah
to suppress the mobs that threatened
mine workers and colliery property. At
quitting time the three sheriffs and a
small posse whom the sheriff had sum-
moned on the ground. went TO the Indian
Ridge colliery OF the Reading company to
escort the working men to their homes.
The colliery is located a short distance
cast OF Shenandoah The workmen left
for home shortly after o'clock. They
walked up the middle of East Center
street and reached the Lehigh Valley
railroad station. Here had gathered a
large crowd of Poles, slavs and Huns,
men. women and children. who ,lned
both sides of the street. A shot rang out
from saloon, This was followed by a
shower of stones. Many OF the crowd had
picked up sticks and stones and were
acting In a threatening manner Seeing
this. the sheriff, who had previously cau-
toned his men to keep cool and not TO use
their firearms, commanded them to fire.
The order was obeyed with terrible re-
suits. The crowd pursued the sheriff and
his posse to the Ferguson house, where
they took refuge. Sheriff Toole shortly
afterward telephoned to Harrisburg and
asked that a detachment of troops be sent
here.
Following Is a list of the killed and
wounded:
Killed
MIKE YUCKAVAGE, shot in the eye.
LITTLE GIRL, name unknown, shot
In the back Of the neck.
Wounded. so far as can be learned:
Edward Coyle, aged so. bullet wound
near the heart.
Michael Seaman. shot in the arnl
Anthony Skarnzsl,e shot in left wrist
John wusdickey, aged 40, shot in the
hand
Peter stalmocovich, rs. shot in the
shoulder.
Mike sazitska. shot in the shoulder.
/ Anthony Axalugee, shot in left sids. Sc.
rious.
( Among those who we're injured by tn.
rioters were the fell wing:
George Bedding OF Rlngton, ugly gssi
on right forehead, caused by "A brick
Robert Edwards, aged 81, hit Will
stones.
Charles Rawlapd, aged IS. injured OF
the neck and head by stones.
At midnight the Fourth and Twelft
regiments, the governors troops and bat
terry o, we're called out.
Harrisburg, Pa, September 21.-Thre,
regiments OF Infantry, battery and
troop OF cavalry were ordered out at mid
night by Governor Stone to assist sher.f
Toole ia maintaining order in the Schuyl
kill mining region. This action was takel
after conference between the governor
Adjutant General stewart and Genera
Gopin, on the urgent application OF tn
snerln, the borough council OF shenandoah
and many prominent residents Of that 10
cality. General Goblin has been placed Il
command OF the provisional brigade an
started from here tonig,e on a specia
train for Shenandoah. He Will es .aolis,
headquarters there and expects TO be =
the ground with $500 troops by 5 o'cloc
Saturday mcrnug. The organizations
which have been selected for this seryic
are the Fourth Eighth ana Twelfth reg
ilnents, battery of Pn0enlxviif>, Cover
htrs troop OF Harriebu and the Thin
brigade headquarters Battery Is equip
ped with eating guns and is one of tn
best dIilled organizltionp IN the guard
General Goblin is the senior brigadler O
the division and commanded the brigGd
which was ordered TO Hazlet5n after IN
Latimer shooting IN 1897.
Governor Stone received telegrlm fr L
sheriff T0ole advising tnat he was unabl
10 cope with the mob and that me pres
enca OF trccps was necessary to the pro
tection OF life and property in the com
munlty.