The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
RIOT AND DEATH
At ONEIDA MINE
Strikers Attempt to Close
the CoIIiery.
MANY MINERS STOP WORK
MANY MINERS STOP WORK
Others Refuse and Are Stoned by the
Strikers.
Fifty SPECIAL PoLICE THEN APPEAR
Strikers Put Them to Flight, and in the Con-
flict an Officer is Killed, a Striker Nor
tally Wounded and Several
Other Men Hurt.
Other Men Hurt.

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 10.-A special po-
liceman was instantly killed, another
was wounded in the head, a striker
was probably fatally shot and ten
non-union men were more or less Sc
riously wounded at the Oneida colliery
of Cox Brothers, in clash between
the officers and 500 strikers this morn
ing. The victims are:
Killed-RALPH MILLS, aged so, of
beaver Meadow, one of the officers
conveyed in a special train early this
morning from that place to Oneida.
He was shot through the back.
Wounded - GEORGE KELLNOR,
aged 3S, of Beaver Meadow, also a spe-
cial officer. He received shot wounds
in the head, but will recover.
JOSEPH LESkO, aged 36, of Shepp-
ton, a striker. lie was shot i'll tne
groin and Will probably die.
Ten non-union were stoned, but only
two of them were seriously injured
They are: JOHN VAN BLAIiGIN and
JAMES 1OoH, OF Sheppton.
he former sustained scalp wounds
and the latter had tour ribs broken.
The Oneida colliery having been in
operation since the Inauguration of
the strike, the union men at Unelua
and Sheppton, where many of the en-
ployeS OF the Oneida and Derrl.per
collieries of Cox Brothers and Com
pany live, decided early this morning
10 close down the mine. They gath
cred in groups on the streets as early
as ) O'Clock. IS the non-union 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 colliery were stoned.
Van Blargin, one of the non-unIon
employees attempted to pull a revolver,
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 renamed at the colliery
all morning. AS the small mine loco
motive used in hauling coal from the
No. and No. 3 cOilieries to the
Oneida breaker, pulled upon the road
near the latter colliery, a crowd of
women blocked the track The wo-
men were told by General Supcrinten-
dent Kudlick to go home. He assured
them that their husbands would get
an increase in wages and that their
other grievances would be properly
adjusted. The women refused to- lis
ten and stoned the superintendent, who
was wounded in the head. Then the
striking men and women rushed to-
ward the No. 2 colliery. A force of
about fifty special poncemen who had
been brought down from Beaver Mead
oW to prevent trouble, attempted to
intercept the mob, but they were pow
erless to do anything and retired to
the engine house.
Just as the officers got close to shell
ter shot was fired. This was follow
ed by another, and in a few seconds
many shots rang through the air. Po-
liceman Mills was the first to fail.
Then Joseph LcslIo, a striker, stagger
ed to the ground. No one knows who
shot first, but it 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 shoot
ing the strikers dispersed. Sheriff
TooIe, of Schuylkill county, in whose
territory the clash occurred was in
Philadelphia and could render no as
sstance. His chief deputy, James
ODonnell. arrived here this afternoon
and went to the scene with force of
men
Rev. Carl Houser. Lithuanian min
lister from Freeland, who baptised a
child at Oneida just at the time the
shooting was in progress, was mis-
taken by the strikers for Superinten-
dent Kudlick and narrowly escaped
being stoned. He was soon recognized
by a friend and escorted safely TO the
station.
MARCH OF STRIKERS.
Scranton Pa. Oco. 10.-Thousands of
striking mine workers marched in review