The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-25
HE FIRST BLOOD SHED
CONFLICT BETWEEN STRIKERS AND
SHERlFF'S POSSE
OFFICERS USE THEIR REVOlyERS
Two Men and a Little Girl KiIIed-The
Omcers Attacked While Escortfnp
"iners from Their Work-A Watch
man at a Col1iery Shot by an I'm
know Person-Twenty-FIve Hundred
Troops Ordered to the Scene I'm Great
Haste

shenandoah, Pa. September GA
sher1fs posse fired !on a crowd of
rlotouS men near here this afternoon
killing two persons and wounding
seven others.
Sherl1 Toole and Deputies O'DonnelI
and Brenneman were called to Shenan-
doah today to suppress the mobs that
threatened mine workers and coujerv
property. At quitting time the three
snerlfts and a small posse whom the
sheriff had m on the ground
went to the Indian Ridge colIiery of
the Reading Company to escort the
Worklngmen to their homes. The coll
liery is located a short distance east
o. shenandoah.
} The workingmen left for home short
~ after 4 o'clock. They walked I'D 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 lined both
sides of the street. a shot rang out
from a saloon. This was followed by
a shower of stones. Many of the crowd
mad picked up sticks and stones and
were acting in a threatening manner.
Seeing this, the sheriff, who had pre-
VIouSly cautioned his men to keen cool
and TO use their firearms, commando
them TO fire. The order was obeyed
with terrible results. The crowd pur-
sued the sheriff and his posse to the
ferguson house, where they look ref
uge.
Sheriff ToOle shortly afterWard tele-
phoned TO Harrisburg and asked that
n 6oto
1t was learned that Adjutant Cen
eral w was in Philadelphia and
a telegram was sent to him there.
Following is a list of the killed and
wounded:
Killed-Mike Yuckavage, shot in the
Eye a little girl, name unknown. shot
in the back of the neck.
W~Ounded-(So far as can be learned)
edward Coyle, aged abou so years,
bullet u near the heart. He was
sitting on his stoop. Michael Seaman,
shot in the arm. Anthony Skarnazicz,
shot in left wrist, by 80 calibre bullet.
John Wusdickey, shot in the hand,
married. Peter Stalcomovitch, shot in
the shoulder at the back. Mike Sa-
sitska, shot in left shoulder. Anthony
Axalavage, shot in the left side, seri-
Gus; a forty calibre bullet removed.
Among those who were injured by
the rioters were the following: Geo.
bSuulIlSy VI IllLS GoNu, ugly CASH Ol
right forehead, caused by a brick.
robert. Edward, injured seriously by
being hit with stones. Charles Raw
land, injured in the neck and head by
stones.
MINE EMPLOYEES ATTACKED.
Shenandoah, Pa, September 21.-Su-
.perintendent Boyd, Inside Foreman
Forley and Breaker Bosses James and
NNiFJiano NTitchon of Indian PiIOa on1-
liery, at $50 o'clock this afternoon were
returning home from work when they
We're met at Lehigh Valley station by
a mob with sticks and stones. The
mine officials drew reVolvers and fired.
The mob became furious after one of
its number was shot. and attempted
to close in on the officials. They ran
up Lloyd street to O'Hara'S stable,
where they were imprisoned for two
hours. The moo threatened TO burn
the stable, but Sheriff TOOle, with
twenty deputies. arrived and dispersed
them and the mine officials returned
TO their homes. The sheriff then took
the posse to Indian Ridge c~ollierv and
escorted some wOrkmen up Center
street. AS they again neared the Lee
high Valley station the mob hurled
stones at the deputies n a shot was
also fired from a saloon. The depu-
ties then opened fire. They fastened
toward Main street. in the meantime
firing over 500 shots. and the mob
hurting missiles of all kinds. One man
a little girl were found lying dead
after the shooting. The crowd vas
finally dispersed and the sheriff and
deputies retired to the Ferguson house,
the most prominent hotel in Shenan
doah.
During the riot. windows were
broken, buildings were wrecked and
a number of persons were injured.
The foreigners held a meeting to-
night and more u is feared un-
less the militia arrives before the morn
ing. The sheriff has asked the Phila-
delphia and Reading Company TO
abandon the idea of working the col
Iierias here tomorrow and the company
consented to do so.
Tonight it is raining and the mob
has scattered, and up to a late hour the
|. Hungarian that was killed was "er-
I mitted to lie in the gutter whe. y
dropped. Foreigners of this class say
a dead man is of no use, and they re-
fuse 20 care for the remains.
Shenandoah council held a meeting
and passed resolutions calling upon the
governor to send militia. They also
decided to enforce martial law. Spe-
cial officers We're sent out to order Sa-
loonkeepers to close their places and
to keep them closed until peace was
restored. 1t was also decided to pro-
hibit the sale of firearms and ammu-
milton. etc. The council also swore in
the members of the fire companies and
other citizens to aid in restoring order.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Harrisburg, Pa, September 81
Three regiments of infantry, a battery
and a troop of cavalry were ordered
out at midnight by Governor Stone to
assist Sheriff Toole in maintaining or
der in the Schuylkill mining region.
General Goblin has been placed In COM
mand of the provisional brigade, and
he started from here tonight with his
staff on a special train for Shenandoah
He will establish headquarters there
and expects to be on. the ground with
$500 troops by 5 o'clock Saturday
morning. The organizations which
have been selected for this service are
the Fourth. Eighth and Twelfth regi-
ments, battery c., of P~hoenixville;
Governors Troop, of Harrisburg, ano
/, tthe Third brigade headquarters Col
onel Richardson has taken charge OF