New-York tribune., 1900-09-22

Trey discovered tie mob they fett ,nn car, OH'
the rioters overlook them and stoned them.
Some Of those iiie trolley car were thrown
cut of the door. Among the passengers were
William Evans. Samuel Davis and William
Wagner we'll known citizens Of Shenandoah
They their way to work. Chief Bur
CESS Brown rescuing his son from the hands
Of the strikers when he was beaten. About one
Thousand we'll armed strikers, consisting OF Hun
garians. Ithuanians and other Slavs, then con-
gregated on the outskirts and made an attack
upon every miner who was seen going TO work
About four hundred gathered in East Centre
St and six hundred in South Main-st., al the
Pennsylvania station.
MINERS BEATEN AND STONED
The strikers were armed with clubs and black
lacks They were fresh from several meetings
held late last night at which the night shifts of
several collieries had been induced TO quit work.
This morning all miners on foot. in trolley cars
and trains who wanted 70 work attacked.
and where they refused to turn back they we're
rnercilessly beaten. Those who were attacked
were principally English. Irish and Americans
The foreign strikers first attacked Indian Ridge
and Shenandoah collieries, which had started up
short handed They soon closed the Reading
coliieries About seven hundred then took up
their line Of march 10 the Kelley Run Colliery,
operated by the Thomas Coal Company. where
they first drove cut the breaker boys and COM
PEELED the surface to blow the whistles. This
brought up the miners, and when they found
fault they were beaten and stoned and com
PEELED to fee for their lives. BY S45 o'clock the
strikers had closed the Kohnoor. West Shenan-
doah and Turkey Run coleries by the same
methods. in driving away the breaker boys and
blowing the whistles.
Shena ndoah was in q terrible uproar, and some
business men were thinking Of closing up. This
evening every hing was quiet although a large
number Of the striking miners were still about
the Kohinoor. West Shenandoah and Turkey
Run mines AS far can he ascertained. not
more than twenty persons were seriously IN
jured. and none of these fatally. There was no
shooting and the only weapons used were clubs,
blackjacks. stones and bare fists Now that the
strikers have succeeded In closing the mines,
there is M telling what will happen next
Chief Burgess Brown Of Shenandoah attempted
IN disperse one Of the mobs, but was over
powered. Fie was not seriously hurt. The dep
lty policemen are powerless and they are at the
mercy Of the mob Albert KEEPER. clerk. was
among those badly beaten. Foreman Albert
smith. of Kelley Run. was pummelled by Po-
Ianders and was thrown into the creek from
"a hfch he emerged more dead than alive.
A mass meeting held in Shenandoah last
night which addressed by President
Mitchell. and he aroused his hearers to a high
along spoken against violence, and have advised
al the strikers to obey the law and do nothing
wrong The sudden move By the foreigners was
UNEXPECTED. The strikers marched TO the CAM
bridge Colliery 10 compel the men to stop work.
hut an armed guard held the mob back The
crowd ie still near the works and riot is liable
IN break oct at any time.
THE OFFICERS TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
The riot this morning was = great surprise
and only the leaders were aware of what was
going to happen. The Zip was. however, passed
among those interested and when the word was
given 10 march the various squads moved on
with the precision Of well drilled soldiers. The
,7,onaAnt the men started out for the collieries
the lines Of the strikers were closed in. and at
The word Forward they rushed out, and in a
short time every r. Breaker in the city and its
vicinity was closed and the object OF the strik-
s-s ACCOMPLISHED Just what the next move
,nent viii be IL is difficult 70 say II is probable
howerer that little coal Will he mined at any OF
The Reading collieTies in the Shenandoah or
Mahanoy district fEarasss,lsv on. 1t was the first
outbreak Of the strike. and it is said that among
the rioters were foreigners from Hazleton and
shamokin The following is given as an in
stance Of how the miners were driven out of
earh of the coIieries around Shenandoah
4 mob Of about three hundred strikers. mostly
T,o1andArs marched to the Keeley Run Colliery
onerated by the Thomas Coal Company, which
employs $50 men and boys, at O'Clock this
morning and drove the employees out of tn
breaker The strikers armed with club
and stones They smashed windows and doors
and compelled the men to leave their work
To the Tribune correspondent Superintendent
Thomas Baird said:
We had just commenced work with a goo'
complement Of men. and the first car was at tn
top of the slope when the moh appeared: The
marched into the breaker. smashing windows a
they went. and hustled out all Of the HANDS
who were stoned and struck with clubs. TIL
strikers then marched 70 the head Of the slop
and ordered the out Of the mines The
were very persistent and we had great trouble j
keeping them out Of the slope. When they LEI
the collery forced TO suspend, the employe
having all run home There was no one injure
iu the clash. hut number had narrow escapes
SENDING FOR THE SHERIFF.
When the officials at the collieries found tha
they were compelled TO close down Superintend
ent r. c. Luther. Of this place, was prompt
Informed and Sheriff Toole was sent for TIL
latter had gone TO Allentown 10 attend III
Lehieh County Fair telegram found hir
shortly before noon ard special train wa
placed az his disposal The run of seventy-on
miles was made at the rate Of a mile A minut,
He reached Pottsvilie shortly after o'clock an(
after being furnished with the facts proceede
10 Shenandoah another special train accom-
panied by several deputies. When he reache
here at ? O'Clock all quiet
An investigation into the trouble this mornin
shows that it due entirely to the foreig
element-the Hungarians and Poles-whO CON
prise about 30 per cent of those employed abo1
the mines in that district. The English speal
ing miners ali wanted to work but were inter
fered with by the lav-less acts of the foreigner
Tonight the people Of Shenandoah feel thi
they are resting on the edge OF a vocan