New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22
KILLED IN \ STRIKE RIOT
NINE OFFICIALS OPEN FIRE on MOB
FIERCE FIGHT

fBv Tie Associated PreszI
Shenandoah. Penn. sept 21--SuperturendenE
Adam Boyd, Inside Foreman Foley and Breaker
Bosses James and William Mitchell. of the md
ian Ridge Collisry. a. $50 O'Clock this after
noon were returning home from work when
they were met az the Lehtsh Valley station by
a mob with sticks and stones The nine or
cia1s drew revoIvers and fred The mob BE-
came furious after one OF IS number was shot
and attempted 20 close in on the officials, TheT
ran up LIoyd-st- 70 O-Hara's stable. where they
We're imprisoned for two hours The mob
threatened 70 burn the stable. but Sheriff Tools.
with twenty deputies, arrived and dispersed
them. and the mine officials went 70 their
homes
The Sheriff then took the posse 70 the Indian
Ridge CoIIiery and escorted some workmen up
Ceutre-st- As they again neared the LehIgh
Valley station tEe mob hurled stones at the
deputies and a shot was also fred from a
saloon The deputies then opened fre- They
hastened toward Main-st- in the mean time hr-
ing over five hundred shots. and the mob hurI-
ing missiles Of all kinds
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED
one man and little girl we're found lying
dead after the shooting. Following IS a list. 50
far as can be learned. OF the killed and wounded:
KILLED
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WOUNDED
AxAIAvsGE. Anthony. .hss IN IF, SIDE; 'ertous;
CcYLE. E5ward. a5ou5 afsy years ola; baiI-- vouaa
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sTAL8locovIcH- Pe-e-. rv-arg-e.sa- T-z-s I'D shor
v7-s1f-E,Ev T5az f5-.y years old zz-- in ne Aaaa
INJURED By RIOTERS
BEDDING George. q Rl-z-o7vu. ugly sash r1Eht
rnrr3PTs 49, =s-rr-fsa- Years CID INJURED
S@7i7lss -7ss -H.--v Az. -zs-s Old injured n
~ ~ --1--s - zai head By stones
DEPUTIES ARMED WITH wTNCHEsTERs-
The crowd pursued The Sheriff ard his posse
20 the Ferguson House. where th=y took refuge.
Later Two hundred deputies arrived armed with
WIuchesters and rev0lvers- These the Sheriff
distributed all over the borough FOR picket duty
Then he went 70 the long distance telephone
and communicated with Governor Stone and
General Miller. commander OF the state troops.
IN Harrisburg He told than that The situation
was critical and that the presence OF state
troops was absolutely necessary. He vas told
70 use all his force for the preservation of order
tonight, and a further conference viii Be held
Tomorrow. Shenandoah : practically under
martial law with the deputies in possession
while the rioting foreigners have withdrawn 70
the neighborins mountains threatening ven
geance-
The foreigners held meeting tonight and
more trouble is feared unless the militia arrives
before the morning. The Sheriff has asked the
Philadelphia and Reading company % abandon
the idea OF working the collertes here to-nor-
I row. and the company consented 70 do so
Tonight 1t IS raining and the mob has scat
/ tered and up 20 a late hour the Hungarian
Who was killed was permitted % liz IN the
gutter where he dropped Foreigners of this
class say a dead man IS of 10 use and they
refuse 20 care for the body
/ The Shenandoah Council held meeting and
paszed resolutions calling upon the Governor TO
send militia II was also decided 20 enfo-ce
+ martial law Special officers were sent out 70
/ order saloonkeepers 70 close their places and
/ 70 keep thzn closed until peace vas restored
L was further decided 70 prohibit the sale o.
( firearms and ammunition The Council also
/ svore in the members OF the nre companies
+ and other citizens 20 aid IN restoring order