The Irish standard., 1901-03-23
aIU1?lNY IS QUEnED.
Eebell;ass Convicts CaptureGuards
IL Kansas Mine.
Hold gnrne nsI rlcstagcs ie,Demand
for Hs;der t~nd-iIuuEerrFfnnl
iT Gnn,p~Is Them a~
Sarrenlcr.

LrnT.oworth. Ram, March 2O.-Fif-
teen lizards in the Kansas penitcn-
1ia'y mine and the property itself
were ii. the mercy of 2S4 mutinous,
hunGryy and desperate convicts from
Monday morning until nearly mid
nigh, Tuesday night. The convicts
demanded from Warden Tomlinson
Il promise TO give them. BETTER food
and Ie;ss work, holding the keepers as
hostages and making threats to kill
their prisoners and destroy the mine
nnlrss,the demand was complied with.
THAI; officer held out until late Tues
,iny .,i"ht for unconditional surren-
t.rr. tnd then, by Il rttse, rescued the
| imprisourd guards ard brought The
| n!utineerS to terms.
| Guards .srss Seized.
I'i~ first out brrai1. was caused by
the ~onvicts in division No. s. Six
teen men seized il.Ss guard and over
powered him and announced that
they had decided 10 strike. This
Guard was left in, charge of 5wo of
the convicts in he mutiny while the
others marched 10 the adjoining di
vision aud spread the revolt and
called on the c"nvicts to Join. The
eouvicts were soon marching through
tl," mine from one division to nn-,
other, yelling and swinging their
lamps and picka, Other desperate
couvirtS entered into the mutiny,
which spread rapidly, ar no OPPOSE
tion of any kind was offered. The
officers. nosle CARRYING firearms. We're
helpless.
send nm unin.atum.
When. tle mutinrrrs were in full
possession they FORBADE anyone to
enter The mine and sent to the war
den line foIlowin" ,l,imatum:
eve have cnncluth II to wrccl, everything
IN tine mine unless YOU acccdc To our de-
mItis. We demand that You give us
'h"e square meats n day. every day In
Tia" week. aud that Nul cut I he task to two
| p,,rs Il day. We aunt want amy more corn
| ~ corn beef or rcaS amy more corn bread,
| liver Or pigs feet. We are willing to do
f.l;, and de,naud >ou 10 the same. We
want those men talt,u of punishment, am.
.hs must no This is uur proposition. H,"t
| we demand an nn&wtt inside half an houa
This Was not :si"nrd. Warden 'Fam,
linSun sent down the following reply:
| 81 cnnnol agree 10 YOUR demands. they
;io not right oi course. You can wreck
! NrrN thing in tn" mine If you want to do
II. but that will ~" help YOU out. Every
"''ienr OH the bottom must he sent up in
%aguty to the top before tho miners arc
Iict.ght up."
Decide to Attempt Rescue.
Latte in the evenings the warden AVID
every available officer gathered
around the mouth of the mine. cacl
man heavily armed. Hunger had be
gun to tell upon the mutinouS CON
} victs and they began to pnrlry With tn.
: warden. They sent word If he would
promise not to inflict punishment fol
their action they would surrender ant
come up. TO this the warden would
: not consent, sending down word tina
the surrender must be unconditional
the question of punishment to he con
} sidercd later AS the night wore OF
; the warden decided to attempt IL res
cue of the guards and also to overaw.
the convictS and force their surrender
Selecting his men. the warden, will
seven or eight guards, heavily armed
entered the hoist ind were suon speed
, ing downward.
Awed by NusiIIndc.
When near the bottom of the pit F:
heavy fusillndc was opened, the shot!
being fired toward the topof the shaft
This took the convicts by surprise
+ and, thinking That the shots were in
tended for them, they hnstily fled
+, leaving the guards, who were sool
Joined by their comrades and sent T.,
: the top. The armed guards the,
started after the convicts, and soor
, had the rinGlcndcrs under arrest
+ whcrrupon the others surrendered
: The work of taking them to the sur
face began, and soon the convicts wer,
again behind the bars OF their cells.
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