The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-03-23
MUT'lNY IS QUEMED.
Rebell,bas Convicts CaptuseGuards
il Kansas Mine.
Hold Thcre ns Hostage. is,,Demnnd
for i!<.tler Fesnd-iIMnEer,Dinul
-. Gomp~is Them a0
SNrrcnlcr.

I.en%soworth, Kan, March 2O.-Fif-
teen Guards in the Kansas peniten-
1;ary mine and the property itself
were .is the mercy of 2S+ nutinous,
hnnGrys and desperate conNicts from
Monday. morning until nearly mid
nigh, Tuesday night. The convicts
demanded from Warden Tomlinson
a pr"r,ise to give them. better fooo
and less work, holding the Keepers as
hostages and making threats to kill,
their prisoners and destroy the mine
umlrasthc demand was complied wit II.
THAT; officer held out until late Tues
,,nN ,nmht for unconditional surren-
Ger, .rnd then, by Il ruse, rescued the
| Imprisoned guards ard brought the
MutinserS to terms.
Guards Are. seized.
'1'hv. first outbreaks was caused by
the eonviciS in division No. S. Six
teen men seized ihe guard and OYER
powered him aud announced that
| hey had decided, 10 strike. This
guard WAS left in charge of Two of
! tii~ convcts in the mutiny while the
others marched 10 the adjoining di-
vision aud spread the revolt and
called ON the convicts to Join. The
tomvicts were soon marching through
other, yelling and swinging their
lamps aud picks. Other desperate
ronvic!S entered into Inc mutiny,
which spread rapidly, us no OPPOSE
tion of amy Kind was offered. The
officers, no.iG carrying irearms, Ware
helpless.
send an ultin.ntum.
When. the mutinrrrs were in full
possession they roroadc anyone to
enter rhe mine and sent to the war
den inr followin" ,l,lmntum:
1--WE have conclude, to wreck everything
IN thn mine unless YOU acccdo 10 onr de-
mpnds. We demand that You give us
three square meats II day. ~v"tN day II
TIA" week. and THAI Nnu cut he task to tive
p,,rs n day. We dnnl want amy more corr
~ corn beet or peas, any more corn bread
liver ur pigs feet. We are willing TO dc
riHht, and dclnHnd Nou do tho same. W.
want those men taken oft punishment. an,
This must he. This is uur proposition, h'N,
we demand an anSwef inside half an houf.
This Was not >i%nrd. Warden Tom
linsun sent down the following" reply
II cannot agree 10 Your demands: they
! it,r not right. hi course. Nnu can Wretl
! ,y"rNthing in the min" IL YOU w;tnt to dc
il. but chat will u"t help YOU out. Ever,
officer un the holInn must he soEt UP II
} ea frty to the top before the miners ar,
> !IcL.;hl np.'
Decide to Attempt tcArHc.
Latte in the evening" he warden an,
every available officer gntherc
, around the mouth of the mine. rac
, man heavily armed. Hunger had bt
5 gun TO tell upon the mutinous cor
} victs and they began to lnrlry with tn
warden. They sent word IL he woul
5 promise not to inllict punishment TO
l their action they would surrender an
: come up. To this the warden woul
r not consent, sending down word Thu;
: the surrender must be llncOndiiion;l
: the question of punishment to be col
, sidercd later. AS the night wore o
5 the warden decided to attempt IL re:
cue of the guards and also to ovcraw
Selecting his men, the warden, wit
! seven or eight guards, heavily armet
: entered the hoist and were soon speed
ing downward.
!. AWed by n EusiIIntIe
When near the bottom of the pit
: heavy fu:ilndc was opened, the shot
being fired toward the top of tho sha f
: This took the convicts by smrpris.
+ and, thinking that the shots were il
tended for them, they hastily fec
> leaving the guards, who were 500
, joined by their comrades and sent t
: the top. The armed guards the
! started after the convicts, and 500
, had the rin2lrndcrs under arres
+ whcrrupon the others SURRENDERED
The work OF tnking them to the SUI
:. face began, and soon the convicts wcr
again behind the bars of their cells.