The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-04-20
CLASH WITH
AUTHORITIES
THE DEAD.

through ear, ball penetrating brain.
SIMON DolLZIc, shot through
brain.
THE INJURED.
In the Windber hospital sutfe .ns
with bullet wounds and injured from
flying stones are the following:
GEORGE kEsTER, aged 9, son Of
prominent insurance man, shot
through groin.
EUGENE DELANEY, chief mining
engineer, Berwind- White company,
shot in head. =.
- WAGNER, Injured by brick
thrown by miner
HIGH CONSTABLE McMULtEN-
Edward ,McMuIlen.
CHIEF OF POLICE TRoxALL.,
CURTIS KEsSLER, aged 9, shot in
bowels and dying at hospital.
PAUL BILL, aged 40, shot In Ief.
leg and hand. In hospital.
JOHN ToRPSHo, shot in both
legs, fatally wounded.
Windber Pa, April 16 Three men
lying dead in the street in front Of
the Windber city prison, five 9TH
ers dangerously wounded and how
ering between life and death in the
local hospital a number of houses
wrecked and spirit of anarchy let
loose all over the town, is the re-
suit of the first clash between the
authorities and the striking miners
in this part of the state.
The riot in which this deadly work
was done occurred this evening about
1880 o'clock on the main street of
the town. The shooting was done
by deputies employed by the Berwind |
White Coal company, under the di-
rection of Sheriff Begley, of Somer
set county, and the victims are all |
strikers with the exception of Eu.
gene Delaney, chief engineer of the
coal company, who was struck on the |
head by a brick thrown by some one /
in the crowd
The trouble started when mob |
attacked Constable McMullen, after
he had attempted to arrest strik.
er at one of the mines. He was
chased by the crowd and took ref
uge in the house of Ellis Davis on
East street. The inmates of the
house fed and McMullen hid himself |
in a closet. The mob then forced
the doors and searched the house.
Not being able to find the officer,
they wrecked the building complete.
Iy and set 1t on fire. In the mean
time a squad of deputies reached tho
scene and succeeded in getting Nc,
Mullen to place of safety, in which
they were aided by the local fire
men, who turned the hose upon the
mob and dispersed. Then the depu-
lies arrested ten of the strikers and
OCked them in the city prison
ATTACKED THE PRISON.
In a short time the infuriated mob,
many of whom were foreigners, at. E
aclled the prison with the object of
'escuing the prisoners. They were
net at the door by five deputies, who
irst fired over their heads. This had
10 more effect than to cause the
leath of an innocent bystander across
he street, who received a rife bali
through the head. The mob rushed
he deputies and they fired into it +
at point blank range, killing two
If the strikers and wounding a num-
)er of others.
This again dispersed the mob, but
t soon gathered again, and when
he company undertaken undertook
o remove from the street the dead
bodies, he was forced to flee for his
ife. At midnight the bodies were
till lying where they fell.
Finding themselves unable to cap
ure the city prison, the mob scat
cred into smaller sections and
tarted to wreck the homes of the
'fficials of the Berwind-White com
ANY, some of whom live in the town.
several houses have been destroyed,
'ut up to midnight, no other deaths
re reported
Governor Pennypacker was at once
cached by wire and ordered troop
A" of the state constabulary, which
$ stationed at Greensburg, 70 De
ushed to the scene on special train
his troop is sixty strong, and would
AVE reached Windber before miu.
light, had it not been delayed by a
reight wreck at Sheridan station.
The train was run around the wreck,
nd reached Windber at O'Clock
Tuesday morning. A number of Of
lcers from Johnstown joined the
roops as it passed that city.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS.
1t is believed that the arrival OF
he troops has quelled the disturb
nee, although the town is in a fer
nent, and no predictions can be
made, About 5000 miners are on
trike here and the greater portion
# them are foreigners, who cannot
'e controlled when they become UNI.
uly So intense is the feeling arous-
ID among the strikers that nothing
eems able to hold them in check.
During the entire day the excitement
las been intense. Women ran from
he houses and begged their hus-
lands and sons TO come off the STREETS