Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-17
DEPUTIES FIRE On
MOB, THREE KILLED.
Striking Miners Storm Jail In
Effort to Liberate Their
Leaders
OFFICERS COMPELLED TO SHOOT
Riot at windber Mines, Near Johns
town, Pa, Results in Bloodshed =
state Militia to Restore Order -
Quiet Prevails Today, But Men Are
In Ugly Temper.

Iohnstown Pa, April T.-The con-
ditions at Windber. where riot oc-
Cured last night in which three min-
.ers were killed and number injured,
are that all the foreigners were more
quiet this morning. Twenty miners
we're arrested last night and taken to
Somerset today to be held there until
order is restored at Windber. Curtis
Kester. aged 10, a bystander, during
the trouble was shot thru the bowels
and will probably die.
The riot occurred early in the Night
and continued for several hours, WORK
ing the residents to such pltch uhal
the night was one of terror. Armed
guards patrolled the streets tnruout
the night The shooting was brought
on by an assault upon the jail, MADE
by striking miners who attempted to
rescue comrades who had been placed
under arrest. The rioters We're for the
most part the foreign element who had
been celebrating Easter Monday, a
holiday that has always been greatly
observed in this section by them.
There was much liquor consumed, ana
many Of the men We're under Its 1nhu-
ence. When the trouble broke out, the
state constabulary DIT Greensburg was
immediately ordered to Wandber, and
special train was procured and rusneu
toward the scene Of the riot, few
miles west of this city. However the
train was blocked by freight wreck,
and the troops did not reach Windber
lntil after four o'clock this morning.
{ At that time the town had quieted,
and no demonstre ton was made. Had
the troops arrived while the crowd was
still on the streets last night, there
would undoubtedly have been further
trouble. There were many alterations
and boisterous arguments ON the
streets thruout the day, but no serious
clashes occurred, and even large
mass meeting was held without any
disorder, until Deputy Sheriff MeMul-
len appeared.
The foreigners are apparently antag-
onistic to dcMullen, and have an old,
standing antipathy ITO him. He was
for five years chief of police Of Wind
ber and during his administration it
is said that he made himself unpopu-
Mullen infuriated some of them, and
The was looked upon as a spy. Many of
the men rushed for him, and threats
were made against his life, and he
fled, taking refuge in the home of
4 Charles Davis.
The crowd, however, gave chase, and
soon. "a mob of $500 surrounded the
Davis home, and stoned it until the oc-
cupants were obliged to seek refuge
with neighbors. During the riot, about
twenty miners were placed under arrest
and landed In Jail. Under the leader
ship Of Paul Zills, who was shot dead.
4 Subsequently the mob. assailed the Jail,
throwing stones and any missile that
was at hand Deputies surrounded the
\ jail, and with the aid Of the fire de-
partment, tried to restore order. The
mob was persistent and refused to
listen to the cooler heads who advised
them to disperse and go home, and
closing In on the Jail, began to assai1
the deputies. The latter tried to stop
the onslaught with bayonets, and when
it seemed that the deputies and fire
men would go down before the infuri-
ated men, the deputies fired This was
not done, however, before knives and
revolvers appeared in the hands of THE
strikers. But one volley was fired, and
at the sound of the guns the mob broke
and fled, leaving three of their number
on the ground, dead. The strikers re-
fused to permit the undertakers to re-
move the bodies, and the latter re-
manned where they fell until an early
hour this morning.