Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-03
Five Hundred Shots Fired in
Bloody Pitched Battle Be-
tween Foreigners and Two
Hundred State Troops.
SEARCHLIGHTS PREVENT
ESCAPE OF MURDERERS
Attempt Will Be Made at Day.
light to Storm Refuge of the
Enemy Who Have Plenty of
Ammunition. VIVA

PunXsutawney Pa. Sept. 2.--ln n
bloody battle this evening between
foreigners and the twenty members oI
Troop ID, state cOnstabulary I'm which
500 shots were fired, two troopers
were killed and one fatally wounded,
while three other persons received
wounds. The murderers tonight are
surrounded I'm a house at the Florence
mines, seven miles from here, and AT
daylight nn attempt will be made tO
capture them. Further loss of life Is
feared, for the bcsleged Italians are
well supplied with arms and ammuni-
ton.
THE DEAD.
PRIVATE i. HENRY, aged 26.
PRIVATE FRANCIS ZEHRINGER,
aged 80.
Fatally Wounded.
Private William A. Mullin, of Har-
rsburg First regiment
Joseph Logan of Dubois, and Georg
Feelitzsky aged II, received minor
wounds.
The trouble began when Sergeant
Logan went to Florence to search for
Leopold Scarlat, who is charged win
shooting his brother-in-law, Salvatore
Waltsoch, who Is said to be one OF the
most desperate members of the Black
Hand, started a street fight with n
countryman, and Logan placed him
under arrest An Italian made an in
effectual lunge at Logan with a still
letto when another Italian opened fire
on him with a magazine shot gun.
Logan returned the fire and the two
men cmptied their weapons at eacn
other. Logan received one buckshot
wound in the foot and in the groin
and was fatally wounded, Logan BE-
lieving thats he had a Black Han3
man to deal with teegraphed to the
barracks at this place and a detach-
ment of five privates was detailed to
go to his assistance The detachment
arrived at Florence at 1880 o'clock.
Private John Henry Immediately start
ed for Waltsochs house, where the
trouble had taken place, but when
about twenty feet from it, was shot
down. Chambers and Mullen, in at
tempting to rescue their companion
were shot down before they reached
him.
A telephone call was then sent in
for the entire force and fifteen addi-
tional troopers were hurried to th"
scene. When che second detachment
arrived at $50 o'clock and while
twelve of the constabulary kept firing
into the windows and front doors, SlN
policemen made a rush for the side
door, which they battered in. Three
Of the officers, Zehringer, Gross aui
Cummings, dashed up the stairs, but
were confronted by three of the des-
poradoes who opened fire. Zehring 70
fell at the first volley but tho other
men escaped, The gang Immediately
closed the door and the house was rid
died with bullets. Realizing that lives
were being sacrificed uselessly aud
darkness coming on, the troopers sent
for carblnes and prepared to keep tn
house surrounded until morning TIL"
widest excitement prevails in PUNK
sutawney Fifteen troopers and sew
eral citizens heavily armed. are on
the ground.
The besieged Italians are evidently
preparing 10 sell their lives dearly
Many citizens have brought dynamite
and advocate blowing the building Ia
atoms, but Lieutenant Egle is deter
mined to capture the murderers Of his
troopers by lawful means.
The police arranged powerful
searchlights so that the entire building
Is in plain view.
Freight Trains Collide on Trestlc
Oakland, Sept 1.-Two freight
trains came into collision on the new
fraioht ninr of the Coutharn papiHf