The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-06-08
Further Bloodshed is Ex-
pected at Plum Run
Six Companies Rushed
to the Scene and OH
ers to Go-Strikers
Thwart Officials Eff
forts.


county tonight and six companies of
the state militia rushing to the scene
of this mornings riot further blood
shed is feared at Bradley where the
Plum Run mine is located.
Adjutant General Hughes today or
dered out six companies and instruct
ed the commanders to mobilize others
From Columbus, Bucyrus, Canton
and Massillon soldiers are being sent
to the mining district to protect the
laborers and guard the property of the
u. S. Coal Co The pitched battle
fought early this morning when 500
shots were exchanged between 400
striking coal miners and 65 guards in
a ravine has made the former deter
mined to win their cause by force if
possible. Four were injured in the
fight
STRIKERS ARE ARMED.
Twice today atte mpts were made tC
send reinforcements to the guards and
In each case the men were turned
back by armed strikers.
will the soldiers arrive too late?"
is the question asked by company of
flcials. The gravest fears lie behind
the anonymous warnings which have
been sent to the guards to leave by to.
night or suffer the consequences. The
guards are still at the mines, merely
a corporal guard, however, but each
armed with Winchester rife and two
magazine revolvers. If attacked they
promise to give a good account OF
themselves.
TALK OF BATTLE.
Nature will be a potent ally of the
strikers should they adhere to their
plan of giving deadly battle Topo-
graphically speaking this district is
very peculiar Bullets can be pour,
ed upon an unwelcome force with
deadly effect by an enemy lying II,
wait for the foe passing through the
ravines beneath. If the hot headed
leaders of the strikers have their way
this is what will be done in the next
few hours. These leaders who are
mostly ali foreigners OF comparatively
recent importation and of the intense
ly demagogue type are even talking
ing militia.
If they do the outcome will be most |
serious. In this mornings fight the
strikers made the mistake of aiming |
too high and in consequence only one
per cent of the 400 shots they fired |
from their ambuscade took effect Oh !
the guards marching unsuspecting in |
the ravine below.
The most violent of the agitators |
are boasting that if another fight |
comes bullets will not be wasted. The |
strikers are well armed and have |
abundant supplies of ammunition. The |
four men wounded in this mornings |
conflict all received charges of buck |
shot. This would at first lead to the
impression that shot guns predomi- |
nate III their arms but the guards all |
testify to the constant whistling of
bullets over their heads so it is GER |
tain that repeating rifles play an inn
portant part in the strikers array of
weapons.
QUIET PREVAILS.
Reports at midnight from Bradley
and Plum Run, the scene of last
nights riot, say that quiet prevails.
The strikers are patrolling the roads
running to and from both villages and
stop all persons driving or riding. Re
ports of shooting around Bradley are
rife but they have been found to be
untrue. Adjutant General Hughes AZ
Coumbus has ordered out q compa-
niles of troops and the first Of them
will arrive about four o'clock.
TROOPS LFAVE CANTON.
Promptly at 6:20 the special cars,
one containing the company from Al
lance under the charge of Ma5or Wey-
brecht and the other under the com
mand of Captain Clay, started for
Massillon. AS the car sped away there
was considerable cheering by the
friends of the boys while many jeers
were heard from working men who ev-
identity were not in sympathy with
the cause that the men were about to
defend Major M. A. Fisher lost no
time in leaving orders for supplies Tor
the men. He at once got into COM
munication with the officials OF the
Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad and
secured an engine and special car
TO transport the same to Navarro,
where he met the company at O'Clock.
THE SUPPLIES.
The supplies consisted of 5000
pounds of meat, 5000 loayes of bread,
so cases of lard, and enough other
provisions to last for two days. rwo
thousand rounds of ammunition ali
that the company had on hand, were
also taken along.
Major Fisher before departing said