Evening star., 1907-11-10
WiId-West Drama Enacted in
Pennsylvania.
AFTER THE MINERS MONEY
Company Warned, Had Armed
Guards Aboard.
DERAILED AND ATTACKED
Road Agents Driven Of After a
Sharp Battle-Many Shots Ex-
changed-Several Wounded.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURG, Pa. November 9.-1n
lonely spot fifteen miles to the south OF
Pittsburg there was a daringly attempted
holdup this morning when a party OF
masked men with dynamite and rifles
wrecked and attacked a car laden with
money for the pay Of miners some miles
ahead Many shots were fired and several
persons on the wrecked car were hurt.
The attacking party, which is said to have
been composed of miners out of work,
was finally driven off. The car with
money for the miners was closely fol-
lowed by the pay car of the Interurban
road. and 1t almost ran into the wreck
IN the fog. 1t Is thought the attacking
party intended to wreck both the special
car Of money and the pay car alone.
The holdup occurred between Library
and Finleyville, about fifteen miles out of
Pittsburg. in a wild ravine on the edge
of Washington county. The Pittsburg
Coal Company had been notified yester-
day evening that there was trouble at
some Of its mines to the south. that the
miners refused to take checks in payment
and in the night arrangements were made
to take money out to the mines this
morning.
Company Was Warned.
In some way 1t appears this became
known to several of the harder element
in the Monongahela valley. and a warn
ing came to the coal company people last
evening that an attempt would be made
to hold up the car with the money, as it
had become known to the questionable
characters that 1t was coming in this
morning. Accordingly. when the car with
several thousand dollars on board left
here at daybreak there were five guards
witl rifles in the car in charge of James
Wall, one of the best-known detectives
In the employ of the coal company. At
Library two men boarded the car. which
was a compartment baggage and passen-
ger. the money being In valises In the
baggage car ahead They jumped of as
the car dashed over the Piney Fork creek.
having evidently found that there were
some armed guards in charge OF the
money ahead A dense fog enveloped the
track 30 that the motorman could not see
pile Of ties on a sharp curve and de-
rallied.
Jim Wall Wounded.
A moment later there were two expio-
sions Of dynamite, one Immediately in
front of the car fender, the other to one
side. While the car windows were badly
shattered and the guards shaken. no
questions were asked as they piled out
ready to shoot at anything they could
see. Fully dozen shots were fired at
them in as many seconds from the dense
woods on the upper side OF the track. and
the guards from the car with the money
returned the fire. and followed the retreat.
ing party into the woods; Guard Wall
was very badly hurt with flying glass
from the dynamite explosion. and with
ono other he remained behind to guard
the money. fearing a rush from the other
side. Fully twoscore shots were fired.
The guards claim to have recognized
several of the attacking party. and the
two counties are tonight looking for
hard character named Softy Bill Mizzer OF
Monongahela, who is missing and who
is thought by two Of the guards to have
tho laador Of the road AGENTS,