The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-09
I'M MEN ARE SHOT
|ll|IG STRIKE RIOT
l,.tpiIls, pa.' Scene Of Con-
IN Between Coal D'sseFs
and State Police
OxAN HIT WITH BRICK
L,,ts Being Patrolled by
hoops to Prevent a Recur-
rsnce Of the Trouble
Du,N HIT WITH BRICK

.,rIIr Pa. May Sin a
''iS ,.,-.., the state police and a
.,,insted at between 2ooo and
At Miuersvillc early TO-DAY
. :, are known to have been shot ,
: ,.,.e probably we're fafaIlJ
"a I, is believed that a doZe9
~ n others also we're struck oy o"'-
Mrs. George Vol, who
,..diur sv%ip on her porch, was struck
' .rm nv a brick and painfully
u s' The men who are thought to
~, fatally hurt are David Davis,
.s,auob r the stomach, and two un-
asI i'f fforsiguers. Another foreign
,tot through The leg and serl'
rsunded,
b ID Heart Of Town.
4. sebt occurred OIL Fourth street
| 4, rpiral part Of town and came
q uoNd attempted to prevent gu
.,rd.pt Keoree Kelser Of the Pine
4 crl company from taking two
!, hh automobile to the colliery.
i nl been coming to Minersville
4 IA eyeral DAYS and taking Thomas
4 spair man. and William Ward,
rorau. TO work. Today when
~ anal at a gnrage for his ma
4, |, ras warned by a crowd not
"a, i out, and practically was held
.6pru al the place, 81,
I'm Burcess Richard Levan, a civil
rtl,nu, addressed the crowd and
,,,d that they disperse, but no
|rfipr was paid to him. He there
rsous,ted the state police bar
4 Al Potlsville to send a detail TO
1,rille. Three men who make daily
"a cl that section arrived and
AZ after were reinforced by four
4 iva the Pottsyille barracks. Tn.
4 esir guard the automobile was
a Ilou The garage and was being
Ia uben some one in the crowd
"a brck. 1t struck a policeman
|kL,sd. This seemed to be the sig
M an attack and Immediately there
9 slower of stones, followed by
u pistol shots.
h axters fred volley into the
~ The crowd paid no attention,
,E,sn continued firing. The shots
n.urncd aud battle followed In
II e estimated a hundred shots
! nd. The firing resulted in the
u 6,pcrsing, leaving four persons
u iae ground. Physicians pro.
~ David Davis wound fatal.
rs Patrolled.
kl,thment OF troop c. state troop.
filioped at Butler, arrived here TO.
M detail Of twelve men was
b giDersyllle These, with seven
N Of troop C, arc ratrolling the
III report that the lawless spirit
y Vuder control,
Iale police LETT MinersyilIe for the
hu tolllery nearby, where trouble
tsfed il Is announced that when
relniorcements arrive the en-
H,lgn section of the town Will be
70 guard until every foreigner is
s'ic Incident OF the shooting Of
iass Is tnal his wife is seriously
es sne learned Of the shooting Of
,Hnn. Sho Was merely an on
we had relapse Neither is ex-
= nryive tho day.
ns shot through tho body. the
hAng through both lungs.
bloodshed Feared.
aptlPHlA, MAJ S.-Ths situa-
sn'hracite coal regions is be-
sIp"ihg more serious hourly.
noO,ing OF three foreign speak
:. Mihersyillo by state troop-
NV Inc effect of cmbittering
ssung tonight in MinersvIIle at
americans were barred threats
s.. against the moops and the
n 49,. odS llleN are deter
prevent work being done at
,ono, Inn eolueFlcs In the Miuersville
,'Isd that II ihe troopers at.
y out their avowed ,nteu-
',srcll ,aO the foreigners homes ("r
l,fs5 f%5,poFfow. Il win mean a day
=, ,oaoah noah the state troopers were
IA %,nisn; 10 dispersc a crowd
rsnss uvusand ~, which had Assem-
nr :, oi some trivial incident bur
,sI,,e vi The Natalie branch of tho
i.d d,soad I,,fd hear Shamokin were
q = frdsn n,s today. several rn,ls "bee bes
ya,s,I'. ys,I' Inc lies. The road Ieads
~ e 1hs colltery which has n bee y
"e suspension Of work ON
fnnto1Ds 1sssensl ,. to the Erie trac,ss
Fni "9H ~, Tsa found todav i, Iinns nI"s
s blowing up Of a Freight