Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-08
CLASH BETWEEN STATE CON-
sTAeuLARY AND MOB At MIN
ERsvlLLE, PA, FATAL
FOUR MEN SHOT WHEN
OFFICERS RESIST ATTACK
Three Thought to ee Fatally Hurt =
Mob Objected to Mins Official Car.
ryina caretaksr. to Work in Autemo.
bile and Between 2,co0 and 5000 At.
tack PoIiee-About Dozen Wounded.


between the state police and crowa
estimated at between 1000 and 3,OO0
men at Minersville early today four
men are known to have been shot ana
three were probably fatally wounded
1t is believed that dozen or more
others also were struck by bullets.
A woman, Mrs. George Vol. who
was standing en- her porch, was struck
on the arm by brick and was PAIN
fully injured. The men who are thought
to have been fatally hurt are DAVID
Davis shot thru the stomach. and two
foreigners not identified by the author
tiles at this time. Another foreigner
was shot thru the leg and was serious
ly wounded.
Crowd Defies Police Chief.
The fight occurred on Fourth street
in the central part OF the town an"
came as a result Of the crowd attempt
ing to prevent Superintendent George
w. Keiser, of the Pine Hill Coal Com
pany, from taking two men in his au-
tomobile to the colliery. Keiser had
been coming to Minersville the last
several days and taking Thomas Par
ry, a repair man, and William Ward,
a pumpman, to work. Today when kai-
ser called at garage for his machine
he was warned by crowd not to take
it out and was practically held pris-
oner in the place. Chief Burgess Rich
ard Levan, veteran of the civil war,
addressed the crowd and demanded
that they dispense, but no attention
was paid to him. He thereupon re-
quested the state police barracks at
Pottsvile to send a detail to Miners
vile. Three men who make daily
patrols Of that section arrived on the
scene, and shortly afterward were re-
inforced by four more from the, e,Potts-
vile barracks. Under their guard the
automobile was taken from the garage
and was being cranked when some one
in the crowd threw q brick. 1t struck
a policeman on the head. This seemed
to be the signal for an attack and i'm
mediately there. came a shower of
stones, followed by several pistol shots.
Hundred Shots Exchanged.
The officers fired volley into the
ground. Thee crowd paid no attention.
The officers then turned their weapons
into the crowd and commenced firing.
The shots were returned and battle
followed in which it is estimated a
hundred shots were fired. The firing re-
suited in the crowd dispensing. leaving
four persons lying on the ground. Dav-
i'd Davis was taken into the garage and
physicians pronounced his wounds
fatal.
Troops Awe Rioters.
A detachment of troop d, state troop
ers, stationed at Butler, arrived here
this morning and a detail of twelve
men was sent to Minersville. These
with seven members Of Troop are
patrolling the town and report that the
lawless spirit is now under control.
Major John c. Groome. of Philadel-
phia superintendent Of the state police.
is here and is in command Of the
troops
Foreigners to Be Disarmed.
The state police left Minersville for
the Pine Hill colliery. near by. where
an attack was feared on Superintend-
ent Keiser and the men working there.
1t is announced that when additional
reinforcements arrive the entire for
eign section Of the town will be put
under guard until thorough search
is made Of every house and every for
eigner is disarmed.
A pathetic incident of the shooting
of David Davis. is that his wife rs
seriously i'll. When she learned of the
shooting Of her husband, VINO was
merely an onlooker. she had relapse.
Neither is expected to survive the day.
Davis was shot entirely thru the body,
the bullet passing thru both lungs.