Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-30
PLAN HOT BATTLE
If MINERS ATTACK
Further Bloodshed Leads
Sheriff to Stiffen
Oefenses.
ALL GATHERINGS BANNED
More Troopers, Machine Guns and
10000 Rounds of Ammunition
Sought to End Disorder.
ALL GATHERINGS BANNED

BY the Associated Press.
UNIONTOwN, Pa, April 2a.-New
developments in the Fayette county
coke regions late today. following
riots at Tower Hill No. of the Hill
man Coal Company. ten miles from
here. and at the Orient mine of the
Orient Coal and Coke Company. in
c1uded orders by Sheriff l. I. Shaw
that no assemblies Of any kind will
be permitted in the county. request
from the sheriff for an additional
machine gun and 10000 rounds of
ammunition. and reports from the
uniontown Hospital that Tony Rose.
shot by state policeman in the
Tower Hill fight. is expected to die
from his wounds.
All of the four state policemen in
jured in the early morning riot Will
recover, Capt Herbert Smith. in
charge of the district, said tonight,
although Lieut. Charles T. Smith is
in serious condition, one of his
eyes having been nearly torn from
its socket. He was severely beaten
by the crowd of about 500 men and
women, his gun having jammed when
he attempted to shoot in self-defense.
Mary Raven two-year-old child
who was shot and wounded by a stray
bullet fred by Louis Hill, a deputy
sheriff on guard at the Orient mine
when he was attacked by ten men.
was expected to recover, 1t was stated
tonight John Ramik. a miner, was
also wounded by Hill.
Fifty-Three Under Arrest.
Fifty-three persons. fifty men and
three women, are in the county jail
here following their arrests by addi-
tionai state policemen and deputy
sheriffs rushed to the Tower Hill
riots. All are charged with felonious
assault and battery and melting riot.
According to the story of one OF
the state policemen who is in the hos
pital, the attack at the Tower Hill
mine was highly organized. 1t was
led, he said, by four or Ave ex-serv-
ice men. now striking miners, and
the crowd presented a veritable bat
tie formation when the troops APP
peared to dispense them. After the
first volley had been fired by the po-
lice, he continued. the crowd pushed
the women into the front lines as a
shield against further firing. For this
reason. the trooper stated. few shots
were fred after that time.
Other Troops Requested.
CORPORAL Keesman was shot by Rose
and he says he thinks he Is the man
who shot Rose. The latter was
struck twice.
Several union meetings had been
scheduled throughout the country for
tomorrow, but Sheriff Shaw said to-
night that any measure necessary will
be taken to prevent assemblies. The
miners, he declared, have up to this
time had the right of assembly as
long as they took part in no marches.
but since they have violated their
privileges. they will be restrained
from now on from taking part in any
sort of gathering.
About twenty extra troopers. be-
sides those rushed into the county
today, have been requested from bar
racks farther east. Capt. Smith, in
command, said tonight in a telephone
conversation that the situation is
everywhere quiet tonight. Observers
at Uniontown, however, intimated
that further trouble was likely unless
close watch is kept by the au
thorities.