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Show ANOTHER MINERS' ROW. Non-Union Men Are Attacked in Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, and Run for Their . . .. Lives. . Michael Davitt Believes That Home Rnle Will Settle the Irish Question. The Tnnnel Commenced to Rescue the Bodies of the Entombed Miners at Nanticoke. Striking Miners Attack Non-tnlou. ists. Pittsbueg, December 23. Seventy-five masked strikers attacked working miners at the Old Eagle mine, near Monongahela City, about daylight, and compelled them to return to their homes. Several persons were injured. ; Lateb. About 4 o'olock this ; morning seventy-five masked men -put in appearance at the Old Eagle mine, near Monongahela City, and as the working miners approach the mines they were halted and compelled to return to their homes under heavy fires. THE STBIKEBS SEEMED MORE DESPERATE Than upon any previous occasion. All were armed, and at least twenty-five shots were fired. Superintendent Jones, of the Old Eagle mines, says the strikers had evidently laid in wait the greater part of the night in the woods near the mines, as they were not observed until they rushed down the hillside, hill-side, firing their revolvers and guns. The workmen were frightened almost to death, and ran for their lives. None of them were shot, but a Dumber were injured in their eagerness to escape. Two, whose names were not learned, JUMPED OVER A SMALL PRECIPICE And were quite seriously hurt. After all the miners were driven off, Superintendent Jones took charge, but he was also compelled to retreat under threats of bodily harm. At 11 o'clock all was reported quiet, the strikers having departed Bhortly after daylight. It is said that he working miners at the Old Eagle pits w& be supplied with arms to-day for future protection. |