Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — SHOT FROM AMBUSH. [ARTICLE]

SHOT FROM AMBUSH.

FOUR COAL MINERS WAYLAID NEAR DILLONVALE. Wounded Men Were Poles, and Their Countrymen Thirst for Vengeance Plenty of Havana Tobacco on Hand to Last for Some Time. Four Poles Shot. Four con) miners, all Poles, were ambushes] as they were on their way to the Dillonvale, 0., mines. Stephen Geatsey was shot through the lungs, John Matshok was shot through the back and John Manzuk was seriously wounded. Another miner, who is uot known, was shot in the breast. The coal diggers declare the shooting was done by strikers who were not in favor of returning to work. A few hours after the shooting John McNeal was arrested and with great difficulty was lodged in jail. He is thought to have been connected with the shooting, but his fellow miners believe him innocent and are looking in other quarters for the guilty parties. The thousands of foreigners in the district, are thoroughly aroused and should trouble breu,k out the State will have to lie asked for help, the local constabulary being no match for the Poles and Huns, who are clamoring for Vengeance. National League Standing. - Following is the standing of the clubs in the Nutmnal Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore... 7 2 Philadelphia.. 5 5 Cincinnati ..10 3 Pittsburg ... 7 7 Chicago .... 7 4 New York.... 3 7 Cleveland ... 7 5 Washington.. 3 7. Boston ..... 7 5 Louisville ... 4 10 Brooklyn ... 5 4 St. Louis 2 8 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis.. 9 1 Kansas City.. 4 5 St. Paul 8 2 Milwaukee... 3 7 Columbus ... (J 3 Omaha * 2 7 - Minneapolis.. 4 4 Detroit 1 8 Fnpply of tobacco Cut Off. Americans will continue to smoke Havana cigars for some time yet, though the supply of tobacco from Culm is cut off. “All the big factories have enough material on hand to keep their workmen busy and the market supplied for several months,” said L. Sanchez, a New York manufacturer. “We all received our supply when exportation was resumed last January, and there is enough on hand and in the market now to keep us going for a long time. If we run out before the war ends we will have to take Mexican stock.”

Indiana Town Burned. Almost the entire business portion of Loogootee, lnd„ was destroyed by an incendiary fire. The torch was applied Joseph JlcAhrii saloon. Shirey & Co., implement dealers, lost $14,000. The Baptist Church and posteffice were burned. Other heavy losers are: Larkin Bros., general merchants, $2,000; George Shirey, general merchant, $2,000; G. A. Walker, druggist, $2,000; J. E. Porter, jeweler, SI,OOO. About twenty ether business houses were destroyed. The total loss amounts to nearly $60,000. Toanado Kills Thirteen. At Jerico, in Cedar County, Mo., a tornado. killed thirteen persons outright and fatally injured five or six more. The Methodist Church nnd several other houses were totally destroyed. Twelve houses were blown over at Walnut Grove, and one woman fatally injured. Waubleau, a village in Hickory County, suffered seriously from the same storm. Telephone wires are down.