Wife of Jeremiah Meyers∼OBIT: MEYERS Family, 1904, Garrett, Somerset County, PA
Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, April 22, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 17
Six Perish in Fire - Extermination of Miner's Family Blamed on Italians Working in Mines - Sheriff Arrives at Garrett
Somerset Mining Town in Turmoil because of Incendiary Fire and Threatened Violence - Twenty-five Deputies Are Sent from Somerset.
Somerset, Pa., April 20 - An outbreak even more disastrous than the riot at Boswell in last January has been hourly expected at the town of Garrett, the second of the mining operations of the Garrett Coal Company, the Somerset Coal company and other lesser operations. Trouble has been brewing there ever since the inauguration of the miners' strike five months ago. A number of the striking miners at Garrett own homes there but recently the Garrett Coal Company erected a number of houses and the bringing in of new men to occupy these houses and take the places of the strikers in the mines has worked the latter up to a high state of excitement and resentment. The Garrett Coal company has made a formal demand upon Sheriff Coleman for protection. Heretofore, the sheriff has refused to exercise his authority in the matter until called upon to do so by the authorities of the town, but when he learned of the threatening aspect of affairs he organized a posse of 25 deputies. Three months ago the coal company secured through Judge Kooser an injunction, restraining the strikers and all other persons from interfering with the company employees. This injunction is still in force and the present condition of affairs at Garrett is open violation of it. It was to enforce the requirements of this injunction that Sheriff Coleman went to Garrett and he went to arrest every person violating it. A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company. Lately he has not been working and it is said that he has been supported by the miners' union. When Sheriff Coleman reached Garrett he arrested two Italians who were charged with setting fire to the Meyers house. The only evidence thus far against the two Italians was a statement made by Meyers in which he alleges that they called at his house several days ago to buy some butter and that when told that Meyers would not sell butter to scabs they left swearing vengeance.
Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, April 22, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 17
Six Perish in Fire - Extermination of Miner's Family Blamed on Italians Working in Mines - Sheriff Arrives at Garrett
Somerset Mining Town in Turmoil because of Incendiary Fire and Threatened Violence - Twenty-five Deputies Are Sent from Somerset.
Somerset, Pa., April 20 - An outbreak even more disastrous than the riot at Boswell in last January has been hourly expected at the town of Garrett, the second of the mining operations of the Garrett Coal Company, the Somerset Coal company and other lesser operations. Trouble has been brewing there ever since the inauguration of the miners' strike five months ago. A number of the striking miners at Garrett own homes there but recently the Garrett Coal Company erected a number of houses and the bringing in of new men to occupy these houses and take the places of the strikers in the mines has worked the latter up to a high state of excitement and resentment. The Garrett Coal company has made a formal demand upon Sheriff Coleman for protection. Heretofore, the sheriff has refused to exercise his authority in the matter until called upon to do so by the authorities of the town, but when he learned of the threatening aspect of affairs he organized a posse of 25 deputies. Three months ago the coal company secured through Judge Kooser an injunction, restraining the strikers and all other persons from interfering with the company employees. This injunction is still in force and the present condition of affairs at Garrett is open violation of it. It was to enforce the requirements of this injunction that Sheriff Coleman went to Garrett and he went to arrest every person violating it. A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company. Lately he has not been working and it is said that he has been supported by the miners' union. When Sheriff Coleman reached Garrett he arrested two Italians who were charged with setting fire to the Meyers house. The only evidence thus far against the two Italians was a statement made by Meyers in which he alleges that they called at his house several days ago to buy some butter and that when told that Meyers would not sell butter to scabs they left swearing vengeance.
Wife of Jeremiah Meyers∼OBIT: MEYERS Family, 1904, Garrett, Somerset County, PA
Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, April 22, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 17
Six Perish in Fire - Extermination of Miner's Family Blamed on Italians Working in Mines - Sheriff Arrives at Garrett
Somerset Mining Town in Turmoil because of Incendiary Fire and Threatened Violence - Twenty-five Deputies Are Sent from Somerset.
Somerset, Pa., April 20 - An outbreak even more disastrous than the riot at Boswell in last January has been hourly expected at the town of Garrett, the second of the mining operations of the Garrett Coal Company, the Somerset Coal company and other lesser operations. Trouble has been brewing there ever since the inauguration of the miners' strike five months ago. A number of the striking miners at Garrett own homes there but recently the Garrett Coal Company erected a number of houses and the bringing in of new men to occupy these houses and take the places of the strikers in the mines has worked the latter up to a high state of excitement and resentment. The Garrett Coal company has made a formal demand upon Sheriff Coleman for protection. Heretofore, the sheriff has refused to exercise his authority in the matter until called upon to do so by the authorities of the town, but when he learned of the threatening aspect of affairs he organized a posse of 25 deputies. Three months ago the coal company secured through Judge Kooser an injunction, restraining the strikers and all other persons from interfering with the company employees. This injunction is still in force and the present condition of affairs at Garrett is open violation of it. It was to enforce the requirements of this injunction that Sheriff Coleman went to Garrett and he went to arrest every person violating it. A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company. Lately he has not been working and it is said that he has been supported by the miners' union. When Sheriff Coleman reached Garrett he arrested two Italians who were charged with setting fire to the Meyers house. The only evidence thus far against the two Italians was a statement made by Meyers in which he alleges that they called at his house several days ago to buy some butter and that when told that Meyers would not sell butter to scabs they left swearing vengeance.
Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, April 22, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 17
Six Perish in Fire - Extermination of Miner's Family Blamed on Italians Working in Mines - Sheriff Arrives at Garrett
Somerset Mining Town in Turmoil because of Incendiary Fire and Threatened Violence - Twenty-five Deputies Are Sent from Somerset.
Somerset, Pa., April 20 - An outbreak even more disastrous than the riot at Boswell in last January has been hourly expected at the town of Garrett, the second of the mining operations of the Garrett Coal Company, the Somerset Coal company and other lesser operations. Trouble has been brewing there ever since the inauguration of the miners' strike five months ago. A number of the striking miners at Garrett own homes there but recently the Garrett Coal Company erected a number of houses and the bringing in of new men to occupy these houses and take the places of the strikers in the mines has worked the latter up to a high state of excitement and resentment. The Garrett Coal company has made a formal demand upon Sheriff Coleman for protection. Heretofore, the sheriff has refused to exercise his authority in the matter until called upon to do so by the authorities of the town, but when he learned of the threatening aspect of affairs he organized a posse of 25 deputies. Three months ago the coal company secured through Judge Kooser an injunction, restraining the strikers and all other persons from interfering with the company employees. This injunction is still in force and the present condition of affairs at Garrett is open violation of it. It was to enforce the requirements of this injunction that Sheriff Coleman went to Garrett and he went to arrest every person violating it. A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company. Lately he has not been working and it is said that he has been supported by the miners' union. When Sheriff Coleman reached Garrett he arrested two Italians who were charged with setting fire to the Meyers house. The only evidence thus far against the two Italians was a statement made by Meyers in which he alleges that they called at his house several days ago to buy some butter and that when told that Meyers would not sell butter to scabs they left swearing vengeance.
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