The Washington Times

TERRORIZED BY FOREIGNERS

Huns and Italians Ready for a Riot and Women and Children Running About in Mortal Fear.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., June 21.—Walston to-night contains about 2,000 foreigners, who are in an attitude far from being peaceable. The mine officials are in town to-night, and the Italians and Hungarians are running things at the mines to suit themselves. An additional lot of firearms were purchased to-day. Very few English-speaking miners are now in Walston. Those that are here are compelled by the foreigners to stay, as their lives are threatened if they attempt to leave.

The citizens of Punxsutawney and Clayville are much alarmed at the present critical situation, and are holding a joint meeting to-night to take some action in regard to bringing guards into the mines.

The Italians claim that they have a Frenchman among them who is an adept at making bombs and that they have plenty good ones made.

A company of militia are expected to-night from Ridgeway, and the balance of two regiments to-morrow. Foreigners understand that the troops are coming, and the railroad and highways leading from this place into Walston are swarming with hordes of Italians and Huns, wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement.

The greatest fear now is that there will be an attack upon the English-speaking miners and their families. They have been driven from their houses, and in the darkness fathers and husbands have been separated from their wives and children, and the women and children are running around crying and calling for protection.