Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-27
The BAT Tie,
Growing Out Of the Attack on the
Laughlln Mill.
The Rioters Make a Most Deter
mined Onslaught,
which Is Met BY a Stout and Sue
CsssfuI Resistance.
The Attacking Party Driven Oft the
Field,
After Sustaining the Fight for
Nearly Half an Hour.
The Casualties Embrace Six Badly
Wounded Men,
While Two or Three Others are Re-
ported Hit.
No Deaths Occur up to a Late
Hour.
Full Details Of a Most Dsplorabla
ARRAY.
FUN Details Of a Most DsplOrabls
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ARRAY.
The outbreak looked for during the past
week at Martins Ferry, in connection with
The trouble existing between the msnutsc-
turers on the one hand and the striking
nsilers, feeders, and other workmen, on the
other has at last come, and very serious
matter it has proven to be. Blood has been
shed upon both sides, aud probably one life
has been offered up as an earnest Ofthe
desperate character of the encounter and
the determination of the contestants.
MUrrERINGs OF THE STORM
which broke yesterday morning had been
heard here in Wheeling for several days
past, and the reporters Of the daily press
have been on the qui viye from day to day
in expectation of an assault Of some ehsrac
ter upon the LaughEn mill. La't Tuesday
in particular, is believed to have been fixed
upon as the date Of an attempt to dislodge
the workmen now at the mill from Their
Jobs, and preparations we're made looking to
g meeting Of strikers that night, but through
the non.arrival of some of the out-oftoWp
contingents the affair was unsyoidsbly post.
poned.
THE LEADERS
in thecontemplsted assault, were not to
baked, however. and they at once set about
gathering their men mp for the attempt o.
yesel day morning. Several secret confer
ences we're held, at which men from Wheel
ing Bellaire, Martins Ferry, Brilliant and
Mingo were present, and after the mos,
careful attention hsd been given to details
a plan Of attack mapped ont and considered
and picked men chosen the time was def.
ni,ely fixed for Saturday morning, between
the hours of and clock.
From what could be gathered up yester-
day.
THE ATTACK
upon the mill was participated in by men
from sl the points mentioned IN the pre-
csdiDg paragraph, the proportion from each
pace being about as follows: Six or seven
Wheeling men crossed from point north
CT the Top mill, about five or six came
down from Mingo and like number from
Brilliant. while se-eral others came up on
the evening train from Bellsire. These
Joined to about twenty Martins Ferrisns
brought the htal OF the ASSUMING column
up to forty, all being armed either with re-
yolyers rifles or shot guns.
THE RENDEZVOUS
of the party is not known, bat must have
ben either on the blast furnace commons
or back OF town toward the hill. At
Two o'clock the main body Of men marched
t The railroad track and set out for the
I'LL .oipg guilty along, and being, so far
q, is yet known, entirely uDobserved, while
fou, or FIVE others proceeded along the river
bark to execute flank attack. Two OF
the men carried large basket in which
se,e q considerable number of dynamite or
gisnt powder hand grsnsdss of homely and
crude manufacture, yet capable Of doing q
very large amount of damage when properly
snd carefully used. When within two hun
dred yards Of the southern end of the ware,
house building their approach was heard BY
picket from the mill, who was stationed a.
q distance of fifty yards from the building
He commanded them to halt, but the only
answer was
NUMBER OF SCATTERING sd rs
The outpost retrested toward the southess'
corner of the mill, still challenging the ad
ysncing force, but no. firing O.
course BY this time the entire force O.
guards had taken the alarm, and Major A.
dersop, who was in the office with Mr.. Alex
snder Lsughhn, ran out to the corner of tn
warehouse where he commanded tbs a6-
vsnciDg party &c hale, and asked what Wa
wanted. For 80 answer they opened FIRE
which the Major returned, standing hi.
grouad until reinforced by Mr.. Lsughlin
81 d the twelve guards who were duty on th
south side OF the factory. They we're furth
er reinforced, after a few moments, b.
= number Of workmen from III
mill. By this time the assaultiug forcs had
advanced beyond the point where the our.
pest Rad stood when they were first cha
lepged, and there, standing in a scsttere
hne or Partially sheltered behind q freigb
car which stood upon the mill switch, the
poured in hot and well directed FIRE, siu
irg their guns in a northessterly direction
toward the office Of the works With tn
opposing forces thus confronting each
ether,
was kept up for fully twenty minutes, each
SIDE firing from seyenty-6ve to one han
| drsd shots.
While this main attack was going on, the
party with the basket of explosives had gon4
on Up the railroad track until they came
opp, site the lower hall Of The warehouse bald
ing where they stopped and deposited their
bul den upon the ground. The warehouse
has Eve or six large double doors on tn
side toward the track, for convenience in
shipping, and these are surmouuted BY
large trsnsoms provided with sash and
glass. Through these trsnsoms the men
proceeded to throw their explosives, frsl
lighting the fuses with matches provided for
that purpose. The night was dark, the ex
element Of battle great, and time precious.
81 under h. Sc conditions it was difficult
feat to strike window, but they succeeded
in throwing
FOUR OF the GRAyADEs
into the EArehOuse, they aighting in that
IgeSTv e room in which the workmens