Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-09
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MI fLkAsAST (PA3, Feb. The
strikers neld meetings at different
PLACES Throughout the coke regions To-
say and dscIded to march IL a boay to
Scoslsoaie tomoYrov to attend the
mass meeting Ibe week closed yest@r
DAY With several occurrences Of a char.
estsr which shows tie determination
ana desperation - the strikers.
nuo Der OF men Who have been working
~ tne Pits received letters bearing the
insignia OF death. With cotfu. aud dag
gers rampant, while an inscription
warned them to stop work imrned a civ,
under penalty Of death. The mIssiyes
Sers spotted With blood, and prevented
very saneuinsry appearance. A. uoon
Yesterday forty strik r. discovered thee
men At work loading stock coke at
Bos les Bridgeport works. fhs work
men started TO run. when the strikers
gave chase, firing at the fugitives, and
abandoning the parsai. ghen they were
satisfied that the men would not at
tempt to work. The night previous,
vnen the cars were run into Boyle's
works. band of strikers. armed With
euh- aud revoivers, lay bshiud the
ovens nearly the entire night TO prs
vent any attempt at resumption of
work. Miners are thoroughly post. d
on every movement OF operatives, being
In constant Communication With friends
10 PntsburR.
RIOT, BLooDsHED AND ARSON.
PIrTsBURo, Fes. s.-A serious affray
took piace this morning at the Henry
Clay Coke Works OF Frick 4 Co, near
Broadford. About 800 strikers from
LsiZnIne marched this morning to the
Henry Clay Works. where a few men
we're at work. When the strikers ap
peared on the hill above the ovens they
began firing on the vorkmen. They
kept uP this tiring for some little time,
but nobody Was hurt. As they came
near and their aim vas better, some
we're slightly injured. Oae of the
men who was beaten by the strikers for
refusing to quit work day or two ago
returned the IRE. He shot sveral times
and hit one OF the men, who fell, and
was carried of by bis companions. 1t
Is not known how badly he was injured. |
This returning of their fire infuriated |
the strikers, whs set upon VIM Schisson, |
the fireman, and gave him q severe |
beatinl the man, vbo vas left lying on |
the greuad, enable to walk or defend |
himself froH tae strong kicks which |
the rioters gave him as they passed to |
and fro. The strikers then made an |
attack on the tipple house, and drove |
the men In charge out of 1t and upset |
the Office stove, which caused she build |
in to be set on fire. Employees of the |
company made a plucky attempt to put |
out the IRE ard save the tipple, bat /
they were driven away by strikers. who
surrounded the tipple and guarded it |
uatil consumed. They allowed the
company's Employees to save the boil
ers. After the tippls was destroyed,
the strikers did not attempt to burn any
thing else, and after remaining at .he
works short tims longer they went to
the Sterling Nol IS, where they did some
little damage and injured couple OF
men. A compile Of depaty sheriffs we're
at she Henry Clay ovens. but they
were poweriess to do anything.
At Sterling, Sheriff Stewart met the
striksrs DE had about q dozen depu-
ties with him. de made speech TO
the strikers. and they seemed disposed
to listen to him at first, but when he
eounseiled them to avoid further vio
lenee, they booted him and beeam very
violent. OF course, there was no use to
try to make arrests against such odds.
The men then left for Scot dale, where
they were to meet 500 strikers and hold
a mass meeting this afternoon. The
loss to Friek i Co by the burning #
the tipple will he from 5000 to 5000
Wysm, the coke charger, who shot at
the strikers, is said to have slightly
wounded himself by pistol ball. and
to have been badly beaten.
Later information 10 that charges of
rios, arson and assault will be made
against the strikers engaged in the out
break, and wholesale arrests will take
place at once.
The striker who was shot is An Italian
named SaRgi. The bullet, 80 ealiber.
passed under the right shoulder. and
lodged In his body. inficting what lis
believed to be fatal wound. About
twenty five men we're at the slope when
the tippie was burned, and number Of
them we're badly 80 orched in getting out.
Several cars standing on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railr al under the tippis we're
partly bornec. lhe trouble in the rs
sions il believed to be just commencing.
The strikers propose 10 force all work
nen out. and II they resist loss of life
and destruction to property is anticipat
ed. The mass meeting at Scottdaie was
largely attended. Up to 2 O'Clock this
rfterpoon $500 we're donated to strikers
BY merchants of Scottdale-