The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-02-13
Riot In tho Coal Region.


PlrqsBuRa. February s.-A serious affra ,
took placesthis morning at the Henry Clay
Coke Works of Frick & Co., near Broad
| ford. About thirty strikers from Leisel
ming marched this morning to the Henry
Clay works, where few men were at work.
When the strikers appeared on the hill
above the ovens they began firing on the
workmen. They kept up their ring FIR
some little time, but nobody was hurt. AZ
they came near and their aim was better
some of the men were slightl. injured.
One OF the men who was beaten by the
strikers for refusing to quit work a dav or
two ago returned the fire. He; shot several
times a nd hit one Of the men who fell and
was carried off by his companions. 1t is not
known how badly he WAS injured. This
returning OF their fire infurated the
strikers, who set upon William Sisson, the
foreman Of the men, and gave him severe
beating and the man was left lying ON the
ground
UNABLE TO WALK
or defend himself from the stray kicks
which the rioters gave hi as they
passed to and fro. The strikers then
made an attack upon the tipple house and
drove the men in charge out Of it and upset
the office stove which caused the building
to be set on fire. the employees o; the
company made a plucky attempt to put
out the fire and save the tipple but were
driven away by the strikers, who sur
rounded the tipple and guarded it until it
was consumed. They allowed the COM
pany's employees to ATTEMPT to save the
boilers after the tipple was destroyed. The
strikers did not attempt to burn anything
else, and after remaining at the works
short time longer they went to the Sterling
works where they did some little asesns@
age and Injured couple Of men.
A couple OF deputy sheriffs were
at the Henry Clay ovens, but were
pOwerless to do more than identity
some of the leaders. At Sterling, Sheriff
Stewart met the strikers. He had about a
dozen deputies with him. He made a
speech to the strikers and they seemed dis
posed to listen to him at first, but when he
counseled them to avoid further violence
they hooted him and
BECAME VERY VIOLENT
OF course there was no use to trv to
make any arrests AGAINST such odds. The
men then left for scottdale, where thy
were to meet 500 strikers aud hold
to Frick & Co., by the burning Of tipple
will be from 50. 900 to $4,000.
Wyatt, the coke charger, who shot at the
strikers. is said to have been slightly
wounded himself by pi tol ball and to
have been badly beaten. Later inf"rma-
tion says warrants for riot, arson and as
sault will be issued against the strikers en-
gagged in the outbreak, and wholesale ar
rests will take place at once. The striker
who was shot is an Italian named Sagyi.
A bullet, 3S calibre passed under the edge
of his right shoulder blade. and lodged in
his body. inflcting what is believed to be a
fatal wound. About twenty-five men were
in the slope when the tippe was
burned and d number Of them were badly
in getting out. Several cars
sta ndinq on the Baltimore l. Ohio Rail-
road under the tipple house were partly
burned. The trouble in the -gion is be-
lieved to be just commencing. The strikers
propose to force all workmen out, and if
they resist loss of life and destruction OF
property is anticipated. The mass meet
ing ut Scottdale to day was largely at
tended and up to O'Clock this afternoon
over $500 had been donated to the
strikers by the merchants of 5cottdale.