The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-04
THE STRIKING HUNGARIANS.
Newly Imported Workmen Join the Strikers
Three Families Evicted Yesterday.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, Feb. "a train of
sight emigrant coaches, containing imported
laborers, left Connellsville at midnight Delsga-
tions were dropped at Summit and Vale, and
the remainder brought to Standard They we're
met by police escort and part of them put in q
house. while the remainder occupied the coaches
for the night. No one was allowed to 60 near
them. An attempt will be made to put them to
work to-day.
Reports received at noon to-day from the
Standard works indicate that the foreign inn
portation, which arrived here at an early hour
TINS morning, has already gone on strike. The
striking Hungarians captured of the PEG
ple and so impressed them with the existing
troubles that they have refused to dig coal.
The sheriff was given twenty wrirs of eject
ment against families occupying the houses of
Frick d Co. Only three evictions took place to-
day. however, but the others will be compelled
to vacate at once. No trouble has occurred so
far The imported laborers in the Connellsve
district are working under the protection of a
heavy guard.
The strikers are now centering their whole
fight on the works operated by the syndicate,
which controls over half Of the coke ovens in the
region. A few individual operators and all the
furnace operators have granted the advance.
The syndicate has not one hundred men at the
works. There is considerable restitution
among the strikers. mostly on account
of fuel, as the operators will not
allow them to mine coal enough to keep them
from freezing, thinking by this means to force
the men to work. In some cases where the men
have torn down hog-pens and coal-houses for
fuel, suit will be instituted against them for
damaging property. The demand for coke is
now great, and furnaces and mills are shutting
down all over the country for want of it.
Twenty of the striking miners of the coke
region were evicted from the houses of the COM
panies to- day, as their tenure was under iron
clad leases. A furious snow-storm was raging at
the time. They were not compelled to remain
out in the cold, however being taken in by those
who were not evicted. The condition of few of
they are we'll provided for, having been thrifty
and laid by considerable sums Of money. So far
the sheriffs of Westmoreland and Fayette coun-
ties and their deputies have met with no resist
ance. The eyictions thus far have been confined
to the leaders in the strike, few being singled
out here and there from the different works.
The evictions will become general tomorrow.
The operators claim that the backbone of the
strike is broken, and that before the evicti ons
become general the men will submit and return
to work. The miners and coke-drawers occupy
ing houses owned by the operators say the great
est trouble the Connelsville coke region ever
witnessed has only commenced and before they
will submit blood will flow. No attempts have
been made to evict any families at the larger
works, whero the greatest resistance and most
violence has been enacted At such works as
the Standard and Norwood, at Mt Pleasant,
where several thousand men. mostly hungar-
ians, are employed the houses are castles. con-
tanning men we'll armed. After evctng the
families in the vicinity of Connellsville to-day,
Sheriff Sterling and his deputies proceeded TO
the Valley works, near Scotdale. where they will
commence the work of eviction again in the
morning if the men in these works do not re-
sumo. Iii not thought probable that they will
Fand that then the trouble will commence.