The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
MoBs OF MAD HUNS
TERRoRIzING THE COKE REGION.
A RaiD DOWN THE vAltEy-RI0T AND BLOOD
sHED-A PITCHED BATTLE At NORWOOD.
THE DUNBAR MEETING.
An Effort to Get Out the South End
The Coke Report Shows a
Big Lot Of Idle Ovens


the northern end of the Connells-
vile coke region inaugurated strike
on Monday for an advance in wages
of 10 per cent The strike has
already crossed the Yough river
and promises to involve the whole
region before it is settled. Two
thirds of the ovens In the region
are now smokeless and there is
every prospect that the end of the
week NAV see most of the others out
This strike has been precipitated
by a lot of ignorant and obstinate
Huns. incited and encouraged oy a
few agitators to whom a strike means
Doth glory and money. There is a
strange irony of fate for the coke
operators in the fact that this is to
all intents & Hungarian strike.
This is emphatically Hungarian
strike. II was the Huns who in
augurated it; it was the Huns who
ruled the Scottdale convention and
refused arbitration and it is the
Huns who have committed all the
acts of lawlessness so far reported,
and from whom the most reckless
ana criminal conduct is feared.
The decision of the delegate con-
vention on Monday was the signal
for the Inauguration of reign of
terror, from Scottdale to Mt. Pleas
ant, the striking Huns at the More
wood and Standard works, who
come out before the decision OF the
convention, being the leaders in all
the mischief Their first act of vio-
lence dates back to Saturday when
a mob of $50 of them, armed with
car-couplings, coke forks and
wrenches, made raid upon Police
men May and Cooper and rescued
six of their brethren who had been
arrested for rioting the day before.
Two OF them were reeaptured and
lodged in Jail at Greensburg. On
Monday, Sheriff Stewart, of West
moreland, appeared at Morewood
with Il posse of % men, bag of
handouts and a warrant for Stefan
Stannix, Hungarian Sampson who
had intimidated a coke drawer from
going TO work. Their appearance
on the scene was the signal for an
outpouring of Huns. armed with
knives and revolvers. The demon
stration was to much for the sheriff
and his posse and they incontinent-
iy fled In the evening, the guards
ventured too near the Hungarian
quarters and were. treated to fusi-
lade of pistol shots. Fortunately
nobody was injured.
On Tuesday the strikers went to
Alice works and drove the men
away twice, forcing them to quit
THE STRIKE BEGINS IN EARNEST.
This opened the strike in earnest.
H. c. Frick and Colonel Schoon-
maker notified the Westmoreland
authorities that they would be held
responsible for the safety of their
property. The former however, en-
listed 20 ex-policemen in Pittsburg,
uniformed and armed them and
started them in a special car to
Morewood. The militia were noti-
fed to hold themselves in readiness
for action, their commanders ex-
pec;ing orders to move at any mo-
ment. The companies at Union
town and Greensburg have been
equipped for the fray ever since, but
they have not yet been called upon,
though number of the latter COM
pany have been sworn in and are
now on duty at Morewood as special
deputies. Many of the works in the
north end of the region were now out
and the men at Meyer and Coal
brook, between ConnellsviIle and
joined the strikers. The
Mover men were granted the adj
vance aad went back to work next
day. 1t is known that these works
have some pressing orders TO fill,
ana when these are out of the way
it is suspected that the management
of the works will rescind the order
for an advance in wages.
on THE WAR PATH.
Grown bolder by repeated sue
cesses and liberal supplies of whis-
ky. the half-savage Huns resolved |
upon war in earnest On Wednes-
day a mob of about 400 marched
from Mt. Pleasant over to Stoner-
vile, stopping at Alice long enough
to chase away several drawers who
were at work. After forcing the
men at Union and Enterprise to
drop their tools, they pushed out the
Donnelly branch. At Mayfield they
beat a lad named Mentzer within
an inch of his life At the Donnel-
ly works they found four of their
at work. They made
4 rush for them but were confronted
by John S. McCabe, the yard boss,
and a driver, whose determined at
.itudes awed the mob for the mo-
nent. Then, with howl like that
Of mad beast, they sprang upon
he little band. McCabe was severe
y beaten. His arm was broken and
MS head cut. His recovery is doubt
'ul. One of the Huns was also Sc
7erely beaten. The mob then went
iown the tracks to Scottdale and
in front of Frick's offices.
The clerks thinking the building
was about to be sacked, fed in ter
'or. After terrorizing the town for
IN hour and trying to buy cartridges,
hey took up the homeward march.
THE RETURN MARCH
They crossed the creek into Fay
lite county and proceeded TO the
Painter and Diamond works of Nc
Clure and Company, where they
ought ont couple of darkies who ,
lad worked that morning after the {
,ther men had quit. The negroes ,
rev revolvers when attacked, and
here was lively scuffle for about
en- minutes in which blood flowed
RELY. The negroes were finally i
'verpowered, however, beaten into q {
tate of insensibility and left for I
lead. They were not seriously hurt, l
lowever. The mob then went out '
lpon the yards and kicked in all |
he oven fronts and threw all the |