The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10

are among the most dlScontented, and, as rev OF
them understand our language, it is hard to pac-
ify them when once they are aroused. In the riot
at Bradford, yesterday, the foremost and most
determined men were the Hungarians and few
Italians. The people living in the coke regions
are strongly opposed to the importing of labor to
take the places Of the striking miners, and a
meeting of citizens will be held at Scottdale, to-
morrow, to protest against any more foreign i'm
portations until the strike is settled.
A Bradford. Pa, special reports the Sterling d
Stewart works, which have been running half
force, closed to-day, and only FIVE men at work
at the Laughlin mines At Rafferty's mines
ten men started to loading coke, but were driven
off by mob of forty women, wives of the
strikers. Last night Frank Gardner deputy
sheriff, was caught by small delegation of
strikers, near Mt. Pleasant, and severely beaten,
but not fatally injured
The burning of the engine-kouse and tipples
at the Henry Clay works yesterday, has dis
abed the boilers used for furnishing steam for the
pumping engines, and. if the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company does not furnish steam, the
pits will be flooded. The strikers are iubiant
over the events of the past twenty-four hours
but are not disposed to commit any further law
lessness.
A member of the coke syndicate says: 1.-THE
plan now is to put negroes in the places of the
coke strikers. Thousands of good stout negroes
can be procured around Lynchburg, Va Those
now In the region are satisfied with the wages,
and are happy. Not one is taking active part in
the strike, and all would be at work if it were
not for their fear of bodily harm. The intention
is, not to bring in large numbers at one time, but
as fast as a family leaves the region, colored
family will take its place, and the change will
not be noticed until it is made. No attempt will
be made to start the works as whole but as
fast as the men are willing to go to work, if
they have taken no active part in the STRIKE or
have not been delegates to any meeting. places
will be given them The demand for coke is, of
course good, but the increased price will not be
IN Ia man a Yrioo nf Will n
be raised until after the strike is settled, if it
takes two months"
The Pittsburg coke syndicate held meeting
to-day, at which it was decided to order total
suspension of work in the Connellsyille district
on account of the riot and incendiarism prevail
lent there. The members of the syndicate do
not know to what extent the lawlessness may
reach, and do not want to jeopardize the lives of
their men and their property. A general order
to shut down was issued this afternoon, and sent
to all the mines under control of the syndicate.
The incendarism and rioting yesterday had a
depressing influence on the men at the Alice
works. which are the only plant north of Scott
dale making any attempt to run. Many of the
men absolutely refused to work, and this after
noon one of them, John Herbert, brought suit
against John NJ. White, the superintendent,
for trying to force him to work at the
muzzle of a revolver. While the men are rest
ing from their abors, the women have donned
the war harness. At Bridgeport, mob of
females chased two workmen into the shaft
house and forced the engineer TO hoist him to
the surface, after he had been lowered into the
pit in the cage. The angry females made the
poor fellow, on bended knee. swear allegiance to
the cause of labor and pledge himself to refrain
from working until such time as his brethern
could join him.
At Bessemer. where the Scottdale policeman
attempted to arrest Steve Swatch for robbing a
pit of it's pillars one hundred females, armed
with clubs and buckets of scalding water, com
PEELED the officer to devote his entire energies to
his personal safety while Swatch was escorted
by the women.
The coke syndicates order to shut down the
ovens is received by the strikers with the utmost
uncoEcern. They say it will save them con-
siderable trouble in looking after blacklegs.
while all over the country calls for coke will
become SO urgent that the syndicate will be COM
PEELED to resume, and the resumption will be at
the advance