Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-21
A FIGHT WITH THE HUNS.
ESQ STRIKERS WORSTED BY O.
DEPUTIES AND POLICE.

Savage Fieresness- RinRiesders of thu
Rioters Lodged in Jail-The Worst OF
the Trouble Yet to Como.
PlTTSBURG, PA, Jan. pa special
from Mount Pleasant, Pa, says "Ihe
situation assumed an ALARMING phase DO
the coke regions this morning. Tarec
hundred strikers armed with bars of coke,
forks and reviewers started on a march
and droy e the men from work at the A ice
mines and charged upon Wardeu's coke
yard al this place The Mayheld ana
Cornell mines, a mile west Of mere, We're
next visited, and a boy named Mentzer
was terribly beaten and Yard Boss Nc
abe was chased and assaulted. Every
oven front was crushed in. The rioters
have zone across the country towardthe
Rising sun works. Great trouble is YET
to come. Saturday is pay day, and on
Monday ten days viii have expired since
the notice to quit the company houses
vas given the strikers. There will likely
be serious trouble when ejectments are
attempted.
No TROOPS ASKED.
The report that aid has been asked for
from the government is not true. ~herlH
stewart SAYS he VIII not call upon the
militia until he finds himself unable to
cope with the disturbed elements.
A Conceivable dispatch says: ''ihe
Trotter, Dexter. Clinton and Franklin
works are idle today. the workmeu having
Joined the strikers. At Fort Hin an ad-
vance has been granted and the men are
at work. over 1000 men are now out.
and the strike is spreading throughout
the region. At StOnerville the employees
were attacked this morning and five OF
rlt..4a g., n
also reported at the RedstOne WORKS, aud
officers have started for that place. the
action of the operators IN sending uni
formed police from Pittsburg has agra
yaJed the situation
A BATTLE WITH THE RIOTERS.
PIITsBURG, Jan. %, IL T. MA dis
patch from Mount Pleasant tonight states
that sheriff stewart and 40 deputies. and
Detective Bropby and % armed police,
from PlJtsDurg, had desperate conflict
with 30 strikers this afternoon, and sue
ceeded Ia arresting 10 Of them. After at
tackihg the men al the Alice works in
the morning. the rioters rested for dinner.
They then massed at the Mutual works,
near St0nerville. At this point a
negro, without proY0cation, fired
at the Hungarians with a shotgun, but
failed TO hit any Of them. They surrOun-
ded his house dragged the negro out, beat
him fearfully and left MIN dying with his
skull fractured. At O'Clock the strikers
passed up toward Moorewood flourishlng
every manner Of weapon, from revolvers
10 case scrapers. They were headed by
St9fen StanIx, the main agitator in the
strike. VI hen they reached shaft No. of
the Morewood mines they encountered o.
deputy sherfs and policemen drawn UP
for battle.
THE CONFLICT BEGINS.
Detective Bropby talked to the for
eiguers, telling them that it was useless
10 resist, and that they would arrest the
ring leaders. BTophy arrested one stri-
ker which opened the ball. The combat
was hand-to-hand, but the officers won,
arresting thirteen men and one woman.
All We're sent to Jail at Green burgh. The
otner rioters retreated. over 100 rounds
were fred. Several Hungarians
were injured, but how badly
is not known, as they were carried away
by their companions. Only one officer
was slightly nurt. The authorities, 1t is
SAID. have telegraphed to Pittsburg for
more officers. The strike is only began.
and more blo0dshed is feared. The strike
is undoubtedly the most dangerous in
the history OF the coke industry. A feeling
OF insecurity prevails. and the citizens
near the various threatened districts are
arming themselves and otherwise prepar-
lnE 10 ueleuQ JneI MONIES.
TROOPS ORDERED To BE READY.
The members Of the Fourteenth and
Eighteenth regiments National Guard of
Pennsylvania, IN this city. nave been or
dsred BY their commanding officers to
mold themselves IN readiness to 20 to the
coke regions at snort notice. No orders
nave been received from the Governor.
4 riot is also reported at the DOnnelly
and Diamond works, about three miles
east OF Mount Pleasant, Five Hungarians
and three Americans We're fatally injured.
The condition Of affairs at midnight is
good. A special train has just arrived at
Standard with police.
1000 IDLE CIGAR MAKERS.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-Nine thousand
cigarmakers and other employees OF the
Cigar Manufacturers Association We're
idle to-day. The direct cause Of the
trouble is the refusal Of the employees Of
Levy Bros to declare their strike against
the new uniform price list of and return
70 work. The employers have banded
themselves together TO resist this
demand. In nearly all the If
teen shops the cigar packers We're
still at work finishing up what stock is
made up on the tables. In a few they
finished tonight, and then they quit work
until the difficulty is settled. By to-
morrow the packers IN all the shops Will
have joined the ranks Of the strikers. The
strike extends to the cigar box making
trade When the packers quit work the
number on strike Will have been sWelled
10 over 10000.
THE STOCk on HAND.
The manufacturers claim that they have
sufficient stock made up to ill their
/ orders for several months % come. The
/ packers going ont. they SAID. would not
deter them from supplying to their GUS
/ TONERS the stock now made up
/ but not packed. President Mccoy, OF
the Manufacturers Association, denied
I that the firm OF lichtensteln Bros.
nad intimated their desire 10
withdraw from the ASSOCIATION. The 6m
I mad told him this morning that thcy would
/ have no settlement WITH their locked out
employees. except through the cigar Ma
kers' Association. Meetings of strikers
were held to-day, and arrangements were
made Tor ,hc support OF the men on strike.
The members Will bee paid probably s or
80 pier week. fne strikers saf they have
enough funds toh0ld out six months.
STATEMENT or THE MANUFACTURES.
AEW YORK. Jan. 2p. N g.. II. The
cigar manu- acturcr- Ibis afternoon issued
a statement go the public. 1na statements
made Boy tue men are drclsral tD bD mis-
d. D