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ton Of miners aud coke drawers Of the
Connellsvllle region. at Scottdale, Penn.
sylvania, today, it was unanimously de-
cided to order general strike for raiss
of ten per centin wages, and committees
were appointed to visit ell the coke
mills and persuade the men to quit work
at once. Over 1000 men are employed
in the coke regions, and it is expected
that by Wednesday all Of them will be
idle. 6
It was reported here tonight that the
striking Hungarians at the Moorehead
and Standard works had broken into the
company's dynamite magazines and
we're threatening destruction to all the
property that is owned by their late
employers. Telegraphic communica-
ton is cut off for the night.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Penn, Jan, 1s.-The
situation in the coke regions is growing
serious. Last night three or four guards
at the Moorewood works ventured too
close to the Hungarian quarters, when
an alarm was given, and the foreigners
swarmed out of their quarters and began
a fusilade of pistol shots. Almost in
stantly every striker joined in the can
nonade, and the guards broke for safe
quarters. No pursuit was attempted.
and the Hungarians returned to. their
houses after witnessing the hssty depar-
ture of the patrol. No trouble had oc-
Cured at the Standard works up to
noon. .-sss
The situation of the coke strike to-
night may be summed up as follows
In the Connellsyille, Mount Pleasant,
Stone River, Scottdale and Broadford
districts total of 2,772 ovens are idle or
about one-third of the ovens in the
region. Sheriff Stewart failed to make
any arrests, thinking 1t best not to make
any attempt to arrest with his small
force, The fugitiYes of Saturday are still
free. The Hungarians, numbering 800
in the Mount Pleasant district, are hard
to handle, the woman being worse than
the men.
Amount Pleasant special says: Sheriff
Stewart arrived at o'clock to night with
nineteen additional deputies, who will
be placed on duty at the Alice mines.
The strikers who attacked these mines
to-day and drove off the workmen, de-
stroyed all the tools, barrows, coke
wagons and everything movable. The
sheriff has ordered his deputies to pro-
tect those who want to work. -"
At Greensburg the members of the
militia company are holding themselves
in readiness for orders from the COVER
nor to proceed to the seat of war.
P1rTsBURe, Jan. 2O.-At Fort Hale the
advance has been granted and the men
are at work. Over 1900 men are now
out, and the strike is spreading through
out the coke region. At Stoneyille the
employees were attacked to-day and five
of them were severely beaten. Trouble
is also reported to the Red Stone works,
an officers have started for that place.
The action of the operators in sending
the uniformed police from Pittsburg has
oooro voted tho aituatlop
A dispatch from Mount Pleasant to-
night says: Sheriff Stewart and forty
deputies, and Detective Brophy and
twenty armed police from Pittsburg, had
desperate conflict with 250 strikers
this afternoon. After attacking the men
at the Alice works in the morning, the
rioters rested for dinner, and then they
massed at the Mutual works near Stone
vile.
At this point, a negro, without provo
cation, fired at the Hungarians with
shotgun, but he failed to hit any ofthem.
They surrounded his house, dragged the
negro out, beat him fearfully and left
him for dead, with his skull fractured.
He probably will die. 49,
At 8 O'Clock the strikers passed up to-
wards Moorewood, fourlshing every
manner of weapons, from revolvers to
case scrapers. They were headed by
Stephen stannix, the main agltator> of
the strike. When they reached shaft
"a" at Moorewood, the miners encoun-
tered slxty-two deputy sheriffs and po-
licsmen drawn up for battle.
Detective Brophy talked with the for
elgners, telling them that it was useless
to resist, and that he would arrest the
ringleaders. Brophy then arrested one
of the striker who opened the ball.
The combat was hand-to-hand. but the
officers won, arresting thirteen men and
one woman, who were sent to Jail at
Greensburg, and the balance retreated.
Over 100 shots were fired. and several
Hungarians were injured, but how badly
is not known, as they were carried away
by their companions. Only one officer
was slightly hurt.
The authorities, it is stated, have tel
egraphed to Pittsburg for more officers.
The strike has only just been inaugu-
rated, and more bloodshed is feared.
Some little excitement was occasioned
by the stupid report that the Hungarians
are acting under orders from the Chicago
lodge of the Socialists, and that the dyn-
amite which was taken from loves
magazine during the recent raid would
be used in blowing up the companY's