Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-22
SAID TO BE HIGHLY CoLoRED.
The Reign oi Terror seid II Have
Little Foundation.

The Reign o1 Terror seid - Have !
Little Foundation.
GgEEysuuEG, Pa, January 2l.-Having
made thorough hurt for facts to substan'
tia,e the sensational snd highIy-colored
reports Of the alleged reign Of terror in the
coke district Of this county, your cores
popdsnt is enabled 10 say thGt there IS hard
Ic a line OF the specials contained IN the
moruiDr papers that will stand vigorous
s;finv for Truth BIZ coolheaded person
SI,bongh there are sufficient grounds for
tbe Sheriff 10 be prepared for any riotous
Demonstrations upon the part OF the hot
boaded ones among the strikers, there ls
not nor has there been any, occasion Tor
Taar of the result. The Sheriff, John NJ.
S.rwc,t has thoroughly understood the
matter from the &rst, and 1t IS OWING 10
MA cool headedn ss that fearful riot was
syoided. If he had taken the advice OF
the coke operators there is no question that
bloo5shed would have followed.
FACTS BY AN EYEWITNESS.
The fearful and bloody batttle" depict
ed in the morning papers by sensational
lists are as foll)ws, from an eyewitness
Ab5ut $50 strikers, in returning from their
march around the ovens, were returning 10
tLeir homes ct Morewood. Nearing that
Mace thev were conltSGted by the deputies
and uniformed police and ordsled to halt
which they did. They were then INFORMED
,Irouoh sp interpreter that there were
seven persons in their ranks that theg
wanted. pom hearing this the persons
in onastion took to their heela, followed oy
several of their c2npanions, Whereupon
the deputies begsn to fire of their reVoI-
vera One of the Pittsburg policemen ran
ofter q f,ee;ng "Hun," and coming up with
him he struck the iugi;i-e fearful bio"
oyar the hack of the head With his mace
5rsaking thst weapon in severa! pieces
TS;s wss the only blood shed in this ter
r;bIa hlooI- battle" Itis stated that the
oply firing Of reyclVers done was oy the
deputies, the Huns making 10 resistance
whatever.
The fourteen prisoners low IN jail c'aim
that only two Of the fourteen were IN ths
nrocpsssion of marching strikers; that Gil
fbe rest we're merely lockers on, and "hen
arrested were upon their own property IN
The case of the man and his wife who were
arrested, they sll say that they will swear
that 10 was not outside of his own door
during the whole day. They say he was
arrested in his own hcOss without Just
cense or proyocation; that his wife, pro
eating against his arrest, was also cap
tured saI brought here and thrown IN
jail, , a- ,-r,,, hi.
s,rike that the sheriff has doubted his
ability to successfully cope with it and
Drotsct property. and he has never for q
1no,nent entertained the idea Of calling fol
rn;i;tary aid from the Governor. 1t il
ICED npon the best OF authority that S5C
w;iI nav for all the property thus far de
1,royed % bv the strikers. There has beer
~ 80 Davs Of startling nature received here
to,5sv -. law every person arriving from ths
Uor, 49, Of the county reporting everything a
Pa;rs aic y orderly and qnier 1t may be de
led upon that twO-thiFds of the Sensa
mai stories in the papers are oa'eface'