St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-05
ANOTHER RIOT.
Striking Iron Workers Fired
Upon by Il Gang OF Negro Work

PITTSBURG. Pa, Feb. 4.-As was
feared, a collision occurred this evening
between the non-uniOn men at the Solar
iron works and the strikers, in which
three persons were injured, one, six
teen-year-Old lad named Joseph kenna,
1t is thought, being fatally shot. The
works, which have been idle for the
past two months on account of strike,
resumed operations yesterday with
eighty cOlOred men, mcmberS of the
Garfield league of the Amalgamated
association. which surrendered its char
ter last Thursday. A force of
twenty police was placed on guard at
the mill. and last night the nOn-uniOn-
ISIS were escorted to their homes under
police protection. \ large crowd of
strikers and friends followed. but Of
fered no violence, and contented them
selves with hOoting and calling the
negroes ''scabs." The mill was in OPP
Grafton again to-day, and everything
was running smoothly. The strikers
to considerable number stood in the
drilling rain along the railroad tracks,
beside and iii front of the mill, and,
mingling with the crowd and standing
inside the gates and around the build
ing at the main entrance, were num-
ber of policemen and curious onlOokerS.
Everybody seemed to be
IN A GOOD HUMOR,
and the striking men talked pleasantly
with the officers, and laughed aud tested
with the by-StanderS and each other.
Shortly after > o'clock the non-union
men came out of the mill. They were
surrounded by the officers, and the pro-
ceSSiOn started down the tracks to
Thirty street, the strikers fol-
lowing and shouting ''Scab" and 'black
sheep. while occasionally a viler epithet
was hurled at the cOlored work
men. By the time Smallman
street was reached, the mob
had swollen to several hundred men
and boys. The cOlOred men bore the
storm of epithetS quietly, occasionally
casting vicious and half-frightened side
long glanceS at the purSuers, but along
Smallman street the jeering of the
striking WOrkmen became louder and
more violent in its character. and Occa-
sionally L rock would be seen shooting
into the air, describing a graceful curve,
and falling into the ranks of the be-
leagured Africans. At this juncture,
without any warning whatever. several
of the cOlOred men reached for their
pockets and
DRAWING REVOLVERS OPENED FIRE
upon the dense mob around them.
Then there was scene of wild con-
fusion and excitement. Terror, rage
and pain rang out on the air from the
thrOatS OF hundreds of angry and eX-
cited men. The officers now drew their
| reVOlVerS also. and rushed among the
excited cOlOred men and endeavOred to
stop the murderous firing. The crowd
broke and ran in all directiOnS-ac
the common into the mills-any place to
get out of range of the destructive bull
lets. The firing lasted SIX or eight
minutes and between thirty and forty
shots had been fired before the officers
succeeded in stopping it and hustIing
the negroes up Twenty-eighth street
where they crossed the bridge,
| and scattered to their homes on
the hill. A number of the strikers pur-
sued them, threatening summary ven-
geance, until they We're stopped at
Pennsylvania avenue by the police; but
| the colOred men made no further demon
! StratlOnS. How many We're wounded is
| not known. Three were certainly shot,
but their names. or how seriously they
had been injured, could not be ascer-
tanned. as they were taken away by their
! friends. A SiXteen-year-old lad, named
Joseph Kenna. standing upon the top of
a car, was shot in the face. He is in a
serious condition and may die. The
| deplOrable affair may lead to serious
| trouble. The strikers were completely
taken by surprise, not knowing that the
negroes were armed. The excitement
among the men is still intense. and fire.
| quent threats of vengeance upon the
negroes are heard.