The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-06

and William Penn golfers will attempt to re-
sumo operations Bloody work may DO looked
gauge of their Intentions. Sheriff Duffy
is in town tonight. but is doing
nothing toward meeting any trouble that may
arise Both sides remain quiet, and he
siders that there is no necessity for doing any
thing in the line of precautionary measures In
the meantime the poles are drinking all the
liquor they can get and printing themselves for
any conceivable mischief
A Surprise for Mob of Strikers.
PITTsBURG. Feb. As was feared, a collision
occurred this evening between the nonunion
men, at the Solar iron-works. and the strikers,
in which three persons were iniured--one, a
sixteen year-old lad named Joseph kenna, it IS
thought being fatally shot. The works, which
have been idle for the past two months on ac-
count of strike, resumed operations yesterday
with eighty colored men, N mbers of the Garfield
Lodge of the AmaIgamated Association. which
surrendered its charter last Thursday A force
of twenty police was placed on guard at the
mill, and last night the non unionists were
corted to their homes under police protection.
A large crowd of strikers and friends followed,
but offered no violence. and contented them
selves with hooting and calling the negroes
'scabs" The mill was in operation again to-
day. and everything was running smoothly. The
strikers, to a considerable number stood In the
drizzling rain along the railroad track beside
and in front of the mill. aud. mingling with the
crowd and standing inside the gates and around
the building at the main en- trance, were a num-
Der of policemen and curious on-lookers Every
body seemed to be in good humor and the
striking mon talked pleasantly with the officers
and laughed and jested with the bystanders
and each other Shortly after o'clock
the non-union men came out of the mill
They were surrounded by officers, and the pro-
cession started down the tracks to Thirty-third
street, the strikers following and shouting
'scabs" and ''black Sheep" while occasionally
vilsr ep,ihes was hurled at the colored work
men. By the time Smaman 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 ightened side-long glances at their
pursuers; but along Smallman street the jeering
of the striking workmen became louder and
more violent in it's character. and occasionally
rock would be seen falling into the ranks of the
beleaguered Africans. AT this juncture, without
any warning whatever. several OF the colored
men reached for their pockets and, draw
dense mob around them. Then there was a
of wild confusion and excitement. The
officers drew their revolvers also, and rushed
among the excited coored men and endeavored
to stop the murderous firing. The crowd broke
and III all directions. across the commons
into the mills-any place to get out of range OF
utes, and between thirty and forty shots had
been fred before the officers succeeded in stop
ing it and busting the negroes up Twenty eighth
street. where they crossed the bridge and scat
tered TO their homes on the hill. A number of
the strikers pursued thsm. threatening sum-
mary vengeance, until they were stopped at
Penn avenue by the police; but the colored men
made no further demonstrations. How many
were wounded is not known Three we're GER
tainly shot. but their names. or how seriously
they had been injured. could not
be ascertaned. They taken away
by their friends. A sixteen-year-old lad,
named Joseph kenna, standing on the top of a
condition. and may die The deplorable affair
may lead to serious trouble The strikers we're
completely taken by surprise, not knowing that
the negroes armed. The excitement
among the is still intense, and frequent
threats of vengeance upon the negroes are heard.
IN tAsa Rel af
Special to the IpdiauaDoIis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. Aft there was any
doubt this morning, as to the outcome OF the
contested election of Lowry against White.
of Indiana, there is none tonight. The House
devoted the day to consideration OF this case,
and adjourned tonight without having reached
very conclusvely which way the wind is blow
ing w. Bourke Cochran of New
York. who had wide reputation as
an orator before he he cane po. to Wash Sashs
in behalf of White. He said that there was
question of law involved, but simply question
of fact. He called attention to the statement
that the record of court is part of the
judgment, but simply evidence of such ludg-
ment In this case Mr. White was either natur-
allied in 1865 or he was perjurer. He Mr..
Cochranl had read the speeches on both sides
carefully, and he had failed to find a single i'm
putation made against tine character OF Mr..
White; on the contrary, he had been exceedingly
popular with all classes of citizens for more than
thirty years, and had fought and bled for his
country. He preferred to believe that man
who had served his country well as Mr..
White and who came to Congress with an un
disputed ma jority of 2. 500 votes. was not per-
lurer, bnt that on tho contrary. his was really
naturalized and entitled to his seat. He should,
therefore. vote against the report of the major
ny of the committee on elections. MIR. Cochran
made eloquent speech and was frequently
appauded. The applause came from Democrats
well as Republicans, so that 1t was evident
that he produced an excellent effect
He was followed by Judge Wilson, of Mime
sofa, Democrat and of the most learned
lawyers in the Northwest, who made strong
argument from legal stand point, IN which no
maintained the right of Mr. White to retain his
seat These were the only Democratic speeches
made in support of White the floor but
who ready vote for White IL Is pre-
dicted tonight that there will be at least
twenty. and possibly thirty Democratic votes
cast against the majority report OF the COM
mites. Among these Randall of Psnnsyl-
vania. McAdoo of New Jersey. Wilson, Rice,
Mcdonald of Minnesota, Morse and Collins
| of Massachusetts McShane of Nebraska, Boice
and Cochran OF New York, Ford of MlchIgan.
Weaver of Iowa, and several Others. Whites
friends assure him that he will have majority
of at least fifteen, and perhaps twenty-five, In
his favor The fact that he had 2, 500 majority.
and that the only man in his district. Democrat
or Repu blican, who asks that no be unseated, Is
Lowry-a man unpopular that he lost nearly
FIVE thousand votes of his party-is strong
card in Mr. Whites favor. No vote will prob
ably be taken before Tuesday.
ssWhite-Cap" Outrage.
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EVANSVILLE Ind Feb An indefinite re-