The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
No Trouble at the Solar Iron Works.

PITTsBURG, February 6-There has been
no further trouble at the Solar Iron Works,
the scene of the serious outbreak on Satur-
day. The mill was closed yesterday, but
started up this morning with an increased
force of non.union men. Over 100 men, all
colored, are now at work, and the firm ex-
pect to see every department in operation
within the next few days. The mills and
yards are closely guarded by sentinels and
policemen, and no person, not even a boy,
is allowed upon the premises unless he can
prove he has business there. The strikers
are very bitter and :anOther collision is
feared when the non-union men leave the
mill this evening" Those in authority
c0d coolest 'h0Sf heads, VINO sd1iss asse the tine
workingmen to not molest nor interfere
with the colored men. but others CRY for
revenge. They threaten death to the nom
union men, and hint Of firing the mill.
Young Kenna, who vas shot on Saturday,
is believed to be out of danger. In com.
pliance with q request from the proprIe-
tors of the Solar Iron Works for protection,
Sheriff McCandless issued a proclamation
to-day ordering the rioters to disperse and
keep the peace, under penalty of arrest and
imprisonment. The strikers, however,
continued to loiter about the mill until
noon, when they were ordered away by
squad of police.
When the hour arrived for the non.union
workmen to quit work this afternoon, a
large crowd of strikers and their friends
gathered in the vicinity of the mill. Tne
men were escorted to their homes by the
police in squads of 80. They were followed
by an immense crowd, which hooted at the
negroes, and called them "black-sheep"
and scabs." During one of the trips the
non.union men were treated to
shower of stones, and for q few minutes 1t
kraII d. 4
ly turned on the mob and drove than back,
after which they escorted the coiored men
to their homes. A number of persons were
struck by stones and slightly injured, but
no one was seriously hurt. Officer Fried
man, whom it was alleged fired the shot
that struck Young Kenney, was arrested
tonight on charge of felonious shooting
preferred by the uncle of the boy. Fried.
man says he did not use his revolver.
- All Quiet at Shenandoah.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, February 6.-The
proclamations of the Sheriff and Burgess
had their hoped for effect in keeping those
citizens not Of the Slavonic races at their
places of business or st their homes. The
best element of the Slavonics also took
sober, second thought during the afternoon
and remained away from William Penn
n any {bn hCd1
and more unruly spirits walked down to
the colliery and gathered there in little
knots along the hillside and the
roads. Captain Christian had six cars of
his men on hand, however, with their
Wincbesters under their arms, and when
they disembarked from their train snd
deployed along the roads leading from
the colliery to the place where the colliery
employees either took the miners train or
the town road, the would-be rioters real.
lied that they were destined TO wage a
losing fight IL they attempted violence.
When Sheriff Duffy and his posse also ap-
peared along the pike and ordered the
Poles to disperse, they gave up their
contest and yielded obedience.
The workmen passed them on their way
home unmolested, and the battle of law
and order was won without the striking
Of blow. One powerful influence In pre-
serving the peace Of the town this evening
was the calling Of q Polish meeting at
Robbins opera house By the Rev. Father