Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11
AS TOLD BY WIRE.

westmoreIand's Sheriff Responds to Call
How the Huns and Other Foreigner
Scattered Before He Came.
The story of these ugly outbreaks. as it
comes from the coke regions, is told in
special kilograms received at midnight.
From Greensburg comes this one, telling
about the Hecla riot:
This afternoon, about 8 o'clock, desperate
riot was inaugurated at the Hecla Coke Works.
The miners and drivers at the Mammoth
works, owned by ]. W. Moore, organized a
mob numbering 400 or 500 men. They pro-
ceeded to Fisherdale and then to United, and
at each place they compelled the workmen to
join them. and going to the Hecls works
of William Thaw, war was. opened up on
the workmen there. There were then in the
mob about 700 men. The men at work were set
upon by the infuriated mob, and some of them
were terribly beaten. The wagons were thrown
down the shaft. Three men coming up in cage
were struck by one of the wagons, and they were
all seriously hurt. One of them had a pick
driven through his shoulder; another was in
jured about the head, and both will die. The
larries were thrown from the tracks a distance
of so feet and broken to pieces. The buildings
were attacked and the windows broken, and
men, women and children fed tor their lives.
Word was sent here to the Sheriff calling for
assistance. Deputies were dispatched to the
scene, but when they had arrived there the
men had cooled down considerably. The dam
age to the property is great.
The mob was composed of Huns, Italians
and Americans. Ali the men at the works in
that neighborhood went to work this morning,
sss except refusal shs ones ef at W. Moore and
pay the advance caused the men
70 inaugurate the war. The stable boss at
upon 5ess BY huns and
to night that he could not possibly pay the ad-
vance. "Unless the price of coke advances, to
run under the new schedule of prices would be
to lose money" said he.
Then there was this special from Connells-
vile, giving later details:
When the Sheriff and his posse went to Meyer
this afternoon to arrest the rioting
Huns, they found none in sight. The
posse, however, surrounded the houses
in the valley and intended to arrest
every Hun in the houses. They found but
two. They were placed under guard at Squire
Murphy's office. The posse then went up the
. Word was received that Huns to the number
Of 15O were entrenched behind stone fence,
armed with pistols, knives and clubs were
awaiting the coming of the officers The men
separated and surrounded the unruly for
eigners. When they came within rs yards of
the Huns, fire was opened upon the officers.
h.. It was G returned promptly; % and the Huns
Sheriff Miller collected his men and formed a
plan of action. The Huns were meantime out
of sight and the officers started toward Nor
gan station, where 1t was learned the Huns had
collected. On the way through fields and
over hills, the posse was fired upon
several times by hiding Huns. When
the men arrived at Morgan station
they found the Huns in their rendezvous, the
souphouse. After parleying a while some of
the rioters came out and fired upon the officers,
who we're ON a bluH overlooking the house. At
this time it cannot be learned if any person in
either party was injured. They were still
fighting at the last report.
The Huns are well armed with tevolvers and
knives and some have muskets. They are de-