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BATTLES WITH THE HUNS
BLOODsHED IN THE COKE REGION
ALMOST INEVITABLE.

The Sheriff Brutally Assaulted on At
tempting to Make Arrosts-Later in
the Day He Returns With Larger
Posse and IS Greeted With VoIleys
of Bullets.
CoNNELLsvILLE, PA. Aug. 1O-Tha Hum
garians made another raid this morning on
the workmen at the Meyer coke plant and
drove them from work Sheriff Duncan
and Officers Franks and Shuun attempted
to arret fifteen of the rioters. when
they We're SET upon by the mob.
SGerlH Duncan was terribly beaten and
lett Tor dead. Officers Shunn and Franks
escaped by running. After beating Sheriff
duncan, the Huns broke the windows and
doors OF the compuuy's store. The sheriff
organized posse this afternoon to arrest
the raiders. The Huns do not appear to
understand that the strike is settled, and
regard the workmen as "black sheep"
THE HUNS INTRENCHED.
When the sheriff and his posse went to
Mercer this afternoon TO arrest the riotine
Huns, they found none in sight. The posse,
however, surrounded the houses in the valley
ana intended to arrest every Hun in them.
They found buttwO. These were placed under
guard at Squire Murphy's office. The pose
then went no the hill and arrested two
more. Word was received that Huns to
tho number Of 100 were entrenched behind
a stone fence armed with pistols, knives
and clubs and were awaiting the coming of
the officers. The men separa ed and sur
rounded the unruly foreigners.
When they came within soventv-hve yards
OF the Huns, fire was opened upon Jle off
GERS. 1t was promptly returned, and the
Huns broke and ran No oue was hurt on
either side. Sheriff Miller collected his
men, and formed plan Of action.
A MARCH ON MORGAN.
The Huns were meantime out of sight.
and the officers started toward Morgan
station, whore it was learned that the Huns
had collected. On the way through the
fields and over the hills the posse was fired
upon several times 10y hiding Huns When
the men arrived at Morgan station they
found the Huns in their rendezvous, a
soup house. After parleying awhile
some of the rioters came out and
fired upon the officers who we're upon the
bluff overlooking the house. Al this time
it cannot be learned if any person in either
party was injured. They were still fight
ing at the last report
ALL WELL ARMED.
The Huns are well armed with revolvers
and knives, and some have muskets The
are determined To resist arrest and consid-
erable trouble is anticipated in dislodging
them from their strongholds. A. c.
Duncan, the officer assaulted by the Huns
this morning, was badly cut about the face
by stones thrown by the rioters.
No cause can be assigned for
the action of the Huns in
first assailing the workmen at Coalbrook.
After the scale had been fixed at the con-
ference at Everson, the matter was inter-
preted to them, and they appeared per-
fec ly willing to resume work, but no
sooner had the English speaking miners
started to work than the Huns broke out.
WILD WITH LIQUOR.
They have been drinking all the time
during the strike, and to-day when they
resisted arrest by the posse we're wild with
liquor. The four Huns arrested at Meyer
were taken to Uniontown this evening.
They acted as if they ex pected to be rescued
by their countrymen, but were easy to con-
troll until just before boar ling the train.
They then attempted to escape, and very
nearly succeeded, as the guard was not
large.