New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-03

eneuy ldlleu 10 nalU at the command.
AS the Huns advanced, making little noise the
deputies remained silent. Stones were thrown
through the windows Of the company store, but
she deputies were still immovable, although grasp
ing their weapons with firm hold The column
had not all passed when those in front made a
dash for the company's fence. Captain Loar cried
Haiti" but not Hun stopped. But in answer
TO the Captains command there were shots from
three revolvers. One bullet whizzed past Cap
tain Loar's head and two men standing near him
each felt the lead pass their heads. The deputy
sberiffs under Deputy Sheriff Mcconnell then c
to the relief of the solder-deputies. The Huns
dashed down the road and broke for the con-
pany's stables. Another command to halt was
heard; another answer TO the call by pistol shots.
The infuriated men kept their course toward the
stables. The command was then given to fire.
The strikers replied, but there were too many
shots from the repeating rifles. The air was filed
with bullets How many shots were fired will
probably never be known, but when the smoke
cleared away and the deputies ventured near the
bodies seen lying in the road it was found that
seven men had fallen dead and one was dying.
The surviving strikers fed with remarkable ra-
pidity, and after the firing silence tnat was not
broken by anything save dogs dismal bowling
soon reigned. The raiders were not 10 DC seen as
The bodies of the dead strikers were cxried
To the stables and laid side by side upon some
hay in the stalls. Later, a crowd Of Hungarian
women were admitted for the purpose of identli-
cation Their anguish was shown In shrieks.
Only one of the seven identified men was married.
The bodies were finally taken to Mt Pleasant for
the inquest
District Master Workman Peter Wise was she'd
ding tears when a reporter interviewed him at
Scottdale He called the affair cold-bloodcd
murder, and said that justice would be sought
in the courts He voiced the sentiments of all
the other leaders of the strike for whom Scottdale
is the headquarters. Some of the survivors had
told the other strikers that they had been attend
ing mass-meeting at Mt. Pleasant; that the
Standard strikers. numbering 500, marched with
them as far as the hills above Morewood; that the
SQUADS saluted each other, and the homeward
march began. They were ordered to stop by
Loar's men some obeyed, others passed on. There
was no violence. and the shooting followed
Three strikers were captured and taken to the
Greensburg Jail. One had been shot in the leg.
1t is said that the strikers have sworn to kill
CAPTAIN Loar and all his men. A dispatch from
Greensburg says Sheriff Clawson has cleared all
the gun stores, having bought their entire stocks
and is swearing in as deputies nearly every man
he meets on the street
1t looks like war times in PlttsDurg to-hlSnt'
The 18th Regiment, clothed In the regulation
uniform of the United States Army, headed Dy
drum CORPS and followed by the hospital corps
with stretchers. at O'Clock passed along outth-
feld-st., for the Union Station. where they took
a train for Mount Pleasant, distance OF sixty
miles from Pittsburg. 80
Henry Clay FricE, the coke king, who, with
his partner, Andrew Carnegie, controls TWO thlrds
of the Connellsville region deplores the sad oc1
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men were not out at o'clock in the morning
with good intentions. Mr.. Frick said we
placed our men and property in the hands M OF the
lawful authorities for protection. The Sherin In
the Morewood case has done his duty the Cover
nor is doing his. This is no quarrel about wages
but only whether our men worElng are 70 De sno. i
down at midnight and our property destroyed Dy
rioters The authorities must settle this ana we
viii know whether mobs or law WI ruiz
annlnd Mdn to Justice McWiiIiams to arrest the depu
ties for murder, the Justice refused to DO SO.
Squire McCabb consented TO issue the warrants
prayed for charging the deputies WIN @ @muIuer
and the warrants were served this afternoon
General Manager Lynch, of the Flick Company,
and Superintendent Ramsay, oil the MoreW03u S
plant are made accessories before the 1act. Inc
IDENTITIES were arrested and gave bail at once; q,
4 dispatch from Scottdale says that the dead
men were carried into the company store at More
wood The strikers demanded the bodies OF ,ne
victims but were refused, and the place was sur
rounded by an armed mob of over 2,0oo lheh
who said they will burn everything on the prem
ises unless the dead bodies are given up.
At Leisenring. Constable Campbell attempted
IN arrest John Lushka a Russian, for compliclty
in the bomb-throwing that occurred there MOL IL
dov Lushka fercely resisted, and caled ouO III
his native tongue for aid. 1ellow,couhIryihfa ihan f
who was on the outside of the ofhce where LusNa INA
had been trapped, gave the alarm, ana IN 2 lew
moments there was a bowling moo ol loIelsneiIo
Surrounding the place. Lushka eaped through
tho Office window, carrying with MN Pail VI
bandcufs Several shots were hred alleI mn ln1
but he escaped Tonight the warrant was th piaCea
=; +he hands of Sheriff Mccormick, ana Wlui
inrno Nose of men he has started for Lelsehills
. Snoo{(e the arrest Lushka and his companions
90 arned and n fight will certain follow unless
the man is SURPRISED 49,, tCrociaI THE
C+to Military was ordered out to-day 1or the Iis'
80 in fourteen years to suppress rot; @ uoN-
crnor Pattison this morning received Is Iro
go, Mount Pleasant, IN the heart OF tle cohc
o;or where the big strike for increase OF WtseI
ieSio' .. tho effect that the rioters had at,acKeu
Is Oh; nS;op;t,,s ~ nosse at Morewood anu had Deen
ea ene nnnr a number being killed. lie was as rs
sureo InO 5 o. once ordered ont the 10Th Regl-
n'ooi LnIdino the 18th Regiment In reserve. 10
niht he was informed by the Sherin OF VIII VIII
r6Sraiand County that the 18TH Kegimeht couiu
lhole mo o ot the scene of the riot before to-mor-
@ hoU "a tho situation was alarming. Inc ioul
TOW .+ " Of Pittsburg was at once ordered 10
nc snot and the Governor was ln1oTmea Il'sO ~ ~
was on thp way at $50 clock lohsnu ne ir1 ; ,-n m
fears oi i.aiSors are all foreigners, who, while re-
sin g to respect the civil law have i;tarn ~
their own country 10 nSpeIv Who started for
aJintant-G General McClclland VINO hoootinr s ~ the
nhca5no 2;r 2n Commission was at once sent lof,
Worlas ,.i ran on his way East He Will go 10
Wonnt Pleasant in the mornlns III 1aV tnon
ma his advisers have been IoeeSS, S e. Wy rJ 10
ing II m gIIu ha snarod 10 put down the mob