The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-09
A REIGN OF TERROR,
COKE BURNERS DRIVEN FROM THE
FRlCK COMPANY'S WORKS.


buildings Wrecked and Burned--wo-
men Took Pnrt--A Temporary Injunc-
tion Granted.
PrrTsBUEG, Pa, March 3O.-Strikers
to the number Of nearly 1000 attacked
Frick's coke works at Morewood at 9
o'clock this morning. They destroyed
some coke ovens and railway tracks, and
broke the windows in several houses
Several Of tho raiders were arrested and
taken to Greensburg Jail. Riots are also
reported ut Leisenring and Leith and
considerable property has been destroy
ca. There iSgreat excitement throughout
the coke country and serious trouble is
unprecedented. The coke troubles have
2"Sumcu new phase and now threaten
| |" develop into u war between the Ope-
| I OrS and labor organizations. Mr..
lck stated to-day that heretofore he
| dd not HntaGOniTed labor, but in the
| "''lrc he DID not propose 30 stand idly
~ aud see ais property destroyed. He
| claiinS that Tic men are satisfied with
| the scale OF wages he offered but that
the labor leaders will not permit them to
return to work as their position depends
upon the success Of the Strike The fight
from this time viii Uc bitter.
y dispatch from ScOttdalc, Pa, says:
"There is rioting at Il large number of
the coke plants this morning. a mob
OF LOO of Infatuated strikers swept
down ON thc Jc,ntown ni,nt aorIv tTis
morning, routoI the workinvmen ne.
Saultrd several men and thrcafened tho
|SuucrintpnIpnl's Iirn 4 bomh ,voe cot
on ut " est IciScnring, and the men no
tlHcd not to 80 to work The Leith works
near Cmiont0Wn was also raided and the
Workmrn pu, 20 ilight. The labor lead
| rrS are tryina TO nilly the aycitement as
other rIi,Is arc fc;irrd. II. G.. Brick
| Coke Company officials here have noti-
! iicd tie >hrriiiS to increase their 1orces.
| \ number OF mass mrrtinms will bo held
| throughout the region TODAY.
| The most t.yplNful dov in tbe col,a
strike. cIn.inr with thiS cypninc was
rather iAyuraHlu 10 the mon. The labor
| leaders say no Drcroucrrtrd attack was
made, but three Of tl,r urincinal works
in thv region were raidcd, At2 o'clock
| this moruiur strains, ,,r Ii,r;r hand IvoI,a
all the strikers NV the road from Scott-
dale to Bradford ana in Il short time T.
300 men followed their band which was
directed 60 the .IcuLUwu plant of the
II. G. Frc2l Company, This place was
reached ~ > O'Clock This morning when
;ilr works were captured without a
struggle except the Incidental disarm-
ii.g Of superintendent Rosser, whose re.
IL. y
workers were struck with stones. but
tins body Of strikers dispersed without
serious d;Ma:tc
| Some timn later Il terrific report in the
direction OF tnu IriG, nrinr works gave
warning Of trouble there and thousands
altered to witness the work OF the first
bomb cXplOdcu by the strikers. The
shock was fclt for several miles, but its
only visible effect was the tearing of n
great hole in tir front OF the nou-nnion
workers house and throwing consider
able dirt in the vicinity. 1t is feared
that such work is not over with. how
ever, as the effect upon the unruly but
organized Hungarian strikers was ON
inouS. After tins work the men at Leis-
Cnring No. , and 3 were chased out of
the yard and Il few only returned when
the excited crowd had departed. \ few
men at the Lcith works were also driven
out though nobody is reported badly in
Jurcd.
| Trouble is also talked of ut the TOtten
plant, but this is denied by the oDera
tors The big Norwood plant of Frick
| X Co. also contributed more than it's
quota to the exciting events of the day.
| This plant has been in partial operation
and has been carefully guarded by dep
uticS. Some three thousand strikers
gathered about the place to-day, how
|
as il they had been only chair. Not
| blow was struck, not u shot was fired
us such Il move would have been fatal
to both guards and workers in the face
al the 5000 determined strikers. After
the abandonmcnt Of the works by the
guard an hour OF mad WrecRing follow
| ed: Tracks, doors and i'll fact every
lhinG movable was torn ana Wrcnched
ASIDE by tMc naddened crowd which
ohly lcit alter the plant had been mutt
lat"u DrynAu llninruiale repairs.
me CentrlI ioard or Federation
meets III i'ittSD''rE to,morroW when the
mput At l'niOntOWu tO-nipht Judua
| Ewing granted Il preliminary Injunction
against all men assembling at the Frick
works not employed by that company
and set Saturday for hearing on a per
mancn Injunction, Sheriff Mccormick
with Il number Of armed deputies. left
| uiOntOWn tonight on u special train
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