The farmers' union., 1891-04-09
FIERCE AND ANGRY MOB
PENNSYLVANIA STRIKERS ARE
UNDER GUARD.
At Present Awed by Troops, They Wait
Only for Their Departure to Precipitate
TrOube-The Dead Strikers Peacefully
buried at SCOtfalaIe.

At Present Awed by Troops, They Wait
Only for Their Departure to Precipitate
Troub'e-The Dead Strikers Peacefully
Buried at Scott,lale.
The situation in the PENNSYLVANIA
coke regions remains practically un-
changed. The feeling prevails that as
long as the militia remains there will be
no more lawlessncsS. The soldiers can
not stay always. however. and it is fear
ed that un'e $ the strike is settled before
they are ca led home the depredat;ons
viii be renewed just as soon as their
backs are turned. The feeling among
the strikers is intensely bitter. but they
are careful to commit no overt act and
content themselves with scowing at the
militia and murmuring in unntelIigibie
tongues.
For thirty consecutive hours stream
of thousands of people viewed the bodies
of the men who were shot at NOrewoud.
They were stretched out side by side on
long platform, around which the crowd
surged in its eagerness to get a glimpse
of the dead men. They are all young
men with the exception of Cressango
Blnero. the Italian, and Valentine Zintile.
The faces of the dead were c!eanly
shaved, and on the breast of each was
I
Church, while around the wrists of a
few were entwincd the beads upon which
thy had been accustomed TO repeat their
prayers.
The scene in the morgue was one that
is not often witnessed CT the thou
sands who viewed the remains scarcely
man came in whose countcnance was
not drawn and ScOwling as he gazcd on
| the work of the litlcS, and hund eds of
| women vented their anger and anguish
| in terms that could nut be mistaken.
lh"y were miners, cOkerS and their
wives. The latter are more revengeful,
if anything, than their liege lords. and
| are considered more dangerous antagon-
lists. 1t is well known among the citi-
zcns that the lives of Captain Ioa~ and
his deputies would be in jeopardy should
the militia be withdrawn. The 70 eign-
ers are excited t. a deg ee bo dering IN
frenzy, and. although they ae keeping
all demon>t ations within the pale of
the law. the G is no donbt that they a:e
determined to wrcak ven .eancc e>entu-
ally upon the people who a,e responsible
| for the death of thcir countrymen
At Scott'iale, where the dc.d were to
| be inferred, great apprehension was
| felt that another riot would ensun at
| the funeral, but nothing of the kind oc-
Cured. Strong forces of milit a pa
| trollcd the streets, attended the sery ces.
and accompanied the procession.
| The coke company at Mount Pleasant
| is not making any effort at present to
| get men to fill the places Of the strikers.
| They are keeping the mines in good
| condition. Although the men have been
| out of work FOR month, they still seem
| to have considerable money. and from
outward appearances are not suffering
| for anything. They all seem to he keep
| ing sober. IN fact. not one of them has
been seen on the street in an intoxicated
| condition. From the bankers it is
| learned that the foreign element. which
| constitutes - or so Per cent. of the
workers of the region now striking has
more or less funds.
There is no longer any doubt that the
strike will b. continued indefinitely and
| with a bitterness never before expert
cnced in a strike. 1t is not beyond prob
| ability that if the str kcrS find they are
debalrcd from reaching non-unian men
at the coke works, Sc ret methods of in
ducing them to stop will be made.
An Intelligent Hun, in sieaking of
| their future, said: 1--WE will hold a
| meeting. and then we will decide what
| to do. There is only one thing certain,
! and that is that III. company can not
| get any foreigners to come here to take
! our place. as we have notified ali the
Italians and Huns in the country of our
| trouble"
Scottdale special says: A booty
| battle between the trCol and the Strik-
| crs is expected soon Trivate kellar was
| detailed to act as Interpreter to General
Wiley. General Wiley directed him to
mingie with the strikers I'd learn their
Intentions He reported: "1'hcre is going
II be trouble very soon. The strikers
are all indignant because the soldiers
have been sent here. but they do not
seem to fear them. In one house / saw
five guns and number of revoIvers, and
in the other house l saw three guns and
several rcvolvers. Five out of every ten
of them have served in the armies of the
Old country. and they know what
| soldiers are. They say that the
soldiers "ho have been brought
| here are simply wOrkingmcn like
themselves, and will not interfere with
them. / picked up one of their papers
to- day, and in one portion l found an
article which stated that there was not
regular among the soldiers who had
been brought to The regions, and that
they need not be afraid of the militia
men, who were Hovices. and did not
know any more about warfare than the
strikers themselves l heard them ridi-
culing the Tenth Regiment, All of
these Hungarians have money and they
are in dangerous mood over the killing
of the men at Morewood. which they all
claim was entirely uni iGStitiable.
kellar's warning was heard and heed
cd. When daylight fell again upon the
| fa .eS of the benjghtcd thousands who
inhabit this region, the scntincls of the
State had men posted at every point
where an outbreak was feared. The
troops are supplied with ball cartridges,
and the officers in command of the vari-
Gus guards have explicit orders to fire.
if need be, on any mob which shall at
tempt to modest them, or any of the
property which they arc guarding.