Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
ANARCHY LAND.
Doings In the Coke Regions of
Pennsylvania
SLOW PROGRESS OF EvICTIONS.
Sheriff Mccormick Attacked BY Angry
Women-Coke Companies Swearing Out
Warrants-An Albright Racket
The Coroner's Verdict.

ScoTrDALE, Pa. April 21.-The Leis-
enring No. 9 plant of the Frick Coke
Co. has been kept in an uproar con-
tinuously since Saturday night The
works are surrounded by the mob day
and night and explosions of bombs.
firing of guns. blowing horns and beat
ing of cans can be heard at all hours
The whole community seems to be
dazed, and no one knows what moment
the worst may come.
The coke companies have sworn out
injunctions against thirty-three of the
leaders and also instituted criminal pro-
ceedings against them. The injunction
papere and warrants have been placed
in the hands of the sheriff and con-
stables, but they claim to be powerless
to serve them without the assistance of
troops.
Yesterday afternoon the coroner's
jury announced its verdict in the Moore
wood riot case as follows: THAT the
deceased came to his death at Moore
wood on Thursday morning, April Q,
1891, about o'clock, by bullet dis
charged from a gun or revolver in the
hands of the deputies of the sheriff of
Westmoreland county" This applies
to each man killed in the riot
Two outbreaks occurred in Fayette
county yesterday afternoon, one of
which resulted in the call to arms of
company C. Their appearance was.
however, sufficient to restore order.
The cause of the trouble was an at
tempt by Sheriff Mccormick to evict
two Slavs, Joe Hartman and Andrew
Dunchko, at the Leith works
The sheriff was met by a mob of
women, armed with hatchets and other
weapons, their husbands being in the
background. The mob kept the sheriff
at bay for nearly an hour and he mar
rowly escaped their fury, being forced
to back up against the house and face
the women. Finally he sent for the
militia, when the crowd quickly dis
persed. One of the strikers was so
angry at his wife for assisting in the
assault that he kicked her violently and
then assisted the sheriff in carrying out
the goods from the house. Quiet was
restored before the troops reached the
scene.
Yesterday Deputy Chick arrested
twenty-six strike leaders at West Leis-
enring for conspiracy. When he got
them on the train to take them to
Uniontown Jail their wives and friends
to the number of fifty also boarded the
train. They refused to pay their fare
to the conductor. The deputy offered
to pay for those under arrest. but for
no others. The conductor finally or
dered the train to be side tracked and
cut the engine loose. and with few
others boarded the engine and proceed
d to Uniontown, leaving the crowd to
vacate the train on the side track at
their leisure The Pennsylvania rail-
| road is now expected to take hand in
the fight
There was report in circulation last
| evening that Pinlserton detectives
would be imported into the region and
stationed at works where efforts were
| being made to resume.
| John McSloy, worthy foreman OF the
United mine workers. has had Super
| intendent j. A. Esser. of the Lessen
ring, and three subordinates arrested
on charges of conspiracy, shooting with
intent to kill and assault and battery.
They are under 81, 600 bail.
Late last night telephone message
| was sent from Lamont to Leisenring
No 2, notifying the deputies and com
pany officials there that $50 strikers had
left Lamont for Leisenring and n riot
| was imminent
While John Cope, an Englishman,
who had been working at Moorewood,
was returning home he was suddenly
attacked by three young toughs who
first accused him of "blacklegging" and
then beat him brutally. He recovered
| sufficiently to make an information,
| charging John Barrett, son of Mike
| Barrett, one of the local labor leaders,
with assault. He did not recognize the
other two men.