New-York tribune., 1891-04-24
FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN
MORE RIOTING AND BLOODsHED IN THE
COKE REGIONS.
THE SHERIFF OF FAYETTE COUNTY ASSAULTED
AND sHoT-HE PLUCKILY HOLDS MOB AT
BAY WITH HIS REVOLVER - SHOOT
ING MEN AND woMEN-ExcIr-
ING EVICTION SCENES.
ING EVICTION SCENES.

ING MEN AND woMEN-EXCIT-
ING EVICTION SCENES.
Pittsburg. April 23.-A dispatch from Union
town, Penn, says: This was one OF the Ihosv
troublesome and exciting days since the great
coke strike inaugurated. serious riot oc-
CURED at Monarch this morning, ana ahoOner was
reported this afternoon, in which IL was S1lu nNe
men and two women had been killed Fortunately,
however this report of a second riot was "lohouV
foundation, though the riot of to-day resulted In
the probably fatal wounding Of one man and the
serious injury of a woman. The Sheriff of Fay
cite County with his deputies has been dehed'
and the Sheriff himself assaulted, shot IN the
hand and beaten and cut with an axe IN the
hands of an infuriated Hungarian woman Since
the ugly Morewood affair the women have taken
the principal part in defying deputies, the men
either preferrng TO obey the orders OF their lead
ers and remain inactive, or thinking the oherll
and troops would not be so Severe where women
led the attacks
This morning Sheriff Mccormick and his
deputies went to Lesenrng NO. 3 to evlct ten
families of striking Slavs, and as was their eN-
perience at Adelaide yesterday, they had oloody
battle with an infuriated mob Of men ana women
The majority of the company houses at Lessen
ring No 3 are situated on a beautiful plateau of
works in the valley, three or four hundred feet
below, and in orGer to reach the houses, the Sherlh
and his deputies had to march several hundred
yards I'D a steep road fronting the company store
at which point he ordered the militia, which came
I'D with him from Trotter, TO remain until they
were needed. 1t about IL o'clock when the
Sheriff and his deputies reached house No. 10,
occupied by Thomas TaT. The Sheriff at once
read the writ Of eviction to Tarr, and by the
! time he was through with it a crowd OF 300 or
400 men and women had collected in front OF the
premises. Tarr, with an oath, declined to cvacu-
ate the dOmice, and, seizing an axe, stood IN
the doorway and defcd the Sheriff to enter Then
the trouble began Men and women yelled de-
iance in broken English and berated the Sheriff
and his deputies in the strongest language they
could command The Sheriff tried to reason with
them, but without avail. Their blood up,
and nothing but first-class battle would satisfy
them.
Andy" Bashko's wife. who lived in the other
half of the house and who had given BIRTH to
child only two days before, hearing the tumult
rushed out and spying the Sheriff, made dive
for him. pistol in hand. The Sheriff saw her
coming, and just as she was about to fire at his
breast, he struck the pistol downward blow with
his left hand, and at the time fired the re-
volver he had in his right hand at her The two
pistols went of simultaneously and both took
effect The Sheriff had shot the woman in the
leShy part of the left thigh, and she had shot
him in the left ankle. The ball, however,
struck him only a gancing blow and
did not do him much injury. The
, shot in the womlns thigh seemed TO
nfuriate her the more, and she
made second dash at the Sheriff. who showed
her back She fell to the ground and was car
| ried into the house in half-uncOnscious condl-
ton by friends. Andy" Blashko seeing that
his wife was being roughly handled, made dash
at the Sheriff with club, but the nervy little
officer was too quick for him, and, taking de-
| berate aim, shot Blashko in the left ankle, the
| bullet making an ugly hole in the flesh and
| shverng the bone. BY this time the Shenhs
| blood was up, and with cooked revolver, A
cabre, in either hand stood with his back
against the end Of the house, informed the mob
that the first one who made move toward him
he would shoot and shoot to kill. For
moment the crowd held back; then Martin
Scroup;a, who lives at Leisenrng No. /,
left the crowd and rushed at the
Sheriff with huge club uplifted The Sheriff
waited until Scroupka got within five feet of him
and then fired The shot took effect, the bullet
striking Scroupka in the mouth, knocking out two
Of his teeth, and lodging somewhere in the
back part of his mouth. The wounded Slav
wheeled and started TO run along the end of the
house. and the Sheriff followed him firing as rap
idly as he could. But none of the shots hit the
fugitive Some one shouted to the Sheriff to
look out, and turning, he saw 1arr, the man on
whom he had served the writ, coming toward him
with an axe. The Sheriff pointed both his revo[
vers at him and Tarr retreated.
By this time Captain Frasher, of Company c,
hearing the shots and the uproar, had brought
the soldiers up the road on doube-quick and their
presence at once queed the rioters and the Sheriff
and his deputies proceeded to the work OF evictlng
and in short time the household effects of thir-
teen strikers were piled in front of 50 many houses
The Sheriff and his deputies accompanied by tine
militia then went to the IrOtter WORKS, located
about one mile west Of New-Ilaven, ana eNlcted
twelve families, all OF whom are EngllS-speaKins'
which task was accomplished with llttle trOuDie.
Sheriff Mccormick arrived here this evening WIN
Thomas Tarr, whom he arrested this morning on d
charge of resisting an officer. larr IS now III
Jail. The Sheriff is pretty lame from the ehectS
of the wound he received in the ankle TINS morn
ing and he is terribly sore from the e1ecis OF
the bruises inflicted upon him by the lnlurlated
mobs he has been among for the last two days,
but he is feeling iirst-rate. lie says Maruh
Scroupka, whom be shot in the mouth this morn
ing. is badly hurt, but was still living at last
accounts Andy" Blashko and wife are DOth III
bed the latter suffering from the nervous shock
she received more than from her wound lie also
saws that twenty families Will be eNlcte1 AZ
M0rgan's Works tomorrow, ana tweNe at D.au- DIN
ford He expects trouble, but says he Is getting
used TO it, Everything is quiet at LelsenrIhe 40,
> Several new men went to WORK IN tHt InlnVS @
there to-day, and while the flnkeftOns are OH
duty no trouble is anticipated. Inc woman Anne
DominieI who was reported killed at Adelaide
Yesterday is recovering slowly, bat her injuries
are serious heing ugly plstOl-shot IN the
neck The Hungarians are loud ID their deS
for