The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-21
SITUATION CRITICAL.
More Rioting MomentariIy Ex'
pected in the Coke Region.
THE WOMEN TAKING A HAND,
And Making Things Warm for the
shcrlns-.Fears that an Outbreak
VIII Occur soon.-Late News
Not at all Encouraging.

ECOTTDALR, Pa, Aprl 2u.-hloEDR ny
the strikers continues in the coke re-
cions. The Leisinring No. 2 plant Of
the Frick Coke Company has been kept
in an uproar continuously since satur-
day night. The works are surrounded
by the mob day and night. Explosions
Of bombs, firing Of guns, blowing Of
horns and beating Of cans can be heard
At all hours. The whole community
,eems TO be dazed aud no one knoWs
what moment the worst may come.
The coke company has sent out In
formation against 80 Of the leaders and
also instituted criminal charges against
them. The injunction papers and war.
rants have been placed in the hands Of
the gheTiG and constables, but they
claim to be powerless to servethem with.
out the assistance OF the troops. The
iniunCtions instituted agRinst 40 strikers
by SChoonmaker 4 Co., came up this
morning, but were postponed until the
June term OF court at the request OF the
defendsnis who were not ready. The
Rsme course will be pursued in the
Rainey Injunction cases, which come up
In tho United SEatGscourt in Pittsburgh
to-day.
There were no eviCtions at Morewood
to-day, owing to a legal hitch, the
notices having been dated Sunday. It
ia probable the strikers will leave their
houses quietly. The company reports
1O4 men at work at Morewood to-day.
Painters plant is running full, and at the
Black Hill mines another block OF ovens
was started.
THE WOMEN LEAD.
Throughout the coke region the women
generally are leading and most bitter In
their attacks on the deputies. Hereto
lore they have been silent, but when
eyiCtors attacked their homes the for
eign women especially were driven wild.
during several squabbles to-day couple
Of deputies were struck with stones ana
one was cut on the arm while pushing
his way through crowd: But lew
eyiCticns were made, as the Shsrits eVt'
dently fear opposition, and are gather
ing larger forces Of deputies.
There is a report in circulation this
evening that Pinkerton deteCtives will
be imported into the region and sta
toned at the works where efforts are
being made to resume. Master Work" |
man Wise is at Whitney tonight to give
passages to a number ofimported Italians
who are desirous Of leaving that point.
sHKRlFp's EXPERIENCE.
A special from Uniontown says: The
boys Of Company &c" spent quiet
night at the armory, and the forenoon
was passed without incident, but they
were startled at $3.50 O'clack this alter. |
noon by an order from Sheriff McCor'
mick, to move at once TO Leith. This
was Immediately counteimanded to the |
great relief Of the soldiers. The trouble
al Leith arose over the determination ot
Andy Dunsko not 10 be evicted peac,
ably aud Andy was backed up by all the
Hungarian women in the neighborhood,
The Sheriff rushed to the company OH
cea, armed himself and sent deputy to |
hurry up the troops, but the women
begged him to reconsider.
Deputy Crawford went to Leisenring
No. 9 to-day to serve the Injunction pa.
ObTh ON % Vi tIle bttlAeio oAkokSSe 80
riot there Saturday morning. Close In
his wake came Constable Chick to arrest
the rioters. Twenty six OF the latter
were arrested and taken on board the
train by the constable, when their wives
and the wives of other strikers to the
number OF 40 or so poured into the two
coaches and took possession. The wo.
men refused TO pay their fare, and theY
Teiused to get OF, and the train men, al.
ter making a number Of Intellectual Of.
forts to unload them, finally ran the
train on side track, cut off the coaches
prisoners and all, and came on the en-.
gine To Vance's Mills Junction and re-
ported the situation to railroad head
Late tonight telephone message was
Sen t from Lemont to Leisenring No. :,
notifying the deputies and company ON
cials there that 25O strikers had Just lett
Lemont for LeisonrinE and riot is i'm
minent