The sun., 1891-04-03
RIOTERS MEET BULLRYD
Ton Strikers Killed and Forty Wsundel
In the Cske Regions.
STATE MILITIA ON TIRE SCENE.

A Night Attack on the Morswood Plant
Repulssd by Armed Men.
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Grave situatio.-Ths worknsa h Anssv
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M, PLnAsANr. Pa. April 9.-Msstial IN pee.
walls In the coke rsGion tonight The 0Aegt6 q
WestmorelAnd county. IN his efforts 10 peeeese
the property Of the n. O. Yrisk Coke 0onpAny.
found II nsesssary to-day 70 nFs o. mob Il
nearly 900 striking workmsn. who had begun
10 destroy the plant Of the Norwood Wssts iA
the darkness Of early moFnink. Ten msA Weeo
Killed. ana at least forty were Woanded Net
one os those killed Wa shot In the bask. The
stdksts were led b. music.
when liGht began to dawn the soPaaeA
strikers demanded their dead. Ths 0hsga6
could no loneee pressrvs he peasA He
telsgraphsd The Governor eoe tAs militia
They came late tonight, and Q piskst lins Il
soldiera snoireies the works aAd . REGIMENT
IN reserve keeps order s
For the past three months mobs and mee
violence have been frequent here. Thsssaads
OF desperate 6lav aud Hun strikers have hsSn
engaged In etrueels for shorter heuss aAl
more Day. Twice this week the miners. in
their resort 70 force. have bssn led by women.
uses.liks In their fsrooisy and defiance The
mob to-day was composed Of men only. On
the hills. swinging lanterns and waving
torches. were the women and hundreds Of isl.
lev workmsn. encouraging the men and
watching Tor the result
eixty-dvs deputy shsrifie euasdsd he works
and awaited the strikers with lowered via.
shssters The mob had out the telegraph end
telephone wires. They were making tot tAs
Norwood workA whore MINING had been eudng
On allday. and from whieh nvs cars Of coke hal
been shtppsd avay. ~ tAs noisy. defiant
crowd passsd the oompany's store they broke
II opsn. raidsd Il. and destroyed much Of IL
eontsnte. Then they passed to the works.
They broke down the eAtss.
Thrice Cart LoAr. In command OF the guafd.
ordered theln to halt His answer was three
shots. None Of his men wss hurt The order
to nrs ranR out In the darkness some Of tie
rioters vsre sssn 70 fell. 4 second vollsy fos-
lowed Moro nsn fsll. and then the rioters asd
In the night Not oaly wsrs they dssperass.
but they were brave. All had bssa killsd
facing the guard.
All lass night the strikers marched b saa
fro On the lona and uneven main street Of M
Pleasant It wAs aos . drunken crowd A
cheer oocasionally hroks forth. but for no sp-
parent cause. As the night wore On their
numbaes incrsassd and b. midnight nearly
1000 men and beys were IN llnA Il sssnsA b
b jolltfytag crowd expecting . VICTORY II
their strike beass bAad and two, deuR
oosps made musie for the marchsrs.
There was little In The bsaring Of the mes =
indicate that thsy were narshalled for the
murdsrous assault which sams In the mosaine.
Their ranks were Increased rapidly. Ons q
those who WAS wounded IN the riot. howsvsf.
declares that he was ordered out Of bis bed b.
one OF the leaders OF the mob. who msneesl
him with . hatohst Many others say they
were unwilling participants In tho affair.
II was not long after nidniaht whoa muttsr.
tnes were heard In the ranks. Hot heads wees
Wrestling the lead from the cooler leadAsA
Considerable LIQUOR had been drunk. and aa
assault upon the Friok Compsnys works wAs
urged. lot come what niGht Cooler ones bot.
tied against such course. and for while is
looked - II their oouussls would prevail but
BY O'Clock this morning the rtosins faction
had gained the asosndsncy. Their war cry
was: To Morewoodi to Morewood"
Not later than $3.50 the mob was On route to
the Frick Oompsny's Norwood plant whsre
las deputies were silently patrollins the yards.
The rioters formed In two squads. They wero
armed with iron bars. revolvers and stones.
The hrst numbered between 400 and 500 men,
and marched to the music Of two drums ocYps.
The second squad. which Numbered several
hundred more. was led by brass band. The
second squad did not figure In the trouble.
The distance from this place to The works II
about . mile. It did not take the mob long 70
cover the ground and appear In sight Of tie
woSkh They announced their arrival By Q
chorus Of defiant yslls The guarding dspu.
ties realised that there Was serious woHk
tAlions called their men toesthss aaa
gave hurried Instructions By some it
had been believed that the mob was
out merely to show it, strength and with ae
expectation Of making An attack. The 500 msn
In the arst squad swept past the advance piok.
cts without ANY demonstrAtioa. AZ the fence
lust beyond the company's once they STOPPED.
out only for mo ent Apparently Of ons %.
cord they passed on bsyond the yarda Hals
the squad had passed bsyoad the yardA where
Il halted and thea turned back.
A~vossoB eAO 1~AsAAS sAAO MS0OAoVD WV W.
pSosohsd the fsacs Leading 10 the bAsnyarl
Above ths roar Of the rtotsSs wAs heard the
voice OF Capt Loar at the 1Ats Of ths bAsnyard
commanding the mob 10 dispAssA
"OhsckL" ssid the Captain 70 the Sorolgnsrs,
His words wsat unhsedsd. Three times Capt
Losr ordered them to stop. They were TOO n.
fusistsd. and aaswsssd With several shots.
Several Of the siotsrs made neve ~ Il 70
climb the fsnoa Then came Tie word "yiss."
In m instant aftssa rides wsee lsvsllsd at
the mob and fifteen bullets sped on thsis
eourss. The Rioters halted and sssond volisy
wss heard The rsaks Of ths attasktas party
were broken. and leaving the road ths men
broke through tho 6slds 70 The risht Of the
works and only few Of them rsnaiasd to
ssnd . parting shot ct the deputies. The
isuss WA swept away - though II were not
khsrs ct al and the riotsrs, completely routed.
moved rapidly toward NJ Pleasant
A. the mob rushed back. the deputies ON
zuard wsrs rsSaforsed BY others from different
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