Evening journal., 1891-01-02
A FIGHT IN A FURNACE.
Bloodshed at Braddock on New
Years Day.
THE EIOTOus ROUGHs ROUTED.

THE EIOTOUs ROUGHS ROUTED.
About BOO Striking Hungariana Attack
Thompson steel Works and Terrible
Battle Ensues and Many Heads Broken.
PrTTsBURG. Jan. 2--The first day Of 1891
at Braddock and the Edgar Thompson
Steel works furnaces will be known as one
of bloodshed. Seven hundred men, mostly
Hungarians and Irish, engaged in a fierce
riot. II was the result Of an attempt to
inaugurate a strike there on the part Of
500 Hungarians. Some of their number
had refused to stop work, and the strikers
demanded that they should 60 out They
still refused, and an assault followed.
There was quite skirmish, during which
several men received slight scars aud
scratches, but the disturbers were soon
repulsed and they left the place.
Then they went to their homes In Dugan's
Hollow, where the bulk of the Hungarian
population reside, and laid the plans for
the outbreak, which terminated seriously
and probably fatally yesterday afternoon.
The Second Attack.
Shortly before o'clock 200 Hungarians
arrived with clubs. revolyers, pick handles,
axes and other weapons, and marched into
the furnace, where nearly 600 men were
working Those at work were taken un-
awares by the invaders, who made a rush.
Inside Of five minutes a battle wrs in pro-
gress all over the furnace. The Hungarians
had the advantage for time, although
they were fewer in numbers than the
others. They kept together while the work.
men were scattered about the furnace.
The latter did their best TO defend them
selves, but were not armed and could do
nothing but run. They were forced TO one
side OF the works and then they punched
themselves
The Hnngarians Routed.
The battle became more fierce 1t was a
| general set to- Men were battered over
their heads with shovels, axes. clubs and
anything that was available, and these
weapons made some ugly wounds. When
/ those who were assaulted got together they
were Joined by other workmen from the
steel works and all other departments Of
/ the mill, and in few minutes the Hun
/ garians began to find themselves over
| powered. They ran out Of the furnace on
the side next TO the river and started up
the bank They were followed by the pur-
suing and thoroughly enraged workmen,
who hurled clubs, stones and pieces of
cinders after them, chasing them all the
way to Port Perry.
In the mean time excitement incident
to the riot spread over Braddock like wild
fire. In a short time the steel works and
furnaces were surrounded by an excited
crowd numbering fully 5000
Two win Probably Die.
There were about twenty men injured,
OF which only six we're seriously hurt. OF
these two are expected 70 die. Patrick
INLAND, the yard boss, was probably the
most seriously injured He was caught in
the jam when the two crowds came TO-
gether and was frightfully beaten about
the head and shoulders. He was carried
TO his house near by on a stretcher
where one Of the company's doctors waa
hastily summoned and dressed the wound
Michael Quinn, a workman, who was en-
gagged at one OF the furnaces when the Hun
garians made their raid, was injured as
seriously as INLAND, and is thought to bs
fatally hurt The nature Of his injuries i:
explained by Quinn's own account OF the
affair He said; Eazg
A Participants Account.
II was at my furnace when these Hunga
rians rushed into the mill like lot Of wild
animals. Everything had been reasonably
quiet all the forenoon, and we were not ex
pecting their visit / tried to defend my.
self. but It was no use, and we were scat
tered so that we could not do anything
with the men until they got us over to the
upper side Of the furnace. Four of the
Hungarians knocked me down and beat
me with clubs. One Of them had a shovel
with which he struck me three times in the
head and twice in the side. They all acted
like a lot Of brutes. There was no occa
sion for the trouble, except that the Hun
garians thought they could force us to sup
port their strike"
A Policeman Disarmed.
Thomas Jennings, policeman, who ran
into the furnace when the riot began and
attempted to arrest one Of the Hungarians
was seized by a lot Of them and disarmed
His revolver and mace were taken from
him, and he was thrown headlong out oi
the mill. A strange part of it is that, SC
far as can be learned, only one Of the Hun
garian crowd was hurt. His name is ia
cob Klobnosky. He was thrown off q
trestle about fifteen feet high by number
Of the workmen and trampled into a pill,
Of sand in one Of the furnaces.
This strike has some remarkable aud pc
culiar features In it there is arrayed or
ganized skilled labor against the lowes
grade Of unorganized labor The formel
are content with the sliding scale which
the association has signed, and are willing
to accept the reduction under which thu
season of 1891 opens.
The latter, composed Of unorganizec
Hungarians who are workmen Of the com
monest order, are unwilling to abide by
the scale, which has worked here thus fai
advantageously to the workmen, notwith
standing the present reduction.
Under Martial Law.
Several Of the officials of the works wer,
also attacked by the rioters. General Man
ager Schwab was also injured. The towI
OF Braddock and the Edgar Thompson
furnaces are now under martial law an,
are guarded by several hundred deputies
Shortly after the riot Sheriff McCandles
arrived from Pittsburg and took posses
sion of the town and works. Two hun
dred workmen were sworn in as deput,
sheriffs, and probably that many or a
many more men as are needed will b
sworn in as deputies today. There are bu
500 Of the Hungarians. and as soon as tn
sheriff gets all his deputies sworn ir b.
will have no trouble in keeping the Hun
under control. So far six Of the rioter
have been arrested and brought TO Pitts
burg and placed in Jail. Others will b,
arrested as they come to the Office to &c