Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-03
TWO PITCHED FIGHTS
ELEyEs HlsGlaIlss SHOT DOM
And Many Mere at fiassn Neasded-Dsp
ss shsrins Pre- tnse the kanks
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PARTS s@S&Is 1T the A. iuss.

AksA-AAS&tSAkf Co. = - - 49,
strike al Morexood has eliminated Ia
two bloody rlotS, ia which eleven ~
the Rioters were killed and tfsy or
more wounded The strikers 10
the number Of 500 gathered
abos, midnight and after spend
ing sone tine II sEdaanstory
talk started Tor tie oomPapys stables
81 Merewooa. reaching there about
O'Clock a II. Aoas Of the rioters would
heed the deputies entreatles and AZ
once made a rush for them In self
defense the deputies opened ire and
killed eight AID wounded twsntE-oss
81 the Ii esgsr IN siIa&srA
At? o'clock another riot war preeip'-
isted, in which three mure EN-s we're
killed and soout twenty-five woynAts-
some OF whom viii, il Is thougAt Use
The sheriff ans tive deputies arrived
home on the 8 9sio<k tsaia, havis-y
two of TIE rioters ia Gust 0cs. ons CT
whom was wornaed IL the leg Both
were lodged 10 jail AL II the liiied
were Poles or + avs except Binero who
was GA Italian None Of them were
naterali-ed. The names II the " eund-
ed are rot oh.a.neS Al are foreigners.
PITTHUEGR. Pa, April 2.-fhe depa-
ties who took par in the not IL ao-s-
wood were all iul grown. experienced
men, aud they were armed - the tecta.
A more deliberate arrangement :or
ccntc mpiated trouble MAS never
made. Wednesday nigh superin-
tendeat Packard summoned his oepa-
ties and tod thea that q raid Was
contemplated on the works he formed
them into line and examined lae IRE
arms OF each oae. he then presented
each man with Winchester rae.
drilled them la the use OF the weaPcn
and ordered them on duty. When they
were retiring Superintendent Packard
said:
81 Will be IN Command. have received pos
tive inform alton TIA, cur works arr &c DC
raiced Ihavo promised protection 10 oar men
ssd must give 1; &c them wles the rsi1srs
come, obsy me-. Fire tie nrst shet into the
air II III. rsiGers 60 cot retreat
FIRE the second saci sns keep
firing whilo yen hsys nrnnun.uen- Protect
the eompany's property, yroiees Tie nen ~
work ane protect your own lives The mar IN
NY employ who runs vii sheet esae o. the
spot Any man Who Ia net willing 70 ACCEPT ny
terms vii: please drop into sAs rear ss6 vta
sens him home under quart"
No one dropped back All the eepu
ties looked grim and serious and await
cd further orders ia every body salts
fed2" asked the superintendent Eyes,
yes" rang out oil along the line Each
man was supplied with twenty-six
cartridges, and under tho command Of
the superintendent were marched 20 .
convenient point
All night long the strikers were pre-
pairing for the raid, Delegations
headed by drum corps marched 90 and
fro TO places Of rendezvous. An oc-
casional pistol shot in the distance was
accepted as mysterious signal
Now aud then rocket flashed
into the air and from an
adjoining hilltop n swinging light
could be seen. The guards did not
were accepted a. evidences Of danger.
however, and the people At and about
the various works did not retire during
the night
II is said that the miners were pre-
pared to blow up the mine at More
wood. Such is the latest development
of the affair There were three parties
of the strikers One cams from
Stoncrville. A railway Waterman
then saw large crewd of
the strikers pass They were
very noisy and were cheering and
shouting as they came along. They had
drums and were constantly beating
them Another party left Norwood
early in the night and marched
to this place. Here they were
met by the party from the
mines around here A meeting was
held. aud il agreed to take some plan
Of action II was after this meeting
that the march was made on the works
Some Of the strikers say that they had
no intention Of doing any damage.
They simply marched TO the works 10
infinidate those wh" were NJ work.
Before the officers fired on the mob q
considerable amount Of the companys
property had been destroyed An ct
tempt was also made TO cut the tele
graph and telephone wires 40 that "a.
governor could not he notified OF tbs
annrchistic work contemplated.
Sheriff Clswson a. once tslcgraphed
/ Gov pattison FOR the militia. "a he
feared the Huns and other rioters, who
number Thousands. woaid arm them
selves. overpower the deputies and kill
them all before they could realize the
situation
GOV. rstfison acted with rrrtHvEr~
( prorrtitude nc has ordered ont two
! regimenss--the TeBth 81 Washington,
and tie Eighteenth. Of Pitts burgb-to
ssse Habse Immediately and - proceed
al Snce 70 tho seene a the nzErderovs
/ riots IN the coke TeRiona II the bsliig-
erept Hume shsw disposition 10 resist
( lawful Authority they viii lie shot down
! like dogs
The cause % the uprising smonr she
strikers was the activity displayed at
the Mcr-~ood works "Wednesday. III.
coke ORA vers kua miners were at work
all DAY. and Eve cars Of coke we're
shipped during ID. DAY This mad. the
strikers desperate, ard an attack wss
determined OF. The rioters eviaeptr
expected 10 surprise the deputies ~hc
were defending the works