The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-25

of state troops, coupled with 4 large con
siunmcnt of relief money. has braccd the
backbone of the lI.0OD strikers still out
and the operators are becoming nervous
SrrrrDALE. Pa. April lS.- Hardly had
the soldiers left the region before the
fears Of the citizens were realized. II
gangs of contcrs again turned loose their
lawlcss passions of hate and revenge.
Throughout the region. all last night.
the earth fairly trcmblcd with IA success
sion of shocks following the explosion of
dynamite bombs at Leiscnrlng. No J of
the t'rick works. crowds Of strikers
gathered on the hill. and at n time
thirty bombs were exploded simultanc-
ously. tearing great holes in the earth.
breaking windows in many houses. and
frightening people for miles around by
the terrific roar. No one was injured,
however. and but little actual damage
was done, the strikers contcnting them
selves with this portcntious warning to
the workers below.
Monday the companies will post notices
that unless the men return to work by
Tuesday. they will no longer be looked
upon as employees. This means that
cheap labor will bc imported, and as scv
cral hundred eviction notices will also
expire the strikers will have a hard week
before them. At Lcisenring Deputy
Sheriff Crawford and a posse were scrv-
ing writs of ciectmcnt when they were
captured 10y an angry mob, and harshly
treated. One deputy named Sonner.was
knocked scnselcss. An effort will be
made next week. with a large force to
evict the strikers and trouble will fol
low. Hundreds are to be turned out.
Today Secretary Parker Of the labor or
ganization ordered a lot of 10000 tents.
which will be used for the shcltcring of
the cvictcd persons. Many of them will
be pitched at Norwood. where the first
cvictions are to occur. others will be set
up at Summit and Lciscnring. At this
writing the men certainly have the best
of it. though they fear the effects Of
cvictions and imported labor next week.
Out Of lG.l2S ovens in the region it is
estimated that l2.lJ1 are extinct and
3,G77 active. only o~nc-scvcnlh of the
active ovens are working under the terms
of the new sliding scale.
CNIoNToWN, Pa. April Is. The out
breaks Of rioters at LciS"nring. Kyle. and
I"ith today, in which was demonstrated
thc weakness oi tn" civil authority in the
face of such MODS as committed dcprrda
tions at these places have forced Sheriff
Mccormick To- du what he has done his
best TO avoid that is. to call ON Gov.
Pattison for military aid. Excitement is
at u high pitch vrf the prospective or
dcrlng out Of the militia. but il is the
universal sentiment that il is the only
safe thing To do. No additional details
have been secured Of the blowing up of
tn" watcr-tank at the Kyle works by dy
Mantle this morning. None of the per
p"trators of the outrage have been dis.
covered. One Of the most daring and
lawlcss acts Of this lawicss strike took
place at Lrith this aftcrhuun. In order
10 dlsprrs" It threatening mob there Dep
utlcs Smith and Rice arrested one OF
them. a young man named John Shatfcr.
and started To take him to jail. His com
p~anlons attacked tn" deputies. beat
them with clubs and stones. aud rescued
Shaffcr. Deputy Smith was severely in
jurcd. He received a number of ugly
bruises ON his body and Il cash on his
head with a knife. 1t is also feared that
Deputy Sanncr, who was injured in the
riot at Lcisenring No. > this morning.
will not recover. The II. G.. trick Coke
company secured a preliminary injunc-
ton against John McStay and thirty
two Others engaged in riotous proceed
ings at Lcisenring No. = last night and
this morning. They set forth that these
men marched up and down where men
were working brandishing rcvolvcrs and
,ntimidatcd and drove men from the
works and thcn assaulted the deputies.
~ScoTTpAI.E. Pa, April ~. Rioting by
strikers continues in the coke regions
Lrlscning No. } plant Of the Frick Coke
company has been kept in AN uproarcon
tinuousIy since Saturday night. The
works are surrounded by a mob dav and
night. Explosions Of bombs. firing of
guns. blowing of horns and beating Of
cans "A be heard AT all hours. The
whole community seems to be dazed and
no one knows what moment the worst
may come. The coke companics have
sworn out ~injunctions against thirty
three Of the leaders and also instituted
criminal charges against them. I@njunc-
ton papers and warrants have been
placed in the hands of the sheriff and
constables, but they seem to be power
less to serve them without the assistance
OF troops. The injunction suits instituted
against forty strikers by Schoonmakcr
IL Go. came up this morning but were
postponed until the June term of court.
The coroner's jury assembled al Mount
Pleasant at 10 o'clock this morning to
consider the evidence in the Moorewood
case, and this afternoon announced the
following verdict:
"Iha deceased came to his death at
Moorewood on Thursday morning. April
=. 1891. at about - O'Clock. by a bullet
discharged from a gun or revolver in the
hands Of deputies Of the sheriff OF West
moreland county"
This applies to each man killed in the
riot.
There were no evictions at Morcwood
this morning owing to a legal hitch, the
notices being dated Sunday. 1t is proba-
BILE the strikers will leave their houses
peaceably. The Painters plant is run