Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-27
By Non.Union Men Who Took the
Places of Those Who Went Out
at the BraddOck Wire Works.
A ROW AND THEN A FEW BULLETS.
Outcome of Bitter Fight Between the
Company and the Amalgamated
Association.
THE MEN WERE ON THEIR PICKET DUTY.
No Ore Allowed to Get the Prisoners Side Of the Case
After They Were Locked Up.

The strike in the mill Of the Braddock
Wire Company, at Braddock, yesterday
resulted in what may be murder.
The feeling between the strikers and the
men who have taken their places has been at
a feyerIsh heat ever since the first of the
present month. The cooi-headed leaders on
both sides have compelled the hot heads to
be Quiet, but it has been hard work to re-
strain the strikers.
The peace that has lasted since the f rst
of the month, the beginning of the strike,
was broken yesterday morning when two
men were shot. Ever since that time the
strikers have made it their business to induce
the non-union men to leave the mill. Com
mittees were detailed to intercept the men
as they left their days work, and induce
them either to join the union or to quit
work and return home.
Two Men Receive Wounds.
1t was yesterday morning about O. clock
when the night shift went off. Many of the
employees since the strike live in the mills.
Others board in the town some distance from
the works. At that hour four or five left
the mills, and went up the Pemicky Rail
road track, where they were met by several
strikers The story goes that one of the
strikers called out:
eHello, do you work at the wire millY"
Yes" responded one of the men.
"Then come here, we want to talk to
you."
The men came together, and then it was
that the shooting occurred. Who started it,
or why it was started, those who can tell
will not do so. At all events there were
number of shots fired, and the result was
that George Holiday was shot In the side.
and the ball lodged in the vicinity of his
kidneys. DIR. Carothers says he may die.
John Trainor Shot in the Head.
A ball struck John Trainor in the middle
of the forehead, and, travelling round his
scalp, came out at the rear, infiIcting most
painful, but at the same time wound that
will not prove fatal.
The assaulting party ran away, and Hob
day, who fell TO the railroad track when
shot, was taken to Gorham's Hotel, in the
west end of Braddock, where he boarded.
Trainor who lives on Main street, just opposite
where the shooting occurred. walked home
without assistance. 1t was thought that Hob
day was going to die, and Squire HOFFMAN
was called TO take his anre-mortem statement.
AT the same time Two physicians were also IN
attendance. DR.. Carothers. after making an
examination, advised HOLIDAY to tell all he
knew, believing that death was before him.
HOLIDAY refused to make aI ante-mortem
statement. insisting that he was not going to
die, and that he would have the opportunity or
prosecuting the man who shot MN. rIhep ne
told the Squire that he thought 1t was Edward
I'rar hn Shn hiun
would not let him talk.
1t was Trainor who told the strikers side oil
the story. He said: HOLIDAY myself and an
other man were watching for the men coming
from the mill. We saw several whom we knew
had just left the mill. and when they
got near us L asked whether they were
know how it happened. but just at that time
the men turned, and, drawing their revolvers,
fired. Why they fired don't know We were
not armed and made no attempt to hurt them.
When they fired they were fully 80 feet away.
We started to run ana they kept firing at u.s."
The Other Side of the Story.
The other side of the story is told by Chief of
Police Spangler who would not allow anyone
to see his prisoners in the Braddock lookup
He said it would be violation of all the rules
of the Braddock Jail to let person within those
sacred precincts to talk 10 prisoner. He
kindly volunteered to say however, that Tracy
acknowledged to having empried his revolver
| and having again reloaded. Glenn said he had
also shot several times. Lipkow had nothing
! to say.
| information that Tracy charged that the as
| saut had been made by Holiday and Trainor,
and that the latter had opened fire upon them
before they had returned it.
| A visit to the mill of the Braddock Wire
| Company resulted in the reporter being told
that there was no information to be cleaned
ne nst to be fened and
| in charge conld fell nothing about the tragedy.
One of the officials in the office volunteered the
remark that he knew nothing about the shoot
| ing, except that which he had heard. He
| thought that the strikers would make a great
| point about the shooting, but that it would not
| amount to anything.
| Pinkerton's detectives have had charge of the
| works ever since the strike, and in
| some cases they escort the men who do not live
| in the works to their homes. Up to yesterday
| morning there has never been any trouble, the
strikers contining themselves simply to their
persuasive powers
Strikers to Be Arrested.
| Judge Ewing yesterday issued an attachment
! for the arrest of three Of the strikers at the
| Braddock Wire Companys works for contempt
| of court in dsregarding the injunction issued
! against them. The injunction was issued at
| the suit of the Braddock Wire Company to re-
strain a number of the strikers from gathering
about the works and interfering with the
! workmen in the mill.
Afidavits were filed yesterday by the wire
company stating that while the greater mum.
| Der of those named in the injunction had
| obeyed the order and remained away, others
| had taken their places and continued the uls-
| turbances. Three Of the strikers on whom the
| injunction had been served, w. Seinweg. D.
| Mclaughlin and John Tralnor, it is alleged,
! disregarded it and took part in disturbances.
| Against them the attachment was issued, and
! the Sheriff was directed to bring them into
| court forthwith.
| Afidayits we're made against other employees
| and Judge Ewing made an order amending the
| injunction so as to include the names of those
| who had been recognized as taking part in the
| disturbances and gathering about the mill.
| Those added were Frank Stelnweg, Joseph
| Hoffman. Patrick Golden, Jacob Mcmahon,
| George Scott, William Koenig Christ Good.
man, Augustus Leberger. w. Schwunk, b. Nc.
| Crory. Frank Lumbacher, Joseph Sunbacher,
| Louis Stroicke,P Marion and James Ford.