The record-union., 1891-04-05
THE COKE REGIONS.
No Material Change in the Situa-
ton at Mount Pleasant.
THE MILITIA ON GUARD TO PRE-
VENT ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Seven of the Victims of the Raid
Buried at Scottdale-Four Thousand
Workmen Follow the Remains to
the Cemetery-Everythi Passed
Off in an Orderly Manner-Large
Mass Meeting Held at Eyerson.
Special to the SUNDAY UNION.

Special to the SUNDAY UNION.
MOUNT PLEASANT Penn.), April A.
The situation in the coke regions has not
materially changed. The feeling prevails
that as long as the militia remains there
Will be no more lawlessness. 1t is hoped
that the strike will be settled before they
are called home, for there are fears that
depredations will be renewed as soon as
their backs are turned.
The feeling among the strikers is in
tensely bitter, but they are careful to
commit no overt act, and content them
selves with scowling at the militia, muir
muring in unintelligible tongues.
Some apprehensions were felt that an
outbreak would occur at the funeral of
the victims this afternoon.
Every precaution was taken to prevent
trouble. The saloons were closed for the
day, and five companies of the Eigh-
teenth Regiment, under the command
of Colonel Smith, are now on the
grounds.
From O'Clock yesterday morning un-
til 10 O'Clock to-day an unbroken line of
foreigners, about one in ten of whom
could speak English, filed around the
bier upon which the dead lay. Sobs and
grOans were heard on every side Crowds
collected about clothing which the vic
TINS had worn, and, judging from the ac-
tons of those who composed the crowds,
they will prove vipers to the men who
did the shooting. There is a feeling
| among the citizens that the lives of Cap
tain Loar and his deputies will be in
jeopardy should the militia be with
drawn. There is no doubt that the strikers
are determined to wreak vengeance event
ually upon the people responsible for the
death of their countrymen.
ALL QUIET.
MOUNT PLEASANT PENN, April A.
All is quiet here to-day. The streets are
now deserted; most of the Huns have
quietly departed for Scottdale during the
night.
The coke company is not making any
effort to get men to fill the places of the
strikers.
a peculiar feature of the situation is
that although the men have been out of
work for over one month, they still seem
TO have considerable money, and from
outward appearances are not suffering
| from anything.
In the Mount Pleasant Bank there is a
large list of depositors whose savings
range from $50 to $1,000. OF this money
very little has been withdrawn. How
these people live without drawing money
/ 1t is difficult for Americans TO under
stand. To those who have no money
labor organizations furnish small sums.
The strike is likely to continue indefi-
nitely.
LABOR LEADERS BLAMED.
PITTsBURG, April 4.-H. c. Frick, the
coke operator, says the outbreak in the
coke regions should be laid to the door of
cunning labor leaders, who, for selfish
purposes, melted them to riot. He denies
importing any man.
FJTNERAJ, OF THE VICTIMS
SCoTTDALE Pa), April "A special
funeral train bearing the bodies of seven
victims OF the Morewood shooting arrived
here at $3.50. The public square was not
spacious enough to hold the great crowds
of people.
The procession moved at 4 o'clock,
headed by two bands. There were fully
5000 people at the depot, but scarcely
half this number went to the cemetery,
and large majority of those that did fol-
low the remains were Poles, Slavonians
and Hungarians. American flags were
conspicuous, and number of delega-
tionS carried banners The worlrnen
nearly all wore badges and Grape.
Fathers Lambing and Schmeigle con-
Quoted the funeral services according to
the rites of the Catholic Church. and
Father Schmeigle delivered an address
in the Polish language, counseling his
countrymen to return peaceably to their
b.
stain from intOXicantS and shun saloons.
Rev. Lambing made brief address in
English to the same effect
There was not the least disturbance.
and everything passed off i'll a manner
credltable to the workmen.
After the funeral great mass meeting
was held at EVerson. The speeches were
conservative in tone, but the men were
encouraged TO remain steadtast. The re-
sponsibility of the Morewood shooting.
Vice-President Penna said, was on the
shoulders of the guards and the coke
companies.
The town is quiet tonight and the large
crowds have gone to their homes
Secretary Watchorn of the union, is in
dignant over the reported interview with
III. G. Frick, in which the latter placed
the responsibility for the present trouble
on demagogic leaders. Watchorn saws
he will have af1idavits by Monday to
show that Frick paid for the passage of
the workmen from Europe to America.
He further asserts that many of the men
were forced TO go into the mines against
their will by armed men.
A sensation was caused here TODAY
when four men, masked and armed, en-
tered the electric light plant and asked if
that was the office of II. c. Frick & Co.
When the clerk replied in the negative,
the men stated that they intended to burn
Frick's office. They left the place and
have hot since been seen.
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