The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-05-01
A LIVELY SCRIMMAGE.
Sheriff Mccormick of Pennsylvania
Earns His Salary.

Last Thursday morning, Sheriff Nc
Cormick and his deputies wen. to Leisen-
ring No. 3 to evict ten families Of striking
Slavs, and had bloody battle with IN
Infatuated mob OF men and women. II
was about II o'clock when the sheriff and
his deputies reached house No. los, occu-
pied by Thomas Tarr. The sheriff at once
read the writ Of eviction TO Tarr, and by
the time he was through with II crowd
OF about 100 men and women had collected
in front OF tho premises. Tarr, with an
oath, declined TO cvacuate the domicilc,
and raising an axe stood In the doorway
and deiled the sheriff TO enter.
Then the trouble commenced. Men and
women In broken English yelled defiance
and berated the sheriff and his deputies In
the strongest language they could COM
mand. Tho sheriff tried TO reason with
them but without avail. Their blood Was
up and nothing but u first class battle
would satisfy them. Andy Blasko's wife,
who lived In the other half Of tho house,
and who had given birth to child only
ten days before. hearing the tumult,
rushed out and spying tho sheriff, made Q
dive for him. pistol In hand. Tho sheriff
saw her coming and Just rs she was about
to fire at his breast he struck tho pisto. .
downward blow with his left hand and at
the same time fired the revolver he had In
his right hand ut her. The two pistols
went on simultaneously aud both took
effect. The sheriff had shot the woman In
the ileshy part OF the left thigh md she
had shot him In tho left ankle. The ball,
however. only struck him glancing lick,
and did no, do him much injury. Tho
shot in the womRn's thigh seemed TO in
furiate her the more ind she made 4
second dash at tho sheriff, who showed bcr
back. She fell TO tho ground and was
carried TO tho house In half unconsciou
condition by friends.
Andy Blasko, seeing that his wife was
being roughly handled made dash nj tho
sheriff with u club, but tho ncrvy little
ofiieer was too quick for him, and taking
deliberate aim, shot Biasko In tho loft
ankle, the bullet making au ugly hole In
the flesh md shiverinH the bone. By this
time tho ahcrif's blood WAS up and with
u cooked revolver forty four calibcr) In
either hand stood with his back against
the end Of tho house and informed tho
mob that the first one who made . move
towards him he would shoot and shoot 10
kill. For u moment tho crowd held back.
then Martin Schroupka, who lives In
Lciscnrlng No. !, left tho crowd aud
rushed NJ tho sheriff with Q huge club
upllftod. Tho sheriff waited until Schroup-
kA got within i've feet Of him aud then
fired. Tho shot took effect, the bullet
striking Schrouplsa 10 tho mouth, knock.
Ing out two OF his back teeth and lodging
somewhere In the back part OF his mouth.
The wounded Slav then started to run
along tho end Of tho house and tho sheriff
followed him, firing As rapidly rs no
| could, but none Of tho shots hit the SlAv,
SOMEONE shouted 70 tho shorir 70 look out
and turning no Jaw Tarr, tho man on
| whom he had served tho writ, coming
toward him with an axe. Tho sheriff
| polluted both OF his rcvolvers ut him aud
IArr rctrcatod.
by this time Captain Frazier Of Com
pany ", hearing tho shots and tho upronr
hal brought tho soldiers w tho road on
| doIblc quick, and their presence At once
| qusllcd tho rioters, aud tho hhcr,R and his
deputies proceeded ~ tho work OF eviction
| mud In . very short time tho household
effects OF thirtcen strikers were piled In
front Of 30 many housc Tho shrrifY and
hts deputies, aecomp snied by tho militia,
then went TO tho Trottnr works. located
about o milo west OF New Haven, and
eylc,ed twelve families, ali OF wno,n wcro
Epgiish.spcaklnv, which task was accom-
pli.hed with little trouble,