Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-03
FROM THE UNION STANDPOINT.

Tho Labor Leaders Call 1t Murder, and
Get Out Warrants for Deputies.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 3.-Vice Presi-
dent Penna and Executive Committeeman
Hays, of the United Mine workers, ar.
rived in this city last night and went into
conference with members OF the order.
Mr.. Penna, In speaking Of what he learned
at the scene Of the riot, said: when our
evidence is developed Americans will
stand aghast. Personal spite is responsi
Die Tor the occurrence. In the coke region
the men go to work early. The marching
apont OK the strikers is to strengthen
weak-kneed ones and for the moral effect
on non-union men. 1t would be useless
Tor the strikers to march about after the
men had gone into the mines. In nv
OPINION the men had no intention of com,
uniting any overt act.
Woman's Account of the Affair.
Mrs. Mary Busko. who lives about
hrty feet from the scene of the riot, told
me this: AS the men came down the road
ana got nearly opposite the store one
striker fired a revolver in the air. The
strikers went on down the road to the
bridge. guard shouted to the men to
stop, and without giving the men time to
come to stand, some one in charge gave
the order to fire. The order was obeved.
ana one of the guards shouted: johnny,
"hat are you doing and repeated this. , "
warrants Issued for the Deputies
MT PLEASANT, Pa, April 3.-Peter
Wise and Mike Barrett asked Justice Nc
Williams yesterday afternoon to issue
warrants for the arrest of the deputies ON
guard at Norwood on a charge of muir.
der. The justice said he was not clear in
the matter and refused to issue the war
rants. Wise appealed to another justice
and he also refused. Vice President
Penna, Of the United Mine workers
characteriZes it as an outrage. He saws
none of the men killed was found on com
pany property. Every one WAS found "
ing on the country road. Squire McCabb
fAally consented to issue the warrants
prayed for, charging the deputies with
murder
Got Dozen on the List.
James Mcbride, secretary of the dis
trict, and Robert Waddell, of the strikers
committee, swore out warrants against
the following: For murder-Capt. J. 4.
Loar, Richard Burns, J. A. Zundla, L. S.
Davis. Harry Wilson, Lon Brown, Harry
NAIpCIt, bSTStrr EDWARD Sieman,
George Carbaugh, Miles Hamm, Elmer
Nlchol; rs observation-disclosures Lynch,
general manager Of the Frck company,
and Morris Ramsey, superintendent. Sew
eral of the warrants have been served and
each man arrested has given bail for
hearing. Miles Hamm denies that he
was in the fight, and has witnesses to
prove this.
Waddeli's Testimony Before the Coroner
Coroner Wakefield arrived here about
noon, and after much difficulty in impan-
cling jury the inquest was begun The
jurymen are all reliable citizens and the
impression is that the coroner made an
excellent selection. Robert Waddell said:
Capt. Loar had given his command to
halt, and as some men started to get on
the fence, some one else called Halt
Then hundred said, Come on. The dep
uties then shot. ! did not hear Capt.
Loar give the command to fire, and was
within ten feet of him. He shot twice"
This was ali the testimony taken
Total of Ten Killed.
The latest reports place the number Of
persons injured in the riot at fifty, three
of whom (names unknown have since
died, making IA total of ten dead