The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-03
A DEADLY VOLLEY.
Fearful Outcome Of the Strike
in Pennsylvania.
FeTOCiOuS Assault UpOn the M9rtWOOd
Plant by a FraIzied NIB.
Nine Of The Rioters Known to Have Been
Killed by the Guards and Fifty Others
Wounded = Wild Scenes.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

some time, and at 2 o'clock this morning it
burst at Morewood plant. The fight wa:
brief and deadly. Two rounds of cartridge
were fired by band Of sixty-fiye guards
and seven of the charging mob of striker:
| fell dead, while at least forty others wert
wounded, but how badly cannot be def
nitely stated, as they were taken away by
their companions. The strikers who were
instantly killed were:
CREszo BINERo, Italian.
JOHN FUDoRA, Pole.
ANTONIO RIST, Pole.
JACOB SCHUCKAsKY. Pole.
JAMES BRoCRTE, Pole.
VALENTINE ZEIDEL, Slav.
PAUL DoHANNIs, Slay.
The attack was we'll planned and headed
by men who were determined evidently tC
intimidate the men working there once a nc
| for all.
At IL o'clock small bodies of strikers be-
| gan to gather on the hills They were
armed with revolvers, stones, iron bars and
every conceivable weapon. Headed by a
drum corps, they marched first TO the
Standard works. where they deliberately
destroyed both the telephone and telegraph
wires. so that word of their coming could
not be sent to Morewood.
THE ATTACK.
While at the Standard works, incidentally
destroying anything movable they might
| fnd, the strikers created all the noise pos
sble from the surrounding hills, intending
to apprise those of their fellow-strikers in
the vicinity of their intentions of a raid.
The few frightened men left at the
Standard works managed to repair the
wires, and warning reached the Morewood
plant none too soon. As the noisy band of
strikers. now numbering fully 1900 men, ap-
preached the plant their Queries ceased,
their drum corps was silenced and the ugly
crowd gathered in bunch on the black hills
overlooking the plant for moments parley
before attacking the place they knew to be
well guarded
Then they separated, one largo detach-
ment advancing on the works by the main
road while the others scattered over the
brow OF the HILL and shortly after ) o clock,
at given signal, all moved down on the
works.
DETERMINED GUARDS.
The deputies were experienced men and
armed to the teeth. Last night Superin-
tendent Pckard told them raid was con
templated on the works and presented each
man with a Winchester. 81 have promised
protection" he said. ITO our men, and /
must give it to them. When the raiders
cope, obey NE. Fire the first shot into the
air. If the raiders do not retreat. fire a
Sc cond shot and keep on firing while you
have ammunition. Pro tect the cOmpany's
property. Protect the men at work and
.protect your own lives. The man in my
employ " no runs l will shoot dead on the
spot. Any man who is not willing to accept
my terms will please drop into the rear and
l will send him home under guard. Is
everybody satisfied?" asked the Superin-
tendent.
Yes, yes" rang out all along the line.
Each man WAS then supplied with twenty
cartridges, and under command of the Su-
perinIendeDt marched to convenient point,
SHOTS FROM THE MOB.
Under orders of Captain Loar the sixty
FIVE guards stood quietly in line before the
works. Suddenly break was made by the
advancing mob toward the forces of the
company. The stern order of "Haltw was
given, but the only attention it received was
the firing of three shots by members of the
mob, which whistled close to the heads of
the impassive guards.
After the shots we're fired the strikers
turned and went towards the stables of the
company with dash. Without firing a
shot the guards were ordered to follow, and
the order was again given to the strikers to
halt. They only retreated further down
the road, and answered the order with yells
and threats
THE DEADLY VoLLEY.
Again the command was given and again
came mocking answer, and the order to
fire was given by Captain Loar. The volley
from the Winehesters was well directed,
and but two rounds were necessary to drive
the rioters back into the hills, where hun
dreds of their fellow-strikers had gathered
in anticipation of assisting in raid but
not in battle with such determined band
Of guards.
The firing on both sides continued hardly
three minutes. The volleys from the
guards had a terrible effect on the compact
mass of strikers, while the latter made an
attempt TO return the fire with what
weapons they possessed, but without effect.
The dead was left lying in the road, while
the wounded, estimated at between forty
and fifty. were either assisted or bodily car
ried away into the hills by their fellows.
WI n EycrTENtUNr
All day the entire coke region has pre-
sented scenes of the widest excitement.
The foreign element especially has been
driven frantic by this woeful result of their
anticipated victorious raid. Always turbu-
lent, sullen and ready for desperate meas
ures, they are not one whit c0wed by the
death of several of their number, while they
have sedulOusly concealed in their homes
those OF their number who were wounded,
many no doubt unto death.
Anathemas, loud and deep, have been
heard on every side all day. Word has been
sent by secret means all over the region that
their comrades were fired on and moved
down without any pr0vocation, and deadly
vengeance on each and every member of the
guar1s has been sworn. This all comes
from the foreign clement.
THEY WERE ALL FOREIGNERS.
twill be noticed that all the men killed
bear foreign names, and it is a fact that not
one of them was naturalZed citizen Of this
country. 1t is also supposed that many of
the wounded were foreign, and this explains
the deep resentment expressed in every
foreign face in the region tonight
The Slavs and Hungarians were almost
fearless. The deputies say that not one was
struck in the back. but all bore the marks of
bullets received in the face, indicating that
they died fighting with what weapons they
possessed.
Thousands of strikers and their friends
poured into this place from all over the
region to have look at the dead, and per-
haps hear " hat the living have to say. As
darkness fell tonight the foreigners began