Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A Bomb Thrown Into Nom Union Work.
mans House-Armed Deputies Power
less-The Sheriff Asks Gov. Pattison for
Weapons, but the Request Is Refused.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: The most
eventful day in the coke strike was IA
vorable To the men. The labor leaders
say no preconcerted attack was made,
but in view OF the fact that three of the
principal works In the region were raid
ed, and that I'm the morning the opera
tors had decided to resume all plants,
the talk OF accidental raids does not go
very far. At two o'clock in the morn
ing the strains of a band woke all strik-
ers on the road from Scottdale to Brad
ford, and in short time 1900 men
followed the musicians path, which was
directed TO the Jimtown plant OF the ii.
G. Frick Company.
This place was reached at a. M,
when the works were captuted without a
struggle, except the incidental disarm-
ing OF Superintendent Rosser, whose re-
volver was fiourished in vain. A few
workers were struck with stones, but the
body of strikers dispersed without Sc
rious damage.
Some time later terrific report in the
direction OF the Leisenrng works gave
q warning OF trouble there and thousands
gratnered to witness the work of the first
bomb exploded by the strikers. The
shock was felt for several miles, but its
only visible effect was the tearing of a
great hole In the front Of non-nnion
workers house aud the throwing up OF
considerable dirt in the vicinity. 1t Is
feared that such work is not over with,
however, as the effect upon the unruly
but thoroughly organized Hungarians
was ominous. After this the workmen
at Leisenring Nos. and were chased
out of the yards and a few only returned
when the excited crowd had departed.
The few men at the Leith works were
also driven out, though nobody is re-
ported badly injured Trouble is also
talked of at the Trotter plant, but this
is denied by the operators. The big
Morewood plant of the Frick Company
also contributed more than its quota TO
the exciting events of the day. This
plant has been in partial operation, and
has been carefully guarded by deputies
Some 5000 strikers gathered about the
place, however, and swept the armed
deputies aside as il they had been chaff.
Not a blow was struck, not q shot fired,
as such move would have been fatal to
both guards and workers in the face OF
| the 5000 determined strikers.
After the abandonment of the works
| by the guard an hour of wrecking fol-
| lowed. Tracks, doors, and in fact ev-
| erything movable were torn and wrench
| ed aside by the maddened crowd, who
only left after the plant had been mutt
| lated beyond immediate repair.
The central board OF the federation
| meets in Pittsburgh, when the strike
will be brought up up for Endorsement.
| At Uniontown Judge Ewing granted a
| preliminary injunction against all men
Sheriff Mccormick, with a number ol
armed deputies, left UniOntown on q
| special train to arrest the leaders in The
| several raids Probably the ugliest
| feature OF the several raids was the
ntlmber of women participating, the
| most seriously injured man being Pit
| Boss Cooper, who was struck again anC
| again with an iron bar in the hands o.
An infuriated woman. Secret meeting!
| were held by the strikers, who will Ger
| tainly prevent the intended resumption
| There has been much telegraphic cor
| respondence between Gov. Pattison ant
Sheriff Clawson of Westmoreland County
regarding the strike of the cokeworkeri
and the attack upon the works OF Ericl
x Co. of Morehead, The Sheriff aske'
permission to use the arms OF two com
panies of the national guard to prseec
property, but Gov. Pattison Responded
that "the civil power TO maintain tn
peace must be exhausted and powerles
before the military power can be in
voked." To this Sheriff Clawson re
piled that he did not want the troops
but only their arms. Gov Pattison
however, in another dispatch declined
to issue the desired order.