Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-03
BLOOD DOES FLOW.
The Expected Happens in the
Coke Regions.
WORK WITH wINcHEsTERs ATLAsT,

Civil Power Is Exhausted" and Ten
Corpses Bear Witness to the Fact-A
score or So Wounded - Two Stories
Told by the Two Parties to the Trouble
The Labor Leaders Swear Out War
rants for the Deputies. and Charge
Murder-What Reporter Relates
Another Probable Complication for
Uncle Sam.
MT. PLEASANT, Pa, April 3-This town
was shaken to its very center at 1926
O'Clock yesterday morning. At that hour
seven Hungarian rioters were shot dead
and twenty or more wounded by deputy
sherifrs. The greatest excitement pre-.
walls. The stable in the rear of Under
taker Zimmerman's store was used for a
morgue and streets and alleys near it
were crowded with anxious Huns and ma
tives. As fast as the bodies were recoe-
nized friends took them, and the moaning
and wailing of the relatives was heart
rending.
Deadly Result OF the Firing
Following is list of killed: James
Dohannsin, head; John Tudor, left eye;
Valentine Zedal, neck; Anton Rist, head;
Jacob Shueoskey, head; Creszo Binero
breast. All were Poles or Slavs except
Binero, who was an Italian. Shucoskey
Is the only one known to have been mar
ried. None of them was naturalized.
The names of the wounded are not all OBJ
tanned, All are foreigners
Gathering of the Strikers
At about 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning
about 900 men gathered around More
wood. The deputies were keeping sharp
lookout. Their orders We're definite No
one was to fire unless attacked, or when
an advancing enemy failed to halt at the
command. Finally at almost 3 O'Clock,
about 500 strikers arrived on the More
wood road from Standard This is thought
to have been the last arrival. Each man
In the crowd of 600 or perhaps more was
armed Some carried sticks, some fence
rails some clubs that looked like small
batterLng rams AS the Standard men
and their allies drew up on the road lead
ing past the company's store, the other
forces on the hills gradually drew nearer
the "B' shaft At that time strikers were
stationed besides at the above named
places, on the hill west of the works, called
old Fort Defiance, and Immediately in
front of the store
Dash for the Company Fence.
"Your reporter followed the Standard
crowd and halted on a hill to the east of
the store. From there a fair view could
ha oh ha Oh, L.
hiding behind "a cloud, suddenly ap-
peared and threw it's rays across the scene
of the conflict. The column advanced to-
ward the Norwood store The guards
were in charge of Deputy Sheriff McCon-
nell and Capt Loar The latter had been
sworn il as deputy, as were also some
twenty men from Company T. They
were stationed at the west side of the
company's store. The deputies under
Mcconnell were at the east side AS the
Huns advanced making but little noise.
the deputies remained silent. Then the
Huns passed, bat they were bent on mis-
chief. The column had not all passed
when those in front made dash on the
company fence.
Huns Fire the First shots.
Capt. Loar cried "Halt," but not a Hun
stopped Their answer was a fusillade of
revolver shots. One bullet whizzed past
Capt Loar's head, and two men standing
near him each felt the hot lead pass their
bodies. The deputy sheriffs then came to
the relief of the soldier deputies The
Huns dashed down the road and broke
for the company's stables. Another COM
mand to halt. Another answer to the call
by pistol shots. The Infatuated men kept
their course toward the stables The
md friv tn fra
ties came to aid Capt. Loar The strikers
replied, but there We're too many shots
from the repeating rifles. The air was
alive with bullets. How many shots
were fired will probably never be known.
When the Smoke Cleared Away.
When the smoke cleared away and the
men ventured near the dead it was found
that seven men had fallen, and one will
die from the effects of bullet. The sur
viving strikers fed with remarkable rap
idity Soon physicians and undertakers
arrived and the bodies were examined and
those wounded given all possible aid. The
exact number of wounded cannot ne
given, but DR. Marsh said that at least
fifteen were disabled. The Huns were
careful enough to hel p those away who
were able to travel. No deputy or guard
was hurt in the least. These men did
nobly. IL is not thought that they are to
blame, although prominent labor leaders
autographed to one of the national leaders
that "seven Hungarians were killed with
out cause"
Reports Very CONTRADICTIONS.
All sorts of reports were flying around
in regard to the shooting. One of the
wounded men declares that he was or
dered out of his bed by one of the leaders
of the mob who menaced him with a
Ratchet Numerous others claim they
were unwilling participants in the affair.
The story OF the friends of the rioters is
that there was no intention of making an
assault and that the killing was unwar-
ranted They even say that there was no
movement toward the barns, and that if
any one mounted the board fence it was a
straggler or two who had moved out of
the ranks.
The Slavs and Huns Wild.