The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-21
STRIKERS FIRING BOMBS.
THE LEISINRING PLANT SUR
ROUNDED BY a MOB.

Firing OF Guns, Blowing of Horns and
Beating Of Cans Continued All
Night - Iujunctions swcrn Out
Against the Leaders OF the Rioters
The Coroner's Jury Still at Work.
SCoTTDALE, Pa, April 2o-Rioting by
the strikers continues in the coke regions.
The LeIsinring No. ? plant, of the Frick
Coke Company, has been kept in an uproar
continuously since Saturday night. The
works are surrounded by mob day and
night. Explosions of bombs. firing Of guns,
blowing Of horns and beating Of cans can be
heard at all hours.
THD WHOLE COMMUNITY DAZED.
The whole community seems TO be dazed,
and no one knows what moment the worst
may come. The coke companies have sworn
out injunctions against thirty-three Of the
leaders, and also instituted criminal charges
against them. The injunction papers and
warrants have been placed In the hands of
the sheriff and constables, but they claim
to be powerless to serve them without the
assistance Of the troops.
THE INDUCTION SUITS.
Injunction suits instituted against forty
strikers by Schoonmaker & Co. came up
this morning, but were postponed until the
June term of court at the request of the de-
fend ants, who were not ready. The same
course will be pursued in the Rainey in
junction cases, which come up in the United
States court at Pittsburg to-day.
THE CoRONER's JURY's WORK
Tho coroner's jury assembled at Mount
Pleasant at o'clock this afternoon to con-
slider the evidence in the Morewood investi-
CATION. AT o'clock the jury announced
its verdict as follows: THAT the deceased
came to his death at Morewood on Thurs
day morning, April 2, 1891, about 3 o'clock,
by bullet discharged from gun or re-
volver in the hands Of the deputies Of the
sheriff Of Westmoreland county" This ap-
plies to each man killed in the riot.
NO EvICTIoNs AT NORWOOD.
There we're no evictions at Morewood TO-
day owing to a legal hitch, the notices hav-
ing been dated Sunday. 1t il probable the
strikers will leave their houses quietly. The
company reports 104 mon at work at More
wood to-day. Painters plant is running
full. A large mass mesting is in progress
| near Mount Pleasant this afternoon, but
everything is quiet
DAY OF EXCITEMENT.
To-day was prolific of excitement and
small riots throughout the region. The
women generally are leading, aud are most
DlJieT II lu5lT dbLhCAS upon Ul6 deputies.
| Heretofore they have been silent, but when
| the evictorS attacked their homes, the for
| eign women especially were driven
| wild. During several squahbles to-day a
| couple of deputies were struck with stones,
and one was cut on the arm while pushing
| his way through the crowd. But few evic-
tlons were made, as the sheriff evidently
feared opposition and is gathering larger
| forces of deputies. In anticipation of
| trOubln whaO tho aviNkjOna and a,.a
made at Leisinring tomorrow. the force of
| deputies is being largely Increased.
TROUBLE POSSIBLE AT ADELAIDE.
There are also fears OF trouble at Ade-
laide, where a number of eviction notices
will also expire tomorrow. There is q re-
port in circulation this evening that Pink
erton detectives will be imported into the
region and stationed at the works, where
efforts are being made to resume. Master
Workman Wise is at Whitney tonight
to give passage to number of
imported Italians who are desirous Of leav-
ing that point. But little of consequence
was done at the Whitney plants this after
noon, owing to the raiding of the company g
forces by the strikers. The labor leaders do
not have much to sey about the coroners
verdict on the Morewood occurrence, which
was rendered this afternoon.
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGES.
John McSloy. worthy foreman Of the
United Mine Workers, had Supt. j. A.
Esser of the Leisinring plant, and three
subordinates arrested on charges of con-
spiracy, shooting with intent TO kill and as
sault and battery. They are under $1,000
bail.
A TRAIN INVADED.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, April co. Deputy
Crawford went to Leisinring No. 2 to-day
to serve injunction papers on thirty-two Of
the strikers engaged in the riot there on
Saturday morning Closely in his wake
came Constable Chick to arrest the rioters.
Twenty-six of the latter were
arrested and taken on board the
train by the constable, when their wives
and the wives of other strikers, to
the number of f,rty or fifty, poured into
the two coaches and took possession. The
women refused to pay their fare, and they
refused to get Off, and the train men, after
making number of Intellectual efforts to
track, cut off the coaches, prisoners and all,
junction and reported the situa-
tion to the railroad headquarters.
The engineer brought the engine to
of his prisoners aboard. Nothing had been
tonight telephone message was sent from
Lemonte to Leisinring No. 2, notifying the
deputies aud the company officials there
IIeisinring, and a riot is imminent. Adit.
to Gov Partison: mo news is good news, u
vNIxyiv, vat g.