Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-03
THE COKE REGION QUIET
HOFIRED THE FIRST SHOTS
Is THE QUESTION.
Some Ts ini0ny to the Effect
That the rikers Were not the
First to r The Funerals.

Some Ts imOny to the Effect
That the rikers Were not the
First to r -a The Funerals.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, April 3.-Quiet
reigns throughout the coke regions this
morning. No outbreak has occurred
since the fatal raid yesterday morning
and while the situation is still grave the
presence of the militia has had reassur'
ing effect upon the people. Two regi
ments are now upon the ground fully
equipped and prepared for action. The
Eighteenth regiment, with over SOC
men, reached here shortly after midnight
and the Tenth regiment, with nearly az
many men, arrived little later. Adjutant
General McClelland and Brigadier Gen
eral Wiley are in command and will re-
main as long as there is any danger o
another raid.
The uncertainty and fear Of last night
have proven an awful strain on both
strikers and citizens. No sleeping was
done in the entire region, but crowds
paradcd the streets or gathered in knots
at the corners or disappeared in punches
over the hills, leaving doubts as to their
destination and intentions. The foreign.
ers were quiet, but always in crowds
and the momentary fear of an outbreak
from the thousands, which the entire regi
ment could not quell, was only dissipated
by the first streaks of early dawn.
So far ten deaths have occurred and
several more are in a critical condition
The funerals of the victims will take
place Saturday. Peter Wiser, master
workman of the Knights of Labor, says
the entire coke country will turn out and
that about that time people must take
care. He says the burial of the dead vii
furnish renewed incentive for activity
OF the living.
A prominent leader of the Sav element
stated this morning that the majority o
the crowd out Yesterday morning was
there under protest; that the American
English and Irish leaders went to tn,
Standard pit and forced the Slavs to JOIN
them under threats of punishment.
An inquest on the bodies of the mer
killed at Norwood was held this morn
ing Neither the sheriff nor the COX,
companies were represented, while labor
leaders were present in full force.
Albert Haley swore that the only
shooting he heard came from the guard:
on the Norwood property. He wa.
1876 yards from where the shooting &C
Cured. George Taylor, a watchman
testified to hearing two or thre,
pistol shots before the regular frin,
of the guards. This witness was III,
first to reach the spot after the shooting
and found the bodies of the dead eithr
on the bridge or in bitches, while til,
wounded hobblrd away. Sharp cross
questions brought out the fact that tn,
witness was deputy aud carried re
vover, though he did not know whether
the guards carried rcvolvers or not
/ This doubt as to whether the pisto
shots were fired first by the guards or b,
the strikers was received with a cheer b,
! the crowd.
PITTsBuRG, April 3.-As the men killct
Yesterday at Morewood were all un
naturalized foreigners, the possibility 0
international complications arising i
freely discussed. The Austrian consul
Max Shamt g, of this city, received I
telegram ti..s afternoon informing hin
that several of the miners killed wer
subjects of the Austrian government
He replied that he would investigate tn
matter.