Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-03
ATTACKED BY STRIKERS
A Battle Fought Between the
Police and Riotous
Coal Miners
Eleven Strikers Killed and
Twenty-Seven Wounded
at Mt. Pleasant
The Militia Called Out by the
Governor to Quell the
Disturbance

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stroyed some of the company's property
and cut the telegraph lines so that no
warning could be sent the people at More
wood About o'clock the party marched
toward Morewood. In the meanwhile
the wires were hurriedly repaired and
word sent to Morewood that the strikers
would attack the works in three places
and had well-laid plan to destroy the
plant. The Sheriff was soon in readi-
ness to receive the attack. The men We're
divided into three parties, Captain Laur
having charge of party placed behind
the big gates of the barn and stable en-
closure.
As the rioters passed the company's
store, they raided it and marched to the
barn and attempted to break the gates
They succeeded in doing it, and as they
entered Captain Laurer called out to them
to halt or he would fire. Their answer
was to fire rattliRg vOlley in the direc
tion of the deputies some of whom were
| seriously wounded. Captain Lauer then
| gave the word to fire and two vOlleys
were fired before the mob broke and ran.
Eleven men fell dead in the road, and the
number Of wounded is estimated as high
| as twenty seven.
The deputies who took part in the riot
were experienced men, armed TO the teeth.
| Last night Superintendent Pickard told
them raid was contemplated on the
works, and presented each man with
Winchester rifle. Said he:
81 have promised protection to our men
and | must give it. When the raiders
come obey me. Fire the first shot in the
air, II they don't retreat fire a second
shot and keep on firing while you have
ammunition. Protect the property, pro-
tect the men at work and protect your
| lives. The man in my employ who runs |
will shoot dead, and the man who is not
willing to accept my terms will please
drop to the rear, and | will send him home
under guard. Is everybody satisfied?
| "Yes, yes" rang out all along the line.
| Each man was supplied with twenty bull
| lets, and under the command OF the sup
| erintendent, marched to convenient
point.
All night the strikers were preparing
| for the raid, and delegations headed by
| the drum corps marched to and fro to the
place OF rendezvous, An occasional pistol
| shot could be heard in the distance now
and then. Rockets flashed into the air
and from the hill tops warning lights
| could be seen.
There were three parties OF strikers.
| One came from StevenSviiie, another from
|
! in that neighborhOOd. They were very
noisy, cheering and shouting and beating
| drums as they came, The three parties
| met and decided to make an attack upon
the works. Some of the strikers say to-
day that they had no intention of doing
any damage, but marched to the works
] to intimidate the men at work.
| The dead this morning were carried
into the cOmpany's store at Morewood.
| The strikers demanded the bodies, but
were refused, and the place is now sur
| rounded by an angry mob Of 20O0 men.
| who say they will burn everything on the
| premises unless the dead bodies are given
| them. The feeling is very bitter among
| the workmen, who denounce the work of
the deputies in no uncertain terms.
| NORWOOD, Pa, April 2-The following
were killed:
| Paul Domains.
| Val Zerdel.
| Joseph Brache.
| Jacob Shukosky.
John Fuder.
| Antonio Rist.
All were Slavonians, Poles and Italians,
and were all shot in the head, neck or
breast. Fifteen wounded, names not OBJ
| tanned. None of the dead were natural
| lied.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 2-H. Frick,
owner of the Morewood plant, was seen
this morning and said: We placed our
| men anu properly III Jlb nduuS Vi lub law
for protection. The sheriff of Morewood
has done his duty and the governor is
doing his. This is no quarrel about wages;
IL is only whether our working men are to
be shot down at midnight and our prop
ertv destroyed by rioters. The authori-
ties must settle this and we will know
whether mobs or the law is to rule"
At noon a train left Greensburg filled
with deputies armed and prepared for a
long siege.
GREENsBURG, Pa, April "A special
says at 8 O'Clock another attack was at
tempted and three more men killed and
twenty wounded. This story has not
yet been confirmed, although Frick's in
formation Is that eleven were killed al
together. The Tenth regiment, n. &. p,
is arranging to go TO the scene OF the dis
turbance tonight. The Fifteenth regiment
is under arms awaiting further orders
PITTsBURG, April 2-The governor has
ordered the Tenth regiment TO aid the
sheriff of Westmoreland county in quell-
ing the trouble in the coke region. The
Eighteenth regiment here has been or
dered to hold itself in readiness.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, April 2-Siavs