New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-03
ELEVEN STRIKERS KILLED.
BLooDSHEDIN THE COKE REGION
RIoToUS FOREIGNERS MEET WITH TERRI
BILE PUNISHMENT.

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many others were wounded, several mortally, by
the Sherif's deputies at the Morewood mines of
the II. c. Frick Company about o'clock this
morning.
late dispatch tonight says the wounded num-
bered fifty and that three died tonight. They
were carried off by the strikers and their names
could not be learned. This makes ten dead and
one dying so far
The men killed whose names are known were
these
PAUL DoHANNIs slav. of Standard Works; shot in the
head; unmarried.
VALENTINE ZEIDEL, Slav, of Donnelly; unmarried; !;
shot through the neck.
JOSEF BACHTo, pole of Tarrs unmarried; shot through
the right breast.
JACOB sCHUCASKEY Pole. Of Tarr's shot through the
head; he has wife in Poland.
JOHN TUDOR Pole OF Standard unmarried shot above
left eye.
ANTONIO RINT Pole. of Standard; unmarried shot
through the head.
CRESSO BlNERO Italian, Of Torrs; shot through the
breast.
MICHAEL CRUSCO, dying.
Among those seriously wounded Albert Brock
Casper seman Schultz Albert Cdlvc Josef Napan
and stephen Kobechen
1t is not many years since the coal-miners and
coke-workers of the Connellsvile region were al
most exclusively of Welsh and Irish extraction.
linen CdLuc lOuS anu olllSI NuiCH thuCu
with the importation of thousands of Hungarians,
who have since turned out TO be the most dan
eerous of labor-unionists and strikers. They fill
up with liquor and cannot be reasoned with. So
the weapon with which the operators stopped old
time disturbances has recoiled upon themselves.
The entire coke region is tonight ablaze with
element, and the arrival of two regiments of
militia, the 10th and 18th, the latter of Pitts
burg and vicinity, may only add fuel to the
fame.
The bodies of seven of the victims 1.-THE eighth
is dying were taken to Mount Pleasant the near
est town, and the Coroner of Mount Pleas
ant is holding an inquest to which Max
Shauferg, the Austro-Hungarian Consul
at Pittsburg, has been invited, for the
labor leaders, grasping at every opportunity
to harass the coke operators hope to involve
Austria in the affair, for the dead men were all
Hungarians and unnaturalized. A Justice of the
Peace at Mount Pleasant has issued warrants
for the arrest of the deputies who fired the fatal
shots. They are charged with murder, and Gen.
eral Manager Lynch and Superintendent Ramsey,
Of the Frick Company, are cited as accessories.
The militia was ordered out by Governor Pattison
in response to kilograms from Sheriff Clawson,
of Westmoreland County, who was present during
the riot. The 9th Regiment includes the com.
panies in the coke region and the detachment Of
militia under Captain Loar of Mount Pleasant,
who were few days ago sworn in as deputies to
Sheriff Clawson and who fired this mornings fatal
shots. Captain Loar was couple of nights ago.
burned in efigy by strikers at Mount Pleasant.
but his course is upheld by business men and all
iaw-abiding people Of the entire region. The
10th Regiment ordered to proceed TO Mount
Pleasant for duty at once The 18th Regiment
was first ordered 20 report under arms at
the armory in Pittsburg and with two days
cooked rations for each man. At 6 30 tonight
telegram came from the Governor ordering the
regiment to take the first train for Mount Pleas
ant. The militia of to-day are not the awkward
squad which fed from the striking railroaders
during the great riots here in 1877. They have
since become proficient in target practice and
many wear medals for their superior marksman-
ship
There are three accounts of the shooting at
Moewood. Two agree They are told by the
deputies and the employees of the Frick Company.
The other story is told by the surviving strikers.
Briefly, the strikers say that they were returning
peaceaby from mass-mecting, contemplated
raid or violence, and shot down in cold blood.
The other stories to the effect that before they
arrived at Morewood the strikers had battered in
the telephone Office at the Standard mine and cut
the wires; and when they arrived at Morewood
they threw stones through the windows Of the
company store, then tried 10 batter down the gate
leading to the stables, and upon being commanded
to halt and refusing Captain LOar gave
the command to fire. Two voleys were
sent from the Winchester repeating rifles
into the ranks of the strikers, who numbered about
450 The deputies numbered about two score.
AS early as o'clock last night the strikers
began massing their forces at various points Re-
ports Of Va probable attack were numerous and
seemed to come from the strikers themselves.
Their drums We're beating and signal lights flashed
up in the darkness. An occasional whistle sounded
from one hill and was answered by a similar
one from another. Then followed silence, as
quiet as death. Then there was low murmur-
ing a crowd Of strikers passed, followed by the
Hungarians' war.cry, seldom heard since that
memorable riot at Morewood in 1886
AT about $50 this morning about 900 men
swarmed like bees on the hills above Morewood.
Then strikers TO the number of 450 armed men
appeared ON the Morewood road coming from
Standard Some carried sticks, Others fence rails,
and others, still, clubs that looked like small
battering rams and they were in stout hands,
too. This last addition 20 the crowd had formed
at the Standard Coke Works and proceeded 10
destroy property. They first attacked the tele-
phone Office connecting the Standard plant with
Morewood. They battered in the Office and de-
stroyed the telephone line. cutting of communi-
cation with Norwood. Then they marched on
toward Morewood. After they had left the
Standard Mr.. Fric,'s men, anticipating their in
tenton, went 10 work TO repair the telephone,
which they finally succeeded in doing. They
Immediately communicated the facts to
the deputies at Morewood, so that the latter
were prepared for an attack. IL seemed
that nature favored the attack. The
moon that had been hiding behind cloud sud
denly appeared and threw its rays across the scene
of the impending conflict meteor was seen
above the horizon, and simultaneously three pistol
shots were heard among the strikers The col
umn advanced toward the Morewood store. The
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