Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-22
RIOTS IN THE COKE REGION.
Women Rush to the Defense of Thei
Hmsbands and Homes.

Husbands ana Homes
PITTsBURG, April 22.-The following
was received from Scottdale Monday
night:
To-day was prolific of excitement aud
small riots throughout the coke region
The women generally are leading and
most bitter in their attacks on the depu-
ties. Heretofore they have been silent,
but when evictors attacked their homes
the foreign women especially were driven
wild
During several squabhles to-day ii
couple of deputies were struck with
stones, and one was cut ON the arm while
pushing his way through a crowd But
few evictiOns were made, as the sheritfs
evidently fear opposition, and are gath
ering large forces Of deputies. In antici-
patton of trouble when evictions and az
rests are made at Leisenring, to-mor
row, the force of deputies is being large
ly increased.
There are also fears of trouble at AIDE
hide, where Il number of eviction no,
tices will also expire tomorrow There
is report in circulation this evening
that Pinkerton detectives will be i'm
ported into the region and stationed at
works where efforts are being made to
resume. Master Workman Wise is at
Whitney tonight to give passages to a
number of imported Italians who are de-
sirous Of leaving that point. But little
OF consequence was done at the Whit
ney plants this afternoon, owing to the
raiding OF the company's forces by the
strikers.
The labor leaders do not have much
to say about the coroner's verdict on the
MOreWOOd occurrence, which was ren-
dered this afternoon.
John McSlOy, worthy formar Of the
United Mine Workers, has had superiu
tendent J. A. Esser, of the Leisenring
plant, and three subordinates arrested
on charges of conspiracy, shooting with
intent to kill and assault and battery
They are under 81 900 bail.
Trouble at Lcith.
Late Monday night the following was
received from Uniontown:
The boys Of Company G spent quiet
night at the Armory, and the forenoon
passed without incident, but they were
startled at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon by
an order from Sheriff Mccormick tC
move at once to Leith. Mccormick had
gone up at 2 o'clock to make several
evictiOns, and the order to the troops
meant that there was trouble. This was
Immediately ccgntermanded, to the re-
lief of the soldiers
The trouble at Leith arose over the dc
termination Of Andy Dunsko not to b.,
evicted peaceably, and Andy was backed
up by all the Hungarian women in the
neighbOrhOOd. The sheriff had evicted
joseph Hartman, who offered no resist
ance, but when he attempted to enter
Dunsko's house he was met by the
women, who rushed at him, and struck
him with their fists and any weapons
that came handy. One brawny woman
aimed a blow at the sheriff head with a
hatchet which barely missed its mark.
The sheriff rushed to the company's
office, armed himself, and sent deputy
to hurry up the troops, but the women
begged him to reconsider.
wives Save Their Husbands.
Deputy Crawford went to Leisenring,
No, 2, to-day to serve the Injunction
papers on thirty-two strikers engaged in
the riot there on Saturday morning
Closely in his wake came Constable
Chick to arrest the rioters. Twcnty-six
of the latter were arrested and taken on
board the train by the constable, when
their wives and the wives of other strik
ers, to the number of forty or fifty,
poured into the two coaches and took
possession. The women refused to pay
their fare and refused to get off, and
the trainmen. after making a number of
Intellectual efforts to unload them,
finally ran the train on a side-track, cut
off the coaches, prisoners and all, and
came on the engine to Vance's Mills
junction, and reported the situation to
railroad headquarters. The engineers
brought the engine to Uniontown with
Constable Chick and three Of his prison
ers aboard. Nothing has been heard Of
the train load left behind