St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-24
PLENTY OF SHOOTING.
Strikers in the Coke Region
Fight Desperately Before
They Submit.
A Number OF SIaVs and Sheriff
Mccormick Injured by
Pistol Shots.
Stilettos, Revolvers and
Clubs Used in New York
Masons' Strike.
Striking Street Car Employees
Striking Street Car Employees
in Detroit Getting Noisy
and Troublesome.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 23.--This was
one of the most troublesome and eX-
citing days since the great coke strike
was inaugurated. A serious riot oc-
Cured at Monarch this morning, and
another was reported this afternoon, in
which it was said five men and two
women had been killed. Fortunately,
however, this report of a second riot
was without foundation. Though the
riot of to-day resulted in the probably
fatal wounding of one man and the.
serious injury of woman, the sheriff
of Fayette county, with his deputies,
has been defied and the sheriff himself
aSsaulted--shot in the hand and beaten
and cut with an ak, in the hands of
an infuriated Hungarian woman.
Since the ugly Morewood affair the
women have taken the principal part in
defying deputies, the men either pre-
ferring to obey the orders of their lead
erS and remain inactive, or thinking the
sheriff and troops would not be SO Sc
we're where women lead the attacks.
This morning Sheriff Mccormick and
his deputies went to Leisenring, No. 3,
to evict ten families of strikers, and as
was their experience at Adelaide yes
terday, they had bloody battle with an
infuriated mob of men and women.
The majority of the company houses at
LeiSenrlng, No. 8, are situated OH Il
beautiful plateau of about fifteen or
twenty acres, overlooking the works
in the valley, three OF four hJ ndred feet
below, and in order TO reach the houses
the sheriff and his deputies had to
march several hundred yards up steep
road fronting the company store, at
which point he ordered the militia
which came up with him from Trotter,
to remain until they were needed. 1t
was about II o'clock when the sheriff
and his deputies reached house No.
l05, occupied by Thomas Tarr. The
sheriff at once read the
Writ of Eviction
10 Tarr, and by the time he was
through with it a crowd of 800 or 400
men and women had collected in front
of the premises. Tarr, with an oath,
declined TO evacuate the dOmicile, and.
seizing an axe, stood IN the doorway
and defed the sheriff to enter. Then
the trouble commenced. Men and
women, in broken English, yelled def
ance, and berated the sheriff and his
deputies in the strongest language they
could command. The sheriff tried to
reason with them, but without avail.
Their blood was up, and nothing but
tirst-class battle would satisfy them.
Andy BlashkOs wife, who lived
in the other half of the house
and who had given birth to
child only two days before. hearing
the tumult, rushed out, and, spying the
sheriff made a dive for him, pistol in
hand. The sheriff saw her coming, and
Just as she was about TO fire at his
breast he struck the pistol downward
blow with his left hand, and at the same
time fired the revolver he bad in his
right hand at her. The two pistols
went off simultaneously, and both took
effect. The sheriff had shot the woman
in the flesEy part OF the left thigh, and
she had shot him in the left ankle. The
ball. however. struck him only glanc-
ing lick, and did not do him much in
jury. The shot in the WOman'S thigh
seemed to infuIiate her more, and she
made second dash at the sheriff, who
showed her back. She fell to the ground
and was carried into the house in a half
unconscious condition by friends. Andy
BlaShkO, seeing that his wife was being
roughly handled, made a dash at the
sheriff with club, but the nervy little
officer was too quick for him. and, tax
ing deliberate aim, shot Blashko in the
left ankle, the bullet making an ugly
hole in the flesh and Shivering the bone.
By this time the Sheriff's blood was up,
and,
With Il Cooked Revolver.
fOrtv-four caliber, in either hand. stood
with his back against the end of the
house, informed the mob that the first
one who made move towards him he
would shoot, and shoot to kill. For a
moment the crowd held back, then
Martin Scroupka, who lives at Leisen-
ring No. l, left the crowd and rushed at
the sheriff with huge club uplifted.
The sheriff waited until ScrOupka got
within five feet of him and then fired
The shot took effect, the bullet striking
ScrOupka in the mouth, knocking out
two of his jaw teeth. and lodging some
where III the back part of his mouth
The wounded slave wheeled and started
to run along the end of the house and the
sheriff followed him, firing as RAPIDLY
as he could. But none of the shots hit
the SlaV. Some one shouted to the sheriff
to look out, aud turning he saw Tarr.
the man on whom he had served the
writ, coming toward him with an ak.
The sheriff pointed both his reyolyers
at him, and Tarr retreated. By this
time Capt. Frasher. of Company G,who.
hearing the shots and the uproar. had
brought his soldiers up the road on
dOuble-quick, and their presence at
once quelled the rioters. and the sheriff
and his deputies proceeded to the work
of evicting. and in a very short time
the household effects of thirteen strik-
ers were piled in front of so many
houses. The sheriff and his deputies.
accompanied by the militia, then went
10 the TrOtter works, located about one
mile west of New Haven, and
Evicted Twelve Families.
all OF whom are English speaking, which
task was accomplished with little
trouble. Sheriff Mccormick arrived
here this evening with Thomas Tarr.
who he arrested this morning on a
charge of resisting an officer. Tarr is
now III jail. The sheriff is pretty lame
fIom the effects of the wound he re-
celVed in the ankle this morning. and
excepting that he is terribly sore from
the effects of the bruises Inflicted unon
him by the infuriated mobs he has Teen
in for the past two days. is feeling first
rate. He says Martin ScroUpka, whom
he shot in the mouth this morning. is
badly hurt, but was still living
at last accounts. Andy BIashko
and wife are both in bed. the
latter suffering from the nervous shock
she received more than her wound. He
also says that twenty families will be
eyicted at Morgan's works tomorrow
and twelve at Bradford. He expects
trouble, but says he is getting used to
II. Everything is quiet at Leisenring