The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
EVICTIONS AHARD BLOW.
SIGNS OF WEAKENING AMONG
THE COKE STRIKERS.

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Increased Number OF Men at Work
IN Nearly All the Plants-A Jarga
Sum of Money Received From Co.
lumbus TO Aid the Strikers-The
Companies Importing Italians.
SCoTrDALE, PA, April 16.-Another
break in the ranks Of the coke strikers
occurred to-day. The Summit plant OF
Prick & Co., which shut down when the riot
ing began, resumed this morning with forty
eight men, or about one-thIrd of the men
necessary to run the works in full. The
labor leaders, who denied that the Tyrone
works we're in operation with a full quota
of men, now admit it is true. The FrIck
Company reports more men at work to-day
than on any dav vet. The best evidence
that the Prick Company Is making coke is
found on the books of the railroad com
pany. Seventy-two cars were shipped last
Saturday and l04 yesterday.
A MEETING OF THE MEN.
Reports have just come in that the men
remaining out will take a secret ballot this
AFTERNOON to determine whether to remain
out or return to work 1t Is said that the
feeling is strong against a continuance OF
the strike.
Seventy-nine families were served yester-
day with notices OF eviction and the work
will be continued until all of the strikers
have been notified.
kilograms received at labor headquarters
report the arrival this morning Of two car
loads of Italians at the hltney and Lip~
pincott works.
The sheriff is still arresting the rioters.
They refuse to give bail and 60 to jail.
Nearly half Of the rioters are women. who
take sheir children with them % prison.
The inquest on the victims of the More
rio rasyryY,a6 a. (TraaD SbnFCy this
morning. The evidence adduced showed
that the strikers threatened to burn the
works and force the men to quit work.
BEGUN NINE WEEKS AGO.
SCoTTDALE, Pa, April Is. IL P. Mime
weeks ago today the coke region was
plunged into idleness by a strike, but it
looks as though it would soon end The
much promised aid materialized this even
ing when James Mcbride, the local repre-
sentative who has been in conference with
the executive councils Of the Federation of
Lator and United Mine Workers, arriv ed
from Columbus with q large sum
of relief money. On reaching the
labor headquarters he was besieged by
committees from nearly every
plant in the region, and several thousand
dollars was quickly disbursed. The labor
officials say that the sum received is suffi-
Gent to carry on the strike several weeks
Tbs operators continue their inroads on the
strikers ranks To-day the Prick company
started their Summit plant with thirty men,
They increased their operating forces at
Kyle. where twenty-eight ovens were fired
and at the Lesenring No. 2, where $50 men
ere at work and 12S ovens charged. They
also report recruits In the working forces at
Adelaide, Jimtown and elsewhere.
no INCREASE AT NORWOOD.
At Norwood there was no increase
This company shipped about 10 cars of
coke to~day. Work at the Calumet plant,
near Mammoth, was resumed to-day, but
the number of men at work could not be
learned. The Mcclure company report us
men at work at the Painter plant, which
was started Monday. The Whitney plant
had more men at work than yes terday
and shipped coke in large quantities
Laughlin's Tyrone plant was reported
full. 1t is stated that efforts will be made
TO start more plants in the morning.
Twenty-siX Italians arrived at the Summit
mines to-day, where they are expected to go
20 work in the morning. More are ex-
pected. A batch of 200 Italians were
also shipped into Whitney. They
will be used to break the strike,
and the labor leaders are now among
them in the hope of influencing them to
abandon their intentions. Five families
were evicted by deputy sheriffs at Morgans
and Summit to-day. A large crowd of
sympathizers cOngregated, but offered no
Interference The eviction notices at
Norwood will expire SundLy. AS a num-
Der of families have thus far been unable to
secure houses the labor organization will
engage tents for them.
A RIOT AT CONNELLsvILLE.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 16.-Sheriff
Mccormick and his handful of deputies
FLASHED with the strikers at the rrotter
works, near Connellsville, this afternoon,
and a riot ensued. He arrived there about
noon and began the work of eviction. He
had put out several families without en-
countering any resistance until he came to
the house of q giant Polander named Fred
StrOusack, which he attempted to enter TO
carry out the furniture. Strousack rushed
forward, but was thrust aside. Then the
women of the household rushed on the Off
car. One seized a teakettle, and, pouring
some boiling water into pan, threw it in
the officers face The others struck at him
with whatever they could reach. The ex-
element. meanwhile, had spread to the
crowd outside. which numbered fully 200
They attacked the deputies at the door
with stones, and several Of the deputies
we're struck. Sheriff Mccormick, seeing
that his force was powerless in the face Of
such a mob, came out and drew his men off
amid shower Of stones. Strousack was
efterward lodged in Jail here. Deputy
Crawford, with posse, will go to Leisen-
ring No. in the morning to evict a dozen
or so families there. The riotous element is
In the ascendency there now, and serious
trouble Is apprehended when Sheriff McCor-
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