Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
STRIKERS ON TRIAL.
Two Labor Leaders Acquitted and
Other Cases Continued.
THE FRICK FUND DISTRIBUTED.
Appointments Made at the Erie Evangelical
Conference.
A SAMOA HERO HONORED AT WHEELING
ESPECIAL rELreRAM TO THE DISPATCH. !

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! UNIoNTowN, March 14.-The charges
against Alexander Fisher and Lawrence
Kline, charged with riot, assault and bat
| terry and aggravated assault and battery on
| Pit Boss Thomas Louden and Mike Belli, at
the PAUL. works of w. j. Rainey February
%, were on trial to-day. The offences were
alleged to have been committed during the
riotous proceedings there when the big body
of strikers marched down to stop the men
from working at Rainey's.
Louden testified to being assaulted with
stones, clubs and other weapons, and showed
the marks of his injuries on his head and
face. He could not identify either of the
the defendants as mis- assailants. but Ger
man boy named Urich did. The latter tes-
titled that he saw Kline and Fisher attack
Louden and strike him with clubs and
stones. Belli, the other plaintiff, identified
both of the defendants as his assailants, and
swOre that Fisher held him while Kline struck
him across the back with a club by reason of
which he was unable to work for for four days
afterward.
The defendants were put upon the stand. and
each denied the assault upon Louden- They
said they had been ordered to the Paul works
that day by c. NJ. Parker, one of the Execu-
tive Board. to persuade the men to quit work,
men were both acquitted, but were required to
pay the costs.
Harvey Diigatti, an Italian boy, was con-
victed of assault and shooting with intent to
murder Joseph and Thomas Louden. This Of
fense occurred on the day of the riot. The
Commonwealtn's testimony showed that Dill
gatti, accompanied a body of strikers in their
advance on Rainey's men, and previous to 60
ing had borrowed revolver and bought box
of cartridges for the purpose, as he expressed
1t, of "Killing off all of Rainey's black legs"
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like hail around them. tearing up the ground at
their feet. Other witnesses testified that Dill
gatti fired point blank at the Louden boys
Diigatti's defense was that he fired only in the
air.
The case OF r. L. Martin, Superinten dent at
FaIrchance. against District Master Workman
Wise. was postponed until the June term.
monster mass meeting of strikers and cit
zens was held at Dawson this afternoon. The
object of the meeting was TO secure the CO.
operation OF citizens in the strikers tight The
following resolutions were adopted AMID
cheers:
"REsoLvED, That we, the citizens of Daw-
son and vicinity, denounce the arbitrary &C.
tions OF Operator w. j. Rainey in causing the
arrest of the officers of our organization.
Resolved, That we condemn him for the un-
necessary Introduction cf mercenary guards
or so-called detectives.
Resolved. further, That we lend our financial
and moral support to the strike"
The Relief Committee having in charge the
S25 900 contributed by the H. {. Frick Company
for the relief of the families left destitute by
the Mammoth disaster. made their distribution
yesterday None of the families are in want
and this magnificent contribution will place
them beyond suffering for some time.