Evening journal., 1891-04-03
FUSILLADE
Ten Strikers Met Death in
Mount Pleasant.
AT THE SCENE.
The Coke Regions Are Pieketed with
Militia Men.

Loar's Deputies-An Eye Witness Says
the Rioters Fired the First shots List
Of the Dead and wouded-seven Of the
Hungarians Fell LifeIess az the First
Fire and About FIFTY Were struck by
the Deadly Hail Of Lead That Was
Poured Into Their Ranks.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, April 3-James
Mcbride, secretary OF the district, aud
Robert Waddell, of the strikers general
committee, have sworn out warrants be
fore Justice McCaleb, Of Mount Pleasant
charging the following men with muir
der in causing the death Of the ten
Hungarians yesterday at Morewood.
Captain j. A. Loar, Richard Burns, J. A.
zundta, 4. S. Davis, Harry Wilson, Lon
Brown, Harry Gilbert, " Berger, Ed
ward Sieman, George Carbaugh, Miles
Hamm and Elmer Nichol The following
are named as accessories: Thomas Lynch,
general manager of the Frick Coke com
pany, and Morris Ramsey, superintendent
Several of the warrants have been
| served, and each man arrested has given
bail for hearing. Miles Hamm denies that
he was in the fight and has witnesses TO
prove this The report Of 4 second attack
on the works at a m. and the killing of
four more rioters was without foundation.
The list of the wounded so far as can be
learned now is. Albert Brosik, Caspar
Sieman, Joseph Shultz, Albert Cidvic, Jo-
| sef Napan, Steve Kobicbon.
Shot Down by the Deputies.
In the fight yesterday seven Hungarian
rioters were shot dead The shooting is
thus described:
At about o'clock doubtless a thousand
men gathered around Morewood. The
deputies were keeping sharp lookout.
Their orders were definite. No one was to
fire unless attacked or when an advancing
enemy failed TO halt at the command
Finally, at almost o'clock, about 5OI
strikers arrived on the Morewood road
from Standard. This is thought to hav'
been the last arrival. Each man in thl
crowd Of a Thousand or more, wa
armed Some carried sticks. some fence
rails and some clubs that looked like small
battering rams
Preparing for the Assault.
AS the Standard men and their allie
drew up on the road leading past the com
panys store the other forces on the hill
gradually drew nearer the "B'' shaft. A
that time strikers were also stationed
on the hill west of the works, called OF,
Fort Defiance, and immediately in front Q
the store. Your reporter followed th
Standard crowd and halted on a hill to tn
east OF the store From here an excellen
| view could be obtained. The moon whicl
had beeA hiding behind a cloud suddenl
| appeared and threw its rays across tn
scene of the conflict The column ad
, yanced toward the Morewood store. TIL
guards were in charge of Deputy Sherii
! Mcconnell and Captain Loar The latte
had been sworn in as a deputy, as wer
also some twenty men from Company K
They were stationed at the west side o
the company's stores The deputies unde
Mcconnell were at the east side.
Did the Huns Fire First?
As the Huns advanced, making but littl
noise, the deputies remained silent Thel
the Huns passed, but they were bent ol
mischief. The column had not all passeC
when those in front made a dash for th,
eompany's fence. Captain Loar cried
"Haltr' but not a Hun stopped. In answe
to the captains command their revolve
shots resounded One bullet whizzed pas
Captain Loar's head, and the two meI
standing near him each felt the hot leal
pass their bodies The Huns dashed dowi
the road and broke for the company's sta
bles. Another command to halt. Another
answer to the call by pistol shots Th
infuriated men kept their course toward
the stables. The command was given Il
fire and the deputies came to the aid 0
Captain Loar.
The Air Was Fun OF Lead.
The strikers replied but there were to-
many shots from the repeating rifles. Thl
air was alive with bullets How many
shots were fired will probably never b,
known, but when the smoke cleared away
D and the men ventured near the dead, i
was found seven men had fallen and ont
is now dying from the effects OF a bullet
The surviving strikers fled with remark
able rapidity. Soon physicians and under
takers arrived and the bodies were exam
ined and those wounded were given al
possible aid. The stable in the rear 0
Undertaken Zimmerman's store was use,
for a morgue, and the streets and alley
near it were crowded with anxious Hun
and natives. As fast as the bodies wer
recognized friends took them, and tn
1 AlodhAhS tRAA NeAAAAA Va eAN AIAaNANco va
heartrending
The Names Of the Dead.
The following is list of the killed:
Binero, Cresezo, an Italian.
Brochti, Joseph, a Polander, living a
Iarrs; single and unnaturalized.
Dohamus, Jon, Slav; single
Findor. John, Polander, employed a
Standard Coke works; single
Rist, Andrew, a Slay, living near More
wood; single.
Shineask, Jacob, a SlaY; leaves a widow
and five children.
Zerdell, Valentine, Polander, living a
Donnelly's; single.
An unknown American living at Don
nelly's, fatally wounded, and died in tn
afternoon; leaves a widow and several chi
dren.
An unknown Slav
Scenes of Widest Excitement.
All day the entire coke regions presente,
scenes of the widest excitement The for
sign element especially has been driver
frantic by this result Of their raid. Away
ready for desperate measures, they are no
one whit cowed. Curses loud and deel
: have been heard on every side all day.
Word has been sent by secret means al
Il over the region that their comrades wer
e ired on and moved down by the guard
10 Without any proyocation, and deadly ven