The Jasper weekly courier., 1892-07-15

f"r 2 distance Or 600 yards az \. 49,.
was formed, and through thi. ~ s..,'
crton men walked. ran ar .,-,,,,,s
best they could. The frst IL ,eas. ,
only boots AMI jecrS Then. win MIX.
hands, the men who formed IN. -,,....
let began 70 strike them on th.;~
covered heads. Tho leaders ~. y, 49,.
pie :" 40 anything with the crowd. ana
soon clubs were introduced. Thi, NJ.
In the mill yard near The end ~ Nm.
gauntlet The rule was when you Nv.
an uncovered head hit"
Murder murder shricxcl 49,.
frightened ones rs the blows ranc N.
their heads. Men. for the lav. M s:..,
have mercy ON me. Don't kin Nv.
pleaded gray-headed man. fr..
whose head and face was flowing bl.aJ
from many wounds. Their hats. th..,r
satchcls and even their coats w.rs
taken from them and either torn "
pieces or carried of. The police forec
of the steel workers tried 10 eax.
them. but II was no use. when
man reached th. top ~ M.
bank. he would receive a blow
from club. which would knock him
down. When he got up he always ran
and blows from clubs and fists rainea
on his unprotected head. One yorn.
fellow with blanchcd face saw wha.
was awaiting him and be burs, in,n
tears. Dropping on his knees he be "A
for mercy: hut he was soon raised u his
feet by kicks from all sides. Then NJ
started 70 run and as he did 50 4 blow
from q biocd-sta;ned club laid him low.
Two men ran To him and escorted him
safely through the rest Of the line.
Women. too. were in the line ana
they piled clubs and stones as viror.
ously as did the men. They made more
noise. for they were continuously hnut.
ing ~ the Pinkcrtons ard urging the
men on in their terrible work. The
only guards not assaulted while run.
ming the gauntlet were the wounded.
and they were greeted with hoo,s and
cries that must have made them wish
for death.
Blank blank you. you blankety-
blank. it's a pity your blank head was
not shot of. is a sample Of what tn.
wounded heard. The only one that
was not hootcd was the dead man.
Good for the blanlxrty-blank." was
the greeting he got. but il was no:
| spoken loudly
while the men were being formed
| in line for the march to the rink. part
Of the force boarded the boats. They
ransaclSed everything and secured 80
| Winchester rifles The men just took
I from the boats what they thought
was Of value and then burned The
barges. In one boat was found some
thing in the way Of provisions. There
was enough % last regiment a week.
| The Winchesters were divided up
among the men. and many Of the resi-
dents are now possessers Of first-c,ass
rifles 1t did not take the barges long
| to burn after they were fired Scores
| Of shots were poured into the boats by
| the strikers as the flames were licking
them up. There islittle pity expressed
for the captured guards"
4 The Casnnities.
! HOMESTEAD. Pa. July THE lit of
killed and injured. as far as obtained
/ up TO midnight, is as follows:
| KILLED.
! William Foy. shot through the breast.
John Morris. shot through the fore
head.
Henry streigle. shot through the
neck
J. IT. Klcine. PinlSerton man. shot
through the head.
Joseph Shepa. shot through the
1 breast
Sila~ WAYNE. bullet through the neck.
Thomas Weldon. shot in the stomach.
Peter FarriS. shot through the
stomach.
In addition 70 this two rinkerson
men were shot and fell overheard and
their names could not De learned
INJURED.
Andrew Sular. shot in the leg.
Miles Laughlin. shot through ths
body.
| Hugh O'Donnell. shot in the hand
Martin Murray. shot in the right
knee
i J. 6. Hoffman, shot in tAr leg.
David Lester. Pinkcr.cn man. arm
broken
| Russell Wells. Pinkcrton man, shot
in the leg.
\ George Butler. bullet in the hip.
n John McCurry. shot in the hip.
II Harry Hughes. shot in the cheek
4 Andrew Schuyler, shot through the
kneecap-
N William Johnston. shot In the hip.
N In addition 70 this. not less than
twenty-five Homestead men are slightly
wounded Nine other Pinkcrton men
are also wounded
II The Prisoners Taken 10 Pittsburgh.
HOMESTEAD. July -.-Shortly after "
o'clock this morning II was rnm0rrd
about Homestead that the prisoners
were to b. taken 70 Pittsburgh nn 2
special train brought up by sheriff Mc-
Ciearv. About 1880 President Neine
Of the Amalgamatrd association ap-
peared on the stage ~ the opera house
, and ordered the hall cleared of all "n'-
sidcr~. Hugh % Donncll. ofthr advisory
committee. took charge and formed 'na
men In ranks. lie then informeu nv
waiting crowds that the outra1es
, of the afternoon were cowardly arr