New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-14
BULLETS FLY AT HOMESTEAD
A LIVELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FIGHT.
STRIKERS AND CoLORED NoN-UNIoN-sTs HAVE
PATTLE IN THE sTEEETs-THREE
WHITE MEN WOUNDED AND TWO
NEGROES BADLY BEATEN.

! NEGROES BADLY BEATEN.
! Homestead. Penn. Nov 13.-Not since the famous
9Th Of July have flying bullets been plentiful ~
this afternoon. Inside Of twenty minutes over fifty
shots were fired and FOurth-avc. I'm Wild state
Of panic and disorder Eurlo7s are plentiful Of par
Sons being wounded, but the only seriously hur
apparently are three strikers named McFadden Jones
| and Prfchard. They all have flesh wounds. l"o
negroc, also badly beaten. The fight started
in Fourth ave. about 80 O'Clock Two colored men
who in the mill walking In that diiccuoh
when they met striker, Who said something to them
| They replied. and the striker knocEed one down
With the suddenncss which characeriZes Honest al
% far the gathering # crowds is concerned about
200 persons. Incudicg children and women, assembled
| in few minutes Both negroes fought hard bui
| stones began 20 fly, and the men we'e getting th'
| hest OF thcm when one coored man drew a revolver
and opened fire. By this time there were fully 800
people In the street and the bullets whstlng over
their heads started a panic. Three men knochef down
| the second negro, and when he rose he had two
rcvolvcrs in his hands. He started to shooting
| wildly backward rs he did 50.
II IS said that boy received a flesh wound In tie
| leg but hi, name Is unknown.
Iy the time the coloied had reached CITY Farm
zane sX other negroes came along and assaulted
They All drew pistols and down Fourthave. in
the direction Of McCuest., where their lodging
house l.. some cne hurled a brick which bit wash
ugion Paul on the bead. lie opened IRE ana - id
the Oii IN a minute tle UT Wa lul 'i bh4h''
and In front Of the colorad men there wa terri
tied crowd rushing mo houses for shelter dod gug
~ alleys, \ woman. to- frightened 20 run. stood on
tie street, ard They pa-s'd ore OF the nonunoh-
-ts shot NJ three limos bullet passing through
her shawl. which she had thrown over her head.
Two bullets went through windows ~ houses and
one buried .t.clf in The wndows,D Of d second story
frnmc occupied by The Conltcr fimT. who were looI
ing on, at the tmc While the negroes raanng
men doleng into alleys would hurl stones ~ them.
When the cporcd men reached ihclr home they ran
In and barred the door In minute the house was
surrounded hv an infrrlatrd crowd, Who soon tore
down tl" fence and shattered every window with
| stones. i.n the deputies and borough oicers
arr we'd persons sugc"s ing that they burn
the house. and some began 70 yell. Let's lynch
the Niger black sheep" This taken up and
cries of hang 'rm." Were heard on all -idc,. The
officers went n 10 arro~' the coor,d men. and found
them huddlrI In ono room. terrified ard expecting
10 be killed Ona man. however. no, afraid and
said ne would he Tie first to leave the house A.
hc vas taken ON. h!t him with frying
pan, cutting his head. The deputies tried IN vain
10 keep the crowd away while they took tie man To-
the lookup, bat he h!i several times. stone,
were ais" hurled and Deputy Montgomery was struck
Tie onicer- then drow their rcvovers and said
that II any s'on,e thrown they would op.s
fire. \ >av threw % rock wli, crashed through u
window already Agf shattered. II, WI, arr.st.d bi'
Oh" autoriti,- seemed alno-t l-'wc1c-- ;or D., 'hi
.;ac over 1000 persons had gathered. several Other
~! men Were beaten the WAY 20 the lorhlip.
About this t.me another alarming report V..s 81. .u.
lated through t.r crowd. II was that tlle c.lor,d
non-liuions.s living shau'y HI. hearing Of The
assault upon their hretAicn IN town. were about 10
come down ard rscI" Item. This WAS really The
make onslaught n momcut'a note plr ri"
Coal and Iron Polio had nncn dH.cAiy n restraining
Marion Conrad. another nonluioui,t owns housc