Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-15
HOMESTEAD.
The Borough Again the Scene
Of BlO0dshed.
Hot Fight Between Negroes and
Union Men.


of the Strikers, Draw RevoIvers and
Fire Into the Crowd Several People
Badly Wounded and More Trouble Is
Looked for at Amy Moment.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Nov. IA fight
started on Fourth avenue Sunday after
noon. Two colored men who work. in
the mill met striker, who said some
thing to them. They replied, and the
striker knocked one, down. With ex-
traordinary suddenness about twenty
persons, including children and women,
assembled i'll few moments. Both
negroes fought hard, but stones began
to fly, and the men We're besting them,
when one colored man drew a revolver
and opened fire. BY this time there
were fully 500 persons on the street, and
the bullets whistliug over their heads
started a panic.
Three men knocked down the second
negro, and when he arose he had two
revolvers in his hands, He started to
run, shooting wildly backward as he did
80. 1t is said boy received u flesh
wound in the leg, but his name is I'M
had reached City Farm lane six other
colored men came along and were as
saulted. Thoy all drew guns and ran
down Fourth avenue, in the direction Of
Mcclure street, near where their lodging
house is situated
Some one hurled q brick which hit
Washington Paul on the head. He
opened fire and 30 did the others. In a
minute the air was full of bullets, and
in front of the Colored men there was o
terrified crowd rushing into houses for
shelter, or lodging up alleys. woman,
too frightened to run. stood on the street,
and az they Iassed one of the non-union-
lists shot at her three times. one bullet
passing through her shawl which she
had thrown over her head.
When the colored men reached their
house they run in and barred the door.
In minute the house was surrounded
by an Infatuated crowd who soon tore
down the fence anl shattered every win
dow with stones, When the deputies
and borough officers arrived, some per-
sons were suggesting that they burn the
house, and some began to ycll, Lets
lynch the niger black shcepw This
was taken up. and cries of Hang
them 1" were heard on all sides.
The officers went in to arrest the col
ored men and found them huddled in
one room, terrified and expecting TO be
killed. One man, however was not
afraid, and said he would be the first to
leave AS he was taken out n woman
hit him with n fryingpan, cutting his
head.
The deputies tried in vain to keep the
crowd away while they took the man to
the lookup, but he was hit several
times. Stones were also hurled and
Deputy Montgomery was struck. The
officers then drew their revolvers and
announced that if any more stones We're
thrown they would have to open fire. A
Slav threw rock which crashed
through a window, already half shat
tered He was arrested hut the author
tiles seemed almost powerless, for by
this time over 1900 persons had gath
cred. Several other ColuFod men were
beaten ON the way to the lookup.
Marion Conrad. another non-unionist,
owns house above Ann street, on
Fourth avenue During the shooting q
large crowd gathered in front of his
house, and when he appeared began to
threaten him. Conrad is sworn in as a
deputy sheriff and he stood in his door,
with n revolver in either. hand, and he
said he would shoot the first man who
entered the gate. Several deputies then
arrived, thus keeping back the crowd
for an hour. when II dispersed.
The exCitenen subsidized rs rapidly as
il had begun, and by uiHhtfall no uu-
usual crowds were noticeable on the
street.
The town is in n fever of excitement
over the events of Sunday. At noon
Monday about 500 men and women
gathered about the lookup where the
colored non-uniOnists We're under arrest.
They were given n hearing before JUS
tice Oeffner Monday afternoon.
The strikers are in no pleasant frame
of mind from the fact that some of their
number were among the woun ED.
Among the wounded were: McFad.
den, Patrick, and n boy whose name has
not been learned. McFadden was shot
in the right arm, Hickey was shot in the
right hand. ana the boy received flesh
wound in the leg. The injured have all
been safely secreted and the closest in.
vestigation Ivy the deputies has not
availed in disclosing their hiding places.
The prisoners in the lookup are
William Scott. f. Mills. William Carey
Louis Thompson, Harris Holmes, Mel
son Gaines. II. Wilson, j. Williams. al
Colored; James Jones. Pete McAlhster
Mike Barco and NJ Sullivan. strikers
All are charged with aggravated riot.
Quinn SchaarcG and Thomas Young
colored. were ARE ,ted Monday morning
charged with felonlous assault. having
fired upon tho officers who We're attempt
ing TO make arrests, Two strikers
named Conhon and Wall were also ar