Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-14
RIOT AT HOMESTEAD.
Alteration Between Strikers and
Mill Workers Creates a Panic.

Alteration Between Strikers and
Mill Workers Creates a Panic.
HOMESTEAD, Nov. 14.-Not since
the famous 9Th of July have bullets
been SO plentiful as Sunday after
noon. Inside of 20 minutes over so
shots were fired, and Fourth avenue
was In wild state of panic and dis
order. Rumors were plentiful of
persons btiJg wounded and killed,
but the only ones seriously hurt APP
parently are three strikers-McFad-
den, Jones and Pritchard-all of
whom have flesh wounds. Three
negroes were also badly beaten.
About o'clock this afternoon two
colored men, who work in the mill,
were met by a striker and after some
words, the latter knocked one of
them down. With characteristic
suddenness about 20 persons assem-
blei in few minutes. Both me-
groes fought hard, but stones began
to fly, and they were being bested,
when one drew are yolver and opened
fire. BY this time fully 500 persons
were on the street, and panic was
started. Three men knocked down
the second negro and when lie arose
be had two revolvers in his hands.
He started to run, shooting back
wards over his sh oulder in wild
manner. AS result,a boy received
a flesh wound in the leg. When
the fleeing negro reached City Farm
lane six other colored men came
along and were also assaulted. They
all drew guns and ran down the
street. Some one hurled brick,
which hit Washington Paul on the
head. He opened fire, as did others,
and in a moment the air was full of
bullets, and the terrified rushed in
all directions to seek shelter.in houses
and alleys. A an,paralyzed by
fear, stood in an alley and one of the
non-unionists shot at her three
times, one bullet passing through a
shawl she had thrown over her
head.
ASSAULTED IN THEIR HOMES.
The colored men finally reached
their boarding house, rushed in and
barred the door. In a minute the
house was surrounded by an infuri-
ated mob, which soon tore down the
fence and shattered every window
with stones. When the deputies
and burrough officers arrived, some
began to yell, Lets lynch the mig
gers" The cry was taken up on all
sides. The officers broke into the
house to arrest the colored men and
found them huddled in room, ter
rified and expecting to be killed.
Finally the men were brought out,
and the first man, as he passed
through the yard, was hit over the
head with frying-psn by an infuri-
ated woman. The deputies tried in
vain to keep the crowd away while
took the men to the lookup, but the
prisoners were hit several times. A
deputy was also struck with brick.
The officers drew their revolvers
and announced If any more stones
were thrown they would open fire.
A Slav who threw rock through a
window was arrested, but the au-
thorities seemed poweriess to intim-
ldate the mob of 1000 persons which |
Aad gathered by this time. When
things were quieted somewhat, a
rumor was circulated that colored |
non-upionists, hearing of the assault
on their brethren, were about to
come to their rescue. This was real
ly the case, for over so colored men
were preparing to make an assault,
and the coal and iron police had
great difficulty in restraining them.