Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

HUGH o%'DosNELr. LEADER OF woRKMEN.
Amalgamation in Homestead, went 10
h landing and conferred with the
PinkertOns. The latter only asked to
be allowed to leave the boats with their
lives, leaving after them their arms and
ammunition. This was readily conceded,
and the battle on the banks Of the placid
M~ononyahela was ended.
Running tho tianntlct.
After the capitulation Of the Pinker-
tons excitement ran high when the news
spread that the deputies would be taken
ashore. A crowd of steel workers
rushed upon the boats and in IL twinkling
the cabins We're filled. The Pinkerton
guards shook like aspen leaves. They
huddled in groups in the corners and
waited for death. They were ~jostletl
about, kicked and cuNed and sworn Mt,
but their lives We're spared, although
rOugher treatment was in store for
them at the hands of the main army of
the mob still left on the river bank.
Broken windows and doors and bed-
ding, with which the boats We're we'll
stocked for u siege, were thrown OVER
board, and about thirty rifles We're con-
fiscated by the steel workers. The rest
Of the arms and ammunition were taken
charge Of in the name of the Anlalga-
mated Association. Then the march
of the prisoners to the shore and through
the quarter of IL mile of mill-yard to
Munhall station of the %Pittsburg, Vir-
ginia and Charleston Railroad was he
gun. The Pinkerton men We're brought
ashore singly and in couples. They
| walked unmolesto Il down the gansplank.
and up the bank.
AT the top Of the bank they found
themselves in a narrow p~assageway be-
tween two huge piles of rusty pig iron.
When they emerged it was to enter IL
lane formed by two long lines of infuri-
ated people who did not act like human
beings-people who had not been lrave
enough to do battle when there was
danger, but who were cowardly enough
to maltreat the Pinkertons when Once
they were prisoners and disarmed. The
cooler-headed men tried to protect their
prisoners, but We're not wholly success
full. The people composing this mob
were men and women who were frenzied
by the long day Of fighting and blood
g Their Own relatives and com-
rades had been shot down, and they
thirsted for revenge. They had no
thought for the rules Of modern warfare.
Surrender did o end all with them, and
as the Pinkerton men, every one with q
satchel in hand, came in view they
jumped upon them like u pack OF wolves.
The men screamed for mercy. They
We're beaten over the head with clubs
and the butt ends of rifles. You could
almost hear the skulls crack. They
were kicked, knocked down and jump Il
upon. Their clothes were torn from
their backs, and when they finally es-
| nono11 ~ 1s,nS S~,3kI~ Hno~, - ,oL.n ..i
ness and with the blood in streams
rushing down the backs Of their heads,
soaking their clothes. It ran In rivulets
down their faces, which in the melee
they had covered with their hands.
Women, too, were in the line, and
they piled clubs and stones as vigor-
ously as did the men. They made moro
noise, for they were continuously hoot-
ing at the Pinkertons and urging tho
mon on in their terrible work. The only
guards that were not assaulted were
those wounded, and they were greeted
with bowls and cries that must have
made them pray for death.
Arriving at the outer gate the Pinker
ton men were compelled to run another
gauntlet. Women and children and
small boys with rifles on their shoulders
formed the major portion Of the crowd
WHICH kASe the fllkeftO0 men the part.
ing salute.
At the end Of the lane the Pinkerton
guards were met by n score of men, all
armed with rifles. This little escort
headed the procession for the Opera
House, where the main body Of the pris-
Oners were held for safe keeping pre-
paratory to the arrival Of the Sheriff.
When the last Pinkerton had left the
barge the mob cried, Burn the boats!"
The suggestion was a taking one.a and
they waited long enough to unload sew
eral boxes Of Winchester rifles and am
munition, and then, satisfied that they
had all the arms, the torch was applied
to the Iron Mountain and the Mononga-
he!a simultaneously. Aided by oil and
fed by the dry wood Of the inside, 1t was
not long until the flames were leapinR
far above the high river bank, and the
mob was driven back by the intense
heat.
Nero could not have been more happy
when he saw Rome In flames than were
those Infatuated steel workers when
they beheld the fire destroying. the
barges, which only a short time before
sheltered their deadly foes.
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