The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-07-13

I dtS Drother, hsnry ctT1egeis and Eeler
Foster, the Slav, are at II. WilIiams's IN,
dertaking establishment on Sixth ave
nue.. It has been turned into a norgle
Striegel lives in the sane house which
has been turned into 3mOrgue. J. Fan
merry, the Pittsburgh undertaken, arrived
here this morning With collins, and at
once seat for more
There Was an extraordinary surprise
for the Pinkertous when they arrived
here and their boat vas moored to the
shore. The small field piece, which dur
/ ing the night the strikers had placed IN
! der pier Of the Psmicky bridge across
the river and the locltion Of "a 16-pognd-
er at the P, Y. & C. yard mill entrance,
furnished the surprise. Had the gun
ners been more skiIlfuI they could have
blown the barges cut Of the water. As it
Is they carry terror 10 the Pinkertons as
the balls 20 recoehetinz across the river.
TaE PISKEEToSs SURRENDER
For hours the crowd of men behind
the barrieades Of structural iron within
the walls watched the barges with guns
cooked, waiting for a head 70 appear
Down IN the boats, sweItering and with
hearts filed with fear, lay the Pinkerton
guards. TIE sun was beating down OF
the low roofs Of the barges. and the ar
within them must have been sitting, for
an opening was not to be thought Ct, as
It would only attract = storm Of bullets
from the angry men outside. The suf-
fering Of the wounded in the boats must
have been awful, not to speak Of the 9TH
ers, and ss the sun grew hotter sounds Of
an Ak 1t work within the boat told tie
crowd that the Pinkerton guards were
taking desperate chances 70 prevent SUI
location. Soon hole was cut through,
and moment later it was made twice
as large BY the bullets from the shore
The axman was wounded, and 10 f1r-
ther attempts were made to secure ven
tilation. Death IN a sitting atmosphere
was better, the PinkeItons thought, than
from the guns Of the mob.
ATTENPTs t. EIRz THE BOAT.
All sorts Of plans were tried to FIRE the
boats. A hand fire engine owned by the
steel company was gotten oct Of It's shed
and connected with a bigoil tank The
oil was pumped down into the river and
burning waste was thrown after II. This
did not DO, and the stores With over
stocks Of Fourth Of July fireworks were
drawn upon. Rockets, Roman candlss
and The Ike we're used, but without e.
feet. The oil was ofthe labrcaiing kind
and vas not as indammabIe a. other
grades. But if the mill men had sue
cseded an appalling fate must have been
in store for the Pinkerton men. Tosgve
themselves from death in FIRE they would
have had to face the rifles Of the mob,
ard the escape of any ofthem alive
woaid aimost have bcen beyond hope.
Seeing their efforts we're in vain, the
steel workers rested and discussed the
situation. Hugh O'DonneIl, eool-hsaied
and anxious TO avoid further bloodshed,
seized 4 small American flag, mounted 4
a pile Of iron, and soon had the attention
Of the 2000 maddened men Who we're
shouting for blood He began 10 calmly
discuss the situation and 70 caution
the nen to move slowly. His words
we're received with cheers, and, finding
be lad the crowd with him. he suggest
ed that truce be arranged until the AZ
rival OF the Sheriff. lie said q white Eag
should BE- carried to The bank, and he
was going to explain his plan further
when q howl arose from thousand
throats.
show the white hag2 never~ vas
the cry They shot at one Tag this
morning and If there Is any white flag to
be shown 1t must fl from the boats
TRUCE ArLAsT.
What VIII We DO then - asked
O'Donaeu.
We viii hold them in the boats until
the sheriff comes and we viii have var
rants sworn oct for every man for mur-
der. The Sheriff viii then have to take
them in charge" said one man, and I
shouts Of approval rent the air.
Seeing that this wzs the desire Of the .
men, O'Douneli stepped down and went
to work TO Keep them TO that and prevent Z
further conflict if possible.
While the meeting was il progress in /
the mill another was being held BY the +
beleagured ones IN the boat The result T
was soon shown by white handkerchief /
being cautiously showed out Of an open {
ing and cheers greeted It. They sur
render - Victory r' ave have them
now and Ike cries rang out. Then /
Hugh O'DonEell, accompanied By two or /
three ofthe old Advisory Coz mittee, ran +
down the steep bank 10 receive the mes (
sage Of peace. The spokesman OF the /
PinkertoHs announced that they would .
surrender on condition that they be pro- Z
tected from the violenoa OF the mob AZ /
ter a short parley this was agTeed %, I
though a multitude Of enraged people [
were howIIng for the blood Of the men
who killed their comrades.
ZEE CHAMBER OF DEATH
Assoon Is the COMMITTEES had arrang-
ed the preliminaries hundred or more /
from the shore climbed upon the boat.
A reporter went into the fral erah I
and there found one dead and II EoGad- [
ed Pinkerton men- Asked where they
came from, one big fellow, who locked /
ike a tough, said Boston and Chicago (
had furnished the most Of them, but /.
were some from other places Not I
more than a couple OF Pittsburgh men
were in the gang he said. His expert
ence in the boat was the worst he ever
had, though he had been in some warm
places. Some Of the men, he said, even
cried for fear, and but few Of them
expected to get away with whole /
skins. The steel workers did not talk (
long, but ordered them to hurry out I
The first one to leave had his Winches- /
ter rife with him.
Diszrm Them cried the mob, and .
the rifles we're then taken away frou all, I
and became the property ofthe man who /
took the gun Then began Iooting Of 1
the boat, with the hunks and provisions. /