The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-04
SITUATION ALARMING.
Desperate Foreigners in Pennsyl-
vania's Coke Regions,
SCENES OF BLOoDsHBD IMMINENT.
Destruction Of Property, It IL Feared,
Can be Prevented only by a Resort to
the Military Power of the state--The
Strikers Desperate.

AaANA' D'@RNA"'N'
UN1oNTowN, Pa, April 4.-The situa-
ton throughout the entire region at the
close Of the second day of the big strike
Of coal miners and coke workers is very
alarming, and it looks as if bloodshed and
destruction of property will only be
averted by resort to the military power of
the state As in 1891 the strikers have
been receiving food supplies from the com
pany stores, which was cut off from them
yesterday. The great horde of foreigners
now require food, and have not the means
to obtain it. The only way it can be Sc
cured is by sacking the company's stores,
but 20 do this they must overpower deputy
sheriffs who are standing guard with Win
chesters The operators in the region are
very apprehensive and fear that the
strikers will destroy property in every sec
tion of the region
Eleven thousand strikers bivouced last
night at different places between here and
Scottdale, and it is generally believed nu-
merous raids will be made on the company
stores If an outbreak among the strikers
takes place anywhere in the region the iu-
evitable result will be loss of life. The
strikers realize the danger of an encoun-
ter with the deputies, but their condition
is desperate and they may attempt TO
overpower the guards. About 300 depu-
ties are standing guard at the different
works. Their forces are scattered, and
should an attack be made by one of the
big mobs it would be certain death to offer
resistance.
A number Of the Frick plants men are
still at work in the mines and refuse to
come up and join the strikers in camp.
~ Nbar tho r,niu ~, thav Nyil1 Ia
asked to join the strike, and if they refuse
it is likely that they will be roughly
treated. Terror reigns from one extrem-
ity of the region to the other, and every
hour brings the possibility of deadly
conflict between the mobs and authorities,
and the destruction of property by fire and
dynamite.
In the houses of the strikers, it is said, a
large number of shotguns and rifles are
stored, which will probably be brought
into use soon unless the situation changes.
The only operators now standing out
against the strikers are the II. G. Frick
company, the Mcclure company and w.
j. Rainey. They made bold stand, and
say they will fight the matter to a finish.
The Frick men are at work wherever they
have not been driven off by force, and
these men named will bear the brunt of
the conflict, as has been the case in all
former strikes An unaccountably large
supply of "booze" is flowing freely, and
hundreds of strikers are practically insane
from drink
An outbreak which means a great deal
in the present conflict occurred last night
| at the Leith works, near here The mob
who visited that plant yesterday left men
to see that the workmeu did not 20 down
! in the mines, or the drawers return to the
yards. A squad Of employees started to go
/ to work in the evening, and were raided
/ by the strikers A fight ensued in which
! two workmen were knocked down with
| clubs beaten insensible and left on the
| field for dead. The matter caused great
CONSERVATION and for a time the workmen
| were kept off the grounds.