St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-05

UNIoNTowN. Pa, April At would
take columns to tell in detail the eX-
citing events of today. the third of the
big coke strike now on in the Connells-
vile region. At least nine lives have
been sacrificed during the past twelve
hours. Unless the strong arm of the
military interferes the death will be
counted by scores instead of tens. So
much excitement was never known i'll
the region, and people everywhere are
excited and apprehensive of graver
dangers. The rioting began early this
morning. but the climax was not reached
until this afternoon at o clock, when
a body of strikers, numbering several
hundred, marched Cn the Davidson
works of the II. G. Frick Coke
company at Connellsville, where
men were working. The strik-
ers had been there III the
morning to get the men ont, but no one
was working. In the afternoon when
they returned deputies had been placed
to receive them. When the strikers
approached they were ordered to stop.
They came on and tried TO get at the
men. The deputies fired. The strikers
returned the ire and charged, driving
the deputies and men from the works.
Chief Engineer Paddock, of the Frick
company. ran up in the tipple of the
works. The strikers followed and sho t
him in the back of the head. They
beat him and crushed his head with
stones, and threw his body from the
tipple window to the ov ems, thirty feet
below. They then tried to nre the tip
pie, but left when they saw the dep
utieS returning with large force from
ConnellsvilIe. Hearing of Paddock's
murder, hundreds volunteered to
AvENGE HIS DEATH.
The pursuing party, in command of
County Detective Frank Campbell, over
took the strikers half mile from David
son and opened fire on them. The
strikers fired in return, but ran. on.
Three strikers fell, one was killed i'll
stantly, shot through the body, and two
others were fatally wounded. Another
of the strikers. who got the start on the
on the main body, was shot by deputy
at Broadford, a mile distant. He was
also killed instantly, the ball penetrating
his neck. Eleven strikers were captured
where the first battle took place, and
the pursuing party kept up the chase
until Dawson, point several miles dis
tance was reached, where fifty eight
more strikers were captured. Ali the
efforts of the deputies and more level
headed citizens were needed to prevent
the lynching OF the eleven who
were taken back to Connellsville.
The law-abiding element had their
way and special train arrived here
with siXty-four of those who were in the
mob that killed Paddock. A great
crowd greeted their arrival, and amid
cries of Lynch them." they were hur-
ried up back street to the jail. A
large body of strikers were present. and
made rush to rescue the prisoners, but
were held back by the big crowd and
the deputies. At the Jail. Hugh Call,
assistant chief engineer of the Frick
company, identified one OF the pris-
Oners as among those who killed Pad
dock.
Thirty more of the same band of
strikers have been arrested, and the
special train will return to bring them
TO jail tonight. Paddock was highly
esteemed. and was widely known. His
murder occurred In sight of his home.
All of the officials of the organization
of strikers will be arrested for COM
plicity in the Paddock murder, and in
| citing
THE RIOT AND MURDER.
Every effort will be made to hunt
down the guilty ones. At the Mayfeld
plant OF the Mcclure company two men
were fatally shot during the day. The
| strikers charged the men at work in tie
| morning, but were driven off by the
deputies after striker was shot
through the body. In the afternoon
they returned and renewed the attack
There was much firing, and deputy
was fatally wounded.
At riot at the Painter works the men
beat workman fatally. Sheriff Will
hem has called on Gov. Pattison to or
der out the national guard. The sheriff
and his deputies are helpless. Unless
| the national guard is in the region soon
| there will be more bloodshed. The
strikers have planned 10 raid the region
| from one end to the other tomorrow, and
nothing but the military, and plenty of
them, can prevent great loss Of life and
| destruction of property.