Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-11
FOUR BIT THE DUST.
Another Tragedy Takes Place
in the Coke Regions.
MOB ATTACKS HALF A DOZEN MEN
Who Are Compelled to Use the Cold
Lead Argument in Self
Defense.

e0me Interesting Events That Led Up to
the ''Kiiling"-Treatment Given Four
Men Who Would work-Pana, His, in .
Buard There-Governor McKinley's Con-
tribution Returned by Omcials OF the
Ohio strike-Deputy Sherifs Fired on
BY Cripple Creek Strikers.
UNloNrOwN. Pa, June 1.-THE truce is
ended and again the armed deputies in
the coke region have made killing. One
striker killed in his boots, two others dy-
ing and a fourth shot through is the re-
suit of battle at Lamont. There were
six deputies on the one side and mob
OF strikers on the other Unbiased testi-
mony is to the effect that the mob not
to fire on them after the strikers had COM
PEELED them to retreat aud had fired sew
eral shots at them. The circumstances
leading up to this latest of the many trag-
edies of the coke region had been develop
ing since Saturday afternoon. -Four
American workmen-John Delaney, Oliver
Attleby, John Britt and James Furlough,
who live at Leisenring, have been work.
ing at the Prick Coke company's Valley
works for some time.
Captured and Nialtreatcl by Strikers.
They went to New Haven Saturday af-
ternoon, where they were to take the
leisenring electric road for home, where
they had not been for a month. As soon
as they alighted from the train at New
Haven they were surrounded by a mob of
several hundred strikers The strikers
first beat the four men and then put tags
on them bearing the inscription, "black-
legs" also covering them with chalk
marks. They then marched their prison.
ers to all the works ON the line from New
Haven south, holding them up US deco
rated samples of "scabs' for the revilings
and abuse OF strikers everywhere The
four prisoners were subjected to all man
ner of insults and indignities. to such an
extent that many of the more rational
strikers protested that it was cruel and
cowardly for so many men to assault four
helpless fellows in that way.
Deputies to the Rescue.
The Prick Coke company was informed
of the perilous position their workmen
were in. Field Deputy Matt Allen and
six men were sent TO New Haven on the
evening train. They were misled by false
| information and it was daylight when
the squad of tired deputies reached Ie-
mont, where the fight took place. They
had been joined by Superintendent Slater,
of the Leisenring plant. Not long after
daylight the men began to assemble ON
the commons by the hundred. They en-
gagged in the widest demonstrations, and
| it is thought that they then had the four
captives in their possession.
Surrounded by n HowlinG Mob.
When the deputies were discovered the
mob raised a howl and surrounded them.
Many of the strikers had revolvers and all
carried clubs. They moved against the
deputies, who retreated under n shower of
clubs and stones. Riding up to the adj
vancing crowd of miners Deputy Allen
told them to go back, aaying that he did
not want any trouble and that there
would be trouble if he or his men were at
tackled and injured. The answer to Allen
was a general yell, and one of the striker
covered him with his pistol and fired.