The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-04
PSITUATION ALARMING.
Desperate Foreigners in Pennsyl-
! vania's Coke Regions.
BUENIs OF BLooDsHED IMMINENT.

Destruction Of Property. IL Is Feared.
Can BIO Prevented Only by Resort to
the Military Power of the stRte-The
Strikers Desperate.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 4.-The situa-
tion throughout the entire region at the
,rlose of the second day of the big strike
.,nf coal miners and coke workers Is very
alarming, and 1t looks as IL bloodshed and
obstruction of property will only be
everted by resort TO the military power Of
the state. As in 1891, the strikers have
lbeen receiving food supplies from the COM
pany stores, which was out off from them
yesterday. The great horde of foreigners
now require food, and have not the means
TO obtain 1t. The only way It can be Sc
cured is by sacking the compnny's stores,
but To do this they must overpower deputy
sherlffs who are standing guard with Win
rhesters. The operators in the region are
yery apprehensive and fear that the
pBtrikers will destroy property in every sec
hon 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. IL an outbreak among the strikers
eyitable result will be loss of life. The
strikers realize the danger of an endoun-
ter with the deputies, but their condition
Is desperate, and they may attempt to
oyerpower the guards About 800 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.
When tho miners come up they will be
asked to join the strike, and If they refuse
IL 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 Ia 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 H. c. Frick
company, the Mcclure company aud w.
j. Rainey. They made a bold stand, and
say they will fight the matter to finish
The Frick men are at work wherever they
have not been driven of by force and
these men named will bear tho brunt of
the conflict, as has been the case in all
former strikes An unaccountably large
supply of =. ,oze" 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 visised that plant yesterday left men
10 see that the workmen did not go down
In the mines, or the drawers return to the
yards. A squad of employees started to 90
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 rna the workmen
were kept of the grounds.