The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-05
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SCoTTDALE, Pa, May 4.
n RAID was made by the wives Of
IAN the coke strikers on the Painter
~ works Of the MeClue company to-
u y day They were repulsed by a
number Of deputies. who fi;sd on them
Fifteen persons are reported to have
been wounded. several fatally
Mr.. White. the mine superintendent,
WAS very badly beaten in the riot and
may die.
The riot occurred about 6 o'clock this
morning. The company made An ef-
fort 10 start this and other plants OF
the company yesterday. and today the
women living at the plant determined
to drive the black legs from work
They assembled aud with tin pans.
clubs, coke forks and brooms marched
to the coksyArd Sanford White, mine
superintendent Ewing b. Roddy, the
bookkesper, and q number OF deputies
were on guard A shot was fred 70
frighten the women In less than a
minute the men living In the house.
rushed TO the scene White opened
tire on the crowd, that numbered 100
pers0us
The ARRAY occurred between blocks
Of ovens, and at the first FIRE from
White aud the deputies three men fell
wounded. One was shot through both
legs and the third In tho neck. Ii IL
believed the latter Ia fatally hurt
a.. a. 4
and the intpriated men set upon Whit,
aud Roddy. whom they seemed to re
gard ~ responsible for the shooting.
Before a sufficient number Of deputies
could be massed At this point Sanford
White was completely surrounded u,
WAS beaten over the head. knocked
down, kicked aud bruised about The
body His recovery Ia doubtful
The deputies who could uso their
rih4s continued 10 DO % after the men
had Joined Ia the attack one woman
was shot, aud she IL said 30 be dying
Roddy. the b0okkeeper was one Of the
frat 20 10 injured His wounds ar,
serious
The physicians OF tho town werr
summoned 20 care for the wounded
Whites wounds were dressed and ht
was sent to Miners hospital IN Connells
vile.
During tho AfFrAy a big Hun had :
man down aud WAS standing over hin
| with an axe, when he was knocked
down by James Tarr. one Of the stort
clerks The shooting caused great sI
citemsut throughou the entire region
FIFTEEN STRIKERS 90 DOWN
Dr. W II Cole, the company phyH
elan, states that fifteen strikers went
down in three charges Thrce tner
and one woman were carried of IN,
ground quickly. and when the mol
finally retreated, they boro away al
least ten more Three Of them wer,
left near the works One OF theso WA
shot through the thigh. another through
both legs, and the third had bad
wound tn the groin.
At o'clock today White was suffer
ing intense agony and his recovery WI,
yet matter Of doubt. Roldy is be-
lisvsd to have been fatally wounded
| The affair has caused the most intens.
excitement here II Is ieared the for
eigners will revenge the death Of theii
eountrymen and that this ia but the be-
ginning of riots In all parts Of the 70
gion II would not be n surprise TO tn,
people here should the strikers resort
to the use OF dynamite TO blow up the
works.
Superintendent White was taken IA
the hospital here, and it is thought vii
not survive. Ewing Roddy was also
brought here and cared for The for
eiguers were carried to the adjoining
houses and cared for by Drs. Rogers
and Fetters.
Sheriff Richards, Of Fayette county,
has gone TO the scene Of battle with
forty men armed with Winchesters,
and has already arrested thirty per
sons charged with being implicated II
the riot They are now on the way e
Uniontown Jail.
THE sITUATIo n ALARMING.
CoNNELLsvnLE, Pa, May 4.-The
situation is very alarming in this sec.
tion of the coke region tonight. Mobs
are assembling In tue Vanderbilt re-
gion at the Meyer plant, preparing for
au attack tomorrow morning. The
formidable display of deputies In those
sections last night frightened the strik.
ers and they concluded to wait more
favorable opportunity. Tonight they
sounded the tocsin for the reasse m b.
ling of the mob and the strikers are
gathering at the points agreed upon.
The companies have armed large
force of men and are fully prepared Ia
repsl any attack. The Dunbar Furnace
company will attempt to fire up Hill
Farm plant in the morning. Their
stock of coke is exhausted and the
works must be fired up or the furnace
banked. A large force of armed men
will go to the works at midnight. The
workmen will 20 to work at 3 o'clock
in the morning, but no trouble is ex-
pected before or 6 o'clock. The Dun
bar strikers have been the most deter.
mined in resisting the attempts of the
operators and are sure to make an at
tack if Hill Farm is fired up.
The painter riot has stirred up the
foreign element. The Huns and Slavs
are maddened at the slaughter of their
countrymen and have become blood
thirsty. They have resolved upon re-
venge One Of the leaders admitted
this evening that the most bloody
scenes of the strike are yet to come.
The excitement is almost as intense as
that which followed the death of Pad
6nck