Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-11
MURDEROUS WORK.
Attack on NOn-Unionists
Results in BIOOdShed.
ONE STRIKER SHOT DEAD.
DEPUTIES Searching the Houses For
Four Missing Men.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, June ll.-one striker
killed In his boots, two others dying and
another shot through Is the result Of the
battle yesterday at Lamont There were
six deputies on one side and . mob Of
strikers on the other. According TO un.
biased testimony the mob not only pro-
voked, but compelled the deputies to fro
upon them after the strikers had com
PEELED themito retreat and had fired sew
eral shots at them.
Four American workmen, John Della
pey, Oliver Attleby, John Brutt, James
Furlough, have been working at the
Frick Coke company's valley works for
some time, They came to New Haven
Saturday afternoon, where they were to
take the Leisenriag electric road for
home. where they have not been for
month.
Surrounded by . Mob.
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 workmen, and
then put tags on them, bearing the in
scription "Blscklegs," also covering them
with chalk marks. They then marched
their prisoners to all the works on the
line from New Haven, holding them up
as decorated samples of "scabs' for the
revilings aud abuse Of strikers every
where
The Frick Coke company was informed
Of the perilious position of their work.
men. Field Deputy Matt Allen and six
men were sent to New Haven on the even.
ing train. They were misled by false in
formation.
1t was daylight when the squad Of tired
deputies reached Lemont, where the fight
took place. They had been Joined by Su-
perintendent Slater Of the Leisenring
plant, who had helped in the all-night
hunt Not long after daylight the men
began to assemble.
They engaged In the widest demon
stration and it is thought they then had
the four captives In their possession.
When the deputies were discovered, the
mob raised howl and surrounded them.
Many of the strikers had revolvers and
all carried clubs. They mobbed against
the deputies, who retrssted under a
shower of clubs and stones. Riding up
to the advancing crowd of miners, Dep
uty Allen told them to go back. saying
that he did not want any trou BILE, and
that there would be trouble II he or his
men were attacked and injured. The an
swer was general yell, and one OF the
strikers covered him with his pistol and
fired The shot WAS a close shave for Al
lens head.
Deputies Open Fire.
The deputies opened fire together. and
the strikers stood to IL and fought gamely.
The first shots were fired by them, and
they fired as coolly and as rapidly as did
the deputies, and they kept closing in on
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ters until they were driven to the ex-
treme end OF the company's ground,
where they made a stand. BY that time
three Of the strikers were down. and sew
eral others we're wounded.
The strikers began at once to carry
away their wounded. The dead man and
two who were fatally wounded were left
In the road where they fell. The numbe
of wounded may not be known for several
days, as they will be concealed as much
as possible. Allen estimates that 40 or so
shots were fired by both sides.
The two Slavs who are fatally shot can
live but short time. At dark the man
who was killed was still where he fell.
The names Of the dead and wounded can
not be learned as yet. Nobody but the
strikers knew them, and they refuse to
tell who the men were or give any infor-
nation OF any kind under any oircum-
stances.
Deputies, armed with search warrants,
have been going through all the houses
in the vicinity, but up to late hour not
trace of the four men held as prisoners by
the strikers has been seen, and it Is feared
they have been murdered by the strikers,
In revenge for the loss OF men hurt in the
battle. Twelve arrests have been made,
at least least 200 more will follow.