The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-26
4 ECARNACE FIELDS
Situation More Poaceable at the
UniOntoWn Mines.
FIVE STRIKERS, ONLY, WEEE KILLED.
Others Seriously. and Two or Three Per.
haps Fatally. W~ounded-The Begin
ming OF the Riot-Not a Deputy
WaIkoyer as Suspected.

UNIoNT0vvN. Pa. May 26.-Latc news
from the scene OF yesterdays miners
riot says that the strikers have all
gone. and that the situation now l.
more peaceaDle.
Both sides were IN fighting shape. -
armed deputies c~ontending with a moi
of from 1,5O0 to 1900 strikers. about
200 of which were armed with all kinds
OF guns. Five strikers are dead and
eight or nor wounded. and three dep
uties We're wounded. The trouble has
beer brewing all the week. The mines
we're the only ones in the fourth poOi
shat were running. and 100 men were
at work. Since Monday morning the
strikers have been collecting at Sickle
Hollow from the Monongahela anG
200 remained all Wednesday night.
Their threats of violence and the sight
Of SO many guns in their possession
alarmed the company. and the officials
>Tired Sheriff Withhelm at Uniontown
for aid, and later sent a man On horse
back with a report Of the serious con
dition they were in, The sheriff could
Get no more aid at that time. and be-
lieved that the - 9rmed guards, under
Capt. John NJ. Richards, would be able
to hold possession Of the property,
The strikers marched about the plant
Wednesday night and occupied roads
leading tO the works. When the men
began coming to work at daylight the
strikers stopped them and drove them
home. One report says they also made
a charge on the deputies with the in
tention Of driving them off the works.
and that precipitated the conflict. The
strikers were only about fifty yards
from the deputies when the latter
opened fire. The strikers returned the
fire promptly and stood their ground.
each fighting as rapidly as possible till
the strikers ammunition gave out and
they were forced to retreat. AS they
fled the deputies followed them and ar.
rested a great many who had guns in
their possession, and now hold them
prisoners. The deputies were forced
to fight for their lives, and their shoot
ing was most effective.
It was not a one-sided battle, as at
first reported, but was fought with as
many guns IN one side as on the other
and with as much firing by the strikers
as by the deputies, Among the wounded
are three deputies, while the killed are
all strikers.
When the wOrkmen came to the
strikers in the public road, they were
asked to go home. The workmen were
about to comply with the command
when the deputies rushed into the
midst Of the WOrkmen and escorted
them to the pit. In this part OF the
performance q deputy fred a shot
which opened up a battle in which
vOlley after volley was fred by each
side at close range. The strikers stood
their ground while their comrades
were falling, but their ammunition
gave out, and they were forced to give
up the field and flee to escape the rain
Of bullets from the Winchester rifles.
Is is said the strikers were advancing
OF the line Of deputies when the latter
fired the shot. Many who had guns in
their possession were arrested by the
deputies and were brought to Jail here.
THE POPULIST CONVENTIONS.
state Tickets Put Out in Indiana and
California.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 26. The
pOpulist state convention adopted a
resolution calling for a national labor
in Washington on June 20
and resolutions cOndemninp the Outrara