The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-06
LAW IS DEFIED.
StrikersCapturedN National Tube
Works at McKeesport.
Non Union Men Driven From
the. Place and Assaulted.
AFRAID TO GO OUT.
Citizens Would Not Venture
Forth for Fright.

McKEEsPoRT, Pa, June 6.-Never
has this city witnessed such scenes of
defiance of law and the inability of
the authorities to cope with the law
breakers to the extent of REFRESHING
lapvlessness as were enacted here yes
terday and last night. At this
hour the strikers are practically in
command of the situation. The trou-
BILE grows out of the strike at the Ma
tional Tube works, and the strikers
have outwitted the police. broken into
the mill yards, and are making sys-
tematic tours of the works and their
surroundings.
The plant resumed in two depart
ments yesterday and twenty-five men
went to work. The news quickly
spread, and by noon mob of nearly
10, 600 had assembled about the gates
awaiting the appearance of the work.
men Most of the men remained in
side, but a few attempted to go to
their homes and were caught by the
mob and terribly beaten. They were
finally rescued, however, by the police
and taken back into the Enclosure.
The mob then dispersed in part, but
toward evening reassem bled and by
8 o'clock, probably 5000 men were
massed in front of the entrance, and
it was seen that fully three fourths of
the number were foreigners. They
were disappointed.
At O'Clock the day turn did not
come out and the night turn did not
go in. There was a great load of pro-
visions taken into the mill by the
company, and a lone Slav workman
came out of the back way and tried to
make sneak to escape. He was
seen, and a section of the surging
mob broke off the main body and fell
upon his trail with yells that must
4; \ 8 II.
The race covered several squares be-
fore he turned at bay. He was unable
to run any further; he fully expected to
be killed, and he drew knife and faced
the yelling pursuers, evidently deter
mined to die fighting. The foremost
pursuers paused a moment, but the
rush came up behind them and a
dozen men with clubs sprang upon
the painting fugitive. He was down
in an instant, but Officer Singer was
close on the heels of the leaders of
the race, and he jumped into the
middle of the melee with the fearful
odd against him without moments
h, tation. The officer and the fugi-
tive badly beaten, but help
came, and they were rescued.
At the mills the mob surged around
the entrances until7 o'clock, when a
rush was made, and they broke into
the yard The men were panic
stricken, and it was the rule of every
man for himself. The mob swarrned
into the Enclosure looking for the
hated non-unionists. Hundreds of
them were equipped with clubs, or
weapons of some description. Then
began will chase and pursuit of the
III n ed workmen insiue. Several
welders took to the river and made
their es ape to Mif1in township, pur-
sued by crowds of strikers, and finally
chased off into the darkness toward
Du luense.
The strikers were in complete pos
session of the place. They ranged
over the ground and finally routed the
hidden workmen.
At midnight the crowd decreased
and comparative quiet now reigns
All the law abiding citizens are in
doors with the exception of the Curl
Gus, who are willing to take the risk
of watching the rioters. TheAstrikers
are virtually in possession of the
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