New-York tribune., 1894-04-06
STRIKE LEADERS IN JAIIl-wHOLEsALE AR
RESTS OF THEIR DELUDED FOLLOW
ERs-TURBULENT CROWDS MARCHING
TO AND FRO THROUGH THE
COKE REGION

| Daniel Derby, Secretary of the Association ana
1856 Of their ignorant and dangerous followers
are now crowded into the new jail here, charged
with killing Joseph H. Paddock, chief engineer
of the II. c. Frick Company.
While the officials Of Fayette County have been
industrious in their efforts to suppress the ram
pant savagery Of the striking outlaws, and have
succeeded in bringing at least into the shadow
! OF Justice the two sclf-stylcd leaders ana their
! little army of followers, they must be regarded
as derelict in duty until they have overtaken
and guaranteed rigorous punishment to the
riotous Desmond and Infamous McSloy. who
/ have been directly responsible for more con-
tention strife and distress in this region in the
last ten years than can be credited To any score
Of crimir ais in Pennsylvania. Desmond and Me-
! Sloy were both dangerous Anarchists. hoth
have been imprisoned several times since they In
nicted themselves upon this region eleven years
ago They were in front of the murderous mob
at the Davidson works. near Conncllsville yester-
dav. They are now lodging justice behind the
ignorant but remarkably willing tools. They are
reported 10 have left this region. but the author-
ties are confident Of their capture.
ONLY ONE HUNGARIAN KILLED.
The Hungarian killed by the Sherif's posses
after the Paddock murder was the second and
l
nress,i Two other Hunglrians were seriously
wounded but II is now thought they Will re-
cover The body Of the Hungarian was taken
10 Conncllsville this afternoon and was given
t. an undertaken for burial at the expense of the
county H. had no friends. and no one can be
found who knew his name. Tho body was left
lying where it fell Yesterday until the coroner
took charge Of It this afternoon. report that
eight dead Hungarians We're found I'm a trench
in a woodland at Brownfcld was not correct
The report that Sheriff w. II. Wilhelm. had
called on the Governor for assistance was un-
founded as was also the report that the cit-
zens Of the region were terrorzed.
There was no time during the four days OF this
trouble when the situation seemed more critical
than at daylight this morning. At least 5000
men divided UP into six distinct bodies were
marching in different directions through the
region They had been out all night and had
no information regarding the arrests Of Davis and
Darby. The main body moving on Mount Pleas
ant had scarcely gotten across the line into
Wcstmorcland County when Sheriff i. j. Nc
Cam. personally notified the army to disband
and leave that county lie told them of the ar
rest ~ Davis and Darby. Almost Immediately
there was a decided break in the ranks and
before an hour the march was entirely abah-
doncd Tho marchcrs had thrown away or con-
ccaled their weapons, and. subdued and humoled,
they sought their miserable homes probably to
brood over their defeat until some dangerous
dcmagoguc inspired them to another ghost dance
and probably more murders.
one hundred additional men were sworn in as
deputies to-day. AMI were distributed to points
throughout the region. The Wcstmoreland
County Sheriff also added many more men to
his army Of deputies as precautionary measure.
About forty more Hungarians were arrested by
the Faycttc County deputies during the day.
The entire 13S rioters were inspected this
evening I'm the Jail. and about twenty of them
Identified having been present when
Paddock was killed The time for giving Davis
and Darby "a hearing has not yet been fixed
COKE WORKS To Rp'UME
n the strike Is broken. appears the
works I'm the region will resume on Saturday.
All the coke works between Scottdale south to
Fair Chance have been idle since yesterday
morning Some few Of the more rebellious
strikers say they have abandoned their fight
only since the operators abandoned their efforts
to make coke. They contend the fight will be
renewed when an effort is made TO start the
works again. The operators and the authorities
are confident no further trouble will occur, and
II has been announced tonight that a meeting
OF miners will be held at Scottdale on Saturday
to officially declare the strike off. There Is
talk tonight that the court will summon spe-
cial Grand Jury at once and Will require that the
cases Of the alleged murderers be disposed OF at
the earliest possible time, instead Of keeping the
unfortunates crowded In the prison until the
regular term Of court in June.
Coroner John A. Baton to-day impaneed a
Jury to inquire into the killing Of Joseph H. PAD
dock. After viewing the mutilated body the
inquest was adjourned to be resumed after all
those known to have taken part In the killing are
thn fppli
more comfortable tonight They seem to be dis
cussng mentally the strikers and strikes. 1t Is
agreed that something is radically wrong here
COnnellsve, Penn, ApT1l 6.-JOhn McSloy VINO
is wanted on the charge OF being an accofnpilce
in the murder Of J. IL. Paddock yesterday left
town tonight when he learned that the officers
were searching for him.
Conflicting reports concerning the next move
To be made by the strikers follow each other so
rapidly that no one except those connected with
the strike know what will happen next In the
northern section of the region meetings are be-
ing held and the strikers are gathering ostenSl-
blv for the purpose Of marching to some of the |
works. while south of this place the mobs are
dispensing and the strikers returning to their !
homes. The mob OF 200 strikers that closed the !
Hill Farm and Dunbar Works at Dunbar this
afternoon, met Immediately afterward, and voted
to move on the Standard works OF the FLICK |
Company, at Mount Pleasant the largest plant |
in the region After marching a short distance !
they received word from the leaders informing |
them that delegate convention Will be held |
Saturday to hx upon plans for the future pol |
lev of the strike. The order also accom- !
panied by the request to delay the march few |
hours at least Another meeting held and |
the strikers agreed to await further instructions.
A third meeting was held. and 1t was decided to |
move Rainey's Paul works near Vanderbilt
The activity tonight in the vicinity Of Dunbar. |
Elm Grove and Adelaide works indicates that |
Vanderbilt and vicinity will be the scene Of some |
lively times tomorrow. Raney's officials an
nounce that all their plants in the Vanderbilt |
region will be started In the morning. James |
COburn x a
ment concerning their Nellie and Carissa works.
They have applied TO Sheriff Wilhelm for 100 |
deputies for the protection Of their plants. a
large number of deputies also stationed at the
Rainey plants In that vicinity. Late develop
ments indicate that the strikers will resist the
attempt to start these works. They are col