The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-06

BODIES OF TEN HUNS FOUND.
The Coke Fields Are Quiet and No
Further Fighting Is Expected.
samuel Gcmpers Protests in the Name
of Organized Labor and the Hungry
Unemployed. Against the Proposed
Treaty 10 Admit Chiaese.

Is a radical change in the situation in the
PennsylvanIs coke regions tonight the
strike of the miners and cokers is about
broken The authorities have taken 4
stand and are determined 10 pm. down the
rioters a: any cost. This policy has thrown
the leaders into \ state af decentralization.
After the sheritrs posse concluded the
engagement with the mob which MUIR
dered Chief Engineer Paddock yesterday
afternoon and landed the leaders and over
leosirikers in the county Jail everything
quieied down immed lately, and reports
from every point in the region at the close
of today shows that the iawless hordes
have generally been subjugaied. The
strikers are still making threats of break
ing into the Jail and setting those impris-
oned free. Work at the coke plants today
was confined TO the sa,ne number running
yesterday. Very few attempts were made
by the strikers TO drive the workmen ont
The Fayette county commissioners will
apply to the courts TO hold an extra ses-
sion of court al once to try the strikers on
the various charges against them. This
action Is necessary because of the crowded
condition of the Jail. 100 prisoners being
confined there.
The bodies Of eight Hungarians. killed
by bullets, we're found in the woods near
Dawson today by boys going to school.
Later two other corpses we're found. Pres
ident Davis and Secretary Davis, of the
Cokeworkers' Union. are IN Jail. charged
with murder. These arrests have be-
widered the strikers
Reports received late tonight show that
the strikers are disbanding at every point
and the men appear completely subdued
HARRIsBuRe. April a--Gov. Patiison's
adyices tonight from the Conneilsville
coke region indicate that quiet has been
restored. and that there is no need of call
ing out the troops 10 assist the local au-
thorities in maintaining order. The gov
ernor says there is not word of
truth in the story sent out to-
day from Conneilsvilie, Uniontown
and fittsburg that Sheriff VIII
helm had called upon him for
assistance. He is convinced that the
sheriff will be able TO maintain peace with
out the aid Of the state authorities. and
declares that the troops will not be called
until he Is satisfied the county authorities
have exhausted their means. The adjutant
general will not go to the scene Of trouble
unless absolutely necessary.
P1TTsRrRG. April 5.--The rioting in the
coke regions is causing much excitement
at the local offices of the Ii. G. Frick and
Mcclure coke companies. Reports re-
ceived at their Offices indicate that all the
plants are closed. No call for militia will
be made by either company unless
there is an attempt TO destroy the
coke ovens or 10 wreck the mines
The Gilkerson detective agency is
arranging with men here To 60
to the coke regions and act a. deputy
sheriffs. About fifty men have been Sc
cured. The coke producers declare they
will not pay the scale of rates demanded
by the new coke workers organization and
that they cannot afford 10 do 30 while
coke is selling at II per ton.
r. Il. Frye, president OF the United
Mine Workers, was seen today and asked
his views on the coke strike. lie said:
81 am opposed TO bloodshed and murder.
aud regret that it has happened. think
the miners in the coke regions are little
premature. IL was arranged that the
miners of the United States should strike
some time this spring. but the date was
not set. If the men in the Connellsville
region had waited little longer before
striking il would. in my Judgment. have
been better"
ISpissAfoIIs. April 5.--The union car
penters struck today. The union Is CON-
posed of 200 men. and half this number
have stopped work. The men are reeeiv-
ing IS cents an hour. aud demand 80 cents
and eight hours work a day. The con
tractors say they can tiii their places.
ROCHESTER, y. Y, April "a general
strike among employees OF the shoe factory
is threatened on account OF 10 per cent.
reduction. About 800 men are out.
CHICAGO, April 5. President Carpenters
ultinatam has been accepted by the EN-
rloyes Of tho Chicago A Eastern Illinois
railroad. President Carpenter declined TO
restore the wages to the old schedule, but
modified the rules objection able to the
men. the principal one being the way OF
counting overtime.
Butts. Mont, April 5.-The striking
swi,chmen in the employ of the Great
Northern returned 10 work last night
Freight trains on the line are moving on
| time as usual Both sides made conees-
| sions. hut it was practically victory for
| the strikers.