The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-14
MAD RIOTERS.

One Of Their Own Number BeNten 20
Death Thousands of Armed Strikers
Sweeping over the Coko Regions and
Driving Away the Men at Work.
USIoNTowN, Pa, April 5.--The war
between the strikers and the workmcn
Is now on in earnest and u number Of
serious outbreaks are reported. The
worst of these was murderous as.
sault on Andy Miller, hungarian,
near Trotter, shortly before midnight
He was attacked by fifty rioters, and
being taken for a workman, was hor.
ribly beaten with clubs and stones. He
was released only when thought to be
dead. He will not live. Trotter was
the scene of the widest. disorder.
Nearly 1000 Hungarians have camped
there for the night They took possess
sion of the company's grounds and car
ried on in a most disgraceful manner.
The Leisenring and Trotter works OF
the H. c. FriclS Co. have been running
except when forced out by the rioters.
The mob that camped at Trotter
moved to New Haven, where they were
1 joined by strikers from the southern
end of the regions. They numbered
nearly 1000 men and are armed with
guns, iron bars. picks and shovels.
Wednesday afternoon they started
northward for the purpose of visiting
all the works between Connellsville
and Mt. Pleasant, where the strike
has never been recognized. In
this section there are about
1000 men at work under the protection
of armed deputies and it forms the
wedge between the extreme southern
and northern end of the coke field. If
the strikers do not succeed in driving
the men from these plants the move
ment will be lost. They will force the
men out at the point of guns rather
than see them work. The southern end
of the region was the scene of numer.
Gus raids Wednesday, but no lives were
lost
| About 500 men from the works north
of here marched to the Leith & Brown
field works of the Fricl Co. to the Fair
Chance works of the Fair Chance Fur
mace Co. and drove the men from tho
yards. Very little resistance was of
fered, and now all the plants south o
Connellsville are shut down. The mer
were found going to work, but returned
without making fight.
The workmcn at the Mt. Braddocl
: works of the w. j. Rainey Co. wer'
driven from the yards Wednesday b,
, rioters, and the plant is now shu
, down, as are all the plants of th'
Rainey Co. A delegation of the rioters
also visited the Wheeler e Morrel
Works of the Mcclure Co. and com
. PEELED the men working to lay dow
, 4 ~ 20
At the Maytield and Donnclly plants
!. on the Mt. Pleasant branch, was tn
. scene of the first pitched battle abou
, 1880 Wednesday. The rioters had as
'. sembled in large numbers and wer
,, parading about the works with color
: flying. The men were working bot
in the yards and in the pit, an
the strikers asked them to com
out. No response was given ST
, perintendent Boyle and tiftee
, armed deputies were in charge c
o the works and warned the strikers no
to trespass. The rioters paid no after
tion to it ana made rush on tn
# works. The first move called forth
,, volley of shot from the guards and on
n Hungarian fell mortally wounded. Th
a invaders turned and fed, carrying the
s. wounded companion with them an
\. leaving the plants in operation. Abo,
a fifteen shots were fired.
Thursday morning an immense mas
meeting will assemble south of Uniol
8 town and march from one end of I'll
" region to the other for the purpose ,
:. y forcing n suspension everywhere. The
n, will disband at Scottdale, at the e:
10 treme north