The herald., 1894-06-11
Four NOn-UniOn Men Terribly
Misused.
Battle in Which Some Stars Bite the
Dust.
4 Uniontown Mob Engages in an En-
counter with Depusies-Flve
Hundred Arrests to
Be Made.
By the Associated Press.

through, as the result OF q battle this
morning at Lamont.
There were six deputies on hand and
mob of strikers. Unbiased testi-
mony is to the effect that the mob COM
pslled the deputies to fire on them after
the strikers had compelled them to re-
treat and fred several shots at them.
The circumstances that led up to this,
he latest tragedy of the coke region,
have been developing since yesterday
noon.
Four non-union workmen-John De-
laney, Oliver Attleby, John Britt and
James Furlough-who live at Leiaen.
ring, have been working at the Prick
Coke company valley works for some
time. They came to New Haven yestsr-
day afternoon, where they we're to take
the Leisenring electric line road for
home, where they have not been for a
month. As soon ss they alighted from
the train at New Haven they were eur.
rounded by mob of several
hundrd strikers. The strikers first
beat the fellow workmen and then put
tags on them bearing the inscription,
'Blacklegs" also covering them with
chalk marks. The men marched their
prisoners to all OF the works on the line
from New Haven south, holding them
up as decorated samples of "scabs" for
the relivings and abuse of strikers
everywhere. The four prisoners were
subjected to all manner OF insults and
indignities.
The Prick company was informed OF
the perilous position their workmen
were in. Field Deputy Allen and seven
men were sent to New Haven on the
evening train. They were misled by
false information. The Prick com pahy's
strikers baff1sd them at every turn, but
they followed every clue they could find
and were securing the country all night
in search OF the mob. They were tricked
by the fact that the whole matter was a
conspiracy in which the different mobs
were concerned, and when one crowd
had tired OF the prisoners or was pressed
too closely by the pursuit, the four pris-
oners we're handed over to another
crowd. and the former gathering would
dispense to their homes. The prisoners
we're especially ill-treated when their
captors marched them to their homes,
where the women and children slapped
and spat upon them and called them
vile names. The women were the most
violent In their abuse of the ecabs. The
| children struck them with their
tiny fists. 1t was daylight when
the son4d .f NJ ti-fA ,ona oiier
daylight the men began TO assemble on
the commons by Thousands. They en-
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| When Deputies Hastings and Mitchell
came from under cover they we're quickly
discovered. Then the mob raised howl
and surrounded them. Many OF the
strikers had revolvers and all carried
clubs, They moved against the depu-
ties, who retrested under q shower oil
clubs and stones. At this juncture Dep
uty Allen and three other deputies came
up. Allen was mounted. Riding up to the
advancing crowd Of miners he told them
to 20 back, saying he did not want any
trouble, but there would be trouble II
he or his men were attacked or injured.
They began to yell, and one striker Gov
cred him with his pistol and fired. The
shot was q close shave for the top OF AL
lens head. Allen turned in his saddle
and called to his five men to fire. Each
of them afoot had Winchesters. Aller
had two revolvsrs. They opened fire
together, and the strikers stood to Il
and fought gamely. The first shot
were fired by them, and they fired a.
cooly and as rapidly as die
the deputies. They kept closing il
on the men who were working th'
Winchesters, realizing that the riffs
would be useless in the melee at clos
quarters while their own revolver
would be az effective as those OF the ofti
GERS. The deputies gave ground blu
kept up their fire. They we're driven T.
the extreme end OF the company
ground where they made stand. B.
this time three of the strikers wer
down, and when the deputies stoppe
and prepared to fight it out, the mo
recovered.
The instant the strikers stopped firm
the officers stopped also, glad enough t
get away. The strikers at once began t
carry away the wounded. The dea
man and the two who were fatal
| wounded were left in the road wher
, they fell, but there were others VIII
, were able to get away with but littl
t assistance. The number OF wounde
r will not be known for several days as
will be concealed as long as possible.
It was not strictly battle of bullets
az the strikers who were not arme
| were busy throwing stones. The onl
{ injuries inflicted on the deputies wer
by such missiles. Sheriff Richards ser
!. Deputy Richards and Dave Albsugh
I the scene, and ten deputies arrived 6
: the Valley at the came time.
The force was soon increased to
men. each with Winchester. Tt
last of the strikers fingered at Bal
dis lance, then dispersed. leaving tn
8 authorities in quiet possession.
r A move was made to care for tn
Q wounded late tonight. The seriousl
a wounded were taken to the Cottage no
D pital at Conceivable for treatmen
They are fatally injured, being she
through the hips. DR.. Smith says the
can live but ehort time. AT dark I'll
man who was killed was still lying nef
f where he fell. The sheriff and his q
r torney will ask for full nvestigation.
: The names OF the dead and wounde
j cannot be learned as yet. Nobody BIZ
n the strikers know them. They are a
. slavs. The deputies identified six
: the more active strikers in the fight an
i subsequently, arrested them. They a.
now in Jail here.
Another detachment of deputies WI
at once formed to so in search of Il
: four men held prisoners by the striker
: but not trace of them has been Eeel
and it ia feared they may have bee
murdered by the strikers in revenge.
At 6 O'Clock tonight six strikers wei
!, arrested at Lamont and sent here
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