The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-21
LABOR TROUBLES
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE
HARD TIMES NOW ON.

Foreign Minors on Strike, K,dnap and
| Maltroat Four Workm en-.Re,o,,,,
Deputies Killed Several slsvs-rr,,,,o,
Etsewhere-Troop, Called Out.
UNIoNTOWN, Pa, June 1O.--A BAT
tic between seven armed deputies and q
mob OF 800 strikers occurred this morn
ing at O'Clock mt tho Le mont No. 2
WORKS OF the Mcclure Coke COMPANY.
one striker, Slav was killed instantly.
aud two other Slav strikers were fatally
wounded. The deputies were surrounded
and Tired upon by tho strikors before
they shot.
The Incidents leading up to tho battle
last evening, whom q mob OF several
hundred strikers, mostly from tho Trot.
ter works OF tho Frick Company, gath
cred at the Pennsylvania Railroad de,
pot at New Haven and took prisoners
four workmen, who are employed at the
works Of the Frlck Company and were
on their way homo Mt Leisenring, The
names of the workmen are John Della
ney, Oliver Attleby. John Britt and
John Furlough. When they stepped
of the train the mob surrounded them
and marched them awav. The
four men were covered with
chalk and big placards with ''scsb.r
"blackleg" and other epthets lettered
thereon. The men were then marched
| through the streets escorted by the boot
ing mob and taken back to the Trotter
and Leisening plants, where they were
pafaded through the streets between the
company houses. The strikers jeered
them and the women spit upon them and
MT thom with stones and clubs. They
were even marched past their own
| homes aid their wives and children per.
united TO Wow them in their helpless.
ness.
| Sheriff Wilhelm dispatched Deputy
Sheriff Allen with seven deputies to res
cue the Workmen. Allen arrived at 6
O'Clock. at no time was he able to
overtake the mob having tho men in
charge. Allen finally learned that the
men were being passed from mob to
mob. 1t was found that tho four men
had been taken to Morrel and from there
to Youngstown and then to Lemont,
where the battle occurred. Early this
morhing, after placing tho deputies to
prevent the strikers from taking their
prisoners elsewhere, Allen return to I'm.
lont0Wn Tor further orders and was d.
recsed to rescue the prisoners. Return
ing to Lcmont, he found two deputies re-
treating before bowling mob Of Slavs.
As Allen roade up, Slav fired at him
with his revolver. The ball passed over
his head. Several Of the mob then began
llrlng ut the officers. Aliens revolver was
detective and only Two shot were feed
by hlm. Five Of his assistants came up
and began firing with their Winchesters.
ABOUT fittY shots were exchanged, the
mob slowly advaning, the deputies re-.
treating, until reinforced by other dep
uues, when a stand was made. The
mob then began to dlsperse. Sheriff
wilhelm was again notitiad aud sent
thirteen more deputies. An hour later
twelve of the mob were arrested and
brought to Jail.
The Slav that was killed was found
lying in the road, shot through the BODY
bv Winchester bullet. Two other
were found in houses near by, both said
to be MORALLY wounded, having been
shot through the thighs. The strikes re-
fused to give the name of the Slav killed.
or OF those injured. They wanted the
officers to take the dead striker with
them when making the arrest. One of
the men arrested was shot in the arm.
At 4 O'Clock special train took down
ten more deputies, aud then took the
wounded men to the hospital at Con-
nellsvllle. Many others are believed 10
have been wounded. None OF the dep
u1es were injured.
At S O'Clock posse of twenty-Gva
deputies, in charge of Field Deputies
Allen, Altebaugh and Richards, armed
With search warrants, left for Cool Spring
Hollow, after searching the Lemont
houses. 1t 'is believed that four work
men were taken during the trouble and
are hidden away In tho monument
houses. 1t is believed that the four
men at all hazards. Several hundred
strikers live in the vicinity OF Cool
Spring and conflict may occur. They
have not returned or been heard from,
Sheriff Wilhelm said tonight that he
would not ask for the milita on account
OF today's trouble. He says he is grow
ing heartily tired Of the warfare, but. 40
long as his deputies are not overpow-
cred will fight away in attempting to
maintain peace and order. Several hun
dred arrests are expected to follow for
the kidnapping oe the men.
AT Pana, Illinois, the mining sltua.
tlon still remain unsettled. A company
OF strikers, numbering about 200, are
on the SlbleY farm about two
miles from Pana. About 500 members
OF the First Regiment of Chicago with
Gattllng gun, arrived on special train
this morning ut o'clolck and were fol-
lowed at O'Clock by companies from
Clinton and Bloomington, aud they are
all in camp at the baseball park. Crowds
OF strikers are located in tho timber
md near the railroad blidge all around
the city. 1t is variously estimated that
there s from 1,500 to 1000 foreign stri.
<ers in close proximity to the city and
they can be massed on short notice.
The local MINERS VOW they will not en-
ter tho mines while the militia remains
IN the city. SO no attempt will be made
to operate the shafts tomorrow.
DRANK Aconite for Alcohol.
SELMA, Ala, June 1O-This morning
Sid Fowls, David Johnson and Fred
Jones went out for a days fishing,
1aUap noi1aa from fhp pftU fNhou