Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-11
ONE KILLED, MANY WOUNDED
Four American workmen
Held by the Strikers,
And the Fear Is That They Have
Been shot In Rev.aEe for the
killed In Yesterdays Fight.
strikers at Cripple Creek.


by Associated Press.
Uniontown. Pa. June 1o.-The truce
Is ended and several armed deputies
I'm the coke regions have made XIII
ing. One striker killed In his boots. two
others dying and another shot through
is the result OF the battle this morn
ing at Lemont. There were six depu.
ties on one side and mob of strikers
on the other. and unbiased testimony
is to the effect that the. mob not only
provoked but compelled the deputies
to fire on them after the strikers had
compelled them to retreat aud had
fired several shots at ,hem. The cir
cumstanocs that led UP 10 this latcst
OF the many tragedies OF the coke re-
zion were developing since yesterday
AFTERNOON. Four American workmen
John Delaney, oliver Attlchy. John
Britt and James Furlough, who live
at LeisenrtnR. have becn working at
the FrlclS Coke company's valley
works for some time.
Bcntcn and TanEcd.
They came 20 New Haven yesterday
afternoon, where they were TO take the
Leislg electric road for homo. where
they have not been Tor month AZ
they nlighted from the train ut New
Haven they were surrounded by mob
OF several hundred strikers. The strik-
trs first beat the four workman and
then put tags on them bearing the
inscription. ''blaoklegs." also covering
them with chalk marks. They then
marched their prisoners 10 all the werlSs
on the line from New Haven south,
holding them up as Decorated samples
OF "scnbs' for tho ieviling ard abuse
OF strikers everywhere, The four pris-
oners We're subjected 20 all manner
of insults and Indignation. 10 such an
extent that many OF the more rational
strikers protested that ''!g'gs cruel and
cowardly for 80 many men TO assault
four helpless fellows in that way.
wiId Demonstrations
The Frlck Coke company was In
formed OF the perilous position their
workmen were in. Ficid-Deputy Mat
Allen and six men were sent to New
Haven on the evening train. They were
misled by false Information II was
daylight when the squad Of tired depu-
ues iea'''eu ,.''n''" 49, - ~
tooN p''iV'' 80, ,.,.,',.
9upsiih'eHuV ',',Y.
plant, who had helped In the all night
hunt NOT long ai'et u'.'''e"' Wv ,'sH
began 10 asseihp.a on 'uV eY"''"o"' ~
the hundreds' lhpy ens"hea Wv
WIDEST ue','ons''' 49,. - So, ,,nr
thousht una, ,nuY t''n " ~
capt'Ves IN 'heii pV1e'
deputies were uis'oYeieu ,' Nv"
raised a now anu su',ou il,.. s''e''',
many OF inc s.i'"''' NV
III '"' ~ o,.t,
.rr,.v moved AGAINST the deputies.
~ ro,roa,ed under a shower Of clubs
80 .,naas riding nm 10 the adynnr-
IT,, o,.,,yd q, miners. peputy Allen told
,hcm 20 eo back saying he did no,
,ro,hie and that there would
Ne ,ro,,,,e 1, no or his men were nt-
,a.vaa ana injured. Tho answer TO
Auon woa n general yell. and one OF
~ a,r',ers covered him with his re-
49, ~ ~ ored The shot was close
-, 80 Con- ,na ION Of Aliens head. The
80 s',.,a. onaned Are together. and the
us l,,l - a. a and fought yamely.
auiN' ~. 80 were ared Nv them.
in ~. ~, ga "a coolly and a. rapidly
~ 80 a.. a.nu,,os and they kent clos.
~ W. ~ ~ ,on Who we're working
,,ik -, ,,' !" MIN they were driven
.ne /" '"s ',.a.,a end ., the nomnany's
70 'ne $3.50 49, NOV made s,nnd.
siounu - =, ne .,,,,,.,s we're
ny that tins .n,ss ME- -. ,,.a,aaad
downed ana $500 .,'.'' =, INCA II csr,,
Ihe st STRIKER. p"sai :" 49,