The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-11
LED BY THE WOMEN
Raid On the Coke Works Is Met BY
Resistance.
BLOODSHED on MESABA RANCE.
superintendent White and Two Guards
Terribly Beaten Hatchets Used
For Weapons.

| SCoTTSDALk, Pa, May 6.-The north
! end of the Connelsville coke region is in
a fever of fear, anxiety and excitement.
/ The terrible work at the Painter plant
! of the Mcclure company, bad as it was
in itself, is feared still more as fore
shadowing the beginning of times and
conditions that are inevitable unless
this strike is speedily settled. A battle
was fought Friday between striking
Poles. small number of deputies and a
comparative few men at work at the
/ Painter plant.
Five Men and Two Women Shot.
| Deputy Sheriff Sanford, White and
| Chief Clerk Ewing B. Roddy were ter
! ribly beaten and are in critical condi-
ton. Five men and two women on the
strikers side were shot, and two of the
men are dangerously wounded. Fifty
of the rioters have been arrested and
are now in the Uniontown Jail.
The Painter plant was closed down by
the strikers on the gath instant and was
idle until Wednesday last. Early Fri
day morning Mrs. Sconesky went about
to the other houses and got the women
of the striking Poles to join her In a raid
on the plant. About O'CLOCK she had
$50 men, women and children in the
ranks ready for the raid. The men re-
manned in the rear and the women and
children, led by Mrs. Sconesl1y made
rush for the coke yard. This region has
seen many savage affairs in which women
unsexed themselves by deeds of cruel
violence, but the old timers say that
never before has there been seen such
spectacle as this.
Hatchets and Clubs For Weapons.
Every person in the assaulting party
had some sort of striking weapon, even
the children, screaming as they fourished
sticks suited to their size. Many of the
women bore axes and some of the men of
the mob carried ball bats and hatchets.
Superintendent White was the first man at
the yard on whom blow fell. Mrs. SEQ
nesky had ball club and her husband
welded an AK White went down before
the front rank of the raiders. Roddy
and clerk named James Tarr saw him
fall. In the face of the fearful odds
these two men sprang to his rescue and
fought their way to his side. Then the
frantic raiders fell upon Tarr and Reddy
as White scrambled to his feet, covered
with blood. The three men fought des-
perately, but the odds were too great
and finally all went down again under
the feet of the mob Roddy was beaten
and cut about the head almost as badly
as White.
White is in the Miners hospital at
Connellsville The latest reports are
that he will die. Roddy was brought to
his home here. He is vomiting blood,
and is very badly injured. Two of the
Poles shot in the melee are pronounced
to be in very dangerous condition, and
are likely to die. Sixty-three rioters,
among them u women and 10 children,
have been taken to Jail, and warrants
for 5U others have been sworn out, but
the men cannot now be found. The
Painter plant is in charge of large
number OF deputies, and the company is
determined to operate it.
CRISIS ON THE MESAeA RANGE.
Marshal Free Has Encounter With q
Striker and Shoots Him.
DULUTH, May 6.-The crisis of the
! miners strike on the Mesaba range came
Friday night when Marshal A. L. Free
fatally shot an unknown Finnish striker
at Mountain Iron. The mob had been
at the Virginia all day conducting itself
peaceably except for angry talk, which
showed only a spark was necessary to
fire trouble with the militia In the aft
ernoon part of the mob went to Noun
tain Iron, but Sheriff Sahrvy thought
this was bait to attract his attention
from Virginia so the strikers could again
force the men working there, so he kept
his forces at Virginia.
Marshall Free in his encounter at
Mountain Iron claims that in self de-
Tense he was obliged to shoot his assail-
ant The receipt of this news at Virginia
enraged the mob and they started for
Mountain Iron to lynch Free. Ten min
utes afterwards train left with the
sheriff and militia. but the mob had only
three miles to go and the train II with a
rough track. The train beat the mob by
10 minutes and arrived here at midnight
with Free aboard. Adjutant Muhlberg
called out company H to go to Mountain
Iron and it left at midnight. The strik-
ers have cut the telegraph wires and
there is no other communication.
Tams Sixby is here to represent the gov
ernoT.