The herald., 1894-04-06
THE COKE STRIKE BROKEN,
Wednesdays BlOOdshed Not
Repeated.
The UniOntOwn Jail Full Of
Rioters.
Strikers Demoralized and Ripidly
Disbanding.
Leaders of the Mob to Be rrted for
Murder-The Woods Full OF Dead
Hungarians-NO Gall fer
Troops Made.

Dy tnc AbbOClhteQ TTeabs
UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 5.-Unlesu
there is a radical change in the situa-
tion in the Pennsylvania ccks regions
tonight, the strike OF the miners and
cokers is about broken. The authori-
ties have taken a stand and are deter
mined to put down the rioters ct any
cost. This policy has thrown the lead
ers into a state of decentralization.
After the sherif7s posse concluded the
engagement with the mob which muir.
dred Chief Engineer Paddock yesterday
afternoon and landed the leaders and
over 100 strikers in the county Jail,
rything quieted down Immediately,
and reports from every point in the re-
gion at the close of today show that the
lawless hordes have generally been SUBJ
jugated. The strikers are still making
threats Of breaking into the jail and
setting those imprisoned free.
Work at the coke plants today was
confined to the same number running
yesterday. Very few attempts were
made by the strikers to drive the work
men out.
Reports received late tonight show the
strikers are disbanding at every point,
and the men appear completely sub.
dued.
The Fayette county commissioners
will apply to the courts to hold an extra
session of court to try the strikers on the
various charges against them. This Rc-
| tion ie necessary because of the crowded
condition OF the Jail, 100 prisoners being
confined there.
The bodies OF eight Hungarians were
found near Dawson, today, by boys GO
\ -thronuh their bodies. 1t ia supposed
they were shot yesterday afternoon BY
deputies during the attack on the Brood
ford works.
The Hill Farm mines were overrun bv
strikers today and the workmen were
driven from the grounds. The works
are now closed down. All the roads
leading to the Moorewood and Alice
mines are guarded and tho strikers can
not reach them except by way of the
Mount Pleasant road, on which the
famous battle of 1891 was fought and
seven strikers killed.
The bodies of two more strikers were
found in the woods today, making 10
killed. The rioters at Scottdale we're
subdued by the arrest OF President Da.
Wis of the Coke Workers association.
At IL 80 today District Attorney JEFF
fries made information against Secretary
Darby of the association, on the charge
OF murder. Darby was at the time at.
tempting to get bail for Davis.
PITTsBURG, April 5.-The rioting in
the coke regions 10 causing much ex.
cltement at the local Offices of the 81. @.
Frick and Mcclure coke companies. Re.
ports received at their offices indicate
that all the plants are closed. No call
for militia will be made by either com.
pany unless there is an attempt to de-
stroy coke ovens or to wreck the mipes.
The Gilkinson detective agency is ar
ranging with men here to 60 to the coke
regions and act as deputy sherifFs.
About 30 men have been secured. The
coke producers declare they will not psy
the scale rates demanded by the new
coke workers organization that they
cannot afford to do so while coke ia SELL
ing at $ll per ton.
K. B. Fry, president OF the United
Mine workers, was seen today and asked
his views on the coke strike. He said:
II am opposed TO bloodehed and muir
der and regret it has happened. | think
the miners in the coke regions are a
AASSAO pa IL WNh arranged tQ8t
the miners of the United States should
strike some time this spring, but the
date was not set. II the men at Con.
nellsville had waited little longer be.
fore striking it would, in my judgment,
have been better"
HARRISBURG, Pa, April Ex-Governor
Pattison's advices tonight from the Con-
nellsville coke region indicate that uiet
has been restored, and that there ia no
need of the troops to assist the local
authorities in maintaining order, The
governor says there is not word of
truth in the story from Connelsville.
Uniontown and Pittsburg that Sheriff
Wilhelm had called upon him for assist.
ance. He is convinced the sheriff will
be able to maintain the peace without
the aid OF the state authorities, and de-
clares that the troops will not be called
out until he is satisfied the county au.
thorities have exhausted their means.
The acknowledgement will not 20 to the
scene of the trouble unless it is sbso-
lutely necessary.