The morning call., 1894-06-11
AT CLOSE RANGE.
Fight Between Deputies
and Strikers.
ONE MAN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
1t Cannot Be Told How Many
Are Wounded.
FOUR MEN BADLY TREATED.
ONE MAN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
FOUR MEN BADLY TREATED.
They Were Ciubbed, Kicked and In
suited by Women and
Children.

UNIoNTowN, Pa. June 10-The truce
is ended and again the army deputies in
the coke regions have made killing. One
striker was killed in his boots and two
others are dying and another wounded
as result OF the battle this morning at
Lamont There were six deputies on
hand and mob OF strikers.
Unbiased testimony is to the effect that
the mob forced the deputies to fire on
them after the strikers had compelled
them to retreat aud had fired several shots
at them.
The circumstances that led up TO this.
| the latest tragedy of the coke region, was
developing since yesterday noon. Four
| American wOrkmen, John Delaney, Oliver
Attleby, John Britt and James Furlough,
who live at Leisenring, have been working
at the Frick Coke Company's Valley
works for some time.
They came to New Haven yesterday
afternoon where they were TO take the
Leisenring electric line road for home,
where they have not been for a month.
As soon as they alighted from the train at
New Haven they were surrounded by a
mo6 of several hundred strikers.
/ The strikers first beat the few workmen,
and then put tags on them bearing the in
/ scrption "Backlegs"; also covering them
with chalk marks.
/ The men marched their prisoners to all
| the works on the line from New Haven
south, holding them up as decorated
SAM pies of 'scabs" for the revilings and
abuse of strikers everywhere. The four
| prisoners were subjected TO all manner of
insults and indignities.
! The Frick Company were 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 infoTma-
! tion.
They were msed by false information.
The Frick Company strikers baffied them
! at every turn, but they followed every
clew 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 conspiracy among the
different mobs concerned, and when
one crowd had tired of the prisoners or
were pressed too closely by pursuit the
! four prisoners were handed over TO another
! crowd and the former gathering would
| dlsrerse 30 the ir homes.
The prisoners were 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 scabs.
| The children struck them with their tiny
| fists.
1t was daylight when the squad of tired
deputies reached Lamont Not long after
daylight the men began to assemble on
the commons by the hundreds. They en-
! gagged in the widest demonstrations.
When Deputies Michaels and Hastings
came from under cover they were quickly
discovered, then the mob raised howl
and surrounded them. Many of the strik-
ers had reyolvers and all carried clubs.
| They moved against the deputies, who re-
| treated under a shower of clubs and
stones.
! At this juncture Deputy Alien and three
other deputies came up-Allen was
mounted. Riding up to the advancing
crowd of miners he told them to go back,
saying he did not want any trouble, but
there would be trouble il he or his men
were attacked or injured.
They began to yell and one striker
covered him with his pistol and fired. The
shot was a close shave for the top of Al
| lens head. Allen turned in his saddle
and called to his five men to fire.
| Each of the men afoot had Winchester.
Allen had two revolvers.
| They Opened fire together, and the
strikers stood to it and fought gamely.
The first shots were fred by them, and
they fired as coolly and rapidly as did the
deputies. They kept closing in on the
men who were working the Wnehesters.
realizing that the rifles would be useless in
! the melee at close quarters, while their
own revolvers would be as effective as
those of the officers.
The deputies gave ground. but kept up
their fire. They were driven to the ex-
treme end Of the company's ground, where
they made stand. By that time three of
the strikers were down, and, swhen the
deputies stopped and prepared to fght.it
out there, the mob recovered.
The Instant the strikers stopped firing
the officers stopped also. glad enough to
get away. The strikers at once began 10
carry away the wounded. The dead man
and the two who were fatally wounded
were left in the road where they fell, but
there were others who were able to get
away with but little assistance.
The number of wounded will not be
known for several days, as it will be con-
cesled as long as possible.
1t was not strictly battle of bullets. as
the strikers who were not armed were
busy throwing stones. The only injuries
inflicted ON the deputies were by such
missiles.
Sheriff Richards sent Deputy Richards
and Dave Albaugh to the scene. and ten
deputies arrived at the valley at the same
time.
.rhe force was soon increased to twenty
men each with Winchester. The last of
the strikers fingered at safe distance,
then dispersed, leaving the authorities in
quiet possession.
A move was made to care for the
wounded late tonight. The seriously
wounded we're taken to the Cottage Hos
pital at Ccnnellsville for treatment. They
are fatally injured, being shot through the
hips.
DR.. Smith says they cannot live but
short time,