Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-04-05
NINE MEN KILLED
Bloody RiOting In the Pennsyl-
vania Coke Regions.
THOUSANDS OF ARMED HUNS
Strikers Attack the Prick Company'>
Works at C0nneIlSvile.

Twice the Rioters Were Beaten Back by
the Armed Deputies Before They Scat
tered-Chief Engineer Paddock Earbar-
ousIy Murdered by the Mob-Hungarian
Women Beat Man to Death-National
Guard Is Called For-Another Mammoth
Raid Planned For Today-1Iany Strikers
Arrested.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 5.-It would take
columns to tell in detail the exciting events
of the third day of the big coke strike now
on in the Connellsville region. At least
nine lives have been sacrificed during the
past II hours. Unless the strong arm of
the military interteres the dead will be
counted by scores instead of tens. SO much
excitement was never known in this re-
gion, and people everywhere are excited
and apprehensive of greater dangers.
The climax was reached when a body of
strikers numbering several hundred
marched into the Davidson works of the
II. G. Prick Coke company at COnnellS
vile. Fayette county, where men were
working. The strikers had been there in
the morning to get the men out, but nc
one was working. In the afternoon when
they returned deputies had been placed to
receive them.
When the strikers approached, they We're
ordered to stop. They came on and tried
to get at the men in the ovens. The depu-
ties fired.
The strikers returned the fire and charg-
ed, driving the deputies and men from the
plant
Chief Engineer Paddocl's Murder.
Chief Engineer Paddock of the Prick
company ran up in the tipple Of the works.
The strikers followed and shot him in the
back of the head. They beat him and
crushed his head with stones and threw
his body from tipple window to the ovens,
40 feet below. They then attempted to fire
the tipple, but left when they saw the dep
uties returning with large force from
Connellsville
Hearing of paddock's murder, hundreds
volunteered to avenge his death. The pur
suing party, in command of County De-
tective Frank Campbell overlook the strik-
ers half a mile from Davidson and opened
fire on them The strikers fired in return,
but ran on.
Three strikers fell. One was killed i'll
stantly, shot through the body. and two
others We're fatally wounded.
Another of the strikers who got the start
of the main body was shot by deputy at
Broad Ford, mile distant He was also
killed instantly. the ball penetrating his
neck.
Eleven strikers were captured where the
first battle took place, and the pursuing
party kept up the chase until Dawson, Il
point seven miles distant, was reached,
where SO more of the strikers We're cap
tured. All the efforts of the deputies and
more level headed citizens were needed to
prevent the lynching of the II, who We're
taken back to ConnellSville.
The law abiding element had their way,
and a special train arrived here with six of
those who were in the mob that killed
Paddock. \ great crowd greeted their ar
rival, and amid cries Of Lynch them the
prisoners We're hurried up Il back street to
jail \ large body of the strikers were
present ana made a rush to rescue the
prisoners, but We're held back by the big
crowd and the deputies.
At the Jail Hugh Coll, assistant chief en-
gineer of the Prick company, identified
five of the prisoners as among those who
killed Paddock. Thirty more of the same
band of strikers have been arrested, and
the deputies will return to bring them to
Jail.
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