The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-06-20
LABOR TROUBLES
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE
HARD TINES NOW ON.

HARD TIMES NOW ON.
Foreign Miners on Strike, Ktdnap and
MsIt-eat Four misunderstanding
Deputies Killed Several Sisvs-Tronble,
Else whe e,e-Trocps Cslled Out
! UNIoNTowN, Pa, June 10.-A bat
tie between seven armed deputies and a
mob of 300 strikers occurred this morn
lng st O'Clock at the Lamont No. 8
works of the McCiurs Coke Company
Oae striker, Slav was killed instantly,
aud two other Slav strikers were fatally
wounded. The deputies were surrounded
spd fired upon by the strikers before
they shot.
TIE incidents leading up to the battle
last evening, when mob OF several
hundred strikers, mostly from the Trot-
ter works of the Frick Company, gath
cred at the Pennsylvania Railroad de.
pot at New Haven and took prisoners
four workmen. who are employed at the
works Of the Frlck Company and were
on their way home at Leisenring. The
names OF the workmen are John della
pey, Oliver Attleby. John Britt and
John ,Furlough. When they stepped
off the train the mob surrounded them
and marched them away. The
f,uc men were covered with
chalk and big placards with ''scab, "
ssblackleg" aud other epthets lettered
thereon, The men were then marched
through the streets escorted by the boot
ing mob aud taken back to the Trotter
aud Leisening plants, where they we're
paraded through the streets between the
company houses. The strikers jsered
them aud the women spit upon them and
hit them with stones and clubs. They
were even marched past their own
homes ard their wives and children per-
United to view them 10 their helpless
ness.
Sheriff Wilhelm dispatched Deputy
Sheriff Allen with seven deputies to res.
cue the workmen. Allen arrived at s
O'Clock. At no time vas he able to
overtake the mob having the men in
charge. Allen finally learned that the
men were being passed from mob to
mob. It was found that the four men
had been taken'to Morrel and from there
to Youngstown and then to Lemont,
where the battle occurred. Early this
morning, after placing the deputies to
prevent the strikers from taking their
prisoners elsewhere, Allen return to Un.
ionOwn for further orders and was di-
rected to rescue the prisoners. Return
ing to.Lemont, he found two deputies re-
treating before bowling mob Of Slavs.
AS Allen ,roade up, Slav fred at him
witk.H revolver. The ball passed ever
his Rsad. Several IF the mob then began
firing at the officers Aliens revolver was
defective and only two shot were fired
by him. Five of his assistants came up
aud began firing with their Winchesters.
About fifty shots were exchanged, the
mob slowly edvaning, the deputies re
treating, until reinforced by other dep
uties, when a stand was made. The
mob then began to dispense. Sheriff
wilhelm was again notlGad and sent
thirteen more deputies. An hour later
twelve of the mob were arrested and
brought to Jail.
The Slav that was killed was found
lying in the road, shot through the body
bv Winchester bullet. Two other
were found in houses near by, both said
to be mortally wounded, having been
shot through the thighs. The strikes re.
fused to give the pame of the Slsv killed,
or of those injured. TheV wanted the
officers to take the dead striker with
them when making the arrest. Oae Of
the man arrested was shot in toe arm.
AZ O'Clock a special train took down
ten more deputies, and then took the
wounded men to the hospital at Con-
nellsville. Many others are believed to
have been wounded. None ct the dep
u;iss were Injured.
at S O'Clock a posse of twenty-five
deputies, in charge of Field Deputies
Allen, Altebaugh and Richards, armed
With search warrants, left for Cool Spring
Hollow, after searching the Lsmons
houses. It is believed chat four work
men were taken during the trouble and
are hidden away 10 the monument
houses. It is believed that the four
men at all bazards. Several hundred
strikers live in the vicinity OF Cool
Spring end a conflict may occur. Tney
have not returned OF been heard from.
Sheriff Wilhelm said tonight that be
would not ask for the militia on account
of today's trouble. He says he is grow
ing heartily tired of the warfare, but, 30
long as his deputies are not oVerpow-
cred will fight away in attempting to
maintain peace and order. Several hun
dred arrests are expected to follow for
the kidnapping OF the men.
At Pana, Illinois, tae mining sltua-
ton still remain unsettled. A company
Of strikers, numbering about 200, are
camped on the S!bleY farm about two
miles from Pana. About 500 members
of the FIRST Regiment of Chicago With a
Gattling gun, arrived on special train
this morning at o'clo!ck and were fol-
lowed at g O'Clock by companies from
Clinton aud Bloomington, aud they are
all in camp at the baseball park. Crowds
| Vi StClhSLS alC lOCdlSN IL tuC LluOCl
and near the railroad bridge -, around
the city. 1t is variousl7 estimated that
there is from 1,5O0 to 1000 foreign stri
kers in close proximity to the city and
they can be massed On short nStice.
The local minners vow they will not en-
ter the mines wbile the militia remains
in the city. So no attempt will be made
to operate the shafts tomorrow.
| a Mordtrous Brioge.
AIKEN. June l3.--A brakeman on a
freight train of the Georgia and Carolina
Railroad was killed last night while 10
The discharge OF his duties. He was rid
ing On top Of box car in an erect posi-
ton, and while the train was passing
through the Aiken cut his head struck
Laurens street bridge and be was knocked
off the car and died in a short while af-
terwards. His name is J. D Graft, and
it is said his home was in Charleston.