The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-06-08
SCENES OF TERROR
Strikers Outwit the Police and
Break Into Tube Works.
MEN BEATEN IN A SEVERE MANNER.
A Fugitive Seeks Refuge in n Passing Elec-
trio Car and the Strikers Pull Down
the Trolley Pole-In Possession
OF the Town.


this city witnessed such scenes of def
ance of law and the inability of the au-
thorities to cope with the law-breakers
to the extent of repressing lawlessness
as have been enacted yesterday. The
strikers are practically in command of
the situation. The trouble grows out
of the strike at the National Tube
works. and the strikers have outwitted
the police, broken into the mill yards
and are making systematic tours of the
works and their surroundings.
The plant resumed in two depart
ments yesterday and twenty-five men
went to work. The news quickly
spread, and by noon mob of nearly
10000 had assembled about the gates
awaiting the appearance of the work
men. Most of the men remained in
side, but few attempted to go to their
homes and were caught by the mob
and terribly beaten. They were finally
rescued, however, by the police and
taken back into the inclosure. The
mob then dispersed in part, but toward
evening reassembled and by o'clock
probably 5000 men were massed in
front of the entrance on Fourth avenue,
and it was seen that fully three-fourths
of the number were foreigners. They
were disappointed.
At o'clock the day turn did not
come out and the night turn did not
go in. There was great load OF pro-
visions taken into the mill by the COM
pany. and lone Slav workman came
out of the back way and tried to make
a sneak to escape. He was seen, and a
section of the surging mob broke off
the main body and fell upon his trail
with yells that must have given him
speed if it was in him. The race COW
cred several squares before he
turned at bay. He was unable
to run any further; he fully expected
to be killed, and he drew knife and
faced the yelling pursuers, evidently
determined to die fighting. The fore
most pursuers paused a moment, but
the rush came up behind them and a
dozen men with clubs sprang upon the
painting fugitive. He was down in an
instant, but officer Singer was close on
the heels of the leaders of the race, and
he Jumped into the middle of the melee
with the fearful odds against him with
out n moments hesitation. The officer
and the fugitive were badly beaten-
but help came, and they were rescued.
At the mills the mob surged around
the entrance until o'clock in the
evening, when rush was made, and
they broke into the yards. The men
were panic-strickcn, and it was the
rule of every man for himself. The
mob swarmed into the inclosure look
ing for the hated non-unionists. Hun
dreds of them were equipped with
clubs, or weapons of some description.
Then began 4 wild chase and pursuit
of the hunted workmen inside. Several
welders took to the river and made
their escape to Mifflin township, pnr-
sued by crowds of strikers, and finally
chased off into the darkness toward
Duquesne.
The strikers were in complete possess
session of the place. They ranged over
the grounds and finally routed the ten
hidden workmen. The poor fellows
made dash for freedom, but were cut
off and surrounded. With no COM
FUNCTIONS about ten men armed with
clubs attacking one defenseless man,
the mob set upon these men in swarms
and beat them shockingly. In the
crush to get at the PROSTATE men one
fellow was badly stabbed. 1t was the
Homestead fight over again with varia-
tions.
One man was found during the even
ing still in hiding in the mill yard,
which the strikers were patrolling in
complete mastery of the works. The fell
low made a dash for the street and got
Ia cd clnSn
by the pursuit and in desperation ran
into an electric car passing on the
street. The strikers surrounded the
car and the motOrmen tried to force it
through the crowd. The trolley pole
was pulled down and the car stalled.
Then the fugitive was dragged off the
car and beaten and kicked into insensi-
bility.
Anot her stowaway was found, his
clothing stripped off, and he was kicked
and beaten until he was unconscious.
Then the assailants left him for a time.
and he managed to crawl into a store
on Fifth avenue. He is unable to help
himself, and is still there where he
sought refuge. So far as the authori-
ties are able to learn nobody has been
killed outright, but the injuries of
some of the victims of the mob's fury
will probably be fatal. Up to this
hour the strikers have refrained from
destroying the machinery in the mills:
At midnight the crowds decreased
and comparative quiet now reigns. All
the hw-abiding citizens are indoors
with the exception of the curious, who
are willing to take the risk of watch
ing the rioters. The strikers are yir-
tually in possession of the town. =.