The record-union., 1894-05-05
Special to the REcoEp-UNIoN.

end of the Connellsville coke region is in
fever of fear and excitement tonight.
The terrible work at the Painter plant of
the Mcclure Company, bad as it was in
ITSELF is feared as still more foreshadow-
ing the beginning of the times and con-
ditions that are inevitable unless the
strike is speedily settled.
! The battle to-day was between striking
Poles, small number of deputies and
the comparatively few men at work at
the Painter plant. Deputy Sheriff San
ford White and Chief Clerk Ewing 3.
Roddy were terribly beaten, and are in
critical condition tonight. Five men
and two women on the strikers side
were shot, and two of the men are dan
gerously wounded.
| The Painter plant was closed down by
the strikers on the 9th ult., and was idla
until Wednesday last. Early this morn
| ing Joe Sconesky's wife went about to the
other houses and got the women of the
striking Poles to join her in a raid on the
plant. About O'Clock she had l50 men,
women and children in the ranks ready
! for the raid, The men remained IN the
rear, and the women and children, led by
| Mrs. Sconesky, made rush for the coke
yard.
| InlS region mas seen many Savage al
| fairs in which women unseX them-
selves by deeds of violence. but the
old-timers say that never before have
they seen such a spectacle as this. Every
person in the assaulting party had some
| sort OF striking weapon, even the chill
dren, screaming as they fourished sticks
suited to their size. Many of the women
| bore axes, and some of the men of the
MOP carried ball bats and latchets.
| Deputy White was the first on whom a
/ blow fell. Mrs. Sconesky had club,
and her husband welded an ak, which
went down before the front rank of the
| raiders. Roddy and a clerk named James
Tarr saw him fall. In the face OF the
/ fearful odds these two men sprang to his
rescue and fought their way to his side.
Then the frantic raiders fell upon Tarr
and Roddy as White struggled to his feet,
| but covered with blood. The three men
| fought desperately, but the odds were too
great, and finally all were down again
under the feet of the mob. Roddy was
beaten and cut about the head almost as
| badly as White.
| While all this was going on the depu-
ties, who had begun TO use Winchesters,
/ shot one woman.
! the entire region. The strikers are be-
coming desperate, and mobs are assem-
| bling at various points to raid the plant.
! DIR. w. III. Cole, company physician,
states that fifteen strikers went down in
three charges. Three men and one
woman were carried off the ground after
the first charge. and when the mob
| finally retreated they bore away at least
ten more. Three wounded were left near
the works, two of whom will die. White
! is suffering intense agony and his recov-
cry is doubtful. Roddy is believed to be
| fatally wounded.
1t is feared the foreigners will avenge
| the death of their countryrnen. 1t will
not be a surprise here if the strikers
should resort to dynamite to blow up the
works.
| The injured, as far as the names are
known, are: Sanford White Superin-
| tendent terribly beaten, condition criti-
cal.
Ewing B. Reddy, badly beaten, condi-
| ton critical.
John Sconesky, shot through the thigh.
| Stephen Yenski, shot through both
thighs.
Joseph Skoleski, head split with an ak.
Hutes Scheinonski. shot in the shout
der.
Unknown Slavish woman shot in the
| thigh.
Sheriff Richards of Fayette County is
at the scene of battle with forty men
armed with Winchesters.
The latest reports are that White will
| die. Roddy was taken to his home here.
He Is vomiting blood, and IS very badly
injured. Two of the Poles shot in the
| melee are pronounced to be in very
dangerous condition, and are likely To
| die. Sixty-tnree rioters, among them
twelve women and ten children, have
! been taken to jail, and warrants for fifty
others have been sworn out, but the men
| can not be found.
| Tonight the Painter plant is in charge
| of large number of deputies, and the
company is determined 10 operate it.
| TROUBLE IN MINNESOTA.
| DULUTH, May 4.-Marshal Free tried
to suppress disturbance among some
| striking miners at Mountain Iron this
evening, when Matt Matson threatened
him with revolver. The Marshal
promptly shot him twice in the abdomen,
| and he will probably die. Word of the
affair was sent to the strikers at Virginia
and mob of 200 started for Mountain
| Iron with the avowed intention of lynch
| ing Free. Sheriff Showry ordered the
militia out and they took charge of the
| affair. a.There is great excitement at
Mountain Iron. and trouble is feared
when the strikers arrive, as the miners
were much embittered over Frees
action. Company III is under arms and
militia now there. At 1880 no word
could be had from Mountain Iron, and il
| is believed the wires are cut.
| VIOLENCE IMMINENT AT CoNNELLs-
WILLIE.
| CoNNELLsvILLE {Pa.), May 4.-The ac-
| ton of the coke companies in putting an
armed force into the Vanderbilt pre-
vented riot there to-day. The mob that
closed down the Fort Hill works yester-
day remained in camp all night preparing
to attack the Paul and Nellie, but when
they learned that an army of deputies
was patroling the works they concluded
not to attack and dispersed.
| At no time since the strike was inaug-
urated has violence been so imminent aa
now. The wholesale eviotions to be
| made, and the resumption by the comua-
MES are sure to incite to violence The
companies say they will start unless the
Rainey works are closed down to-lnor-
row. Rainey is securing all the large
contracts at handsome figures, and the
companies will not stand idly by and see
themselves ruled out of the market Two
of the leading companies say they will
start up their works if in doing so they
have to deputize half their men and ask
/ for more protection from the State troops.
| A number of deputies were sent to the
Calumet works to-day. There is every
| indication of trouble there and at Mon
mouth. Miners from Latrohe and other
| places gathered there and are camped on
the hillside. During the day they pa
raded to and past the works at Mon
mouth. The red flag was prominently
/ displayed and incendiary threats were
uttered.