The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-05-11
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Ugty state or Affairs Ia the Pennsylvania
Coke Rogions-Wcmen and Children
Lead A Rf0k


tg1y state or Affairs In the Pennsylvania
Coke Roeions-Women and Children
Lead Riot
EcoTTDALE, Pa, May 5-The north
end of the Connellsville coke region
was in fever of fear. excitement and
anxiety last night The terrible work
at the Painter plant OF the Mcclure
company, bad as it was in itself, is
feared still more as foreshadowing the
beginning of times and conditions
that are inevitable unless this strike
is speedily settled The battle yester-
day was between striking Poles, a small
number of deputies and COMPARE
lively few men at work at the Painter
plant Deputy Sheriff Sanford White
and Chief Clerk Ewing b Roody were
terribly beaten. and are in criti-
cal condition. Five men and two
women on the strikers side were shot,
and two of the men dangerously. Fifty
six of the rioters have been arrested,
and are now confined in the Uniontown
Jail
The Painter plant was closed down
by the strikers on the oath ult, and
was idle until Wednesday last Early
yesterday morning Joe Sconesky's wife
went about to the other houses and got
the women of the striking Poles to join
her in raid on the plant About
o'clock she had 80 men, women and
childr, 1 in the ranks ready for raid.
The men remained in the rear, and
the women and children. led by Mrs.
Sconesky, made a rush for the coke
yard. The region has seen many
savage affairs in which women unsexed
| thems elves by deeds of cruel violence,
but IL e old timers say that never be-
fore has there been seen such a spec
tacle as this. Every person in the
assaulting party had some sort of
striking weapon, even the children,
screaming as they fourished sticks,
suited to their size. Many of the
women bore axes, and some of the men
of the mob carried ball bats and
hatchets.
Superintendent White and Roody,
assisted by dozen of deputies, stood
guard and when the mob came with a
rush, White fired into it's ranks. A
Hungarian woman fell with bullet in
her thigh. Maddened by this the mob,
which numbered couple of hundred,
closed in on the deputies who, driven
into close quarters and blinded by the
shower of missiles, were unable
| to use their Winchesters After
emptying their revolvers they
fed and the mob surrounded White
and Roody A burly Hungarian at
tackled the latter with Ratchet, fell
ing him to the ground, and was about
to deal the death blow, when James
! Tarr knocked the Hungarian down
with club. White was dragged into
the engine-house to escape the fury of
the strikers by this time the deputies
rallied, and three volleys were fired In
quick succession, forcing the mob to
retreat over the hill in utter route.
number of strikers were carried
from the battlefield, and it is believed
they were killed DR.. w. II. Cole, the
company physician, stated that fifteen
strikers went down in the 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 of them were left near
the works. One of these was shot
through the thigh, another through
both legs. and a third ha0 a bad wound
in the groin.