The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-14
BLOOD SHE'D
On the Banks of the Youghio'
gheny River.
Tho Lawabiding Citiscns Rise Up in Wrath
and Resolve to Put an End to Anarchism
Armed Attack on the Coke Works
Tho Governor Called Upon.

CoNNEILsv1LLE, Pa, April GA re.
Valley saying that fierce riot occur.
red there Thursday morning, and that
10 Huns were killed outright and sew
eral injured.
The signal of the general movement
of the strikers from the southern end
of the region across the Youghiogheny
river into the northern section was Civ
en- Thursday morning bright and early,
and the indications are that the
strikers are making the decisive
movement of the strike. A mob of
roo men passed Mt Braddocls half an
hour ago. bearing down upon the
place. The mob was formed at Oliver
and was augmented by recruits from
the Lemont works. The first point OF
attack will be the Hill Farm works,
the only plant south of the Youghio-
gheny now in operation.
The fourth morning of the strike
finds the situation in the coke region
even more serious than at any time
since it was inaugurated. The expected
attack on the Meyer plant Wednesday
night did not take place, but the situ.
alton in that vicinity is. not relieved,
because of the belief that the inevitable
has only been delayed Meyer works
were full Thursday morning. The men
are working under guard of armed
deputies.
The first disturbance at Meyer oc.
Cured at 10 o'clock Thursday morn.
ing, but was soon quieted. A crowd
of Huns, including men and women,
became boisterous at the company
store, but were completely subdued by
the deputies Sixty deputies were on
duty at Meyer throughout the night,
but at s o'clock Thursday morning
twenty-five were relieved from duty
to take needed rest. They are close at
hand and will respond at moments
notice.
Sheriff Wilhelm has notified Gov.
Pattison that he has exhausted his
means and is unable to quell the dis.
turbance in the coke region. His dep
uties, he says, are powerless against
the 5000 to 10000 lawless strikers now
marching to and fro through the
region.
UN1oNTowN. Pa, April 6.-At 10
o'clock Thursday the bodies of eight
murdered Hungarians were found in a
woods near Dawson by some boys, who
were going across the fields to school
The men were found lying in different
sections of the woods, and all had bull
let holes through their bodies and were
more or less beaten up. Where they
came from or by whom they were
killed is yet q question, and the dis
covery is the sensation of the day in
the coke region. 1t is supposed these
Huns were shot Wednesday afternoon
by deputies during an attack on the
Bradford works and crawled out into
the woods to die. In the conflict at
these works there were volleys of shots
fred and one Hun was killed outright
during the attack. The bodies found
have been identified as members of
this mob.
MT. PLEASANT, Pa, April 6.-At 10
o'clock Thursday morning 500 Hungar-
ians left Scottdale Junction and
marched to this place, where mass
meeting is to be held. About 80 depu-
ties are on guard here The labor lead
ers are imploring the strikers to pre-
serve order, but Notwithstanding all
this, an outbreak is considered certain
during the afternoon.
The few men working at Mcclure IS
Buckeye plant at Donnelly and May.
field will be forced to give up and leave.
The excitement here is intense, and
more deputies have been asked for.
Wednesday night the strikers We're re-
pulsed in an attack on the Scottdale
brewery,