Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-10
eATTLE WITH STRIKERS.
Ugly state of Affairs in the Psansyivani
Coke ReEtons-SEomen and Childre
Lead Riot

Ugly State of Affairs in the Pennsylvania
Coke ReEions-Eomen and Children
Lead q Riot
SCoTTDALE, Pa, May 5.-The north
end of the Conneilsvil1e 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 a 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 a. raid on the plant About
| o'clock she had $50 men. women and
children in the ranks ready for a raid
The men remained in the rear, and
i the women and children. led by Mrs
Sconeslxy, made a rush for the coke
yard. The region has seen many
savage affairs in which women unsexed
| themselves by deeds of cruel violence,
but the old timers say that never be-
fore has there been seen such a spec
tacle as this Every person in the
assauiting party had some sort OF
striking weapon, even the children
screaming as they hourished sticks
suited to their size. Many of the
women bore axes, and some of the mer
of the mob carried ball bats and
hatchets.
Superintendents White and Roody
assisted by dozen of deputies, stood
| guard and when the mob came with 1
rush, White fired into its ranks 4
Hungarian woman fell with bullet il
her thigh Maddened by this the mob
which numbered compile of hundred
closed in on the deputies who. driver
into close quarters and blinded by tn,
shower of missiles, were unabl
to use their Winchesters Afte
|
fed and the mob surrounded Whit,
and Roody. A burly Hungarian at
tackled the latter with Ratchet, fell
ing him to the ground, and was abou
to deal the death blow. when jaime
Tarr knocked the Hungarian dow
with a club White was dragged int
the engine house to escape the fury o
the strikers. By this time the deputie
rallied. and three volleys were fired il
quick succession, forcing the mob t.
retreat over the hill in utter route.
A number of strikers were carries
from the battlefield, and it is believes
they were killed. DR.. w. FL Cole, tn
company physician, stated that fifteel
strikers went down in the thre
charges. Three men and one woman
were carried off the ground after tn
first charge, and when the mob finall,
retreated they bore away at least tel
more. Three of them were left nea
the works. One of these was sho
through the thigh, another througl
both legs, and a third hao a bad wound
/ in the groin.