The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-11
COOKERS FIGHT AGAIN.
Another Deadly Battle Between
Strikers and Deputies.
ONE KILLED, TWO FATALLY HURT.

1he Fataiities We're Confinsd to the StrIk
era, Who Started the Eight-It Is Be
lievsd That Four "scabs" Captured b,
the Strikers Have Beeu Knied.
URioNTowN, Pa June 1.-THE truce Ii
ended, and again the armed deputies ID
the coke regions have made killing
One striker killed in his boots, two Others
dying and another shot through is the re-
suit of battle yesterday at Lemont
There were six deputies ON one side and a
mob OF strikers on the other. Unbiased
testimony Is to the effect that the mob
not only provoked but compelled the
deputies to fire on them. afterthe strikers
had compelled them to retreat. and had
fired several shots at them
The circumstances that led up to this
latest OF the many tragedies of the coke
Fegion were developing since Saturday af-
ternoon -Four American workmen. John
Delaney, Oliver Attleby John Britt and
james Furlough who live At Leisenring.
have been working at the Frick Coke com
pany's Valley works for some time.
They came to New Haven Saturday after.
noon, where they were to take the Leisen-
ring electric road for bome. where they
have not been for month.
AS soon rs they alighted from the train
at New Haven they were surrounded by a
mob OF several hundred strikers The
strikers first beat The four workmen and
then put tags on them bearing the in.
scription "blacklegs," also covering them
with chalk marks. They then marched
their prisoners to all the orks on the line
from New Haven south, holding them ap
rs decorated samples of ''scabs" for the
revilings and abuse OF strikers every.
where The four prisoners were subjected
to ali manner of insults and indiguities to
such an extent that many of the more ra
honal strikers protested that ii was cruel
and cowardly for so many men to assail
four helpless fellows in that way
When one crowd had tired OF the pris-
cners or were pressed closely by the pur-
suit the four prisoners were handed over
te another crowd and the former gather
Ing would dispense to their homes. The
prisoners were especially i'll treated when
their captors marched them to their
homes, where the women aud children
slapped and spat upon them and called
them vile names This little children
screamed "blacklegs" at them and struck
them with their tiny fists
The Frick Coke company were in
formed Of the perilous position their work.
men were i'll. Field Deputy Matt ALEU-
and six men were immediately sent to New
Haven on the evening train They were
misled by false information IL was day.
light when the SQUAD OF tired deputies
reached Lamont, where the fight took
Place. They had been joined by Superin.
ttndent Slater, of the Leisenring plant,
who had helped in the all night hunt.
Not long after daylight the men began
to assemble on the commons by the hum
dred They engaged in the widest dem
onstrations, and it is thought that they
then had the four oaptves in their pos
session. When the deputies were discoy.
cred the mob raised howl and SUR
rounded them. Many Of the strikers had
revolvurs, and all carried clubs They
moved against the deputies, who retreated
under shower of clubs and stones. Rid
ing up to the advancing crowd of miners
Deputy Allen told them to go back, saying
hs did not want any trouble and that
there would be trouble II he or his men
were attacked or injured. The answer to
Allen was n general yell and one of the
strikers covered him with his pistol and
fired. The shot was u close shave for the
tcp of Aliens head.
The deputies opened fire together and
the strikers stood to it and fought gamely
The first shots were fired by them, and
d they fired as cool1y and as rapidly as did
7tA \ keputies, and they kept closing In on
s.rk hrE.Yho were working the Winches-
fe.<s,nlii tney were driyen to the extreme
end of the company's ground. where they
made stand. By that time three of the
strikers were down and several others
were wounded. The strikers began at
once to carry away their wounded. The
dead man and two who were fatally