Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-05
Bloodshcd in PENNSYLVANIA.

Yesterday, the third day of the strike
of coke workers in the Connellsville
region was marked by rioting, in which
at least ten lives were lost. so much
excitement was never known in the
coke region, AMI people everywhere
are excited and apprehcnsive of great
er danger.
Rioling began early yesterday morn
ing, but the climax was not reached
until that afternoon nj 3 o'clock, when
II body Of strikers, numbering several
hundred, marched to the Davidson
works Of the II. c. Fricll Coke Compa
NJ at Conneilsville, Iayette county,
where men were working.
When the strikers approached they
were ordered by he deputies to stop.
They came on and lrie, Ia yet nj the
mcn on ih, ovens The deputies fired
Tie strikers returned the lire ard
charged, driving the deputies and men
fom the plant.
Chief Engineer J. IL. Paddock, Of the
Frick Company, ran up in the tipple Of
the works. The strikers followed and
shot him in the bach; Of the head They
beat him and crushed his head with
stones and threw his body from tip
pie window to the ovens, 10 feet below.
they then attempted to fire the tipple.
but lett when they saw the deputies re-
turning with large force from Con-
nellsyille.
Hearing of Paddock; murder hun
lreds of men volunteered to avenge his
death. The pursuing party. in com
mand of County Detective Frank Camp
bell, overlook the strikers half mile
from Davidson and opened fire on them.
The strikers fred in return, but ran on.
Ten strikers fell, eight were killed in
stantly, shot through the body and two
others were fatally wounded.
Another Of the strikers who got the
start on the main body was shot by
deputy at Bradford, q mile distant. He
was also killed instantly, the ball
penetrating his neck. Eleven strikers
were captured where the first battle
took place, and the pursuing party
kept up the charge until Dawson,
point seven miles distant, was reached,
where Iifty-three more strikers were
captured
All the efforts of the deputies and
more level-headed citizens were needed
to prevent the lynching of the eleven
who were taken back to Connellsville.
The law-abiding element had their
way, and at o'clock a special train
arrived at Uiniontown with siXtyfour
ofthose who were in the mob that kill
ed Mr.. Paddock. a great crowd greet
ed their arrival, and amid cries of
Lynch them the prisoners were
hurried up back street to Jail.
A large body of the strikers were
present and made rush to rescue the
prisoners, but were held back by the
big crowd and the deputies. At the
jail Hugh Coll, assistant chief engineer
of the Prick Company, identified five
OF the prisoners as among those who
killed Mr.. Paddock. Thirty more OF
the same band of strikers have been ar
rested.
Mr.. Paddocl. was highly esteemed
and was widely known. His murder
occurred in sight of his home.
All the officials of the district organi
cations of strikers will be arrested for
implicitly in the Paddock murder and
melting the riot and murder. Every
effort will be made to hunt down the
guilty ones.
At the Mayiield plant of the Mcclure
Company, two men were fatally shot
during the Gay.
The Denny Coke Plant at Alverton
and the Donneliy Works, near Mount
Pleasant, were attacked during the day
by strikers and several persons were
injured.