Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-05
HUNS OUTFOR GORE
Another Reign of Terror in the
Coke Regions.
A DOZEN PERSONS BITE THE DUST.
Bloodsned Beg ins with the Murder of
an Eugincer-His Body Hor-
ribly Treated.
OF THE LAW MAKE A RALLY

Rioters Driven Away, Pursued and "a Num-
Der Shot, While Scores Are Captured and
| Jailed-An Attempt to Execute Lynch
Law successfully Eesisted-Labor Lead
ers To Be Arrested for Inciting Violence
and sIurder-At.ack on Q Plant Repulsed
| UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 5. 1t would
take columns to tell in detail the exciting
events of the third day of the big coke strike
| now on in the Connellsville region. At
| least nine lives have been sacrificed dur
ing twelve hours Unless the strong arm
of the military interferes the dead will be
counted by scores instead of tens Somuch
| excitement Was never known in the re-
| gion. and people everywhere are excited
and apprehensve of gruver dangers The
rioting began early in the morning, but
the climax WIS not reached until the aft
ernoon at o'clock when a body of strik-
ers numbering several hundred marched
on the works of the II. c. Frick Coke
company at Connellsville, Fayette coun-
| ty where the men wereworhing. The strik
| ers had been there IN the morning, but
no one was working In the aft
ernoon when they returned deputies had
| been placed to receive them.
| Brutal Murder Of an Engineer.
| When the strikers approached they were
ordered to stop. They came on and tried
to get at the men. The deputies fired. The
strikers returned the fire and charged,
driving the deputies and men from the
plant. Chief Engineer Paddock, of the
F:ick company, ran up in the tipple of
the works. The strikers followed and
| shot him in the back of the head They
beat him and crushed his head with stones
and threw his body from the tipple WIN
| dow to the ovens forty feet below. They
| then tried to fire the tippie, but LETT when
| they saw the deputies returning with q
large force from Counellsville. Hearing
Of Paddock's murder hundreds volun-
teered TO avenge his death.
| a Running But Deadly Fight.
The pursuing party in command of
| County Detective Frank Campbell over
took the strikers a half mile from David
son and opened fire on them. The strikers
| fired in return but ran on. Three strikers
fell, one was killed instantly. 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 u deputy at Broa4Sord, mile distant.
He was also kil.ed Instantly, the ball pene-
trating his neck Eleven strikers We're
| captured where the first battle took place
and the pursuing party kept up the chase
| until Dawson, Il point seven miles distant
was reached, where fifty-three more striE-
ers We're captured
The Judge Lynch Infamy Averted.
All the efforts of the deputies and more
| level-headed citizens were needed to pre-
vent the lynching of the eleven who were
taken back to Cunnellsvlle The law
ding element had their way, and a
special train arrived with siNty-four of
those who We're in the mob that killed
| Paddock. 4 great crowd greeted their
arrival and amid cries of lynch them, -
the prisoners were hurried up a back street
to jail \ large body of strikers was
present and madea rush to rescue the
prisoners, but were held back by the big
crowd and tie deputies At the Jail Hugh
Coll assistant chief engineer of the Frick
company, identified five of the prisoners
as among those who killed Paddock.
Two More Men Fatally shot
Thirty more of the same band of strikers
have been arrested and will be brought to
Jail. Paddock was highly esteemed and
was widely known. His murder occurred
in sight of his home. All the officials of
the district organization OF strikers will be
arrested for completely in the Paddock
murder and melting to riot and murder
| Every effort viii be made TO hunt down
the guilty ones. AT the Alayfield plant of
the Mcclure company two men We're IA
tally shot during the day. The strikers
charged the men at work in the morning,
but were driven off by the deputies after u
striker WIS shot through the body.
international SANITARY Convention.
| PARIS, April 5.-The international sani-
tary convention has been signed. The
United States and Great Britain made
reservations rs to minor details. 1t is be
iieved that If the decisions of the conven
tioa are carried out they will prove IN
eifectuai check to the importation of choi
era INTO Europe and into the United
| States.