Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-05

ScOTTDALE, PA, May 4.-Ths north
end OF the Connellsville coke region is
in fever Of fear, excitement and an1i-
ETY. tonight. The terrible work at the
Painter plant OF the Mcclure Company,
bad as il 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 to-day was between strik-
ing Poles, q small number Of deputies,
and a com parative few Of the men at
work at the Painter plant. Deputy
sheriff Sanford White and Chief Clerk
Ewing b. Roddy were terribly beaten
aud are tonight in a critical condition.
Five men aud two women on the strlk-
erS' side we're shot, and two OF the
men dangerously wounded. Fifty-SiI
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 gath inst, and
was idle until Wednesday OF this week.
wife went about TO the other houses
aud got the women Of the striking
Poles TO join her in supposed raid on
the plant. About six o'clock she had
$50 men, women and children in the
ranks, ready for a raid.
The men remained in the rear and
the women and children, led 0y Mrs.
ScOnesky, made rush for the coke
yard. This region has seen many saw
age affairs 10 which women unsexed
themselves Oy deeds OF cruel violence,
but the old-timers say that never before
has there been such a Spectacls as this.
Every person 10 the Rsssulting party
had some sort of striking weapon; even
the children screaming shrilly, as they
fourished sticks, suited 20 their size.
Many OF the women bore axes and some
of the men OF the mob carried ball bats
and hatchetS.
Deputy White was the first man at
the yard on whom q blow fell. Mrs.
sconesky had ball club, and her hus-
band welded an axe. White went
down before the front rank Of the raid
ers.
Roddy and = clerk named James Tarr
saw him fall. To the face Of the fearful
Dads these two men sprang TO his res
cue aud fought their way to his side.
Then the frantic raiders fell upon Tarr
and Roddy as White struggled 70 his
feet blinded with blood.
The three men fought desperately,
but the odds were too great, and finally
all we're down again under the feet Of
the mob.
While all this was going on, tho dep
uties who had room 70 use their Win
cnesters did so, and managed TO shoot
one woman, who is now said 20 be dy-
ing. Maddened by this, the mob, which
numbered couple OF hundred, closed
ln on the deputies, who, driven into
close quarters aud blinded by the show
or of missiles, were unable TO use their
WiuchesterS. After emptying their
revOlverS they fed and the
mob surrounded White and
Rodd7. A burly Hun attacked the lat
ter with hatchet. Telling him to the
ground. and was about 10 deal the death
blow when James Tarr knocked the
Hun down with a club. White was
dragged into the engine house 20 escape
the fury of the strikers. By this time
the deputies rallied and three vOlleys
were fired in quick succession, forcing
the mob 10 retreat over the hill In utter
rout. A number OF strikers were car
RED from the battlefield, and il is bs-
ueved they were killed. DR.. w. H.
Cole, the company physician, stated
that
FIFTEEN STRIKERS WENT DOWN
10 the three charges. These men and
one woman were carried Oh the ground
after the first charge, and when the
mob finally retreated they bore
away az least ten more. Three
of them we're left at the works.
One OF these was shot through the
thigh, another both legs aud the third
had q bad wound iC the groin. At one
o'clock to-day White is suffering intense
agony aud his recovery is yet matter
OF doubt. Boddy Is believed TO have
been fatally wounded. The affair has
caused the most intense excitement
here. IL is feared the foreigners will
revenge the death OF their cOuntrymen
and that this is but the beginning OF RI
OtS in all parts OF the region. IL would
rot be a surprise 70 the people here
should the strikers resort 10 the use OF
dynamite 10 blow up the works
The injured as far as known were:
Sanford White, superintendent, badly
beaten, condition critical: Ewing p.
Roddy, badly beaten, condition critical;
John SkoneSky, shot through the
thigh; stephen YonSki, shot through
both thighs; los. SkOnesky, head split
vito an AK; MurteS SchOnSki, shot In
shoulder; an unknown Slavish woman,
shot in thigh.
Superintendent White was taken 10
the ConnellSvilIe hospital aud il is
thsught be will not survive. Ewing
Roddy was brought here and cared for.
The foreigners were carried 10 the ad-
joining houses aud cared for by Deputies
Rogers and FetterS.
Sheriff Richards, Of Fayetts county,
is upon the scene of the battle with
forty men armed with WincheSters and
have already arrested thirty persons
charged with being implicated in the
riot. They are now on the way TO the
UniontOwn jail.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY OUT OF COAL.
PERU. Ills. May 4.-The city elec-
VIC railway was compelled TO shut
down to-day owing TO the miners strike.
There is no coal. Not 4 car Is moving.