The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-05
POLES RIOTING ANEW.
Fierce Amaxons Lead the Coke
Striker % BattlA
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| OF the ConnellsviIis coke region - IA .
fever Of fear and excitement tonight The
terrible work st the Painter plant Of the
McCinrs Company, bad - II was N itssif
| 10 feared - forsshsdowing the beginning
OF times and conditions that are inevitable
| unless this strike 10 speedily set
tied The battle today vas between
striking Poles, . small number q
| deputies and few men at work at the
Painter plant Deputy Sheriff Sanford
White and Chief Clerk Ewing Broddsy
we're terribly beaten and are In critical
condition tonight Five msn and two
women on the striksrs' side were shot, and
Two Of the men Are Dangerously wounded.
six Of the rioters have bssn arrested and
are nov In the Uniontown jail.
The Painter plant Was closed down By
the strikers on April "a. and was Idle until
Wednesday last Early this morning jos
Econsski's wife went about 10 the other
houses and got the women Of the striking
Poles to Join hsr In raid on the plant
About 8 o'clock she had 80 men, women
and children in the ranks for the raid.
The men remained In the rear and the
women and children. led BY Mrs. Sconeskt
made rush sor the coke yard. This region
has seen many savage affairs In which
women unsexsd themselves by deeds Of
vioIencs, but the oidtimers say that never
before hss there been sssn such . spectacle
as this. Every person In the assaulting
party had some sort Of striking weapon.
even the children screaming - they -four
ishsd sticks suited to their siss. Many q
the women bore axss. and some ofths msn
Of the mob carried ball bats and
hatchets. Deputy White was the first
on whom blow fell. Mrs. Sconsski had
club and her husband welded an az.
White went down before the front rank Of
the raiders. Broddsy and . clerk named
James Tarr saw Whits fall. In the face
OF fearful odds these two men spranf TO
his rescue and fought their way to his
side. Then the frantic raiders fell upon
Tarr and Broddey. a. White struggled TO
his feet covered with blood. The
three men fought desperately, bat
the odds were too great, and
finally oil were down again under the feet
Of the mob. Broddey was beaten and cut
about the head almost - badly a. White
The other deputies then opened frs on the
mob to save Broddsy. Tarr and White Fiji
teen Of the rioters. including Polish
woman shot In the thigh, we're wounded.
John Sconsski Was shot through the
thigh; Stephen Yonski, through both
thighs; Joseph Shonski's head Was split
With an AZ. and Mutss Schsnosi was shot
In the shoulder.
Tonight White II In the minsrs' hospital
At Conneilsvills. the lstssts reports say
that he Will die. Broddey Was brought TO
his home here. He Il vomiting blood and
Is very badly injured. Two Of the Poles
shot in toe melee are pronounced to BE- In
very dangerous condition and are likely TO
die.
Sxty-thrss rioters. among them twelve
women and ten children, have been taken
to jail. and warrants for nfsy others have
been sworn out, but the men cannot be
found. Tonight the Painter plant 10 in
charge OF large number Of deputies, and
the company 10 determined 20 operate. it.
CoSsRrLsvrILs, Pa. May A-Ths action
Of the coke companies in arming large
force Of men In the VandsrbiIt region,
prevented = riot there today. The mob
that closed the Fort Hill works yesterday
remained in camp oil night preparing to
attack the Paul and Nellie but when they
learned that an army Of deputies was pa
trolling the works they concluded not to
attack and dispersed. The strikers have q
code Of signals by which they can b col.
iected At any point In the vicinity on
short notice. but the operators say they
will keep the deputies on guard as
long ~ there il any danger Of violencs.
The men AT Fort Hill who were forced out
returned TO work Immediately after the
mob had dispersed. and are working under
the protection Of fifty rifles. The formid-
able display of guus at Meyer also dis
eouraged the mob Of strikers there, and
they dispersed at midnight
Al no time since the strike was begun
has violence been 30 imminent ~ now.
The Wholesale evictions to be made and
the resumption by the companies are sure
to tncite violence. The companies cav
they viii start unless the Rainay works
are closed down tomorrow. Rainey 10
securing all tho large contracts 1t hand
some figures, and the other companies
viii not stand Idly and see themselve,
ruled out OF the market Two Of the lead
ing companies announce that they will
start up al their works If in doing 80 they
have To deputixe half their men and ask
for more protection from the state troops.
number Of deputies were sent to the
Calumet works today. There 10 eyerv
indication o: trouble there and at
Monmouth. Miners from Lasrobe
and other places have gathered
there, and are eamped on the hillside.
During the day they parsdsd to and fro
past the works at Monmouth. The red
iiag vas prominently displayed, and In.
cendiary threats were uttered.
fKoRtA. ILL.,. May About loo coal
miners. armed with clubs, started this
afternoon to two mines In Casewell county
10 force the operatives to Quit work. Al
Collier mines the miners refused to Quit
but when the strikers got demonstrai.ye
they agreed 90 suspend