Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-05

massacre will occur there before morn
ing if the projected attack is made.
The latest tonight is that an assault
will be made on the Jail to rescue the
rioters jailed here.
President Davis, OF the United Mine
Workers, at late hour tonight an
nounced that he had secured the name
of A. S. Livengood to his scale. Llv-
engood operates the mines furnishing
coal to the Scottdsls Iron aud Stee
Works.
uUNIoNTowN, PA, April At would
take columns to tell in detail the ex-
citing events Of to-day, the third of the
big coke strike now on in the Councils
VILE region.
At least nine lives have been Sacri-
feed during the past twelve hours.
Unless the strong arm of the military
| interferes the dead will be counted by
scores instead of tens. So omuch excite
ment was never known in the region
and people every where are excited and
apprehensive of greater dangers.
The rioting began early this morning
but the climax was not reached until
this afternoon at o'clock, when body
of strikers numbering several hundred
marched on the Davidson works OF the
H. c. Frick Coke Company at COnnels-
Vile, Eayette county, where men were
working.
The strikers had been there in the
morning to get the men out, but no one
was working. In the afternoon when
they returned, deputies had been
placed to receive them. When the
strikers approached they were ordered
TO stop. They came on and tried TO get
at the men at the ovens.
The deputies fired. The strikers re-
turned the fire and charged, driving
the deputies and men from the plan:.
CHIEF ENGINEER PADDOCK.
Of the Frick Company. ran up in the
tipple of the works. The strikers fol-
lowed and shot him in the back Of the
head. They beat him and crushed his
head with stones and threw his body
/ from a tipple window to the ovens,
! forty feet below. They then attempted
to fire the tipple, but left when they
saw the deputies returning with large
force from ConnellsYille.
Hearing OF Paddock's murder hun
| dreds volunteered to avenge his death,
the pursuing party in command OF
| County Detective Frank Campbell over
took the strikers half a mile from
1 Davidson, and opened fire on them.
| The strikers fired in return, but ran on.
Three strikers fell. One was killed In
stantly shot through the body, and
two others were fatally wounded. An
other of the strikers who got the start
on the main body was skot by deputy
at Broad Ford, a mile distant. He was
also killed instantly, the ball penetrat-
ing his neck. Eleven strikers were
captured where the first battle took
place, and the pursuing party kept up
the chase until Dawson, a point seven
miles distant, was reached, where fifty
three more Of the strikers we're 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-aOldiug element had their way
aud at 5 o'clock q special train arrived
/ here with Ct OF those who were in the
mob that killed Paddock. A great
crowd greeted their arrival aud amid
cries OF lynch them, the prisoners were
/ hurried up a back street TO jail. A
large body OF the strikers were present
| and made a rush TO rescue the prisoners
but were held back by the big crowd
and the deputies. Al the jail Hugh
| Coll, assistant chief engineer Of the
| Frick Company, identified five OF the
prisoners as among those who killed
| Paddock. Thirty more OF the same
band OF strikers have been arrested and
the special train will return 10 bring
, them TO Jail tonight.
Paddock was highly esteemed and
aud was widely known. bis murder oc-
CURED in sight OF his home. All the
officials Of the district organization OF
the strikers will be arrested for CON-
plicity in the Paddock murder and in
citing riot and murder. Every effort
will be made TO hunt down the guilty
ones.
AT THE MAYFIELD PLANT
Of the Mcclure Company two men we're
fatally shot during the day. The strik-
ers charged the men at work in the
morning, but were driven on
by tbs deputies after striker
was shot through the body.
. In the afternoon they returned and re-
newed the attack. There was much
firing and deputy was fatally wound
ed. at riot at the Painter works the
women beat 8 workman fatally. Sheriff
Wilhelm has called on Governor Patti
son 10 order out the National Guard.
The Sheriff and his deputies are help