Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-03
STRIKES And RIOTS.
Ten Thousand hen Spread Terror IN
Pennsylvania
SoSUNloS MEN ATTACKED.
The Scenes Of 1891 Rcptaiod.-llo.
lcucc lhreatnuod.-llo Reinforcement
Comiug.-Thc Men Reckless.

UNtONTOwN, Pa, April . - Ihc
stofm has broken nnd the scenes II
1891 arc being repeated throughout the
coke region tonight The big coke
sitikr, with oil Ito attendant rioting
aud destruction Of property, Is now In
iull force. THIS morning the call Of
the scoltdale convention was oboyoI by
more than half the works IN the coke
fields aud II took 1900 men from their
work. Tho situation IL now one VI
ufcat peril.
The rauka OF the strikers have been
fl reinforced that tonight the lowest
tsumates gives tnomlO 900 men. From
fHu uutset the strike has been turbulent,
.!h tendency 10 open defiance VI
fIs Jaw. There was rolling in several
quarters lust night. 10 has grown
rI,ndily wufru and today there were
100 re- serious outbreaks IN this Und OF
500 field.
The men Of the Oliverwofks Left 1900
tors Of cose burning up In the ovens.
Tho company, then, 10 cave tue prop
city, attempted TO put some non'uni0n
uyn ut work drawing the coke, when
tur strikots r,tO them with stones aud
uiubs, driving them from the grounds,
600 the melee several were badly hurt.
lhe greatest outbreak WAS NJ the
Gus Hill Farm mines near here.
THIS morning atout 900 foreigners from
MUuuil and Weller. Of the Cambria
uutl,s, armed Themselves with guns,
Itvulyeta and clubs aud started out 10
luyc the men from the plants They
ilrst visited the Humphry works, and
binding the men nt work. drove them
away under the muzEltH " pistols.
rhpy then visited the Anchor works.
Aurr oil tho men had been driven
away the rioters began firing the
rlHntits 90 Hill Farm, but dcsittcd nj
tue frantic entfoaiies Of the women
mud children,
superintendent Long, Of the Hlll
Farm, had some OF the Hungarians
urutrI for attempting TO burn the
ifulcfiy.
Al n O'Clock tonight IL was reported
i1 the labor leaders here that the move.
muut now embraces the entire coke
region and not n plant viii DO allowed
90 operate without a struggle. The
striker. openly threaten 10 burn the
places rather than see them operated at
present prices for labor, nud " they
attempt this loas Of life will certainly
follow.
By tomorrow the strikers will muster
1900 TO $4,000 men, AMI In their pres.
rut slate VI desiitulion they are Tcck-
Ices. The civil authorities admit they
viii not be able 10 cope with the stfik-
cts, There was a big meetiug here
tonight. The foreign element II In
virtual command. They openly declare
% the purpose Of the strikers, as the
sense Of the meeting, to drive 0ut every
man who may want to work.
PAINTERS Oh A STRIKE.
CHICAGO, April 2.-Four thousand
painters And paper hangers will be cut
~ work IN Chicago tomorrow night.
About 40 PAINTERS stopped work today.
Fifteen hundred plumbers struck TO-
Joy lecausu OF n proposed reduction Ia
wages. This bWclls tho numuer Of
tIrikura 10 the neighbirhooi Of o, 900,
Including painters, hficklayers, ma,
chlnieie, iron, steel and bras workers.
AGAINST LOWER WAGES.
OzARS, Ark, Aprll 2.-Threo hun.
urru miners ht the Coal HIN nnd Don.
ming coal mines OF the Western Coal a
Mining company struck this morning
ugainst 10 per cent reduction.
LuuUu, 1. r., April g.--All the
miners 10 this district knocked Oh
work today, refusing the 10 per cent
cut
woiuS SUSPENDED.
DENlsON, Tex, April 2,-Wofk In
tho Territory coal mines has suspend.
81, though strike Is not declared.
o hc men reuse 10 accept the cut, but
neither camp seems 10 want 10 take
Tie Initiative Of inauguratlng strike,
which may result disastrously. II l.
probable n conference viii be held IN
Tho next two days. Il 10 impossible to
lufetell the result.