Evening journal., 1894-06-11
BLOODY COKE REGIONS.
Fatal Skirmish Between Depu-
ties and Strikers.
MOB OF MINERS FACED THE RIFLES.
Four NonunIon Men Held by the Mob and
Perhaps Murdered After Being Tortured.
Six Deputy sherins Against Hundreds OF
Rioters-.-One Was Killed.

Perhaps Murdered After Being Tortured.
Six Deputy sherins Against Hundreds OF
Rioters-.-One Was Killed.
UNIONrOwN, Pa, June 1.-THE truce
is ended, and again the armed deputies in
the coke regions have made killing One
striker killed in his boots, two others dy
ing and another shot through IS the result
Of the battle at Lemont. There were six
deputies ON one side and "A mob Of strikers
on the other. Unbiased testimony Is 20
the effect that the mob not only provoked
but compelled the deputies TO fire on them
after the strikers had compelled them TO
retreat and had fired several shots at them.
The circumstances that led up to this
latest Of the many tragedies Of the coke
region were developing since saturday
afternoon. -Four American workmon-
John Delaney, Oliver Attloby, John
Bructt and James FurlOugh-who live at
Loiscnring, have been working at tho
Friok Coke company's valley works for
some time They came to New Haven
where thcy were TO take the Leiscnring
electric road for home, where they have
not been Tor month.
In the Hands of Mob.
As soon as they alightod from the train
at Now Haven they were surrounded by
mob Of several hundred strikers. The
strikers first beat the four workmon and
then put tags ON them bearing the inscrip-
tion "Blacklegs, also covering them with
chalk marks. They then marched their
prisoners to all the works on the limo from
New Haven south, holding them up as
decorated samples of scabs for the rcvil-
ings and abuse Of strikers everywhere.
The four prisoners We're subjected to all
manner Of insults and indignities TO such
an extent that many Of the more rational
strikers protested that It was cruel and
cowardly for so many men to assail four
helpless fellows IN that way.
The Frick company was informed of the
perilous position its workmen were in.
Field Deputy Matt Allen and six men
We're sent to New Haven on the next train.
They were misled by false information.
1t was daylight when the squad Of tired
deputies reached Lemont, where the fight
took place. They had been Joined by Su-
perintendent Slater Of the Leisenrlng
plant, who had helped in the all night
hunt Not long after daylight the men
began TO assemble ON the commons by the
hundred. They engaged in the widest
demonstrations, and Il is thought that
they then had the four captives in their
possession.
When the deputies wcro discovered, the
mob raised howl and surrounded them.
Many Of the strikers had rcvolvers, and
all carried clubs They moved against the
deputies, who retreated under a shower OF
stones and clubs. Riding up to the adj.
/ vancing crowd of miners, Deputy Allen
told them to 90 back, saying nc did not
want any trouble, and that there would
be trouble If ne or his men were attacked
and injured.
The answer to Allen was a general yell
and one Of the strikers covered him witt
his pistol and fired. The shot was "a clos,
shave for the top Of Aliens head The
deputies opened fire together, and th'
strikers stood to it and fought gamely.
The first shots wore fired by them, an,
they fired as coolly and as rapidly as die
the deputies, and they kept closing in on
the men who were working the winches
tiers until they were driven TO the extreme
end Of the company's ground, where the!
made a stand.
Six Faced Hundreds.
When the deputies stopped and prepare,
70 fight it out, the mob recoiled. The in
slant the minors stopped firing the officer
stopped also, glad enough TO have thing
90 that way. There werc so many shot
fired at close range, the firing being con
tinued for quarter of an hour that
number Of the strikers must have becI
hit.
1t was not strictly a battle Of bullets, a
those Of the strikers who were not armo,
were busy throwing stones. The only I'm
jurios inflicted on the deputies were b,
such missiles.
sheriff Richards sent Deputies Richard
and Allebaugh to the scene, and 10 dopu
tics arrived from Valley about the Sam
time The force was soon increased to p
men, each with a winchester Tho las
of the strikers lingering nt "A safe distance
then dispersed, leaving the authorities il
quiet possession No move was made &
care for the wounded.
Late last night two Slavs, most serious
ly wounded wore taken to the Cottag
hospital at Connellsville for treatment
They are fatally injured, shot through tn
hips.
The sheriff and his attorneys will asl
for full investigation. The names q
the dead and wounded cannot be lcarne
as yet Nobody but the strikers know
them. Their names are on the record q
the Mcclure company, but they were no
available. rs the company refused TO Civ
out any information in connection wit
the affair They are all Slavs. The ma
instantly killed was shot through TN
breast. Another was shot through tn
arms, but his wounds are not dangerous
He was among the number arrested an
placed in Jail.
Tho deputies identified six Of the NOR
active strikers i'm the fight and subsC
quently arrested them. They are now ii
/ Jail here. Matt Allen, who had charge q
/ the men who stopped the charge Of tn
mob, is only % years old
BY that time three Of the strikers wer
down, and several Others were wounded
=, | The strikers began at once TO carry AVA
I their wounded. The dead man and tw
who were fatally wounded were left in I'll
: road where they fell.
The number of wounded may not .
known for several days, as they will L
concealed where concealmcnt Is possible
A Allen estimates that 80 or go shots WEI
= fired by both sides. The two Slavs VIII
r were fatally shot can live but shol
= time. At dark the man who was killo
| ,vna effn 1f,-ufr rt-horn ha foil The un1uf