New-York tribune., 1894-04-05

THAT TEN HUNGARIANs HAVE BEEN
KILLED OR FATALLY INJURED.
p,,,sburg April A dispatch to THE Times
..or, 1,nicntown. Penn. says: Chief Engineer
,o.enh II. Paddock. of the H. c. Frick Coke
,o,o,anv. was brutally murdered by 200 rioious
1,rrgarians at the Davidson coke works at Con-
,a1svtlle about o'clock this afternoon. The
.,r-derers were pursued by a sherif's posse
One Of the fleeing Huns was shot and instantly
,,r,.d. TWO others were fatally wounded Two
...or r,orkn1en in the region who refused to join
:. tho mob were assaulted and fatally hurt.
,-.., were carried away by their associates.
x,r.,y-four Of the rioters and alleged murderers
.ove already been arrested and are now in Jail
,ere charged with murder.
,o,a reports from Broadford tonight say that
uungarians were killed tonight or fatally in
,,rsa by the deputies and citizens who were pur-
.,,rs them for the murder Of Chief Engineer
paddock. sensational rumor was received
at II o'clock tonight to the effec; that the
lbs company officials and deputies in the Of
s.os ~ the FYick and Mcclure companies are be-
,,.sad hv a mob Of 100 strikers ard that the
.ao,ors are making menacing demonstrations A
.,..,oro message from the company store partly
confirms the rumor.
ru,o hundred picked men. acting as deputies
80 Sheriff William II. Wilhelm, of Fayette
c,r,+v mounted and armed to the teeth. went
.,ron,rc through the coke regions tonight
sarching for /. r. Davis. president OF the
,-,,,ad Mine Workers; Daniel Darby, secretary
y, the organization. and John McSloy, who are
.uor.d 70 have organized the murderous mob
and who are said to be directly responsible for
the killing Of Paddock
on THE BRINK OF INsURREcTloN.
rb,s region. which in other years has been
shaken 10 its centre by Disconnected labor, is to-
night fairly trembling on the brink of an in
surrection Never before we're the dangerous
,ore,pners 50 thoroughly aroused. They seemed
organ,zed for murder. and from one end Of the
region to the other they have marked their path
to-day with wreck and ruin. and concluded the
bad days work with the killing of one OF the best
men known to the coke business. The murdered
man lived at Connellsvle. He leaves wife ana
three chidrea.-By honest effort he had won a
prominent and profitable place with the ti1ck
Coke Company, and when his life was sacrihced
he was endeavoring TO escape the fury Oh the
mob that came upon him like a tornado. He was
at work at the time. He had with him his in
struments. and had just come out of the mines
He was in the tipple. Hugh Call. one OF his
assistants was with him when the murderous
mob broke into the tpple building. apparently
with view 10 burning it. Their wild SHOUTS
rolled through the place in furious storm.
Call fred on the approaching mob. which
seemed to intensity their rage. and they rushed
upon hin. He jumped through window ana
escaped Paddock attempted to escape by run
ming through the infuliated crowd Stones ana
clubs were hurled al him. Twice lie was
knocked down. bat with superhuman EFFORT he rc-
gained his feet. Finally he was Knocked down
by heavy stone thrown By one Of the mob
He fell senseless. and each one OF the demons
struck him with a stone while ne lay helpless.
His head and face were crushed. His clothes
were torn and he was disGgured almost beyond
recognition Then while he lay there dead one
Of the mob fired a bullet into his head. His
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building and was thrown about forty feet to the
burning ovens below. Then the mob disappeared
over the hill in the direction of Bradford. Pad
dock was thirty-lve years old. His killing oc-
CURED within sight Of his home. lie a
graduate of the Lehigh Univers. y.
sHERIFFs CALLED on FOR PROTECTION.
Adjutant- General w. w Greenland came to
Connelsville to-day to examine into the situation
He regards the outlook with concern. but has not
determined TO call out the militia Sheriff VIII
helm. Of Fayette County. and Sheriff p. ].
Mccain, Of Westmoreland County. have been
notified by the coke producers Of their resporsi
oility for all property in the region Sheriff Will
helm is here. Sheriff McCann is at Mount Pleas
mt Neither has asked the Governor for troops.
Both are decidedly nervous.
Tonight a dozen different bands OF the outlaws
Ire camping on their arms throughout the region.
Ind to-Inorrow's work promises to be more
'eady than was to-day's.
Every plant In the region south Of the Leith
works was visited by n band Of about three hun
ired strong. early this morning, and the men
u work compelled to quit. The raiders
eft Oliver. where they met at 1870 m. and
proceeded to Leith The houses Of the foreign
'ement were besieged to get the men to accom-
'any the strikers on their RAID but all the doors
we're locked. and some nailed tightly. When the
Lei,h men failed to come out the doors we're
broken In. and the men dragged out by the
heels. They were forced to fall into line and
march on south with the strikers At all the
plants the workmen were told that they would
De beaten within an inch Of their lives If they
again returned TO work.
Tonight a large body OF strikers. all for
'igners held meeting in Uniontown for the
purpose Of planning their work When the train
arrived bearing the captured strikers the meet
hs adjourned to the depot. Later they left In
oooy Tor the plants south Of here to keep watch
~ all plants and see that no work will be done
'o-nnorrow. None Of the larger plants will at
'e'npt TO run. and 1t is hardly probable that any
- . 'he smaller plants will try II, as none have
.epuues TO guard the men. and without protec-
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