Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-09
MANY SHOT BY DEPUTIES.
Wives of Striking Huns Make an
Attack on Coke Ovens at
SCOttdaIe, Pa.


the Mcclure Coke Company this morn
ing. They were reinforced by the
strikers and pitched battle followed.
Employees shot into the crowd with re-
volvers and the guards used their Win
chesters, firing several volleys. Thirty
persons were hurt in the encounter.
several of whom will die The battle
waged furiously for half an hour, the
fighting being of the hand-to- hand or.
der. The mob was finally driven off,
carrying their wounded with them.
The actual number of dead and wound
ed cannot be learned.
The company made an effort to start
this and other plants of the company
on Tuesday, and to-day the women liv-
ing at the plant determined to drive the
"black legs" from work. They as
sembled and with tin pans, clubs, coke
forks an d brooms marched to the coke
yard. Sanford White, mine superin-
tendent; Ewing P. Boldly, book-keep-
er, and lot of deputies were on guard.
Supt White stepped forward from the
ranks of the deputies and ordered the
crowd away, warning the rioters not to
attack the works and giving fair and de-
liberate warning that the property OF
the company would be defended at all
hazards.
Whites warning was received with
jeers and howls and the word was given
to advance. AS one person the crowd
rushed toward the little knot of guards.
Then shot was fired to scare the WON
en-. 1t had an unexpected result, as
the report of the pistol had not died
out before the men living in the houses
rushed to the scene, armed with clubs,
axes and other weapons. Then White,
who was some little distance in front OF
the deputies and was in danger of being
cut off from his friends by the mob,
opened fire on the crowd. Several
shots were also fired by the deputies.
The affray occurred between blocks OF
Ove1s, and at the first fire from White
and the deputies three men fell wound
ed. One was shot through the thigh,
one through both legs, and a third III
the neck. 1t is believed the latter is
fatally hurt.
The mob stopped at the first fire as
they saw their companions fall and
then with wild cries of rage rushed on
White and Roddy, the book-keepers.
who were separated from their com
panions. Before sufficient number OF
deputies could be massed at this point.
Sanford White was completely sur.
rounded. He was hrutally beaten over
the head, knocked down, kicked and
bruised about the body. Roddy was at
first thought to be badly injured, but be
escaped with only slight bruises.
While this was going on the deputies
were massing and were pouring a scat
tering fire into the mob. Here and
there man WAS seen to fall and
others limped away, evidently slightly
wounded. One woman was shot in
the conflict and is probably MORALLY
wounded. A big Hun had a deputy
down and was standing over him with
an axe when he was knocked down by
James Tarr, one of the store clerks.
Other similar hand tO-hand encounters
occurred. 1t is believed that fully
thirty members of the mob were shot.
After the fight had ragged some min
utes the mob began to retreat. The
rioters carried OF their wounded and
those of the company's employees who
were injured were cared for. 1t is be-
lieved that Supt White is fatally hurt.
His wounds were dressed and he was
removed to the companY's hospital.
Roddy was not seriously injured. All
the doctors of the town were sum-
mored to the scene and cared for the
wounded. The injured SO far as known
are reported by the physicians as fol-
lows:
SANFORD WHITE, superintendent, badly
beaten; condition critical.
EWING B. RoDDY, badly beaten condition
critical
JOHN SKoNEsKY, shot through the thigh
STEPHEN YoNsKI, shot through both
thighs.
JOSEPH SKoNEsKY, head split with an axe.
MURTEs SCHoNsKI, shot in shoulder.
UNKNOWN SLAVIsH WOMAN, shot in the
thigh.
DR.. w. II. Cole, the company physi-
clan, states that fifteen strikers went
down IN the first charge. These men
and one woman were carried off the
ground after the first charge, and when
the mob finally retreated they bore
away at least ten more. Three Of them
were left near the works One of these
was shot through the thigh and through
both legs, and the third had bad
wound in the groin. This places the
number of dead or wounded among
the rioters. at twenty-eight. On,
White is the only one in
critical condition. He is suffering in
tense agony and his recovery is yet
matter of doubt. Roddy is believed to
have been fatally wounded. White
narrowly escaped instant death at the
hands of the enraged strikers. After
emptying their revolvers the guards
lied, and the mob surrounded White
and Roddy. A burly Hun attacked the
latter with Ratchet, telling him to the
ground, and was about to deal the death
blow when James Tarr knocked the
Hun down with club. White was
dragged into the engine house barely in
time to escape the fury of the strikers.
There is great excitement through
out the entire region. The strikers are
becoming desperate and mobs are as
sembling at various points to raid the
plants now in operation. The operators
and leaders of the strike predict turbu-
lent times within the next few days.
1t is feared the foreigners will avenge
the death of their countrymen, and that
this is but the beginning Of riots in all
parts Of the region. 1t would not be a
surprise to the people here should the
strikers resort to the use of dynamite
to blow up the works.
Sheriff Richards, of Fayette County,
is upon the scene of the battle with
forty men armed with Winchesters, and
has already arrested thirty persons