The Bourbon news., 1897-08-24
BLOODSHED.
a Conflict Between the Workers and
Strikers Near Pittsburgh.
The Aggressive Workers Escaped Before
the Men in the Oak Hill Camp Were
Aware of the Fight-Riot Among
Negro Workmen at Camp Unity.

PITTSBURGH, Pa Aug. 23.VReligious
services were held in the strikers sew
eral camps Sunday, and all were large
lv attended, but Notwithstanding the
religious air pervading the camps,
conflict between workers and strikers
took place in the afternoon, during
which three strikers were badly hurt,
but none are in a serious condition.
Five of the men who are working for
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Co., Sunday afternoon went to William
Seamon's boarding house, about one
half mile from Oak Hill tipple, where
number of strikers are quartered, for
the purpose of persuading the strikers
to 90 to work. The meeting was a
stormy one and resulted in Antonio
Podasky being shot near the heart, the
bullet going almost through his body.
Grongron Pimold was shot in the eye
and Botiste Dalmese was cut with a
razor. The injured men are all strik-
ers This was the only disturbance re-
corded at the camps Sunday. The ag-
gressive workmen escaped before the
men on the Oak Hill camp were aware
of the fight.
The report that Sandy Creek camp
will be abandoned was denied by the
strikers Sunday and they say so men
will be sent there from Plum Creek and
Turtle Creek.
In addition to the general missionary
work for the week the leaders have de-
cided to direct especial work to the
prevention of operations at the Sandy
Creek mine. The strikers say they will
resume their marching tactics Monday
morning, claiming that under the rul-
ing of Judge Golf in the West Virginia
cases they are given this right.
The sheriff does not say Sunday what
course he will pursue in the morning
should marching begin, but thinks he
is ready to meet every emergency.
Sympathy for the strikers by the
farmers and citizens is not diminishing
in the least. Sunday there were about
700 visitors to the camp at Sandy
creek, many of the farmers who came
bringing wagon loads of provisions.
Citizens of New Texas sent word that
they had plenty of food for the men
and wanted them to call on them when
needed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 23.-Unity, a
camp of Negro workmen employed in
building the new Pittsburgh, Bessemer
& Lake Erie railroad, is keeping up it's
reputation for riot and bloodshed. Sum
day night comes the report from there
of a small sized riot, and three or four
individual fights, during the progress
of which one man was fatally shot and
innumerable wounds inflicted on 9TH
ers. 1t is said that nearly or quite all
the Negroes in the camp are armed
with revolvers and razors, and are a
generally lawless set of men. The rec
ord of the days doings is briefly as
follows:
Tom Cash, nicked-named Powder
and Ball" was fOurishing a 45-calibre
revolver, when John Kelley came along
and made some sighting remark at
which Cash took offense, and he blazed
away at Kelley, the bullet entering the
abdomen, cutting its way clear through
the stomach and intestines. Kelly is
bleeding internally and will die before
morning. George Walker and Emanuel
Lindsay quarreled over disolute
woman who frequents the camps,
and Walker was shot, but not seriously
wounded. Next William Matthews and
George Smith became involved in a
quarrel about something which nobody
but themselves know of and Matthews
received two bullets from Smiths re-
volver, one in the arm and another in
the leg.
The whole was climaxed by general
fight in which ten shooters engaged.
A Negro called Rags was shot in the
head and number of others received
shot and razor wounds which were
dressed by themselves or friends after
the battle was over.