The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-28
Fought LIKE F|EhDS
Another Horror Enacted as a
Result of the Strike in
the Pennsylvania
Mine Regions.
Sc WOUNDED; 9 WILL DIE
A ADIRECT OUTCOME or THE TRIGIC
4H'FAiR AT HAZELTON.

AfF4l6 AT H3ZELTON,
Only Pclanders Concerned-Two Rival
Factions Armed With Weapons of All
Descriptions, Guns, Revolvers, Axes,
knifes and Clubs, Engage In Two Hand
to-Hand Encounters-Several Hundred
Were Engaged-First Battle Lasted More
Than an Hour-It Wa. in a Hotel and
:he Floors We're Strewn With Wounded
Men, and the Walls Were Covered with
Blood and shreds of Human Flesh
Second Conflict Even Worse -Constables
Powerless - Twenty-Five Ringleaders
Been Issued-AlI Charged With Assault
With Intent to Kill.
Girardville, Pa, Sept. 27.-At least
nine men received fatal injuries and
possible two score others We're more or
less seriously wounded in a bloody riot
here late last Night and early this
morning. The battle was the outcome
of a quarrel over the Hazelton trou-
bles.
Thirty-six men are known to have
been wounded and about fifty more are
being secreted by their friends, who
Twelve of the ringleaders We're brought
before Justice Elias Kissinger and ten
before Justice H. B. Johnson. All were
charged with assault with intent to kill.
housebreaking and rioting, and were
held in heavy bail for court. Many
more warrants have been issued, but
have not been served as yet. DR..
Charles Schlesman attended to twenty
two of the wounded, nine Of whom, he
says, will die.
DR.. William Monaghan and DR.. Jo-
seph Donaghue attended to fourteen
others, and how many the other physi-
clans cared for is not known. Three
other men have been reported dead, but
this cannot be verified as yet on ac-
count of the uncommunicative nature
of the participants.
The story Of the riot is as follows:
Several hundred Polanders board at
William abbage's hotel on Second
street Joseph Cavendish is proprietor
of hotel at the east end of the town,
where several hundred more Poles
make their headquarters. Bad blood
has always existed between them for a
long time, and the recent strike troubles
at HaZelton embittered them still more.
Last night matters came to a crisis.
Culacabbage, it Is charged, and his fol-
lowers to the number of several hun
dred, arming themselves with guns, re-
volvers. knives, axes and clubs, march
ed to Cavendishs hotel, where several
hundred of their enemies were celebrat-
ing payday. The Cavendish men as
certained that their foes were march
ing on them, and, arming themselves
hurriedly, awaited their arrival. After
a demonstrative march the Culacab-
bage contingent arrived and inlmedi-
ately stormed the saloon.
Then a bloody battle resulted. The
men fought like demons, the shooting
was fast ard furious; axes, knives,
clubs and other weapons were used
with deadly effect. The battle lasted
almost an hour, when the Culacabbage
gang was routed leaving their wound
ed behind.
Everything in the house was smash
ed. and the floors were strewn with
wounded men. The walls were bespat-
tered with blood and shreds OF human
flesh After the routed rioters had re-
turned to their headquarters the Cav
endish men armed themselves to the
teeth and marched to their enemies
rendezvous, where a battle still bloodie1
than the first ensued. The police force
and the constables of the surrounding
region were called to the scene, but
were unable to cope with the rioting
] hordes.