The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23
1000 WOMEN
FIGHT WORKMEN.
mob of nearly 1000, visited the work.

mob of nearly 1000, visited the work
ings.
Supt. John Tonkin was first met. He
was driving slowly. A few Of the men
In the rear of the mob threw stones
and moment later there was show
er, men and women picking the missiles
from the roadway and hurting them at
the superintendent and his horse.
The horse made bolt, and to save
himself the superintendent jumped
from the carriage. When he did so the
women set upon him. The clenched fist
of one landed on his eye, stone struck
him on the head He is an athlete and
an eX-fCot ball player. He fought back
managed to extricate himself, and ran
for the mine, with a black eye and sew
eral bruises,
ROLLING PINS AND PEPPER.
When the fremen and pump runners
approached, the women surrounded
TENN and hustled them away. The
men who fought were dubbed. Then
the special policemen rushed to their
rescue, and there was a fierce engage
ment. 1t was sharp and decisive, and
the women won.
A. A. Enke, a clerk employed in one
of the company offices, who was placed
as a special officer at the No. 5 colliery,
was struck on the head with rolling
pin in the hands of one of the women,
and severely injured.
Idris Thomas, one of the fire bosses,
was about to enter the boiler room,
having escaped the mob, when one OF
the strikers, he says it was man,
threw a handful of pepper into his face.
Thomas was blinded by the pepper. A
short time later he was taken to his
home. He suffered terrible agony, and
may lose his sight.
Guy Clemens, a pump runner, escaped
tie mob and went to work. He had been
at the colliery but a short time when
his wife appeared and persuaded him
to return to his home. The womans
action reused the mob to great enthu-
siasm.
In the scrimmage. Michael Corrigan,
special officer, was set upon at the No.
colliery. He attempted to ward off
the attacks of the mob, and was get
ing the worst of it, when, pulling his
revolver, he fired into the crowd.
A boy named John Pollock, who stood
among the women in the front of the
mob, was shot in the arm The injured
boy was taken to his home and the
wound dressed.
After the shooting the women retired,
blowing their horns and hooting. They
had fought the special officers and made
them retreat, and caused the company
more trouble than the men had done in
all the five months Of the strike.
Another mass meeting of the women
was held this afternoon. and after sew
eral speeches praising the work and Its
success, it was resolved again to attack
the men who remain at work at this
afternoon, when the shifts changed.
Before the meeting adjourned to pre-
pare for this, letter was received from
Superintendent Tonkin. 1t said that
General superintendent Williams would
have a conference with the strikers to-
morrow, and that settlement might
be effected If the women attempted no
further violence, the letter said, the
prospects for settlement would be
brighter. 1t also warned them that the
sheriff was on guard.
After some debate the women decided
to return quietly to their homes and
await the developments of the morrow.
They believe they have ended the strike
and are highly elated.