The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-07-28

Five men were badly stabbed and
slashed with knives and a number Of
Others hurt in a bloody race riot ut
Pinnickinnick mining camp Sum
day morning which was the terminus
lion Of d big christening party held
at the home Of Pete Horkoyitch.
-Four Of the injured arc in a hospital
Two Of them being in critical con-
isaaiition the host Of the party lies in
q precarious condition at his home
( q dozen Or 80 are wearing bandagcs
and sings applied by physicians
one man is in Jail and several more
will probably be there with him
shortly.
Pete Horkoyitch, a miner at Pin
nickinnick mine, held the christen-
ing party in honor Of the baptism Of
his infant boy. The affair was to
be one Of extraordinary proportions
in a social and entertainment way
and Pete had invited a large num-
Der Of foreign laborcrs Of Pinnickin-
nick camp and Of the Phillips Sheet
and Tin Plate mills to attend. He
had made extensive preparations for
the event for the two days proceed
ing it. A liberal quantity Of food
and refreshments was secured. An
idea Of the extensiveness of this
feature Of the affair can be gained
from the fact that sixty-fve pounds
Of fresh meat, fourteen cases Of beer
and a generous quantity Of whiskey
and other liouors were included in
The make mp of the bill of fare.
Other food stufTs and refreshments
were obtained in like proportions.
II was to be regular old-fashioned
affair and it was to be imbued with
all Of the characteristics and Gus
toms Of his countrymen.
Among those Pete invited to the
affair were Italians, Hungarians,
Poles, Russians and a number Of
other foreigners but there was one
class, Of nationality, he did not in
wife because he was not upon the
most intimate terms with them.
These were Croatians and it appears
that they had had a feud of long
standing with some of the other for
.eigners in that community.
When the festivities of the big
event were at their height it appears
that the Croatians got real sore be-
cause they had not been included
among the invited guests, and they
decided to go over to the party to
see about it. After they arrived at
Pete's house, which was the head.
quaters for the affair, they kicked
up muss about the old grrdge they
had and started a fight with Pete
Horkovitch. This was long after
the christening and the guests had
been indulging in dancing, singing
and other various amnsements and
at the same time partaking of the
Refreshments which had been pro-
yided in such liberal quantities.
About the time the fight started the
most Of the men were feeling pretty
risky from the result Of the intoxi-
cants.
The fight between Pete Horko-
witch and the Croatians started as .
tfistfght but in short time it grew
bloody for knives Of the stilleto
kind were brought into play. No
sooner had Pete gotten well into the
fray than number of his friend
Jumped in to. help him out. As
soon as blood began to flow Ter.
rible battle ensucd in which about a
hundred men took part. Friends on
each side jumped into the battle
Nearly every participant had q
knife. Blood was spilled all over
the place and the din Of battle was
something awful.
The arrivcl of officers with a
crowd Of other men stopped the
fight but it may have been that the
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