The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-16
Constabulary Fires Point
Blank Into Mob al
Close Range.
Fifty Of Them Are Seriously
Hurt...Trouble Was
Frequent.


Pittsburgh. July 16.-Two street
cars. carrying employees Of the Pressed
steel Car company. were held up
this morning by strikers. The men
we're forced to give an account OF
themselves. All were Office employees.
Strikers are keeping a strict watch
on an island viaduct leading to the
plant. Officers. guarding the plant,
are ordered to shoot 10 Kill II the
men reach for the guns" A bloody
battle Is expected.
LAST Nights Trouble.
AZ . p. m. last night fifty mounted
members OF the state constabulary
had a bitter fight with a mob OF 10. =
600 people. Trooper Elmer Jertsen
Is In the Ohio Valley hospital and II
Is estimated that fifty OF the mob
were badly injured by the troopers.
Jertscn was knocked from his horse
by a thrown rock and his horse stumb
ling. fell and rolled on him. II Isl
thought his injuries are not fatal
The strikers had gathered In a.
large army near troopers barracks.
and began stoning them. and when
the horsemen. fifty strong. began to-
ride them down. the strikers, safe be-
hind piles OF ties and other refugees.
pelted them numerically with stones
The troopers fred several times with
blang cartridges, then finally loaded
with ball cartridges and fred one vol
ley which Is said 70 have injured
many
I'clt soldiers with stones.
Following a day OF fierce rlotingI
and bloodshed. the closing In of night
brought no apparent relief to the sit
uation at McKees Rocks. where more
than 5000 employees OF the Pressed
Steel Car company are on strike. In
fact the events OF the day have
brought the officials to a realization
Of the fact that they are face TO face
with situation which may prove
equal to that OF the famous Nome
stead riots OF 1892.
with the coming OF night mob OF
fully 10000 men and women began
gathering around the plant OF the
ear company. and In the fight that FOL
lowed with the state constabulary
two OF the strike sympathlzers were
shot and are In a serious condition.
rs o'clock the vicious mob spirit
IA k..,,,,, r.u,uauf aud ,,,-.f, d,
men stormed the gate of the great
plant
Women Aid strikers.
The soldiers fired several volleys
OF blank cartridges A yolley of bull
lots was driven home into the heart
Of the mob, with the result that more
than a half hundred were injured.
The first trouble OF the day OF any
magnitude took place at noon time
The foreigners resented the presence
OF the state troops as soon as the
town awakened this morning. and IN
addition to the sullen tone OF the
strikers there we're occasional out
bursts. but none OF any seriousness.
But when the 5000 strikers were
dispensing from Phoenix park. where
they had held a series OF demonstra-
tive meetings. trouble started at DON
ovens bridge, which Is located about
quarter OF a mile from the works.
Seven hundred men and women al
his point became demonstrratiye and
forty OF The state constabulary inter-
fered. Instantly the crowd sweled to-
thousands. jeering and hooting the
presence OF the state officers. The
members OF the stale constabulary
drew their clubs and we're greeted by
volley OF rocks. sticks and chunks
OF iron.
Drive Horses Into Crowd.
Sergeant Fred Trash was knocked
from his horse. having been struck
on the chin by rock He remounted,
drew his revolver aud fred over the
heads OF the mob. His companions
did the same. BY this method and
driving their horses straight into the
ranks OF the disturbers. the latter re-
treated sullenly and dehantly 1t
took volley OF lead fired straight
into their midst to dispense them.
Angry Mob ON Street.
At other times when the officers
attempted to arrest a man several
women would block their way and,
getting between the men and the po-
ice. spirit the men out OF the way.
Through the streets all day long
surged the restless angry mobs. also
seeking only for the slightest hint to
start their demonstrations. They re-
minded one for all the world OF the
description OF Dickens in "Garnaby
Rudge" and "The Tale of Two Cities
OF the great riots preceding the
French revolution.
Sheriff Gaumbert tried to find
some person who might be in author
ity. in order to try arbitration, but