Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-23
Pursue Rioters; Wreck Flat.

Mrs. Michael Nestor, Of McKees
Rocks, reported to the state constabu-
larry today that last night during the
rioting fifteen members of the mob
had forcibly entered her apartments
while she was absent. The men had
crawled under the beds, into the clos
cts, and had hidden behind the furni-
ture. A squad Of state troopers, pur-
suing the fleeing rioters, entered the
apartments, and locked the doors be-
hind them. Mrs. Nestor said the troops
then dragged the men from their
places one by one and beat them un-
mercifully with three-foot hickory
clubs. In the melee the furnishings of
the entire fiat were more or less de-
molished.
Attack Surprise to Troops.
The battle around the gates of the
works came last night almost without
warning and it was due to the sudden
ness of the attack that the loss of life
by the troops was SO heavy.
With the exception of beating adj
ministered to one Of the imported
workmen about noon, all was quiet
about the big plant yesterday, but
shortly before $3.50 o'clock a mob gath
cred about the Scheenville entrance
and without warning made a concerted
attack upon the big swinging gates.
Staying Of Troops Begins.
The attack was resisted by state
troopers and deputy sheriffs, who used
riot maces. In the melee Harry Exler,
deputy sheriff, aged so years, was
shot and killed by a bulleet, fired, it
Is said by strike sympathizer.
In an effort to arrest the man picked
out OF the crowd as the one who did
the shooting State Trooper Smith was
instantly killed by a revolver bullet.
Two other troopefs on foot were als5
shot and killed, falling into the arms
Of their comrades.
For the first time since the inception
of the strike the state troopers then
opened fire on the mob: Six strikers
fell at the first round. Three of them
are reported fatally shot.
Rioters Attack Wounded.
The members of the mob also open
ed fire with rifles. Two mounted troop
ers dropped from their horses, fatally
shot. They We're taken to the Ohio
Valley hospital in dying condition.
AS an ambulance made its way from
the car plant to the hospital carrying
wounded troopers, the vehicle was at
tackled and the driver forced to flee for
his life. The frightened horses attach
ed to the ambulance plunged wildly in
and about the crowd and two men were
trampled under the horses hoofs. The
ambulance was finally driven to the
hospital by a detachment of troopers.
Mob Slays Deputy Sheriff.
Shortly afterward a deputy sheriff,
not yet identified, was surrounded by
a crowd Of strikers. In a last desperate
attempt to save himself, the officer
drew his revolver and emptied the con-
tents into the crowd
Then, throwing the gun away, he
yelled.
II give up. am all in"
The next moment five bullets were
fired into his body. Not satisfied even
then, the crowd beat and kicked the
body until the features are mutilated
beyond recognition. =
Sheriff Goes With Posse.
Sheriff Gumbert at the county Jail
called for fifty men to serve as deputies
at the strike zone at 1920. At IL
o'clock the sheriff started in an auto
1AOOAlS 1OF Cu0 scene VI lllc flOtiNS. ne
took with him ten riot guns and two
boxes Of riot ammunition.
The county morgue has sent for the
bodies Of the dead troopers and deputy
sheriff. The Ohio Valley hospital has
treated ten injured, three of whom are
reported fatally hurt.
History Of tho Strike.
Six weeks ago today, $500 employees
Of the Pressed Steel Car Company
mostly foreigners, walked out on a
strike. The men declared they would
not return to work until the pooling
system Of wages, in force at the car
plant at that time, was abolished. BY
the pooling system the men declared
the car company managed to get more
work out of them for less money than
under the straight day-wage scale. The
system involved a plan for paying the
men as each piece Of work was COM
pleted, each man working on a piece
receiving percentage of the cost Of
the completed job.