Evening journal., 1909-07-15

AWE STRIKERS
Fierce RiOting Last Night
About Plant Of Car Works
Near PittSbure
THIRTY PERSONS HURT
IN THE BIG MELEE
By United Press Lsa.ed Special wira

Ry United Press LseSed Special wira
PIrTsBURG. Pa. July 15.-Forty
members Of the state Constabulary ar
rived in Pittsburg early today. and
went at once to McKees Rocks. where.
yesterday 5000 striking rioters clashed
with armed guards at the plant Of the
Pressed steel Car Company. In sew
eral fierce melees yesterday and last
night In which sticks. stones and fire.
arms were used about thirty persons
were shot or badly beaten up. Today
the enormous plant is idle. while hum
dreds OF employees are doing picket duty
around f.
This morning over 100 men In addi-
tion to the State Constabulary. armed
with shot guns are guarding the woods
behind the high stockade which COM
lpletely surrounds the mills. While
heavy buckshot IS being used to re-
pulse tho strikers, up until o'clock
this morning. no fatal injuries have
been reported.
The windows OF the company house
have been shattered by stones. thrown
by the strikers AT 10 o'clock last
that sheriff Addison Gumbert sum-
lmoned the State Constabulary.
lConstables Restore Order.
All through the night the rlotlng
Icontinued and order was only restored
when the members OF the State Con-
stabulary arrived at the plant shortly
after this morning. At midnight at
tompts were made TO batter down the
lgatcs leading to the company's yards.
When the gates were stormed, the
riotcrs were met with a hail Of buck
shot II was In this charge that most
of the rioters received their injuries.
one of the rioters. Tony Galashk. re-
ceived so buckshots I'm his body One
- lpenetratcd his liver and he will prob
4 abl ydie Joseph Bryn stopped eight
buckshot but thoy lodged In his arms
t, and legs and he viii recover. Still
another had his skull fractured
= Phe strikers are In an ugly mood as
result Of the police firing upon them.
Anticipating trouble two cases of guns
Z were sent into the works shortly after
midnight. hilse the famous Homestead
strike the women aie-l-s ng their men
Ito dght 10 the finish.
At 10 o'clock this morning. a report
r reached the State Constabulary that
from his horse In the lower portion Of
Preston and badly beaten. Although
this report could not be verified. a
half dozen members Of the state troops
were hurried to the scene with orders
10 rescue their comrade from the
strikers. who are said to have locked
the man in a vacant house after re-
llieving him Of his revolver and mace.
Strikers Surround Plant.
Aside from this instance, good order
has followed the arrival OF the State
troops although most Of the 5000
strikers and many OF their syInpa-
thizers are now congregating near the
plant
By order Of sheriff Addison Cum
bert. all OF the saloons OF McKees
Rocks. schoonville and Preston were
clased today.
This morning Sheriff Gumbert re-
quested Public Safety Director NORM
TO arrange to have detail of Pittsburg
police go to the scene OF the riot. as
he expected more violence later in the
day Director NORM said he had no
authority TO send any Of the city
lpolicemen outside Of the city lines
The State Constabulary had its first
clash shortly before 10 this morning with
the llhllnk NlIAhtIrs NHHt oHt VI NAA'
troopers was Alternating to dlsperse q
crowd which had collected at the foo
Of Ohio street. Preston. one big for.
eigner refused 20 move when ordered ant
= the trooper forced his horse up agains
,e him. other strikers rushed 10 the for
eigners assistance and the trooper wa
De soon disarmed and made the target To-
ed a shower Of bricks and other missiles
NJ The trooper would have been badly use'
e. had not other members Of the Constabu
es larry forced the strikers to disperse.
et shortly after 10 a meeting Of 1000 strik
" ing foreigners was held in the lowe
10 portion OF McKees Rocks. All OF tn
a speeches were made i'm foreign language
an and all but strikers were rigidly ex
n cluded. 1t was still In progress at
~. O'Clock More trouble is feared whei
~ tho meeting adjourns.