The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-08-27
ptvToOUAo lAoN WORKERS. FACE
VRooeGRs WHO USE Fiag.
ARMS FaGGLv.
SHOOT TO Kill IS 0l0ea
HOUSES ARE WRECKED ~ o.
TIGERS IN ThgiA eGANcM
ron DYNAMITE.

p1ttsburG.|8trtkers and strike syn
psthizers. u iroas. mAnacleA to ~
horses of the state troopsrs sa1
dragged through the streets a ths
boxear tails Of the coastabulary. we're
scenes Witnessed In Ackees Rocks
and 6choenvilIe. Twenty five arrests
we're made. those taken being charged
with having taken part In the riots.
when six we're killed In . clash b.
tween the striking employees of the
Pressed Steel Car company and The
state troopers and deputies.
shoot to kill. and At the first sign
of trouble" 10 the order that has been
given to the constabulary. special dep
uty sheriffs and police.
II was announced that the govern
ment will heed the peonage charge
against President r. Hoffstot. and
Foreman Samuel Cohn, of the Pressed
Steel Car company. to the extent Of
making . thorough investigation
Of the allegations made by Al
bert Vamos before United Statss
Commissioner Lindsey. last Saturday.
Beginning At noon the great bells
Of the Catholic cathedral At Mckee
Rocks tolled for two hours, when they
were ordered silenced by the state
troopers. who declared that such .
demonstration only tended to In.
crease the agitation Of the strikers.
Everyone in the strike district 10
being stopped and searched by The
police. The possession Of . revolver
means detention in the boxcar jaila.
while those having pen knives are re-
lieved Of them and escorted outside
the strike zone.
Lieutenant Smith Of the state co..
stabulary was besieged by the wives
Of strikers who are looking for their
missing husbands. The lieutenant had
ten hats. gathered from bloody cor
ner" and several of the women dc.
clared the hats belonged to their hus-
bands or sons.
A rigid search is being made for
dynamite. and In the quest one house
was torn apart and ripped up. totally
wrecked. rhe mirrors were smashed.
and the furnishings of the fiat
demolished. No dynamite was found.
and the woman was informed that
her only recourse was to sue Ale
Ghany county for damages.
SchOenville is comparatively quiet
- 10 also Mckees Rocks. A physician
who loitered longer than the troopers
thought necessary. WAS clubbed by
the police.
The death list was swelled when
Mike Desoski. one Of the strikers liv.
ing in McKees Rocks. died at Mercy
Hospital from gunshot wounds. This
brings the death list up to seven.
From the Schoenville plant of the
car company three columns of smoke
ascended. attesting that the concern is
operating to some extent. All day
the striker. or strike sympathizer.
instant search. and those who bore
traces of having been dubbed, were
arrested, it being considered evidence
that they had taken part in the riots.
Several of the big newspapers have
voiced sympathy for the strikers, and
there are many who have a kindred
feeling for them. Informations have
been filed against twenty-seven pris-
sners now detained in the boxcar jails
charging them with aggravated as
sault and battery and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Several scores Of
others are in custody, charged with
having participated In the fighting.
Attempts were made to prevent the
holding of = mass meeting at the his
toric Indian Mound, where up to this
time, the meetings of the idle men
have been held daily. Thousands OF
strikers began their journey to the
mound, but many of them were forci-
bly, and abruptly halted and started
in an opposite direction.
The strength of the constabulary 10
concentrated in the vicinity of the
Indian mound. This point, it is be
lieved, will not be the scene of any
further disorder.
McKees Rocks present a scene ana
log0us to beleaguered city. No busi-
ness is being transacted. The quiet
ness Of the situation, however, indi-
Gates anything but a spirit of peace.
The Pressed Steel Car company OF.
ficially turned over its plant to the
county sheriff. The sheriff in turn
in turn has placed the responsibility
for the protection of life and property
in the hands Of Captain Marsh of the
constabulary, who now has under him
lis deputies and troopers.
The news that additional state con.
stabulary were on their way, seemed
to act as = Qutetus upon those few
strike sympathizers who gathered in
doorways during the evening and dis
cussed the situation.
In going over the riot district. dep
uty sheriffs found two unexploded
bombs, which they declare were
thrown during the disorders.
Two state troopers are dying in .
hospital. 1t was Iirst believed their
wounds were not serious. Trooper
Williams, who was killed, Joined the
constabulary from Monterey. Cal. He