The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23
Steel Strikers in Carnival
Of Lawlessness.
TROOPS FIRE mo MoBs
Guafdsman, Deputy Sheriff and
Three Aliens Dead.
yvs lGilitiansn ana seven Foreisners
rstsiiy I.jureS--striksrs IA
tercspt Ansalane.--wenen
Are Ceaspieaeus.

Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. 22.--one state
trooper and one deputy sheriff and
three foreigners were shot and killed
tonight in wild riot at the Pressed
Steel Care plant in sohoenviiis. whose
employees are now on strike.
~ least . SCORE Of persons were seri-
ousiy wounded. ten fatally,
The rioting followed q day Of quiet
ana broke without warning.
At midnight the following partial
list Of dead and injured was made IN
from reports received from the fnorgueI
hospitals and several physicians OF
foes:
Dead:
John L Wilson, state trooper.
Harry Exler. deputy sheriff.
Three foreigners.
Fatally injured:
John G.. smith, State trooper.
Lucelian Jones. state trooper.
Seven foreigners.
One woman Iasurea.
George Kitchan and John o'Donneli.
state troopers, were seriously injured
and one woman was shot In the neck.
over score OF persons recsived more
or less seriously injuries.
The riot scene was practically inde-
scribabIe Mounted State troopers
gailoped Unfortunately through the
streets with riot maces drawn. crack
ing the heads OF all persons lettering
in the vicinity ) of the mill. Deputy
sheriffs and troopers broke In the doors
OF houses suspected OF being the re-
treat OF strikers. and wholesale arr
rests were made.
From $3.50 to 1880 SCORES Of persons
were arrested and placed In box car
sails in the mill yards.
during the early stages OF the riot
anR, women were conspicuous. Some
Of them were armed. others effectively
used clubs and stones. These women,
ALI foreigners, insane with rage, were
mainly responsible for inciting this men
90 extreme measures.
AT midnight quiet reisned IN the
Make Csncsrtea Affasl Z. Il
shortly befOre $3.50 o'clock tonigsht .
anob OF men Gkthefed abont the sohoen-
vile entrance 10 the Pressed Steel Car
works ana suddenly made o concerted
the stockaos. The attack was fentst-
ed by State troopers and deputy sher-
ans. who used riot n1aces. In the melee.
Harry Exier, q deputy shertH. aged
30 years. was shot ana killed by an
alleged strike symparhizer.
In an EFFORT 70 arrest the man picked
out of the crowd as the one who did
the shooting, state Trooper Wilson was
instantly killed by revolver bullet.
for the frst time since, the incep-
tior OF the strike the state troopers
tonight opened volley fire upon the
mob. six strikers fell at the first
round. Three of them are reported IA
tally shot.
The members Of the mob then opened
IRE with rifles Two mounted troopers
dropped from their horses fatally shot.
They were taken to the Ohio Valley
Hospital In a dying condition
strikers stop Ambulance.
AZ 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 nee
for his life. The frightened team Of
horses attached to the ambulance
plunged wildly in and about the crowd.
Two men were trampled under the
horses hoofs. The ambulance was nm
ally driven to the hospital by a de-
tachment of troopers.
Sheriff Gumbert, at the county jail,
called for fifty men to serve as depu-
ties at the strike zone at 1880 o'clock.
At IL o'clock the Sheriff started in an
automobile for the scene of the riot
ing. He 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 dep
uty sherifs.
The Ohio Valley Hospital has treat
ed ten injured, three OF whom are re-
ported fatally hurt.