The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-24
NITTSBURG, Aug. 23.-Fol-
~ lowing one of the most fatal

and desperate strike riots eX-
perienced in Pittsburg for more
than score of years, quiet but
tense situation prevailed at 8
O'Clock this morning at McKee's
Rocks, the scene of last nights
terrorizing conflict between state,
county and special police and EN-
ployes of the Pressed Steel G ar
company.
Following is correct list of the
known dead:
HARRY EXLER, deputy sheriff.
GEO. M. GLASSER, striker.
JOHN L. WILLIAMS, trooper.
ANTON GUBERNET, striker.
JOHN c. SMITH, trooper.
Unidentified white man, believed to
be striker.
A dozen men. both strikers and po-
lice, are in hospitals for the injured
while at least two score men, women
and children are suffering from bull
let wounds and injuries inflicted with
club and stones. Property was dam
aged to the extent of thousands of
dollars. The street cars were
wrecked many vehicles smashed and
the streets Uttered with window glass.
Nearly hundred doors of houses were
broken and half dozen horses shot
to death.
Daylight changed conditions from a
scene of absolute lawnessness to one
of fearful anxiety Foreign women
who had fought with ferocity un-
equalled by their husbands, patheti-
cally implored information concerning
missing relative probably either
shot to death or mortally wounded,
Shooting continued from several
sections of the strike zone long after
the long battle had been fought last
night but did not reach serious pro-
portions and the troopers remained
close to the plant
Just as dawn was breaking the con-
stabulary, mounted and heavily arm
ed rode to the scene of last night S
carnage and gathered every particle
of evidence, hats, collars, coats and
other wearing apparel found and took
them to the capital office. Every eff
fort will be made to locate the own
ers with a view to connecting them
with the deaths.
Courtesy displayed by the constab-
ulary towards the strikers is absent
today. Stringent measures are being
used and the least overt act commit
ted by the strikers is met with a riot
stick or the hoofs of a policeman's S
horse. Attempts were made this
morning to prevent the holding of a
mass meeting at the historic Indian
mound where, up to this time, the
of
held daily. Thousands of strikers be-
gan their journey to the mound early
today but many of them were forcibly
and abruptly halted and started in
the opposite direction.
Owing to the sullen deameanor of
the strikers the strength of the con-
stabularly is concentrated in the vi
cinity of the Indian mound. This
point, it is believed will be the scene
of another riot.
During tre rioting last night sew
eral street cars of the Pittsburg Rail-
road company were damaged, while
bricks from freight cars on siding
of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad
were used as missiles by the rioters
and scattered over a wide territory.
Valuable property of other companies
was destroyed, resulting in a demand
being made on Sheriff Hulberg for
protection.
Everyone within the strike district
today is stopped by the police and
thoroughly searched. The possession
of revolver causes detention in the
box car jails, while those carrying
large sized penknives are relieved of
them and escorted outside the strike
zone.
An investigation by the Associated
Press shows last nights battle re-
suited from the fact that three new
members of the state constabulary re-
fused to obey the commands of strik-
ers when ordered from a car. These
troopers, on their way from Green's
burg, Pa, to the plant were in citi-
zens' clothes.
Last night, however, the three
troopers and a deputy sheriff resisted
the order and for 20 minutes a battle
ensued. 1t is apparent today that all
the dead and a majority of the injured
fell in this battle. Later when rein
forcements arrived, many more were
dubbed and injured, but the first bat
tie waged by only four men against a
mob was the fatal one.
| 1t is said the three troopers had