The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-10

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ERs WIElVa They LEAVE
s25' seaAF TON SHOPS. l9t.,
n l1rltatE 1iiDN, iiD!N JSsle Il, -E;lAe strike D,
tae Baltimore and oalo maehip!sks
soke out out Yesterday a,tetPooa ia!bioof
ed 4 and there is p sariYas tsymof
now bfe@ihg among tie strike brsaE
ss brought heraa 10 itakeftSe placds
q9 the ss men in the local shbHs7eISs " u
slked ous'last week. q. u.
tYestsfdag afternoon the iaea n tde
erecting shops attempted 10 walk out
Of the shops when the B; and o. 20.
lice setupon taem with clubs and tried
to club them back into the shass.
where, they claim, they nave been Eeld
like prisoners. since the arrival here.
Tne men started to lssye the shops
at 2:SO O'Clock this afternoon, when
the melee begun.
Bernard Giuck, a machinist, ore OF
the foreigners, was struck wtta a
mace in the back of the mead ana floor.
ed. The blow caused a severe. frac.
ture, It is believed, which will leave
its mark through life. and the blood
flowed freely. Ire men claimed that
Ut was the same as though they were
a gang Of conyicts attempting TO es-
cape from pepitentiary guards.
Carl Sohr, another, was struck Sc
we're blow on the right arm and an
ugly brulse remains to show whe:e
the club fell. William Elman narrow
ly escaped heavy blow on the mead,
but was saved a5y derby hat which
he wore. The number of men VINO
left the shops. some Of whom are out
Of the machine shop but the greater
number Of whom are out Of the erect
ing snop in the old round house, is
variously estimated between 10. %
and "a, and the men state that there
are others who will leave the shops.
The men claim that they were
brought here frauduientiy and that
things were misrepresented to them
They claim they were told tlat there
was no strike in progress here and
that the shops were represented to
them as being "open" or non-union.
When they arrived here they were
put to work and not allowed to leave
the premises of the B. and o.
On this account, they state, they
were kept 'lp total ignorance of what
was in progress and consequently only
learned Of the strike this afternoon.
When they learned that they were
breaking a strike. they at once be-
came afraid that trouble would re-
suit later and they wanted to get out
Of the city as early as possible. This
was the reason they left the shops
this afternoon and they claim that
there are many more VINO wanted to
leave but were not permitted, to do
SO and whose courage failed them
when they saw the brutality with
which the others were treated, who
tried to run the gauntlet, aud maka
taeir way out of the shops.
When the men arrived upon La
trobe street the affair created a great
sensation and Chief Of Police Mays
was sent for, at this time there was
a great crowd gathered on the street
and the, men were led to the Office oi
Mayor Love, where warrants were
sworn out for the arrestof the B. and
D. police who did the clubbing. AS
the men were unknown to the strike
sbreakers, by name several Of taer
accompanied Caief Mays TO the B. and
10. yards, where they identified then
and ExChlef d Police Cole, who il
hoTsq a Il p sB6aItss:}{ s.