Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-08-11
Strikers
Shot
DoUn
Cashier Morgan of Sugar Trust
Is Held for Murder of
Worker.


bling the United States government OF
untold thousands of dollars through
many years, the sugar trust yesterday
murdered a striking workingman.
Valeryi Stanislavis Novakovsar,
| yesterday was shot down in cold blool
er.
! A sugar trust official is held respon-
sible for his death.
Naxakovsizi was a Russian subject
having come here on passport issued
by the Russian government. He leaves
behind in the province of Lomza, Rus
sian Poland. a wife and four babies.
Four strikers and one bystander
were shot down at the same time.
| Navakovski lost his life in the most
| terrible that labor, fighting for a liv-
ing wage, has been forced into In this
! vicinity in many years.
It took place yesterday at South 4th
street and Keen avenue, Williamsburg.
shod hoofs- of horses.
| Nearly all these bruised and mangle
men are employees of the American
Sugar Refining Company, which locked
out its workers following a strike 8
weeks ago yesterday.
Soon after the killing Of Novakovski
Thomas A. Morgan, twenty-nine years
old, of 1879 Kingston street, Brooklyn,
cashier for the sugar-refining trust and
successor of the notorious Bendernage!.
recently tried for fraud, was arrested,
charged with the striking workingman's
murder.
Four witnesses swear that Morgan
is the man who deliberately killed
Novakovski. One of them, a bystand-
er, asserts with positiveness that the
dead worker was shot twice, once after
he had already fallen helpless to the
ground.
THERE ARE TWO BULLET HOLES
IN NOVAKOvSKPS BODY.
Both wounds are on the left side Of
the abdomen. one slightly above the
other.
The wounded men are:
JOSEPH KIVETA, trustee Of the
sugar refinery workers union. of SO
Grand street, two bullets in the leg
and thigh. Sent to Eastern District
Hospital.
JOHN oNACsKY, Of POI South End
street, bullets in left arm and leg.
JOHN PENOTAS, of Al South 3rf
street, bullet in right leg and arm. Not
a striker. II
JOHN LEvONTovsKY, of "a North
1st street, bullet in chest.
SIGMUND MILEVSKY, of 1917 LIST
street, shot in the right leg. Walked
to strike headquarters with blood
streaming from his wound. Was at
tended there, but was later overcome
and was then taken to the Eastern
District Hospital.
| Michael Koczan, while walking down
Kent avenue, was shot through the
hat, bullet barely missing his head.
Peter Uliczny, president of the sugar
refinery workers union, also narrowly
escaped murder. He says that as he
was passing Kent avenue and South
Bird street he was fired upon point blank
that he dueked in time to escape tho
by mounted policeman No. $500, but
bullet.
! Trofn9 Volokotruck, a striker, said
| that he saw Kiveta shot. He ran to
pick Kiveta up and as he was drag
ging Kiveta out of further harms way,
Morgan, the trust cashier, also shot
| at him but missed. He also says that
he saw Morgan shoot three times from
the window at Kent avenue and South
| Sd street.
Morgan, who is a big, burly man,
and was well disliked by the men under
him because of his brutality and OPP
when arrested. The lion-like demeanor
he wore while having his force Of
strong-armers and Pinkertons at his
and covered.
80. my God! o, my God!"she cried
II didn't do it! swear didn't do it!''.
It was plain that he was terribly
afraid.
However, the policemen were evil
IDENTIFY convinced that he was the-man
as they paid no heed to his protests,
but put him into a patrol wagon.
Policeman Thomas Polsky took him
/ in charge.
Morgan was arraigned before Magi-
strate Frank O'Reilly in the Bedford
Avenue Court, To the police Morgan
at first tried to deny that he had used
his revolver at all. Later he admitted