The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-23
TWO KILLED
tconunusd Prom Yirss r~,

youth was killed. was d~issipa.ed
shortly before noon to-day. when sew.
eral hundred OF the 1900 strikers AZ.
taeked the guards within the Standard
plant The guards replied to the
OF bricks. stones and clubs
with volleys from their Winchesters
and three men had beer wounded seri.
ously when the crowd retreated' after
Two futile attempts 20 approach the
plant.
John Surgen. a former soldier In
me Austrian army. was shot in the
abdomen. while leading this assault
and may die.
The next and most serious attack
was on h Tidewater OIL compauy's
barrel works. a short distance from
the STANDARD plant. II lasted a half
hour. Two OF the attacking party
Stanley Murhefko, aged 20. and
Nicolay Iwasziku. aged 10. were killed
by bullets and three others were IN.
Jured seriously. The guards. inside
the plant. stood their ground, and
atter the attackers saw two OF their
number fall they backed away. II was
sald ina none OF the guards we're
Asked for Troops.
Sheriff Kinkead then made an I'm.
successful attempt to have the strik.
ers dispense by a personal appeal. but
was NOTED and Jeered. He then de
clded that h situation was beyond
mis- control and t~elephoned TO Gov
ernor Fielder for troops. He also tele.
graphed to Washington for the media
tors. and IL was announced that John
A Moffitt and James A. Smyhe would
be sent al once.
Later IN the day. guards within the
Tidewater works fired on a crowd OF
100 persons outside the works and
me lstter replied with revolvers. No
injuries were reported.
Some excitement was caused ear,v
tonight when persons in the crowd
near thu plant began nghting among
themselves. and a man suspected Of
being a guard was rescued BY FIVE mo
torcycle police. Examination at a hos
pital showed the mans condition to
be serious.
There was an outbreak OF fires
around the plants to-day. one OF which
was believed to have been started by
the throwing of burning oil-soaked
waste over the walls. This menaced
the large oil tanks and the safety OF
the guards. but was easily extin-
suished. as were all the other fires
Although M OF the hres was seri.
Gus they were pointed 10 as an add.
tional troublesome factor in the strike
situation.
Dead Lines Established.
Sheriff kinkead tonight established
three dead lines" along the fence and
embankment OF about seven miles.
which surrounds the Standard and
Ttdewater plants. The sheriff swore
in 20 additional deputies TO patrol the
INES which no D will be permitted
10 cross.
Although the actual number OF men
on strike IL not believed TO be more
than i.5OO. II is said there are between
SIX thousand and seven thousand en-
ployes Of the oil companies tempo
rarily out OF work
The Tidewater company issued a
Ftatement in which ~ was said there
was no strike In he plants. but that
the men had been laid on until they
could have protection In entering and
leaving the works.
Superintendent Hennessy. Of the
standard plant. I'm a statement. said:
y strike breakers have been i'm
ported n none will be. Constable
Hook ~tStandardI plant has been shut
down. u D. believed that the shutting
down Of the plant will have a auiet.
ing effect on the men.
One leader said Yesterday he
would give us - hours to decide what
10 do. ! replied b. took a biz concern
such a. ours n considerable time 10
act so ~ not 10 be hasty or Eive the
impression Of displaying feeling.
a TO the demands for d t5 per
cent Increase which were made. I
advised The men 10 return 10 work.
said 10 they did 7 would make fav.
orablo recommendation 40 ms SUD
|rftors and that 7 felt such re-
comWendations would BE- ~favorabIv
entertained
The strikers af q meeting today
heard their committee report that ii
bed hcon unable fo meet Tho Officials
oi Tho standard OH plant. They de-
ridnl fO continue ON strike
Efforts hr members of the Indus
trial Worker ~ fho World 20 address
The sfr kers today wore not wholly
successful Frank -Tannenbsum. an
w W. leader. was howlcd down by
one crowd