Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-03
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erty Damage Done BY
Mob Composed of
Foreigners.

PITTSBURGH May 1.-Two men are
known to have been killed. four prob
ably fatally wounded and score Of
others seriously hurt this Afternoon
when a mob. said 10y the authorities TO
have been cuiiposch principally OF for
eiSners, attacked the Edgar Thomson
Works Of the Carnegie steel Company
in Rraddock. y pitched battle lasting
All hour followed, during which 400
shots We're fred, but the rioters were
finally forced To retreat In the face
OF Il deadly fire from the riot guns and
revolvers OF deputy sheriffs and plant
guards. The situation Is quiet tonight,
but 1000 citizens Of the borough have
been sworn In as deputies. and are
patrollinG the streets. District Attor-
ney jackson announced that he would
take steps at once for the deportation
of all foreigners connected with the
trouble.
The rio. was the climax OF a day OF
disorder in the Boroughs Of Braddoc<
and Rankin. during which n,obs stormed
the plants OF four hig steel companies.
drove the workmcn out and then partly
wrecked tho interior of the plants.
SHIPPERS FIRE UPON
DEPUTIES FROM DOORWtYS
Many OF those injured in the fight
ing were spirited away by the rioters,
and for hours after quiet had been re-
stored injured continued to be brought
to hospitals. Snipers, hidden in door
ways and windows. tried to pick off
deputies. and two were said to have
been hit Women also Joined in the
mad fight TO gain entry to the works.
and two of these were wounded. The
two men killed were foreigners.
The mob first wrecked an office at
the Edgar Thomson Works with clubs
and stones Deputies, rushing to pre-
vent its destruction, were compelled TO
use Il as q barricade. and from be-
hind the wreckage they poured shot
after shot into the mob, which with
drew. After stoning the plant for
forty-flve minutes, another charge was
made, and In a hand-to-hand strug-
gle the deputies and guards were
forced back inside the plant.
STATE C0NSTABULARY
ON WAY TO BRADDOCN
Deputies on guard at the Westing-
house plants in Wilmerding and East
Pittsburgh were dispatched to the
scene. and. after a fierte battle, the
mob was forced back out Of the gates
and compelled to run for shelter
Reports tonight said two companies
OF state Constabulary which have been
on strike duty at Wilkes Barre. Pa.
have been ordered to Rraddock. and
will arrive Tomorrow morning.
The movement started early in the
day. when procession was organized
by Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Company strikers at East
Pittsburgh to continue their efforts to
bring out the workmen in the other
factories Of the Turtle Creek and
Monongahela Valleys in support of
their demand for an eight-hour day.
They had been defeated in similar
attempt yesterday, and the marchers
we're angry when they set out Pickets
stationed at number OF Bra ddock
factories had been worsted in encoun-
ters with worltmen as the men were
going to work. and tho plants OF the
American Steel and Wire Company, Il
United States Steel Corporation sub
sidiary, and il number of other plants
TO the employees.
WAKE OF DESTRUCTION
LEFT HY MARCHING MOD
Other plants continued to operate.
however. and when the news was
brought to tho marching throng the
route was changed, and they stormed
the buildings OF the Sterling Steel
Foundry Company, whose employees
have been working eight hours day