Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-03
SAVAGE RIOTS
FEATURE OF DAY
At PITTSBURGH
Two Men Known to Have Been
Killed, Four Others Probably
Fatally Wounded and Many
Badly Injured,

ElttSbufRh, May I.---iNo hen NV
known 30 have been killed, -four prob
ably fatally wounded and score OF
others seriously hurt this afternoon
when mob said by the authorities
to have been composed principally
Of foreigners. attacked the Edsar
Thomson works of the Carnegie steel
company in Braddock,
A pitched battle lasting an hour
followed during which four hundfeu
shots were fired, but the rioters were
finally forced ~ retreat in the race
OF deadly fire from the riot guns
and revolvers of deputy sheriffs ano
plant guards. The situation is quiet
tonight, but 1000 citizens OF the Dor
ough have been sworn In as deputies
and are patrolling the streets DIS
trict Attorney X. IA. jackson ahnouhV-
ed that he would take steps AZ once
for the deportation of all Foreigners
connected with the trouble.
Day Of Riots and Disorder
The riot was the climax OF q day o.
disorder in the boroughs of BRAD
aock ana Rankin during which mobs
stormed the plants Of four pig steer
companies, drove the workmen out
ana then partly wrecked the interior
of the plants
MANY of those injured in the fight
ing at the Edgar Thomson WORKS
were spirited away by the rioters anu
for hours after quiet had been re-
stored injured continued 70 ~
brought to hospitals for treatment
snipers hidden in doorways and WIN
dows near the Thirteenth street en-
trance tried to pick off deputies WHO
were fighting to hold back the mo"
and two deputies were SAID 10 nave
heen hit Women also joined IN 'ile
mad fight to gain entry to the worNs
and two of these were wounded. Inc
two men killed were foreigners
Hand to Hand struggle.
THO mob first attacked the office OF
w. ]. Dixon, superintendent oil trans
narration at the Edgar THOMSON
works. and with clubs and stones
wrecked it. Deputies, rushing 10
prevent the destruction of the Office
were compelled to use 1t as q parr'-
cade and from behind the wreckage
thev poured shot after shot into the
nob which withdrew. After stonihB
the plant for forty-five minutes an
other charge was made and IN
hond TO hand struggle. the deputies
ana guards were forced back ins'oe
the' plant.
Fire Becomes Hot
IDENTITIES who had been on suaru
lnt the Westinghouse plants III WIZ
nerding and East Pittsburgh, were
dispatched to the scene but Ws'e
forced to fight their way to the sues
az the other deputies who were giau
ual,v beinp forced further back into
Tho nIant. After q fierce battle Whicl'
RACED for several minutes. the MOI
was forced back out Of the gates ana
finally compelled to run for sheliei
before the not fire of the deputies
Renorts received here tonight SAID
that two companies of state cohsta'
bulary which have been on strike uu'
tv at Wilkes Barre, Pa, nave pee'
ordered TO Braddock and will arrive
tomorrow morning.
s-Hour Day Demanded
The movement started early IN ti'
dav when a procession was ORGANIZED
n WESTINGHOUSE Electric and Manu-
featuring company strikers al fas
Pittsburgh to continue their elioi"
IN hiring out the workmen IN the OH
or factories of the Turtle creek ano
Mononeahela valleys in support o.
! their demand for an eight-hour day
They had been defeated IN a sii'iiih'
attempt YESTERDAY Pickets, Wh'
had been stationed at a number o.
Paddock factories, had been worst
ed In encounters with workmeh a.
the men we're going to work, ana wv
nlants of the American steel an'
j Wire company. q United states Stee
corporation subsidiary and a NUMBER
Of other plants had been shut dow
AZ a protection to the employees, tii'
management announced.
Strikers Desperate.
other PLANTS continued TO operate
however. and when the news WA
hrought 10 the marching throng tina
tho factories would have none o
then, fhe route was changed and thel
stormed the buildings of the Sterlnl
steel Foundry company, whose EN-
nloves have been working eight hour
dav for some time. The workhe'
were driven out and much damage
done. This success was quickly toi
lowed by attacks on other factories
in the neighborhood, the marcher
| continuing their work of destruction
| !, o,.o,.,, mace where the men refused