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Show STRIKERS ON THE SHOOT Ohio Union Nailers Open Fire on Non-Union Non-Union Men and a Lively Fnsilade Follows. j Editor Stead and a Gang of Salvationists Salvation-ists Committed, fill on Account of Eliza." Judge Wallace Denies the Writ in the Civil Service Snit. A Labor Battle in Ohio. , Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 26. This morning morn-ing at half-past 2 o'clock a serious riot ocourred at La ughlin's mill, above Martin's Ferry, Ohio, in which at least ' TWO HTJNDEED SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED. The riot was precipitated by an attack upon the workmen in the mill by a number of armed men. The workmen had sentinels on guard, or the result might have been more disastrous. From thirty to fifty men, armed with shotguns and revolvers, came up the railroad track from the direction of Martin's Ferry and approached to within thirty paces of the mill, when the guards called out to them to halt. The men still advanced, and in a second or to the command to halt was repeated, without effect. The third time the guards called out "halt," THE ATTACKING PABTY BEGAN FIEING, When the men in the mill at once returned the lire, and a brisk firing was kept up for twenty or thirty minutes. The attacking party then ceased firing, and almost imme-mediately imme-mediately retreated, going toward the river. An examination of the force in the mill showed that several had been shot, only two, however, seriously hurt. They were Wm. Duffy, watchman, who . had sixty-two shots from a shot-gun in his body, and Willard Bailey, shot through the, thigh with a rifle ball. As far as can be -learned four or five of the attacking party were hurt, one of them seriously. The force of armed men in the mill was eighteen or twenty. The attacking party, or THE SINGLE ADEBS, AT LEAST, ABE KNOWN.. The mill force, after their assailants retired, rested on their arms, fearing another attack. At this hour, 9 o'clock, all is quiet, and there are no further indications of trouble. - The riot was occasioned by the . introduction introduc-tion of non-union men in the Laughlin nail mill. The non-union men had been boarding and sleeping in the mill. |