Show A WAR WITH IN THE COKE the governor of nia orders a regiment out the dead bodies april 2 A battle la reported between the strikers and armed guards at moorewood Moor awood this morning at 3 three or four hundred strikers etri kers approached the works of the H 0 frick coke company andl began 10 battor own the gates when an order was made to desist they fired on the deputy sheriffs posse slightly wounding several the latter replied with killed beven rioters instantly while many were wounded the guards fired two volleys vol lays before the rioters could return the fire previous to the raid the rioters cut the telegraph and telephone wires primate dispatcher from greensbury eleven men were killed twenty seven wounded in moorewood riot this morning the dead miners are all foreigners BOMB BLOOD MT PLEASANT pa april 2 at this morning a mob of five li undred men began rioting at the standard works and destroyed some of tho companas comp anys property they cut the telegraph lines no ne warning could be abent to the people at moorewood about 3 a party matched to moorewood and in the meanwhile the wires were hurriedly hur ridly repaired word was abent to moorewood that alie strikers would attack the works in three places and had a well laid plan to destroy the whole plant were soon in readiness to receive the attack the men were divided into three parties captain lauer having charge of abe party placed behind the big gate of the barn and stable enclosure As the rioters passed the companas comp anys store they raided it and then marched to the barn nd attempted to break down the gatei they succeeded in doing this and as they entered captain lauer called out tu them to halt or he would fire luppp them their answer was to fire rattling a volley in the direction of the deputies home of whom were seriously injured captain lauer then gaye orders to fire two volleys wera fired becore ane mob broke and ran eleven m n fell dead in the road and the wounded are estimated as hah as twenty seven deputies who took part in the not were experienced men and armad to tb teeth last night bupt pickard told the men a raid was contemplated on the borka and each man with a win chanter ch enter 1 I have promised protection he said to our men and I 1 must give it to them when the raiders coma oblige me by firing the first shot into the air if the raiders do not retreat the second phot fire on them and keep firing while you have ammu protect the companas comp anys property protect tho men at work and protect your own lives A man in my employ who runs I 1 will shoot dead on the sp ot any man who s not willine to accept my terms will please drop into the rear and I 1 will him home under a guard Is every body satisfied asked the superintendent yes yes rang out all along alie line each man waa supplied bup plied irth twenty and put the command ot the superintendent who marched to a convenient point all night the strikers wen arins for the raid A delegation headed by a daum marched to and fro to the places of rendezvous occasionally a pistol ahot could be heard in the distance now and then a rocket flashed into thu air and from an adjourning hilltop hill top warning lights could be seen there were three parties of st one came horn another from morehead and a third from the mines in this neighborhood they were very noisy cheering and shouting and beating drums they came in three parties met and to make a march on to the works some ol 01 the strikers say today to day thai there wag no intention of doial any damage ahey simply infant to marda 10 the to intimidate thoa ai work the dead this were carried into the company s store at moorewood the strikers demanded th bodies of thu victims but were ra fused aal the place banow surrounded by an armed raib of men who say they will burn every thing on the premises unless the d a 1 bodies are given up the feeling is very bitter among the workmen who denounce the action of the deputies in very unc ertain terms WHAT THE OWNER SAYS PiTT anuito april y H frick the owner of the moorewood pant was been at liis office this said we placed our men and property in the hands of the lawful authorities for protection this is no quarrel abent wa es but whether conr working men are to be shot down at midnight an our property destroyed by rioters authorities must this and we will know whether the mob or the law is to rulo at noon a train left greensbury filled will deputies armed and prepared for a long pi april 2 A special that at nine another attack wag attempted and three more vee ve e killed MILITIA OCT april 1 the governor aaa ordered the tenth aid sheriff in county in quell ing the trouble in the coke regions the eighteenth regiment of this city ha been ordered to hold itself in readiness pa april 2 the killed are paul jobanis Po banis valentine zeidel james brache jacob Shuk oakey john budor antonio rist and creseto bin era all slays italians they are all shot in the headnick head neck or breast fifteen are wounded names arc not vet obtained none of the dead are naturalized citizens pa april 2 governor ha summoned the cabinet thic morning to consider the situation in the western coke regions telegrams Tele grama hay been received from sheriff clawson and others of west moreland county telling of the riots and aaning for aid from the militia abonce the governor the tenth regiment to proceed at once to mount pleasant and the eighteenth regiment is under arma to i await further orders INTENSE MT PHEASANT april 3 the and huna are wild all over the region the most intense excitement prevails great crowds are coming in on every train the highways are thickly peopled all openly declare they will have for their death they have transferred ut rom the plants to the deputies whom they threaten to kill they aay at the same time the will surely be den troyd word has beon Birik all over the regions waa without provocation that no evidence ha baen offered and tasir friends on hearing cheso reports swear deep land strong peter wise a master workman of thia district dameg mcbride secretary and W P penna vice president are united with the mine workers |