Ruled By Rioters

MT. Pleasant. Pa., Maren 31.- The coke operators Sunday said they would comtnence work yesterday. ïhe labor eaders said tliey would not - and they didn't. All Sunday night the strikers by thousands had possession of the Morewood, Standard, Alice, Bridgeport, Jimtown, Leith, and Leisenring plants, and cept possession of them all yesterday. Duriug the night the rioters broke up the ovens, tore clown fences, and destroyed other property at their own sweet will, white a score or so oí deputy sherifïs had to look on and subniit. A bomb was exjloded at Leisenring plant, but did nopariicular damage. At these plant3 therf are a large number of men ready to go to work so soon as order is established. Doings of Dranken Women. The lawlessness at the Leith coke plant liad some peculiar features. A band ot infuriated Uuagarian women attacked the drawers at tbe ovens and drove them away with clubs and stones. The women were inflamed with liquor and rushed on the men with yells and curses. Yard Boas O'Connell was injured. Pit Boss Hooper received a terriflc blow on the head with an iron bar in the hands of one of the women, who followed It up with several more until she was overpowered and her arms were pinioned. The men, seeing that resistance was useless. stopped their work and fled, leaving their tools behind them. Two thousand strikers assembled at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon and were addressed by President Rae and President Kenna and others. Must Kxhaust His Poner First. The sheriff of Westmoreland county telegraphed to Governor Pattison yesterday about the riotous miners and asked the consent of the governor to use the arms of two of the compauies of the national guard. The governor replied that civil power must be exhausted before the state would Interfere. At Scottdale the labor leaders last night were considering the advisability of offering the two big coke companies 1,000 citizens and strikers to protect their property. Doing the Exhaustiiig Act. Warrants have been issued for eleven of the Leith and twenty-seven of the Jimtown rioters. An injunction was granted last evening restraining Master Workman Wise and other labor leaders from congregating about the coke works or in any way interfering with those who desire to work. Sheriff McCormick, with a number of deputies, left on a special train last night to serve the injunction and arrest those charged with riot. Keeping Feople Awako Isights. Last night Mt. Pleassnt was trembling with excitement. The people feared an explosión. Nobody was willing to go to bed. There was more confusión than there has been since the bloody riots of 1886. At midnight fully 1,000 men were on the hills surrounding the works. Sheriff Closson had increased his force to 200 men. All are armed with Winchester rifles, and another attack of the strikers means a desperate and bloody battle.