The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-25
Contradictory Statements Concern.
ing Tuesdays Fusilade.
QUIET. BUT MENACING.
A Company Of National Guard for the Moment
Maintains the Peace.
SERIOUS COLLISION ANTICIPATED.
ilY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.

Though everything has been quiet In East st. Louis
to-day the situation continues critical and
sion Ripe for sangunary riot some legal action is
not taxen at onco to settle the pending dispute 1t
does not now seem probable that a legal settlement
be arrived at and peace only preserved by the
presence Of inc militia. Company A. Of the Bccville
Guards are bivoaacked in Tho Open ground on tho
west side OF the Market House They have their rifles
stacked and q couple OF sentries patrolling up
ana down. The Mayor has been busy in bis
olco all day preparing ain avits and statement to
the Governor OF the occurrences yesterday. Mean
while both the deputy marshals and the metropoli-
tans resting on their arms At thoir respective
quarters, and tho status quo is maintained. No adj
mitlance is granted the Mayors ollce whicn was
riddiod with bullets yesterday, aud the publc
library 10 closed until Tomorrow. When your cor
respondent arrived on the scene this morning The
town presented the appearance OF bcsioged
place which had Just been Invested by
the assaulling party. Uniformed militia SEN
triss armed with muskets, wcro marching
up aud down IN front Of their bvouac and squads OF
miltiamsn gathered around discussing tho stu.
alton. In front Of Mayor Bowmsn's police stansn
about thirty deputy Inarshals wore posted, anu in
front OF the opposing police station as many metro
pOlisan policemen were on guard, each party being
on the sharp lookout for any hostile demonstration
that might be made oy the opposite faction. Crowds
OF citIzsns were TO DO seen at central points
on tho principal streets and much animated
discussion was INDUCED 10, the feeling among
the adhsrsnts OF the respective factions beng bitter in
the extreme. Conservative citizens, however, said
that would take only morest tribe 10 punge The
populacs into bloody riot. Strenuous Efforts we're
mado to maintain quiet
CoUSTKR CLAIMS.
The soldiers did nothing during The day but occupy
their camping ground rhe factions closely watched
nd RoW nd ri linn
WIDER leaders Of tho opposing factions, busted them
selves in preparing statements 70 DO sent to tue
Governor To support OF their respective CLAIMS, Wdor
claiming that the Supreme Court Ind decided
In favor OF the legality Of his police iorco
and asking that the Bowman police be dis
perssd, while Bowman asserted that the Supreme
Court had not so decided aud appealed TO Tue Gov
ernor TO dsband tho metropolitan police. Sheriff
Weber present during the ertire day. tho militia
acting under his orders
MAYOR DOwMAx's STATEMENT.
Mayor Bowman. ut Late hour last night made
partial statsmeut but to-day made full and correct
statement, which Is gwen here verbatim aud which
was rwArded 10 the Governor. he says
My knowIsags oil the shooting on yesterday Is about
a. ioows:-I was III tho Market House, ~ my Office
up stairs, at the south the BUILDING
Tners wsro In my office al the time Squire Bunyan,
Mr.. C. He'll, J. N. sullivan, City CIork; james W.
KIRK. Deputy CLERK; Luke Hite and perhaps one or
swo o,hvra While We wsro discussing The peudng
Houvse with the limos aud 81. Louis Railroad Com
pHny We heard some revo> or shots nred down Main
street, below Broadway, and two Of looked Out
| the windows In the Office l ordered two or three
deputy mAPshals IRON station the first floor
| proossd 10 the scsns ot tho shooting anu pre-
| serve the peace II tbcy could. While they we're
| gong up sat do my desk writing Mr.. hite
continued " look out OF INC middle wpdow, all
| NJ once haosd out a. tho top Of has voice, "Take
| that gun In from thcrel Don't snoot /" repeating
this several times looked out in the drsc.ion IN
which he was speaking aud SAW, Just at that time,
musEct or rifle was wi.hdrawn Wy somebody from out
lnf ia nc al ha sec ain vuf housa
asked Mr. Hite what tnat VAS Tor. Tho revolver
shots had then ceased some I've minutes ana thore
NO further shooting Mr. HE replied 10 that
thought u was PAt Wallace, ono Of tue mervpolitxas,
VINO had taken aim a. sonsbody horo IN tho Market
would have shot lhs snoo,ing came the engine
house, and the bullet crashed through The oni o. II
WAS evidently AIMED AT me, as II u had been fred
from Us,iry The engine house. Inc spliutsrs
oi the ~ndow irame torn out Ny the bullet f.ii
below W. snou,oa up 10 LOOK n ont ''s .,
ibe WINDOWS. Directly anotner shot came crashing
succession. Aos. OF Us then vacated that TLe
shots, ALL but one or Two, had come through the
window next my desk. where mad been sit''ng
Some Of US In the onico 10 wit, Hide, Sullivan,
KIRK aud mysc-passed through tue library, on The
noor adjacent 70 The Mayors oce 10 reach tie
northern emo oi the building Wulo We were passing
through the library III 1u view Of The second story
metropolitan police station within oasy icacb
not over vigbty ysras from u, the large windows
the library beng partially open anu not being screened
by tue curtains, SIX more bullets were sent ut u.s.
wnIcu buried IN the looks aud walls oil tho
liurafy From thefe We reached the T. ~ Court room
anu 70, out OF the nor neru era OF the building un-
| exposed to the IRE from the engine house There
had not been u SHOT hied from the Marget house or
near 1t when tho hIst buiicl came crashing throuSh
my oince. l would nave heard II ibere
had. view Of the demonstration that haa
just been maze W Pat Wallace. anu the
shooting some i've or ten m.huies before up EaiI
street ino sLoVting IRON lie engDc mouse continued
| ior nearly an hour, at Intervals AS many as nun
drod snots VI more, tnink were br,d had ire
quenty iui5 Sicw or tte station through opposite
wInaows IN tbs iHs ket House, aud IRON the ~inIows
wniIe However, I could not recognize luybo.y par.
tIcuisrly at the Einao~s shooting. Tho wIng.ws
were Dristiing with the nuzzlcs oil muskcts or ri
and APP cared as u an occasonaish ot would come
from The teiiry.
OBJECT or THE piRISo.
While the shooting Was 20 ~ Vn 1 teIcgraphcd 10
tho Governor the Tao, oil tie wabon, AID 20 uex-
pleaDle ana aimIess attcmpt 10 KIN somebody vas
perfectly powercss knowins, M ds, that The posico
station was q perfect aiseba, VI arms aud annual
lion vi ali kinds crowueL VITA incu determined not
1, spare their use There were sixteen buc,s passed
through the Mayors oLce, fourteen Uf them wi.hin
lew icet OF where 1 was sitting, winch leads
me to tue Dohei that the OBJECT VI tho shooting
ut the Market House 10 bit ,nr. We had some
shotguus ia the Market House. ANA some deputy
sLsls or the purpose Of repelng ia. attack on The
building that mad been threatened, as contemplated
by the netropotaDs, under orders OF persons whose
Danes decline W mention as on'y know tnem ny
report. he orders 10 our iDcn VINO pro-
tcctcd tue Market House against "A surpriae the
taking H. were to shoot no shot during THIS sboo.ing
from the engine house, Dut 10 reAerve ther Are Tor
the legitimate purpose OF protesting The city
ofcers tho possession Of The building II that should
which made. The melropolilans never lott their
quarters durins all the shooting 1 repeated this
order to The deputy marshais IN the M,yof's ofico
when lsit H. aud, IRON all my means OF observauon
tney auhcied ~ II throughout The shooting from the
eng ne house.
CAPTAIN RKysBAws REPORT
Captain Rcashaw, Cuici Of the metropolitan police,
to-day forwarded tho Governor his sworn version
OF tue 1sht, III which appeared the follow ing:-
I here mo station when IL &C.
Cured, ana, seeing that somc OF my men
tvDcerne cd IN IL sent four or i've ON down
there assist my men u necessary to tell tnem
10 return 10 the station. stood on the approach to
our building with one loot up the guard raing
looking south at the row, and just about time tho
nring ceased down there heard pistol shot back OF
inc, and my hat Tell from head with n holo clipped
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