The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-24
EAST ST. LOUIS.
Has Another Excitement = At
tempted Coup d'Etat BY n HAIL
road COMPANY.

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road Company.
sr. Lnurs, July 23.-To.day has beer
busy and exciting day in East
81. Louis. For come months past thS
Illinois and ST. Louis railroad companies
whose roads run from Belleyille, Illinois
10 East 81. Louis, have been trying 70
connect their tracks with the tracks Of the
Union Transfer Company, 80 they can
run trains across 10 this city. They
claim to have authority from the Wider
City Council Of East ST. Louis 10 extend
their track along on the streets Of the
city and have attempted 10 do It two or
three times, but have been prevented by
Mayor Bowman, who says be has per.
petual Injunction from one OF the courts
against such proceedings. This morning,
under the impression that Mayor
Bowman had gone TO Belleyille TO
make answer to charges growing
out Of the recent shooting affair
between his Deputy MArshAls and the
Metropolitan police, the company sud-
denly appeared on the street with 4 con-
struction train and large body Of negro
laborers and began laying track, their
force being protected BY party Of thirty
armed men engaged In this city for that
purpose. After laying about two hun
dred feet OF track, Mayor Bowman ap-
peared on the ground with his Deputy
Ma.shals and commanded the track lay.
ers 10 desist, or continue at their peril.
The negroes, under the peremptory com.
mand OF the Mayor, and the show oil
force at his back, retired, and the work
ceased, Notwithstanding Superintendent
Sherman, Of the Railroad Company in.
sisted that he had right to proceed
with the work and connect his road with
the bridge tracks.
A large crowd Of people gathered,
most Of whom were opposed to the laying
OF the track, and during the excitement
which prevailed, they tore up the track
and, It is said, destroyed some OF the
Company's property. Superintendent
Sherman applied 10 the Metropolitan Po.
lice for projection, but the latter refused
to interfere, and after 4 good deal OF
buster and strong Language The Railroad
Company withdrew and matters quieted
down TO about the normal condition OF
this excitable little city.
About 6 o'clock this evening several OF
Mayor Bowman's Deputy Marshals and
the Metropolitan policemen got into a
row on the corner Of Broadway and Main
streets, during which one man was knock.
ell down with q club, and another beaten
in the face with a fat. Pistols were then
drawn and fred, and Lieut.. 0'Neal, Of
the Metropolitan Police, was shot in the
hip and In the groin. These parties then
separated, but in q few minutes after.
wards shots were again fred, this time, it
is asserted, from the Metropolitan head
quarters. When they arrived At the market
house, about forty yards distant, the op'
posi,e aide OF which is also used as the
police office Of the Deputy Marshals.
some City or more .shots we're exchanged,
Capt. Renshaw, chiei the Metropoii.
tans, received bullet through his hat,
and Chapman Turnkey, OF the Metropolis.
tans, was shot In the leg. A little girl,
daughter Of Mr.. WeriE, while standing
In the door OF her home, was shot In The
hand and had three fingers amputated
in consequence. None OF the deputy
marshals seem 10 have been hurt in this
affair, although they said some 20 or
more bullet holes can be seen
10 the walls and windows Of
the market house. Mayor Bowman's
horse, standing in front Of The
market house wa. also thot. The accounts
Of the row are conflicting and con,rndic-
tory to the highest degree. The reporters
from the scene ssys that every man told
q different story both as 10 the origin and
results Of the affair. The above probably
embraces the leading facts in the case, and
about everything reliable that can be
obtained tonight. Whisky is believed
TO have good deal to with the origin
OF the disturbance.
The BellvilIe Guards, some IS strong,
arrived about half.past 10 o'clock by a
special train. They were ordered out
by Gov. CuIlom and are under the orders
Of Sheriff Weber. They were met at the
depot by Mayor Bowman and his depu.
lies, and are nov camped in front Of the
Market House. There are also strong
guard in and around the engine house,
the headquarters Of the Metropolitans.