Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-02
EASTERN NEWS
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KANSAS CIT, JACKSONVILLE And
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One 06esr Killed and Another Fa-
tally Wounded.
A BIG STRIKE PROBABLE IN
PiTTSBuRc.
A Brutal Murder in the City
Of New York
srErRAI GRANTS PHYSICAL CONDITION
YESTERDAY.
A Brutal Murder in the City
OF New York.
sfKEaAI GRANTS PHYSICAL CONDITION
YESTERDAY.
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CHICAGO, June I.-Psssengsr train No.
s, on the Wabash, ST. Louis and Pacific
railroad, arrived here to-day an hour and
q half late, in charge Of . mailman. Out
Of II or Is usn. oEesrs and eitzsls, Who
finally secured him. one officer ID dead,
being shot through The body, and another
probably fatally wounded. Several citi-
xsns are injured and the luIafic himself
lies in the County Hospital MORALLY
wounded, with three b1Ils;s in him.
Shortly before noon to-day the station
policeman at tbs wabash, So. Louis and
Pacific depo, on Polk street, received the
following dispatch:
CHKxsA. IL. June /. 1855.
/ have 10 insane nan on ny train. who
has possession Of one car. The police at
Kansas City, jacksonville and Peoria are
al afraid 10 take hin. Please seud Ten OF
szelFe policemen oat on No. l 70 take
hin when We arrive in Chicago. They
lad better consin citizens clothes. They
sill have 10 look sharp or some one viii
ges hurt.
fSigned] PUTNAM, Conductor.
No. 6. which LIFT Kansas City last night,
Was due here 3, $50 P. Il. There Wa.
some difficulty in starting out No. /. a.
directed in tbs dispatch, and j. Was decided
70 meet the train a. the depot. Eight
uniformed policemen and four in citizens
clothes, under command Of Lieoteusni
Lsughlin. made up the squad which Ar
rived at the depot ten minutes before the
train was due, tie train being delayed, ss
wss subsequently, learned, By Intellectual
efforts 70 capture the lunatic. The police
Eere forced 70 Ekli more than an hour.
After considerable anxious speculation as
70 the condition Of things on board Of No.
s, the officers we're finally anything but
treasured BY . dispatch from q suburb
station, warning them that the maniac
va well armed and would resist desper-
Aiely. 4 little later No. 6 appeared in
sighs, and ihs police separating, so as TO
form two squads, awaited her arrival on
sither side ot the track. As the train ap-
preached. the whistle sounded q number
OF warning notes in quick succession.
People hanging hallway out Of the car
Ei1doEs we're seen TO gestieulate wildly TO
the crowd. Before the train had come 10
a standsiiil . dozen passengers jumped TO
the ground and fed, looking back with
olAnched faces. Officer Barrett was fret
to obserEe the lunatic. Barrett was stand
iDg near the rear end Of the smoking car.
The mailman with leveled revolver glared
81 him from the front platform Of the chair
car, the length Of one car distant. Barrett
turned half round and stopped instantly.
but 100 late. A ball from the lunatic's
revolver struck him in the side,
and in five minutes he Was dead.
One look at the maniac WAS enough to sat
.sfy any one that, while his ammunition
lasted, he would not be taken alive. See
ing this, tbs officers, after removing their
wounded comrsde, began to fusilade
through the windows of the smoking car.
where the madmsn had taken refuge.
After 3 minute or TWO he plunged out onto
the platform and fred . couple OF shots
into the air. The crowd lesped from the
train and dashed down Fourth Avenue.
Oficer Lsughlin started in hot pursuit,
and st him the lunatie fred the last shot
in his weapon, bat without effect. The
maniac stopped there and awaited Laugh
line coming. With cleaning eyes and
frothing mouth they clinched. The officer
ripped his prisoner, and they both fell,
the mailman beating Lsughlin unmerci-
fully on the head with his revolver. The
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upon and terribly pounded by an excited
colored man, who mistook the officer for
The prisoner. The rest of the squad arrived.
Shortly the maniac was secured. The
prisoner is 9 French Canadian of 80 years
Of age and his name Louis Reume. He
vas en route to his home in Detroit from
Denver. The train men OF No. 6 tell Q
thrilling story Of their experiences with the
maniac after leaving Kansas City.
A Big Strike Probable.
PTrrsBURG. June 1.-The iron workers
strike which Is about to be inaugurated
promises TO be almost general throughout.
Five firms in this city have signed . scale
and will continue their mills in operation.
They are the Republic Iron Company, So
lar Iron Company, Union Iron Mills,
Wayne Iron Company and Dilworth. Por-
ter 4 Co. Other mills. il is expected. will
close down, thus throwing ont OF employ
ment nearly 100. 900 men. The worfmen
are cheerful, and assert that the strike will
be Of short duration. and that its ending
will be favorable to them. On the other
hand the manufacturers appear equally "A
confident that the workmen will accept
their terms before many days have elapsed.
LATER-Workmen in the iron mills
where the new scale has not been signed.
have gone on q strike. Thus far ten ont
OF thirty eight iron and steel mills in this
district have signed. There does not seem
TO be much OF Q prospect for . general re-
sumption in the near future. Among the
iron manufacturers there seems to be a de-
termined opposition to the terms proposed
by the Union. II their utterances are in
the chances for a speedy adjust
ment Of the difficulty is exceedingly small.
General Grants Condition.
New YORK, June L." Gen. Grant"
said DR.. Douglas on leaving the house,
Is improving. He had a pretty fair
night, sleeping at snstches and waking to
apply . lotion TO relieve the pain in his
He is. l think. q little easier, but
'ufters very much as the disease progresses, !