Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-15
ST. LOUIS, April 8, 1sS6.-Jdy Gould, Nes
York; The following advertisement ap-
peared in muny Of the leading papers of
the TIN instant;

employees Five dollars per Gay and hrnrd wi
he paid. Also n humber OF platform M u ca
| be given employment Only men who hay
plenty OF grit an mean business reel appl
Apply AT once. 4. s. GENuAG, Agen.
How well this advertisement has bee
answered Is seen by their work of to-day /
East st. Louis. Six men and ono womH
were murdered by those who chad plent
of grit and meant business" BY your IA,
tions In refusing the peaceful negotiation
solicited by the board for arbitration yo
and you alone must be held responsible b
the world for the lives of these innocen
people. JOHN W. HAYES.
Per order OF the board.
| SUCCESSIVE FIRES IN THE NIGHT AND now THE
WERE FOUGHT.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, April 10.-Aboat 9.9
o'clock last night people passing on tn
bridge near the Louisville IL Nashville
depot, discovered smoke curling up from
the yard. A few moments later a smal
flame could be seen issuing from box ca
only short distance from the Louisville d
Nashville depot, and In the centre OF
train with ears on the tracks on eacl
side. Some OF the by-standers ran TO In,
bridge office and procured the hose. They
had Just fastened 1t on the hydrant wheI
the night superintendent OF tie bridge
arrived on the scene and instructed the me1
to pay no attention to the burning cars, but
merely TO protect the bridge. BY this time
the flames from the burning car were shoot.
ing up into the air and were visible al Oyei
the entire city. Some person ran up To the
relay depot, where the troops wore quar-
tered, aud informed them of the fac 8.
Company ii, Fifth regiment from Decatur
in the Young Mems Christian Association
rooms was ordered to the scene OF the con-
migration. They Immediately fell In line
and under the command OF Captain Frank
Wells, marched down the track double
quick time. Arriving at the fire they sur
rounded the burning cars, and allowed no
outsiders around them. By this time quite
a crowd had collected on the bridge, mostly
composed of strikers, but they took things
rather coolly and were very quiet.
Mayor Joyce arrived on the scene at about
the same time and sent in an alarm calling
out three engines of the fire department of
this city which quickly responded and pre-
vented the fire from consuming more than
one car In which Its originated, but not
before their hose had been cut by some of
the crowd. just as the above fire was got
under control, u big blaze was discovered In
the direction of the round-house of the
Cairo Short Line, about a mile and a half
to the south -east. The crowd ran
down the track to this place
when it was found that three
box cars and one caboose on the Cairo
Short Line tracks were enveloped In flames.
The cars were surrounded by crowd num-
oering perhaps 200 people but they were Or
ierly and made no disturbance. The caboose
belonged to the Vandalia line while the box
cars were, one OF the Burlington q Missouri
river, Chicago, Burlington d Quincy and
4 Chicago, Milwaukee, x st. Paul all
amply. They were all totally destroyed.
At 1910 o'clock the watchman ut the
yards of the Cairo Short Line detected an-
other fire in the oil sheds, which imme-
lately burst forth and enveloped the build
ng in flames. 1t was n commodious wooden
rendered onallyinilammable
~ the oil with which the floor was satu-
'ated. The fire, fed by barrels Of oil, swept
westward, and in few moments one of u
ong trlin of freight cars on the nearest
rack caught fire. The wind, which had
leen driving the flames In the direction of
he round-house and shops, grew rs the In
ensity OF the flames increased The fire
'rept along to the main buildings and
pread TO another Of the cars, which sepa-
ated 1t from the shops. Only few mo-
nents elapsed before the flames leaped to
he next parallel truck, and In a short time
he entire train OF about rs cars was con-
umed.
The fire In the round-house and machine
hops In the meantime had not been put out
lespite the efforts OF the flremen. The latter
worked under great difficulties for no sooner
would they get line Of hose in position
md have stream of water playing on the
Ire than some one would quickly dart out
rom the crowd and cut the hose. The
lanes, therefore, made rapid headway and
n short time, the round-house and ma
;hine shops combined were destroyed.
A fourth fire started in tho Cairo Short
line lumber yards, where u lot OF dimen-
ion timber for car construction was piled.
Jars standing near by soon began to blaze,
md 10 OF the cars were soon destroyed.
Another blaze shot up In the vicinity of
he southern end of the Cairo yard, where
bout II ears belonging TO different rail-
Dads stood. These too were burned.
t Is CHARGED THAT THE CROWD INTERVIEWED
WITH THE FIREMEN.
The st. Louis fire department was near at
land, and could have readily put out the
Tres, IL the crowd would have permitted
hem to do so. They had got the flames
lnder control at the second fire and would
AVE extingulshed tiff they had not been
nterfered with by the strikers.
About l2.l6 a. m. Assistant Chief Gross
vas hurrying the efforts OF his men In their
lttempt to stay the flames when he was ap-
,roached by striker who said; 81 want to
peak to you"
Mr.. Gross said he would give him his
.ttention In a moment and allowed himself
o be led from the burning cars. The
triker said he represented a committee
which had been instructed to inform the
Ire department that they were not wanted
n East st. Louis. The assistant chief ex-
'lained that he had responded to the call
4 duty.
"Did you come here by the authority of
dayor JoyceP" asked the spoke man Of the
committee. 4
"Yes."
''Take my advice. you had better go hack
o your own city. II amt healthy for you
lere." Assistant Gross concluded that II was
10 use staying there any longer and he
his men and prepared to return
o ST. Louis. When they left, Mr.. Gross said
was useless for them to attempt TO do
Inything as the strikers threatened their
ingines, cut the hose aud had told him that
hey would not be allowed to do anything.
no one was actually caught In the
Ict OF starting any Of these fires, II Is
believed that they were caused
" the strikers or their sympathizors, and
his belief is at least partially borne out by
he frequency of their occurrence and by
he Interference by the crowd with the
'fforts Of the ilremen to put out the flames.
The total loss to tho different companies
10 far is estimated nt $4,000; insurance,
$50, 900.
EAST ST. LOUIS IN STATE OF PANIC ALI
NIdHT-MoRE MODERATE ESTIMATES OF THE
NUMBER OF CARS BURNED.
EAST ST. LOUIS, H., April 10, $50 n. M
The city has been In n siate OF panic during
ne entire night owing to the numerous in
'endiary fires, but with the presence of the
military which il guarding nil the main
ines Of the track diverging from he relay
lepot, something like order appears TO
promise for the day. 1t Il fup sslble
1t this hour to moro than approXi-
mate the damage by the fires last
night, They were all confined to railroad
and the officers sent with troops
report that about 20 to 80 ears in all were
which We're loaded with mer-
and coal. The greatest damage
ut the Cairo Short Line yards
about one mile from tho relay depot where
probably 15 cars were destroyed, and the
ilames for q time threatened the destruction
Of the 100 or 200 cars in the immediate
The yards we're unprotected by the
presence Of an active deputy or officer Of
any kind until Company d Of Champaign
arrived at the scene of the fire, and It was
permitted to burn mt its will. Two men,
bers of this company were found who
could FIRE and run locomotives and switch
engine being placed at their disposal,
they succeeded in dragging away
from the burning cars fully l00box and coal
cars. Three companies OF troops from
Greenvllle, Paris and Champaign are now
stationed at the Louisville 4 Nashville and
Cairo Short Line yards. The main body of
the troops, beyond the few sentries sta
toned at the railroad switches, remain In
the vicinity OF the relay depot. No serious
opposition Of any character has beset the
troops.
The first companies to arrive IN the city
were CompanyK k of the Eighth Regiment
from Nashville, and Company II Of the Fifth,
from Decatur and were temporarily quar-
tered In the railroad branch Of the Young
the relay depot. The crowd offered little