Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-11
Quists tho Mofl, and the Citizens
Recover From ths Panic.
The Shooting by the Deputies De-
sCribsd BY the Sheriff.
Mr.. Powdsrly Explains His Utter
ancs Regarding Powder and Ball
That Should Be Furnished Strikers
to Fight tbs Troops.


to Fight tbs Troops.
EAST ST. L)UIs, Ill, April lO.-About
$50 o'clock Ice: night, people passing on
the bridge Esar the Louisville and Nash
vile depot, discovered smoke curling up
from the yards. a few moments later, a
small fame could be seen issuing from q
box car located only q short distance from
the Louisville and Nashville depot, and in
the scenter Of train with cars on the tracks
on each side. Some OF the bystanders rsn
to the bridge oGiies snd procured the hose.
They had Just fastened It upon the hydrsnt
when the nig h; superintendent Of the bridge
arrived on toe ccrqe and instructed the
men to pay TO attention 70 the burning
cars, but merely to protect the bridge. By
this time the flames from the burning cars
were shooting up into the air srd were Eisi'
Die all over the entire city. Some person
ran I'd to the Relay depot, where the troops
we're uuartered, Gad ipf1-msd than OF the
facts. Company Il, Filth Regimen, from
Decatur qgsrtsred il the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms, was ordered
to the scene OF tie coGhsgratiou. They
immediately fell in line, ard under the
command Of Captain Ftank Wells, marched
joxn the Track, double quick time. Ar
riving at toe Ere they surrounded lhs burn
iEc Gaze. acd a.., sed no outsiders around
them b tbs .ine quite q crowd had
collected on the bridge, mostly composed
ofsnfkers. hut they took things rather
coollv acl weye very qaies. Major Joyce
arrived on t6s scene at about the came
time and sent in az alarm calling out three
engines OF the Fire Department OF this
city, which quickly responded snd prevent
ed the fire from consuming more than the
one car in which !, originated, ba. not be
lore their hose hal bseu cut by some one
Of the crowd.
AN THEIR BLALG
jus. as tae ab),e ire vas got under
good headIsy big 5'az' wal discovered
in the direction o. :hs rouqdhouse Of the
Cairo Short Lire. a6oa. mile and q half
to the southeast. Tns crowd Saa down the
track to this pll,a. wb.7 t vas found that
three box cars sad cga caboose on the
Cairo Short Linz ;racts were euveloped in
flames Tas cars wsre surrounded by q
sroEd num5=rin; perhaps two hundred
people. bvt tGsy we're orderly and made no
disturbance. Tla csbo) bel)ngDd to
the Yarda.:a Inc, w6.a the box cars were
one Of the Ray'iry.eu and Missouri River,
a Chicago. BathUg;oI and Quincy, sad
CHICAGO. Milwaukee and 81. Paul, all
empty. They we're oil totally destroyed.
OIL SHEDS BURNING.
At 1910 o'clock the vatchnsn at the
yards OF tds CAIRO Short Line detected
another fce iu the oil sheds, which imme-
dia,ely burst forth and eu7e!oped the build
ing 10 Hsmes. IL was q conmodious
wooden sructu-e, rendered additionally IN
Aanus5ls by the oil With which the floor
was saturated TRs Sre. fed by barrels OF
oil, swept westward, Gn5 IL teS moments
one OF c long tsail Of freight cars cn the
nearys, track caught 6re The wind, which
had been driving the flames in the drec-
ton cE toe round house aud shops, grew as
she intensi.y Of the flames increased. The
Are crsp, along 70 the main buildings and
spreaS 70 aUo.hsr Of the cars, Ehic seps
rated il tIo1 the shops Only few mo
nen,s elapsed before the flames leaped to
the next pSrsllel track, ana iG 9 short time
the e9urs t-aiu Os twentS.Eye cars Has
consumed The Ere ia The round house
aud machine shops. in the usAGl!me, had
nos bsen pat out despite the siTlrts OF the
GreneU The latter worked under great
difficulties, ilc no sooner Eould they get
4 Eoe OF hose IL position and ksye astream
OF wster plaJiug OS the 6,e, than some one
would Sg,gst7 .En CIT fTOEs the crowd and
cut the hose The flames, therefore, made
rspIi hss5say, sl3 in sho-s time t6e
round ho1ss aud mackins shops, combined,
we're destroyed.
N1RE CARS BURNING.
4 fourth 6ca started in the Cairo Short
A'ue lumoe= yards where q lot oi dimsn-
zion tiB0sr for car construction was piled
There wsrs silo number o. cars standing
40 close proximity gni theT also comnsnc,
ed 20 blaze and the CsyS Eare soon destroy.
ed. Ano;ber oiaza shot up Ia the vicinity
OF tas southern CGd OF the CSiro yards,
where s50r' seive cars belonging to diff
tsrent RAILROADS, aud these, too, were
burned 10 the ground The ST. Louis
hse department was GesS Sc hand and
could readily have exsiTguished the IRE il
the crowd would have permittsd them to
DO 30. They had got tbs flames under
eoatrol at the second FIRE, and would have
eeEungaished it if they had not heen inter
tered with Sy the strikers.
FiEENES FsISgrENkD OFF.
Aooat IRIS a. N. Assistant Chief Gross
SNs directing the Efforts Of his men il
Their s;teup. TO stay the flames, when be
Wss approached by s s!riksr, who said: "a
want to speak to you.
Mr.. Gross ssld ne would give him hls at
tenaon IN 8 moment, and allowed hinsel
TO b led from the b1-ning cars. Tht
stnker said he represented a eommittel
which had been instructed to inform thl
Eire Department that they we're not want
Cd u East S. Louis. The Assistant Chic
explained that be had responded to thr
call Of duty.
Did you come here By the authority o
mayor Joyeey Esked tha mouthpieee O