Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
A BLOODY DAYS WORK.
Five Mcn and a Woman Shot in St.
Louis Tho Strike Becoming
Serious.

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81. LOUIS, April 9.-Until noon
to-day there were no indications OF
disorder at the railroad yards
in East ST. Louis. About thai
hour, however, a number of the
strikers gathered AT the Relay de
pot and began a discussion OF the
general situation. AS time passed
their number increased to fully two
hundred. The discussion became
animated, and the crowd more
demonstrative, until some one pro-
posed that they should 90 to the
Louisville and Nashville yards and
drive out the new men employed
three. The cry of "On to the
Nashville yard y was caught up,
and the crowd advanced. AS it
proceeded its numbers increased,
some joining the crowd simply as
spectators, while others were in full
sympathy with the movement until
iIom 300 TO 100 persons were adj
vancing toward the yards.
Arriving there, they swarmcd in
TO the yards and persuaded the
men, at work TO desert their posts.
just at this time a Louisville and
Nashville freight tram was slowly
passing, guarded by eight deputy
sheriilS armed with Winchester
rifles. Crowds Of men, women and
children had congregated on Broad.
way, where the Louisville and
Nashville tracks cross the street,
and also upon the Broadway bridge
which spans the CahOkia creek,
and in the open space to the east.
Just as this train reached the
Broadway crossing the trouble
began. The crowd on the bridge
began to yell and jeer at the off.
GERS, and 1t is asserted stones were
thrown, which struck two or three
of them, and it is also said that a
pistol was discharged.
The deputies Immediately level.
ed the rifles and fired two volleys
in the crowd on the bridge. -Four
men fell dead and one woman was
mortally wounded.
The greatest eXcitemen immedi-
atCly prevailed and pandemonium
relgned. The crowd fled in every
and when the deputies
realized how fearful was the result
OF their fire, they sought means of
escape by rushing for the bridge,
with view of fleeing to this city.
At the bridge tower, on the east
side, they were met by Mayor Joyce,
City Clerk CAVITY and a third man
who seized the deputies guns and
cndeavOred TO turn them back. One
OF the deputies, in his terror, fred
upon the trio, killing man named
{. E. Thompson, who stood be-.
tween Joyce and CAVITY. Some
shots were fired by the remaining
deputies at the approaching strik.
crs. aud all started over the bridge.
The scene on the bridge was one
OF The widest confusion and
excitement. Coal teams and other
teams with wagons were galloping
westward, and their drivers shout.
ing 10 all pedestrians and team
STEERS TO run back. Women and
men on foot were running toward
the city aud waving back all they
met, while Immediately beheld
came the deputies, pursued by the
vanguard OF the crowd from East
ST. Louis. One Of the frightened
guards threw his gun into the
river, while another hid his weap.
on IN wagon that was in full re-
treat.
On arriving in this city the dep.
rites went at once to the Chestnut
street police station, where they
surrendered TO the sergeant in
charge, and we're taken to the Four
Courts, where they were placed in
custody.
About half an hour after the
shooting an excited and angry mob
gathered IN the square between the
City Hall and the police station.
\ man named Dryer, gambler,
in no way connected with the strike
became centre Of a crowd, who
chcered the incendiary state
ments which he uttered. He urged
the men to ",hang and killn, and
was in the midst of an appeal to
the mob to follow him to the Ohio
and Mississippi depot to "hunt for
deputy sheriils,' when John w.
member Of the general
executive committee, Knights of
Labor, VI. O'NeIll and Knight of
Labor Brown arrived from this side.
Mr.. Brown mounted the stairs
leading to the station and yelled
at the mob for attention, but the
Infatuated men answered him with
''llang the cursp "Kill them y
Mr.. Hayes, who was standing at
Mr.. Browns side, turned to a prom
minent knight and asked him to
Mr.. Brown to the mob as
the representative of the general
executive committee. The man re-
pied IN ii frightened manner, "If |
DO they'll hang me.D Brown turn
rd on him and said, eyes il you
don't they ought to hang yon.7
Then turning to the mob, which
kept up the cry to "Kill kill and
bum " Brown began an impassion.
ed appeal Tor quiet, law and order,
and by the sheer force of his earn
estneSs rlveted the attention OF the
crowd, but only for a few minutes
at time, for they would break
away from the spell of his elo-
luence and take up their revolu.
ilonary yells.
Mr.. Brown said : "NIen and
Brothers-l'or Gods sake keep
lulet. | implore you, in the name
Of humanity, in the name of the
great order Of the knights of Labor
n the name Of every law, both of
The order and Of your country, to
restrain yourselves and do no VIC.
cnce. Remember that you are our
sworn brothers. DO not forget that
on are knights and that you are
pledged to obey the laws of the
order anc the commands of your
committeeman
At this point Dwyer broke in
Yes, why don't you talk for Jay
iould and be done with it. They |
'hot our men down, and you ask us
o be quiet. | say, hang them.p
The crowd took up the words,