Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-11

Harrahan. There were about 500 men
collected around when we got there
Sheriff Roprequet was present and tried
to disperse the crowd, but they would
not listen to him. They ieered at him,
calling him all sorts Of names. Seeing
he could not disperse the crowd the Sheriff
went away.
ADDRESSING THE CROWD.
"Then l commenced talking to the
crowd. | said, Tor Gods sake. men, get
away and save trouble. Look at this
thing nationally. You heard the Sheriff
read the law TO you and you would not
leave l then read the law to some
20 or 30 men who were nearest
me. When l stopped reading
some one in the crowd said, referring to
me: This man is right Others saId:
Pay no attention TO MIN. We don't care
a - for the law. He is a scab' All
that said had no effect upon the crowd.
While some of my men were at dinner MIR.
Sample came 10 me and said: Hewlett,
hurry and get some men to help bring on
the crossing This was about 1880
O'Clock.
URGED TO THE FRONT.
"NIr. Sample came to me again in a few
minutes, and said. Come on. We have
our train at the Broadway crOssing.' We
had E or 7 deputies at the cross
ing to protect the train, and !
started with about u other deputies
to reinforce them. The crowd, when we
got there, was massed on the bridge
over CahOkia creek and on the east side
OF our tracks around the Green Tree
house, and about the Illinois and ST..
Louis passenger platform. There was a
loo .
They Jeered at US and called us every
thing they could think OF. This thing
lasted quite a while until the General
Manager induced the engineer to run the
taain through the crowd with rush.
THREATENE WITH DEATH.
"While we were waiting there at the
crossing to protect the fireman and engi-
neer a striker said to a deputy: You
will never get out of these yards alive
/ said: Il will arrest that man. 1t is my
sworn duty to do it, / took hold OF him
to arrest him and he resisted. He swOre
he would not be arrested and attempted
TO jerk away from me, but / held on to
him. The mob then closed in on me, but
with the assistance Of one OF my deputies
we forced the man Out Of the crowd. |
turned around TO the crowd then and said ::
For Gods sake, men, disperse while
am carrying out the law. Don't perslst'
THE FIRST SHOT.
"Just about that time l heard q pistol
shot to nv rear. 1t sounded like the re-
port from a small pistol, and as quick as
a fash saw a stone coming at my head.
lodged, and it struck me on the shoulder.
Judge the first shot came from the rear
windows of a barrOOm on The west side Of
the creek. My deputy, KinsleT, says it
came from there. After the first shot was
fred the shooting became general. We
were between two fires, and then noticed
shots coming from the rear barT0Om win
dows. Shots were fired at us from the
east side of the track from a little
house or from coal cars on the
indianapolis and st. Louis track.
The crowd then started west
along the dixie to cut US off by cross
street from our depot. 1 saw this move
ment, and started with my deputies
across our trestie on a run for the depot
and got there in advance of the crowd.
We halted at the depot, and freight men
came and begged for protection, saying
that the strikers would murder every one
of them. | t0ld them TO go to the bridge
and we would protect them"
He then described the scene on the
bridge and the arrival of the deputies in
this city as previously reported.