, 1886-04-10

shouting to all pedestrians and teamster
to turn back. Women and men on foo
were running toward the city and waviuI
back all they met. while Immediately be
hind came the deputies, pursued by tn
vanguard Of the crowd FROM East St
Louis. One Of the frightened guard
threw his gun intothe river. while anotheI
hid his weapon in a wagon that was il
full retreat. On arriving in this city tn,
deputies went at once to the Chestnut
street police station, where. after stating
the facts, they surrendered to the sergeant
in charge and were taken to the fouI
courts, where they were placed in custody
after giving the following names: p. G..
Hewlett, John Hague, Sam Jones, John
+. Williams, G. Luster. Stewart Martin,
George Marnell and w. +. Laird.
About half an hour after the shooting an
excited and angry mob gathered in the
square between the city hall and the police
station. A man named Dryer. a gambler,
in no way connected with the strike, be-
came the center Of a crowd, who cheered
the incendiary statements which he ut
tered. He urged men to Hang and
kill' and was in the midst Of an appeal
to the mob to follow him to the Ohio x
Mississippi depot to hunt for the deputy
sheriffs. when John W. Hayes, a mem
Der of the general executive committee of
the Knights Of Labor and Knight of
Labor Brown arrived from this side. Nj.
Brown, who travels with the general
board in the capacity of the Knights of
Labor organizer, mounted the stairs lead
ing to the police station and yelled at the
mob for attention, but the Infatuated men
answered him with Hang the cunel"
Kill thcml' Mr.. Hayes, who was
standing at Mr.. Browns side
turned to a prominent knight and asked
him to introduce Mr.. Brown to the mob
as the representative of the general exec
utive committee. The man replied in a
frightened manner, IF l do they will
hang me-" Brown turned on him and
said, Eyes, if you don't they ought to
hang you" Then turning to the mob,
which kept up the cry to Kill, kill and
burn" Brown began an imprisoned ap
peal for quiet, law and order. and b. sheer
force Of his earnestness riveted the atten-
ton of the crowd, but only for a few min
utes at a time, for they would break away
from the spell Of his eloquence and take
up their revolutionary yells. He said:
Men and brothers, for Gods sake keep
quiet, | implore you. In the name of
humanity, in the name of the great order
of Knights of Labor, in the name of
every law. both of our order and
of your country, restrain your
selves and do no violence. Re
member that you are our sworn
brothers, do not forget that
you are knights and pledged to
obey the laws of the order and the com
mands Of your committee men,"
At this point Dryer broke in with
YES, why don't you talk for Jay Gould
and be done with it. They shot our men
down and you ask us to be quiet. | say
hang them" The crowd took up the
words. crying burn, kill and shoot"
Brown pointed his finger at Dryer and
asked him. ARE you a knight of Labor.
Dryer lodged the question and yelled on
kill the brutes." Are you all Knights
of Labor, | ask ?" said Brown. NO"
answered Dryer, but I'm with them on
everything you can be-" II knew that
no knight would talk as you do. Again,
brothers, | appeal to you to be calm and
dispense to your homes. If you will not
obey our laws, remember that you
are foresworn. that you are
no longer knights of Labor. Brothers, l
beg of you, do nothing rash. What, oh
what. will the Knights of the country
think of your Oh. what will the whole
world think of our great order2 Don't
forget how hard we worked to build up
our order. Oh. do not tear it down to
ruins by one rash act. All the men who
incite you to strife are not true Knights
Of Labor. They are worse than the de-
t~ectives Of the railroads who are trying to
hunt you down. Shun them; shun
them as you would a murderer"
While Mr.. Brown was speaking Com
mitteeman Hayes walked excitedly up
and down the platform, exclaiming in a
despairing manner: "0h. my God, my
God; | wish this had not happened.
His eyes were watery; he was almost cry
ing, and when he addressed the mob after
Browns harangue his voice failed,
and he was obliged to pause
for utterance. Hayes speech was
Of the same tenor as Browns, as was also
that OF Mr.. O'Neil, who followed Hayes.
Casper Heep, another prominent knight.
who had arrived in the meantime, was
busy among the crowd trying upon the
more excited individuals arguments which
the committeeman were urging from the
platform. After awhile the temper Of the
mob cooled down and they dispersed with
threats to svenge the deaths caused by
the deputies.
Mayor Joyce, after his encounter with
the deputies on the bridge. when he at
tempted to arrest them in their fight,
went through the excited crowds to his
Office. He attempted to calm the men,
but found it useless. Streets and side
walks were blocked with men, women and
children, who rushed in every direction.
Reaching his Office about an hour after the