Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-10
NINE SLAIN AT ST. LOUIS.
TWO OR THREE OTHERS PROB.
ABLY FATALLY WOUNDED.

Deputy Sheriffs Fire Upon and Tempo
rariIy Dispense a Mob Advancing on
the Louisville ard Nashville Railroad
Yards-RalIy of the Mob and Cries
for Vengeance,
ST. LOUIS. April 9.-Tbe guards sta
doned at the Louisville and Nashville
wards. near Broadway, fired into crowd
of 500 strikers at about 2:30 O'Clock this
afternoon. six men and one woman were
shot. -Four Of the men were killed, and
the woman is supposed to be mortally
wounded. The killed are:
Pat Driscoll, an employe Of the water
works, and not a striker.
Oscar Washington, a painter.
John Bohman, a water works laborer,
not a striker.
T. L. PhOmpton.
Mai. Richman was shot in the head and
shoulder, and will probably die.
Mrs. John Pieiher was shot in the back,
and is probably mortally wounded.
An unknown man was shot at the bridge
approach.
FIRED on FOR JEERING.
The crowd had made no attack upon
.he yards, but were standing at the Caho-
kia bridge, near the Louisville and Nash
vile yards, ieering at the guards,
when, without the slightest appar-
emit prOvOcatiOn, the deputies lev
eed their rifles and tired two
v0leys. The crowd immedi ately sepa-
rated. running in all directions, and the
deputies ran over the CahCkia bridge
toward the Mississippi river bridge, still
ho1din0 fbnFs rfHae HrtnnH d
their retreat. When it was known by the
strikers that the guards had fed the for
mer returned to recover their dead. The
crowd. after the firing began. ran up
Broad way shouting, ''rO arms! To arms
We will get guns and return that tireW
Women and children ran out OF their
houses and met them in The streets weep
ing and wringng their hands.
SWEARING TO BE REvENGED.
After the crowd returned to the scene
and the excitement had abattd several OF
the leading strikers drew their revolvers
and swore that they would drive all the
deputies out OF the city even at the loss
OF their own lives. In the stampede
which followed the first vOlley from the
rifles of the deputies, one man, whose
name is unknown, was forced from the
CahOkia creek bridge and killed His
body has not yet been recovered. The
deputies who did the shooting, eight in
numb Der, went to the Third district police
station IN this city and surrendered them
selves and were taken to the tour courts
where they were taken into custody and
were relieved of their arms. They say
the crowd began firing into them first and
that they simply returned the ire.
BEGINNING THEIR RETALIATION.
After the first firing was over and the
strikers had become bent on revenge,
number Of them armed them selves with
revOlvers and advanced on the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad yards, where they
surprised the deputies on guard aud fired
into them, killing one. The greatest eX-
element now prevailed in East st. Louis
and the strikers fast armed themselves
and seemed determined to ayenge the
death of those of their number so wan
tOnly slain, as they say. The local eNecu-
tive committee OF the knights Of Labor
were on the scene attempting to restrain
the men and trying to persuade them 30
meet in Flannigan's hall, W mere they de-
sired to advise them against all further
violence. The men refused, however, 10
meet them, claiming that they would be
surrounded by deputies and fired upon
again.
A MEETING HELD.
A mass meeting of strikers, however,
was held in front of the city nall, and the
men with difficulty were restrained by
their leaders from advancing in body
upon the different railroad yards and al
lacking the deputies on guard.
At 1885 O'Clock guards OF police were
stationed at each approach OF the bridge
connecting with East st. Louis, and no
one was allowed to pass over.
Gov. Oglesby, Of Illinois, ordered out
eight companies OF militia. some OF the
troops arrived IN East st. Louis tonight
Messrs. Bailey and Iayes, of the Execu-
tive Board, and p. b. Brown, a prOmi-
nent knight. spoke at the meeting held in
front of the city hall, and appealed to the
knights to obey the laws of tine country,
and TO rigidly observe all the principles
OF the order.
THE OUTBREAK UNPRECEDENTED.
The outbreak seems TO have been wholly
dnpremeditated. The men had been busy
IN all the Yards with but slight inter-
ierences until noon, and IL was thought
that the day would pass without any
demonstrations by the strikers. and that
1t would be recorded as one Of the quetest
since the strike began. AT that hour,
however, number Of strikers. without
apparently having formed any precOn-
certed plan, congregated at the
relay depot and BEGAN dis
cusion OF the general situation.
nc AiAiH IdHHeu AnelT NUMBER was aug
mented until the original knot ofmen I'M
creased TO fully 200. The discussion
became animated and the crowd more
aemonstratiYe until some one proposed
mat they 90 10 the Louisville and Nasn-
vile yards and drive out the men ew-
ployed there. The cry OF "On TO the
Nashville yards" was caught mp aud the
crowd advanced As they proceeded their
number again increased, some joining
lhe MOB simply as spectators, while 9th
FRS We're in full sympathy with the move
ment, until from 300 90 400 men were adj
Fanclng toward the yards.
swARNGNG THE YARDS,
Arriving there they swarmed into the
Yards aud persuaded the men at work to
uesert their posts. The crowd renamed
IN the Yards for some time, and although
considerable excitement prevailed, nOviO-
lence was resorted TO. just at this time,
however, Louisville ana Nashville
lrelrht train was slowly passing.
guarded by eight deputy sherla5 armed
with Winchester ri1es. Crowds OF
men, women and children had con-
kregated on Broadway, where the
Louisville and Nashville tracks cross
me street, and also upon the Broadway
railway bridge which spans Cahokia
creek, and In the open space % the east
Just as this tram reached the Broadway
crossing the trouble began. The crowd
on the bridge began 20 yell and jeer at the
omcers.and IL IN asserted that stones were
lhfoWn which struck TWO or three Of them