The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-02

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81. Lou1s, March - THE understand-
ing that another attempt would Be made
By the Missouri Pacific % run out aireight
this morning caused he strikers and
their friends to gather In large numbers
In The Seventeenth street yards q an early
hour. The Eighteenth street bridge Wa
also thIckly lined with men. They r.
mained rather quiet until $3.50, when the
details Of police arrived.
At9:45 the engine that Vas % take ont
the train hove In sight coming down from
Ewing avenue. BY orders frum the chief.
the police then drove the crowd hack on
the tracks and afterWard cleared the
bridge, - Il was feared that the men
would stone the train from that vantage
ground.
Chief Harrigan commanded the police.
Sergeant Hennessy had fourteen men on
the bridge; Sergeant Kiely. ten men un-
der the bridge. and Sergeant Fox ten men
east Of the bridge.
Mayor Francis was an Interested spec
tator of the scene from the bridge.
The engine was No. s27, Thompson,
engineer. and Simmons, fireman. Upon
II was Sergeant Keevil with ten men, and
also Detective Furlong and several OF his
men. All Of the city detectives were pres
ent. Switch engine No. 307 was used In
making no the train. The switching and
coupling was done by Superintendent
Dickinson. Tom Adams. agent 1t Seventh
street. Mr.. Kerrigan. Mr.. Furlong and
Superintendent Of Motive Power Haines,
under the superintendcnce Of Yarimaster
Stillwell. Adams mashed his thumb with
. coupling-pin and was obliged to hunt
up some sticking plaster.
While the police were driving the crowd
back few rocks were thrown, hut no one
was injured BY them. The men cheered
Fu1ong and several Others who were at
work in the yard.
II was claimed that Superintendent
Dickinson tried 10 get the clerks and
other employees In the Central Elevator to
come over and help couple cars, but they
refused.
The Kirkwood accommodation went
out on time and unmolcsted a ten
O'Clock.
Some time was occupied In making mp
the train. so that all was not ready for q
start until nearly eleven o'clock. Adams
acted as conductor. and caused some de-
lay by throwing q switch wrong. The
strikers cheered loudly At this. Tom
Furlong and his men, however, came 70
| the rescue. and with the aid Of wrecking
| frogs got the engine and cars back on the
| track. There were sixteen cars IN the
| train. with one or two policemen on top
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| on the train and two on the engine.
| The fireman Of switch engine 307
| Jumped on and refused TO work any
| longer, and engine 2l0 was substi-
| tuted. The breaking Of a coupling link
| caused another short delay. Yardmaster
Stillweli did most Of the switching.
| Twenty additional policemen were put
| on the train, making nifty altogether, Just
before the start, which was made At Ten
forty-eight O'Clock.
The police kept the crowd back on ths
Missouri Pacific tracks, but not from the
Wabash, and the freight cars Of the latfel
road west OF the bridge we're thickly COW
cred with men. presumably strikers. A
the train pulled out these men climbed
down into the yard and most Of then
dispersed. Sergeant Fox marched hi'
squad Of police away, but . number Q
officers remained 70 see that no damage
was done TO railroad property
The train went along rapidly, and BY IN
the time II had reached Twenty FIRST stree
IL was going AZ the rate Of ten or hftee'
miles an hour, while the crowd on On
cars standing on the track saluted tn
Furlong men with jeers and cries
"rats." ssscabs. etc. A. the train reaches
Ewing avenue crossing one Of the striker
laid an American Gag on the track, bu
the engineer drove his train over
Much Indignation was expressed a M
| bv the crowd at the crossing. A IN
train reached the shops, Just west Q
Ewing avenue. its speed slackened ana
| came TO dead q halt II il said that th
engineer and fireman both jumped on
but other men were Immediately put o
In their places and the train proceede
| west.
After time Pacific City came 70 vIe'
and away up along the track . crow
| could be seen moving about hurriedll
Two or three men broke from the crow
and ran down the road 70 the switch lu'
east Of the town. They fooled aroun
the switch 4 little while and then RI
back. The train slackened up and ID
tective Furlong. Mr.. Ballard, Sheriff A
len and Deputy Sheriff Hacquemburg,
st. Louis County, ran out ahead ~
turned the switch. As they did SO y
strikers ran west "a escape the depu'
sherifF<. for the switch Is In 81. Lou
County and the town Of Pacific y part
In ST. Louis and partly In Franklin Cou'
". Two other switches further we
were also turned and the officers had
run ahead to turn them back. IN one
the frogs a large coupling link had PES
wedged. and there was some diincuity
getting Il out. All the time the detcctis'
were tugging At this obstruction me me
kept 10 bowling and threatening then
"a the train passed through y
town men ran toward the cars on citn'
aide TO catch the pins and dcta'
the cars: A. they approached, boweve
there was an immediate display q pisto
} mon the part Of the men on the trai
some Of the strikers put their hands
J their pistol pockets, too, and picked
} stones and pieces Of iron with which o.
advanced on the cars, hut they we
. covered with pistols and fell back. The
. were probably one hundred men ~ =
crowd Il the depot and all Of them seem
% be angry that the train had pass
them. Il was by mere good fortu
that no shooting was done, ana =
2 train passed out Of the little town q
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