The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-05-13

the nedQ WITH b Drick anu tuo IlSHb manu- OF
Kaiser was crushed by a stone. The patrol
wagons of the Lake street, Twenty-second
street, Harrison street and Desplaines street
stations followed each other in quick sue
ceSsion.
Although the rioters had been driven
from the Mccormick works they still
lined Blue Island avenue from Robey
street to Western avenue. As the pa
troll wagons dashed through the lines,
they were made the targets for all kinds of
missiles. The officers were compelled to
duck their heads to escape injury. When
the last patrol wagon had emptied its load
at the factory, Captain ODonnel ordered
that the streets be cleared. The 200 officers
were again drawn up in line and commanded
to make the charge. In the midst of an an
noying fire the men left the yards and
plunged right and left. Revolvers cracked
continuously, and occasionally the loud re-
port of a blunderbuss or ancient shotgun
loaded with slugs split the air.
-Four strikers dropped during the charge,
'wo of them being shot through the groin.
They were picked up by comrades and
borne away before the police could overtake
them. One of the victims was a boy. He
was shot while in the act of throwing a
stone. Five men caught him as he fell and
bore him to the car barns where he called
for a drink of water. 1t was given him
and. then he moaned piteously and begged
to be taken home. An express wagon was
comrades would not give his name.
After the streets in the vicinity of the
Mccormick works had been cleared the OBJ
jectionable scabs employed there were
marched out into Blue Island avenue and
told that they would be escorted to their
homes by the police. They were pale and
their knees knocked together as they walked.
One hundred officers were placed on either
side of the scabs and in this position they
marched to the city. AS they passed a high
board fence near the entrance to the Nc
Cormick yards an old man with a gun
nearly six feet long crept to one corner of
the barrier and dropped on his knees. He
then took deliberate aim at one of the Off
GERS and fired. The charge went wide of its
mark and tore a hole as large as a mans
hand in a board standing near the street.
The aged Anarchist then skunk out of sight.
As the procession marched east on Blue
Island avenue the walkers were jeered in a
most exasperating manner. Women, with
bare arms and red handkerchiefs tied about
their heads, screamed imprecations from
| windows; children hid behind chimneys and
pelted pebbles and eggs at the objects of
| their venom and from time to time bricks
and stone were hurled at officers and
''scabs'' by men secreted in attics of the
many small buildings on the line of march.
When the procession reached the corner
of Ashland and Blue Island avenue fully
sixty thousand people were massed along
these tlorOughfares and upon the hOusetOps.
The cry of ''rats'' and 'Scabs' was con-
tinuous and deafening. At times the officers
were compelled to charge to the right and
left in order that the procession might pass.
The women were even more O~bstreperous
than the men. They ran out into the gut
tiers and shook their fists and spat at the
scabs. The latter tried to smile but they
could not. They Rugged each other as
though they expected to be swept way by
some unknown agency
At five o'clock the fag-end of the process
sion reached the Blue Island avenue viaduct.
But seven scabs remained, the rest having
been escorted to their home by details from
the ranks of the officers. Those who re-
manned were now taken charge of by four
officers and a moment later were lost to
sight among the buildings on Rebecca street.
During the riot five strikers were shot,
two fatally. -Four officers we're slightly in
jured and assistant superintendent G. j.
Bewby, of the Mccormick works, was hit
| with a stone in the face and badly hurt
ST. LOUIS, May An response to an
earnest appeal from the citizens committee,
to which is added a letter from the members
of the Curtin Committee. the General Execu-
tive Board of the Knights of Labor last
night issued an order to the members now
the various lines in East st. Louis, to return
to work to-day. The following is the cor
~respondence:
SOUTHERN HOTEL.
ST. LOUIS, May ]. 1885.
To the Genera Executive Board Knights
of Labor of America:
The testimony taken to-day by the Con-
| Rnnn1nGiUa1v that varv Snr.n11S l0G9pa tn the
commercial, agricultural and other interests
of the entire country have resulted from
belonging to the Southwestern system and
other railroads in the States of Illinois.
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, and
that by reason of sad troubles large num-
Der of persons not directly connected there
with have been thrown out of employment.
in regard to the causes which produced this
lamentable condition Of affairs or to in
dtSate where the blame Lies la1s,v for its s
in our power n the endeavor to
Commercial Ren PROSPERITY 5ers't to the n eitIaens of the
country, and particularly of the five States
above named, we do hereby respectfully.
but earnestly request you, as American citi-
zens, having. the welfare of our common
country at heart. to advise. through the
proper official channels, a discontinuance of
the strike. upon the ia ways heretofore
mentioned, and to leave the question whether
the employees or the officers of the corpora
L ouo "CtO thO OSiolOh thdt
public opinion may form when the Congress
sional Committee. which has that matter
under investigation shall nave completed its
work. Feeling assured that a compliance
with this request will merit for your boards
and for those who may act in conformity
with your counsel. the appreciation of the
people OF the United States, we remain your
obedient servants.
A. G. CURTIN,
W. H. GRAIN,
JAMES Fl. CULTIVATE,
A. K. PARKER
mi BUCHANAN,
j. W.. STEwART.
HURsT's HOTEL,
ST. LOUIS, May 2, 1886.
To Hons. A. g. Curt n, w. II. Grain, James H.
Cultivate, A. x. Parker, James Buchanan
and ]. w. Stewart
GENTLEMEN-Your communication of May
l was placed before the joint executive
board and the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the communication from the
Congress Onal Committee be received and
their request granted.
The time for calling the strike off be left
to the General Executive Board. In view OF
country is suffering and the Knights of Labol
having the interest of the whole people at
heart Willingly comply with the request . Of
citizens committee of st. LOUIS, declare this
strike at an end, to take effect Tuesday
Trust ng that this action will meet with the
approval of the public and assist in bringing
capital and labor into closer relationship, we
iSiio II WI -
The General Executive Board of the knights
of Labor. JOIN W. HAYS.
New YORK, May An accordance with
the apparent general understanding among
labor unions for the Inauguration of an
eight-hOur movement on May 1, the en-
ployes in several branches of trade yester
day demanded shorter hours at the rate OF
wages heretofore received. The walters in
the employ of a number of the first-class
restaurants, hotels, ETC., demanded shorter
hours and succeeded in most cases in obtain.
ing them. Seven hundred %furriers, all
members of the union, demanded eight
hours. Fifty firms are involved and they
are considering the question. No strikes Oh
lock-outs we're reported in the building
trade. The men in several of the marble
yards are out for the enforcement of a nine
hour rule, and it is believed they will be
conceded in their demands. The employee.
of the principal piano factories demanded
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