Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-10
And East st. Louis Assumes a
Warliks Aspect.
Strikers Inflamed by an Incsndiary
Speaker.
And Almost Beyond Control of ths
Knights Leaders.

ST.. LOUIS. April 9.-The four deputy
guards stationed at the l.. & n. yards
near Brosdwsy, fred into crowd of SEQ
strikers about 2:20 o'clock this afternoon.
Five men and one woman were shot,
three Of the men were killed, and the wom-
sn is supposed to be mortslly wounded.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED ARE
PAT BRIsTOL, an employee Of the water
works, and not striker.
OSCAR WASHINGTON, a painter:
JoHS BoAHNAY, q water works lsborer,
not a striker.
MAJOR RIEHNAN.
P. Z. PHoMPToY, shot in the head and
shoulder, will probably die.
Mrs. JOAN PFEFFER, shot in the back
probably MORALLY wounded.
The unknown man was shot at tue bridge
approach. Ths crowd had made no attack
uion the yards, as FIRST reported, but were
standing on Cohokis bridge, Near the
Louisville and Nashville yards, jeering at
the guards. when, without the slightest
apparent provocstion, the deputies levelled
their rifles and fred two volieys. The
crowd immediately separated, running in
all directions, and the deputies IAN over
Cohokia bridge toward the Missouri river
bridges, still holding thsir riass and firing
TO cover their retreat. When it WAS known
By the strikers that the guards had fed the
former returned tore, ,ov r their 6esi. Tlty
found Pat B;istoll and Oscar Washir gton
lying on Cohokjs bf.d,e and
were dead wheu picked up. John Bohmsn
was also found on tie bridge but sac we'd
signs Of life. BE was tsken 10 the switch
house but died in few minu'es. Mrs.
PETER was found lying on ,he isilroad
sbcut q hundred yslds from C,hokis
bridge and was carried BY be, husband to
a drug store on Broadway, near the cross
ing, where she is now in a critical condition.
Major Riehmsn was taken into hotel near
BY where physicians are sow attending him.
Toe crowd after the firing tunnel aud
ran Up Broadway, sbOu;iCg To stm,!
To srmsl 70 arms We will get guns
and return that 6rel'
Women and children ran out Of their
houses and met them in the streets weep
;pS and ETinging their bands. After the
ID returned to the scene and the ex-
-, kAd sbated. Several Of the lead
Sltsn ;ts .,.;Gs-s Rev their reyolvers sa5 swore
~ .pE Stia IN. SorI, IriVs ell the 6epCtis3 out
VI .Esi ~ ~" 81 svan a. - loss Of their own
lines.
TIE pEPUTfEs SURRENDER TO TES FoLl. Re
3:I5P. M.-The dePuties who did ,"s
shooting, eight in number, gent to the
Third district police station in this city and
surrendered themselves and were taken IN
the patrol wagon to the four courts. where
thew were taken into custody. THey say
the crowd began firing into them Grst and
that they simply returned the hre. Alter
the FIRST firing was over aud the strikers
had become bent on
REVENGE.
A number of them armed themselves
with revolEers and advanced on the Ohio
and Mississippi railroad yards, where they
surprised the deputies on guard and bred
into them, killing one. The greatest ex.
element prevails in East *. Louis and
strikers are fast arming themselves and
seem determined to syenge the death o'
those of their number.
The local Executive Committee OF the
Knights Of Labor are ou he scene, 81
tempting to restrain the men and tryine
to persuade them to meet In Flanagan
hall, where they desire TO advise them
against sn further yiolsnes. The men re
i fuse, however, to meet.
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
$50 P. N-Goyernor 0glesby has or
dsred out eight companies Of militia sn'
placed them under orders 10 move Q
once. Some of them srs nov on the
and will be in Esst St. Louis to night
Adiutant General Vance VA! slso srriy
to onight, and every means to sllsy the eE
citement and restore order will be made
Barley Hayes, Of the Executive Board, sn
P. B. Brown, 9 pronounced knight VII
came here with the Board, spoke 81 n
meeting and made an impsssioned apes
to the Knights to obey the laws of tb
country and to rigidly regard sl the laS
and PRINCIPLES of the order.