Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-04-10

bill was taken up, and at 100 the bill was
passed without substantial amendment
yeas SO, nays Is.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
| The House soon after assembly under
special order proceeded to the consideration
of bills reported from the Committee on
| Commerce.
The Reign Of Terror in St. Louis-Railroad Prop
| erty Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, April 10.-The Executive
Board of the knights of Labor, when the
news of the shooting reached them, pro-
vncded at once I O East st. Louis and there
| nnfcrred with number Of citizens and got
the general opinion as 10 the affair. After
advising everyone against violence tho board
returned to this side and prepared the fol-
lowing telegram and sent it ont as an cx.
preston Of the Boards opinion Of the affair:
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April ., 1856
To Jny Gouid, Ncr York.
The following ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
many Of the leading papers of the seventh
| instant:
louisville And NASHVILLE RAILROAD Co,
OFFICE AGENT, April Is, 1886.
Ten good men from here wanted deputy
rnarshals al East st. Louis to protect Louisville
and Nashville employees. Five dollars per day
and board will Inc paid. Also number of plat
form men can he given employment. only m"l
Tho hare liy ~ grit and mran business need apply.
Apply at once Il. $. GESrSG, Agent.
How well this advertisement has been an
swered is seen by their work of to-day in
East st. Louis. Six men and one woman
were murdered by those who had plenty Of
grit AMI mcam business. Ry your actions IN
refusing the peaceful negotiations solicited
by the board of arbitration you and yon alone
must b. held responsible bythe Worid for the
Tires Of these innocent peopic.
JOHN W. HAYES,
Per order Of the board.
Abon, $50 o'clock last night people pas
sing or tho bridge near the Louisville Il
Nashville depot, discovered smoke curling
up from tho yards. A few moments later
4 small flame could ba seen issuing from n
box car located on y i short distance from
the Louisville & Nashville depot, and in
the centre cfA train with cars on the tracks
on each side. Some OF tho bystanders ran
20 the bridge office and procured the hose.
| They had just fastened il upon the hydrant,
when the night superintendent oClhc bridge
arrived on tho scene and instructed the
men to pay no attention to the burning aars,
| hut merely to protect the bridge. BY this
limo The flames from the burning car were
shooting up into the air, and were visible
all over the entire city. Some person ran
up TO the Relay depot, where the troops
were q,iartere,i, aud informed them Of the
facts. Company II, 9Th regiment, from De-
catur, quartcre,f in the Young Mems Christ
ian Association rooms, was ordered to tho
scene of the connagration. They immsdi-
ately fell il line, and under the command
of Capt Frank Wells, marched down tho
track, double quick time. Arriving mt the
fire, they surrounded tho burning cars, and
allowed 10 outsiders around them. By this
time. quite crowd had collected on The
bridge. mostly composed OF strikers but
they took .hinSs rather cooly and were very
quiet.
Mayor Joyce arrived on the scene at about
the same time and sent in an alarm, calling
out three engines Of the lire department of
This city, which quickly responded and pre-
vented the fire from consuming more than
the ono car in which it originated, but not
before their hose had been cut by some one
Of the crowd. lust as the above fire was
got under control, Il big blaze was discov-
cred in the direction OF the round house Of
the Cairo Short Line, about n mile and u
half 10 tho southeast. This crowd ran down
the track; to this place, when it was found
that three box cars and one cabooso OH tho
Cairo Short Line tracks were enveloped in
flames The cars were surrounded by a
crowd numbering perhaps two hundred
people, bui they were orderly and made no
disturbance. The caboose belonged to the
Van'lali:, Line, while the box cars were,
one Of them Burlington and Missouri River,
IL Chicago Burlington and Quincy, and a
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, all empty.
They were all totally destroyed. At 1210
o'clock the Waterman at tho yards of the
the oil sheds, which Immediately burst
forth and envelopsd the building in flames.
1t was IL commodious wooden structure,
rendered additionally inflammahle by the
oil with which the floor was saturated. The
fire, fed by barrels Of oil, swept westward,
and in few moments one Of Il long train
of freight cars, on the nearest track, caught
lire. The wind, which had been driving the
flames in the direction of the round
house and shops, grew as the intensity
of the flames increased. The fire
crept along TO the main buildings
and spread to another of the cars, which
separated it from the shops. Only few
moments elapsed befoie the danes leaped
to the next parallel track, and in a short
time the entire trim Of about twenty-five
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