Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-12
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Gait, spit or buh, 2.l0 l.20
BOX toes, cent per pair, CT.
Green hands in Skowhegan are said to
work from to 30 cents per case less than
prices above quoted. Chairman Wall of the
executive board. district assembly II, Lynn,
said yesterday that the trouble with Keene
Bros was settled, so far as the Knights of
Labor were concerned, although he had not
been officially notified to that effect by the
Knights of Labor of Maine He stated that
all the trouble now existing hinges on the
lasters, and neither the Lynn nor Skowhegan
until settlement with the Lasters' Union
was effected.
ST. LOUIS, April 10.
Unusual'quiet prevails today in the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain railroad
yards on this side of the river. The strikers
around the yards are few in number preserve
perfect order and contne themselves to 4
calm discussion of yesterdays tragedy in East
st, Louis. They all deplore the hasty firing
of the deputies, but admit that the striker.
were partv at fault. They say that they will
profit by the lesson and resort to no violence
in any case. The usual number Of five freight
trains have been sent out today over both the
roads without interference.
L. G. Hewlett, Charles Kinsler, William
7. lister. Sam Jones, John Hague, w. J.
Laird, Stewart Martin, George w. Burdette
and j T. Williams. the East St Louis deputy
sheritfs who surrendered themselves to the
St Louis police after doing the shooting at
Louisville & Nashville crossing on the east
side Yesterday, are still locked up at the Four
Courts. This morning Chief Hartman was
notified by Mayor joyce Of East St. Louis to
hold the men as tugitives from justice till
requsition papers could be secured for them.
They will be held. Mr.. Hewlett. who is
special agent for the Louisville & Nashville
railroad. as we'll as being temporarily dep
uty sheriff. has made statement explaining
the shooting of yesterday. This is corrobo-
rated by the other deputies, and is in sub
stance as follows
''Thursday the strikers captured one of our
deputies and held him about an hour and
halt They let him go and told him they
intended to visit again and do us up.
About 10 O'Clock man who recognized one
as an Odd Fellow came and told us to look
out for serious trouble. | Immediately told
MIR. J. L. Hanahabn. general manager of this
division, and he said he had also been notified
to look out for trouble. | then wrote two
letters to Adj. Gen. Vance, explaining the
situation to him, and sent them to him. A
little before II o'clock while writing the let
ters | was summoned to keep the strikers
from coming into the yards at the east end
| went up there with General Manager Ham
ahahn. There were about 800 men coliecte
around when we got there. Sheriff Ropie-
ouett was present, and tried to disperse the
crowd but they would not listen to him
They jeered at him, calling him all sorts of
| names. Seeing that he could not dsperse
the crowd the sheriff went away. Then
commenced talking to the crowd. | sail
| "For Gods sake men get away and save
trouble Look at this thing nationally. You
| heard the sheriff read the law to you and you
would not leave. Ithen read the law to some
| 20 or 80 men who were nearest me. When
| [ stopped reading someone in the crowd said,
! referring to me This man is right Others
said pay no attention to him. We don't care
a id for the law. He is a scsb.' All that
| | said had no effect upon the crowd. While
some of nv men were at dinner, Mr.. Sample
came to me and said Hewlett, hurry and get
some men to bring on our coal train. There
are 500 strikers at the crossing Thi. was
about 80 o'clock Mr. Sample came to me
again in q few minutes and said: Come on,
we have not got time to eat now; thev have
| halted our tram at the broadway crossing.
We had six or seven deputies at the crossing
10 protect the train, and | started with II
other deputies to reinforce them. The crowd,
when we got there, was massed on the bridge
over Cohokia creek and on the east side of
our tracks around the Green Tree house and
about the Illinois & ST. Louis passenger plat
form. There was great deal of yelling
from the crowd. They jeered at US and call
ed us everything they could think of. This
I think lasted quite while, until the general
manager induced the engineer to run the train
through the crowd with rush. When we
were waiting they were at the crossing to
protect the fireman and engineer, and a
striker said to deputy You will never get
ont of these yards alive | said, Il will ar
rest that man; it is my sworn duty to do it.
took hold of him to arrest him and he re-
sisted. He swore he would not be arrested
and attempted to jerk away from me, but
| held on to him. The mob then closed in on
me- but with the assistance of one of my dep
mites we forced the man out of the crow. |
turned around to the crowd then and said !;
For Gods sake, men. disperse while am
carving out the law; don't persist. Just
about that moment l heard pistol shot to
NV rear. 1t sounded like the report from a
small pistol, and as quick as fash l saw a
stone coming for my head. | lodged and it
struck me on the shoulder. Judge the first
shot came from the rear windows of the bar
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