Daily Republican., 1886-04-12
THE WESTERN RIOTS.
Irritating the Deputies-Firing of the
Deputies Into the Crowd-One
Of the Killed.


AFTERNOON by deputy sheriffs In the
varde of the louisville and Nashville
Railroad, In East 81. Louis, began at
20 o. IN. yesterday. The frst witness
vas Joseph Mitchell, formerly In the
employ OF the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad, He was on the broadway
crossing ct the time the shooting began;
saw about ten deputies ON the Louis.
ville and Nashville trestle; saw no
| a ones thrown, but heard the crowd |
| n .ll the deputies names and laugh ct
Itoem. A little man, who appeared to
II bA the leader, told the crowd 70 disperse, |
and then q minute after fired into them,
and a man standing near telegraph
pole fell. The crowd then turned and
Iran. and all the deputies hred into
them. Robert McGarrahan, locomo-
tNye engineer, said he WAS standing on
the bridge when the deputies came on
The man who fired the first shot was
named Hewlett, he thought. When
Ithey reached the trestlo he shouted out:
l.tGet OH tnat crossing; every one OF you
oat now or We will kill half q dozen OF
tyou." The crowd yelled at this, and
the man who Rad been talking came
Iout and said: "I am q deputy sheriff,
land / want you all 10 disperse." Then
IOhi cers Dalton aud Mahoney stepped
lin front of tho crowd, holding mp their
Hands, as IL TO warn the deputies not TO
lahoot. This little leader then fred
right into the crowd. James M. Kel.
! logg, an engineer, said: II was ON the
spot for half an hour before the shoot
IinR; cav the coal train pull out; after
that about 10 deputies gathered on the
Itrestle and the crowd yelled "Seabs"
land "Rats."
Then a little man, who seemed to be
lth leader OF the deputies. stepped out
and yelled: "Get out OF that crossing,
Ievery one Of you am deputy mar
= Ishai !" and he showed q star he put
his gun 10 his shoulder twice, and the
Hast time he pointed Ut Officer Ma
lhon ,y's breast he then turned the gun
Towards ano her man and fred, and the
Imam ftl'. The foreman, the man they
(call the Cowboy" then came at this
ltime with his gun pointed at the Gro Wd,
Iwho yelled, and the little man again
lsaid "I am q deputy marshal, and
want you to disperse. He then almost
Instantly fired his gun aud killed INT
man standing near the telegraph pole
- The Cowboy" fred second, then gav'
, his gun to somebody else, and puliini
1.-Two revolvers fred iudiscriminatell
1.-The people left the bridge he turned hi
freyoIyers toward the Green Tree taverI
land wounded Mrs. Peiffer at his hrs
fire.
Four or five other witnesses were On
anined, but their testimony was OF th
same general tenor as the above. Al
agreed that Hewlett fred the first shol
and most OF them said that NO stone
were thrown and that there was n
provocation for the shooting, other tina
the yelling and jeerins OF the cTowc
The INQUEST will continue TO morrow.
ST. LOUIS, April 11.-Mr. Bailey an
y 1o.ber members of the General Execu
\ Tive Board % well as prominent loci
knights of Labor, state quite emp6at
cally that the deputy sheriffs who hrt
on the people In East Bt. Louis on Eft
day will be prosecuted 70 the full extel
rv of the Law; that plenty OF money WI
y be forthcoming for that purpose, an
to that the best legal talent ootainapie WI
be employed. Large amounts OF mons
are coming here now to relieve wha
ever distress may exist among strikiI
Knights.
At o festival given here by Il
as Knights of Labor last night, for u
Ily benefit of the strikers, Mr.. T. B. Brow
Ay tof New York, one of the orators of q
ut order, used the following languap
I"Now, in conclusion, word about Z
Oh strike. Let me say that the Genei
Executive Board of the knights
Labor have entered into the strike ~
we are going to win. We are going
win this strike IL 1t takes all the
sources of the order to insure succe
L lat is the aize OF II, and they g
make their minds up 10 that.
this strike, the men who work for I'd
roads will not be able to call their 30
= their own. They will be as bad as
coAchman of jay Gould. They dr.
In him up like o monkey ON An org
laughter1, aud On his hat is cocka
which shows that he Is slave; that
where he waits TO get the men
work on his railroads. We must
this strike, and after this there
Inever be another strike on any railr
l, Isyktem In the United States. 1t
be a lesson TO Jay Gould, showing
that he cannot crush the life out OF
employees.
KANSAS CITY, April 11.-Fifl
section men on the Missouri Pas
Railroad above Wyandotte quit W
yesterday, presumably on account
threats made by the strikers. A Tel
comes from Argentine, across the I
river, that two Knights OF Labor
ployed on the Atchison, Topeka
m Santa Fe Road there were disohsI
w. yesterday. The officials explaDa
of the reason of the discharge, IL is 6
5 and was not satisfactory TO the workn
and they threatened to strike. No &C
of that, however. had taken place
o late hour last night.
EAST ST LOUIS, Ills April 10,
m.-Reports from every portion OF
a lofty show that absolute quiet has
CT vailed up to that hour. The bust
stre.ts are deserted, and no arrests
occurred of trespassers upon the
Q CON. road property.
etveen The night Ia stormy, rain havin
"A thar In about 9 O'Clock and is still IA
s been steadily.
IN fu- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ills, April H.
a inat day has peen one of absolute q
IpSWmso General Reese, with his forcs incrs
efal al. by the seven additional comp
ers. which arrived last night and early
'ference morning, has beer able to syBte
IL mer lca!ly cover every strategic point In
lefty, and any fear which may
been felt from the torch of the inc
ary has almost entirely ceased.
matter of fact, the alarm which
ct meatod the city before the arriy
Del. the troops has lessened, and it Is
believed that the worst Is over.
ST. LOUIS, April 10-The body
E. Thompson, who was shot b.
r.s East ST. LOUIS deputy sherifs y
6s day afternoon, on the bridge, diet
'aetuf nd ers evening at 7.35, at tho City hoi
uEtoma,sI and was taken 10 the mOrgue b