Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-17
FAST ST. LOUIS RIOT.

encounter between the strikers and
DEPUTY sheritI's in which five men
and one woman were shot. Three
men were killed outright, and
another man and a woman were T.
said to be fatally wounded. Tie
Times-Democrat 81. Louis CORES
pondcnt who claims TO have been
among the mob who received the
fire, appears to have been so badly
frightened that he didn't know
what lie was sending to his paper,
but the riot did occur, with the re-
suit as above stated.
The deputy marshals are severe
" censured, and the I'D, dis
patch relates that the presence OF
"these countrymcn with their VIE
chesters was a constant source OF
irritation 10 the STRIKERS" When
il is considered that only "these
countrymcn with their Winches-
tiers" prevented the mob from
cleaning out the yards of the rail
roads few days before, it is safe
to assume that their presence cir
ritated" the strikers.
The I'D, account states that q
man by the name Of John Boner-
after the mob had thrown stones at
the deputies-stooped to pick up a
stone, and as he did SO a deputy
called the "Cowboy" took aim
at him with his Winchester, and
shot him dead. The rest of the
deputies Immediately fred into the
mob resulting as previously stated.
The mob Of course fled: mobs al
ways fee when doctorcd with their
own medicine, and the deputies
caught the infection and fed also.
The courage Of the mob al once re-
turned and they pursued; they shot
one deputy and caught another,
and beat him to death. The strikers
continued the performance by
starting six fires during the ensu-
ing night in the railroad yards, and
burned over twenty cars. 1t Is
claimed that the killed men were
not strikers which makes their
conduct only the more inexcusable,
as they had no grievance, and were
simply and purely vicious On gen
eral principles.
The act of the deputies has been
characterized as murder, and the
shooting generally condemned, but
just consider the question. There
were eight deputies, facing moi
of about three hundred, which moi
was engaged in the occupation o
throwing stones at the eight, (therC
may have been ten or even twelve
but the account says eight and i
was not stipulated how large The
, stones were to be; some of th'
deputies had been hit by the stones
: and seeing a man STOPPING to picl
up stone, deputy fired at him
The other deputies naturally join
ed in, and somebody was killed
Did you ever see mob at work OF
a few men? The writer has, am
non-resistance only incites then
to greater efforts. The only effect
ual way to deal with a mob is f
kill some of them, and nine mel
out of ten, who are not intereste'
1 on either side will say Gin privat
Y conversation that the killed me-
! deserved what they got. Ofcours
1 the papers will say the shOOtin
was an outrage, and the KILN
could have been avoided, but if tn
I shooting plan had been adopted a
the outset of the difficulty, tn
strike would now be over. If tn
: mob could have stampeded tina
= little squad Of deputies, and the
caught them they would have beat
en- the whole party to death. Th
man who will stand quietly, an
permit himself to be made a targ,
y, Of by stone throwing mob, is
queer fish indeed, and the ma
> who would not shoot into n mo
. who was stoning him, Cugl t
be stoned to death. A mob is {
K savage and blood thirsty as a 81
y OFFICERS, and when they get starte
e good, want blood, and when the
arrive at that stage they shout
have all the blood they wan
Int 1ot tbo hl,oI hn fbcir own