The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
RTLAND, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1886.

head % Of the order puts these labor troubles in a
sensible light his executive board sides with the
tive board FIRST ordered the knights to 60 to work
but finding the men would not obey they turned
right face about and ordered 1 tne strike to be con
viii be that they will break down through their
own weight"
SCRANTON. Pa, April 1o.-General Master
workman Powdery received dispatch from Mr..
HAYES at st. Louis, saying the Knights were
quiet and not responsible for yesterdays trouble.
MIR. Powderly stated the rumor s; that he was pre-
absolutely without foundation. "The general ex-
ecutive board" said he, "has done everything
the responsibility fer what follows rests entirely
upon others, and mvtters VIII have to take their
own course unless arpiIratloh ls consented TO.
ing this strike TO a speedy close This is the only
point where trouble exists, and believe that the
strike. as employers and employees have learned
that the easist way Of settling disputes between
labor and capital IS BY arpitratlonwthe corner
While Mr.. POwderly has improved In health, he is
by no means well man.
ST. LOUIS, April 1.-THE inquest on the bodies
of the people killed Friday afternoon by deputy
sheriffs in the yards of the Louisville g. Nashville
railroad in East St. Louis began at 2.30 p m. yes
terday. Four or five witnesses were examined,
but fheir testimony was of the same general
tenor All agreed that Hewlett fired the first shot
and most of them said no stones We're thrown and
there was no proyocation for the shooting other
than the yelling and ieering of the crowd The
inquest will be continued tomorrow.
The Latest.
EAST ST. LOUIS, April 1.-THE day has passed
off very quietly hare. Tie funerals OF three of
the victims of the tragedy OF last Friday took
place today, and the three hearses were followed
BY procession of 1900 Knights of Labor and
other workingmen. At the head of this procession
marched the mayor OF the city, clerk chief OF po-
lice and twelve patrolmen, who constitute the en-
tire protective force of the city. No one was al
lowed to cross from St. Louis either by the bridge
or the ferries without pass from the military OF
city from the crowds of irresponsible people not
desired at present. None of the roads entering
here made any efforts to move trains today, but
work viii be actively entered upon tomorrow.
An officers Narrative Of Fridays
Shooting.
ST. Louis April 10.-Thursday the strikers
captured one Of our deputies and held him an
hour and q half. They then let him go and told
him they intended to visit us again and do us up.
Odd Fellow came and told me to look out for
serious trouble, when Immediately told j. II
Hanahan, general manager OF this division, and
he said he had also been notified to look out for
trouble then wrote two letter to Adjutant
General Vance explaining the situation to him
and sent them to him. little before IL O'Clock
while writing the letters, was summoned to keep
the strikers from coming into the yards at the
east end, and went up there with Manager Han
ahan. There were about three hundred men col
leeted around when we got there. Sheriff Rope-
quett present and tried to disperse the crowd,
DuL Iley would HOI SutIl 10 luty Jb6Tbu 1b
him, calling him all sorts Of names. Seeing he
could not disperse the crowd the sheriff went away.
Then commenced talking to the crowd. said,
"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"
then read the law to some 20 or 80 men who
were nearest me- When stopped reading some
one in the crowd said, referring to me, This man
is right; others said. PAY no attention to him;
All that said had no effect on the crowd. While
some of my men were at dinner Mr.. Sample
came to me and said, Hurry and get some men a
strikers at the crossing" This was about 1.30
O'Clock. Mr.. Sample came to me again in few
time to eat now.' l started with about twelve
other deputies to reinforce the six or seven dep
uties at the crossing The crowd when we got
Creek and on the east side of the track around
the Green Tree House and about the Illinois and
waiting at the crossing to protect the fireman and
engineer, striker said to a deputy, you will
never get out Of these yards alive then said
do it," took hold of him to arrest him and he
resisted. 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 deputies we forced the
man out of the crowd just about that moment
heard pistol shot to my rear it sounded like the
report from small pistol and quick as a flash |
saw a stone coming at my head. l lodged and it
came from the ear windows of bar-room on the
west side OF the creek. After the first shot was
fired the shooting became general; We were be-
tween two fires and then noticed shots coming
from the rear Shots were also fired at us from
the eastsside of the track from little house, or
from coal cars on the Indianapolis and st. Louis
track. The crowd then started west along the
dyke to cut us off by cross street from our de-
pot. saw this movement and started with my
deputies across our treste on a run for the depot
and got there in advance of the crowd. We halt
ed at the depot and the freight men came and
begged for protection saying that strikers would
murder every one of them. He then describes
the scene on the bridge and arrival of deputies in
this city as previously stated.