Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-10
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tiop but until to day nj
serious conflict has occurred. Ih'
. county sheriff has sworn in numerous dep
uties and on several occasions has brought
O to this city bodies of armed men to sup
press an anticipated attack on the railroad
yards and their protectors. Upon one
occasion only, however. has the presence
of these men been really needed and the
railroads have, with some few exceP-
tions. done their usual busi-
ness. To-day opened with but little
prospect of serious trouble, although some
, OF the strikers intimsted that the roads
> would find it less easy to run than tney
had anticipated, and early in the day the
wards presented an animated scene. Switch
engines were running backward and for
ward making up trains. The platform men
were busy loading and unloading freight
and trains were arriving aud departing
without any interference This condition
of affairs continued until noon and it WAS
thought that the day would psss without
any demonstration by the strikers. At
that hour, however,
THE TROUBLE
which attervard grew to such alarming
proportions, began. A number of strikere
without apparently having formed any pre-
concerted plan cengregsted at the relay
depot and began a discussion of the gen.
eral situation. As the time passed
their number was augmented until
the original knot of men increased to fully
200. The discussion became snimste1
and the crowd more demonstrstive unul
some one proposed ths: they go to the
Louisville and Nashville yards and drive
out the men employed there. The cry
of ION to the Nashville yards"
was caught up and the crowd advanced
AS they proceeded their numbers again In
creased, some joining the mob simply as
spectators while others we're in foil SYM
pathy with the movement uBtl from 300
to 400 were advancing towards the yards.
Arriving there they swsrmed into the
yards and persuaded the men at work to
desert their posts.
The crowds remained in the yards for
some time, and, although considerable
excitement prevailed, no violence
was resorted to. Just at this time
however, Louisville and Nashville freight
train was slowly passing, guarded by eight
Deputy Sherias armed with Winchester
rifles. In the meantime crowds Of men,
women and children had congre-
gated in Broadway where the
Louisville aud Nashville tracks cross the
street. and also upon the Broadway bridge, [
which spans the Cshokis creek AMI in the
open space to the east, Just as the
train reached the Broadway crossing,
THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
The crowd on the bridge began to yell and
ieer at the officers and, it ls asserted, stones
were thrown which struck two or three of 1
them, and it is also said that pistol was :
fred. The deputies Immediately leyeled
their rifles and fred two volleys into the
crowd on the bridge with fatal effect, four
men being killed and one woman mortally
wounded.
THE DEAD
are:
PATRICK DRIsCoL. Wabash section '
Rand; not,a striker. i
OSCAR WASHINGTON, q painter; not q I
striker,
JOHN BoSER, coal miner; moi a striker.
MAJ. RICHMAN, mill employe; not q {
striker.
Mrs. PFEFFER, said to be the wife Of
striker, was shot in the back and mortally
wounded. g
The greatest excitement Immediately I
prevailed and psnde monium reigued The c
crowd fed In every direction Gnd when the
deputies realized how fearful was the result I
of their FIRE sought means of escape by T
rushing for the bridge, with view OF fee 7
ing TO this city. At the approach and Just
at the bridge tower on the east
side they we're met BY Ms!or
Joyce, City Clerk Csnty and third
man who seized the deputies guns and en-
deavored to turn them back. One OF the
deputies, in bis terror, fred upon the trio,
killing q man named c. E. Thompson, who
stood between Joyce and Csny. Some !
shots were fred by the remaining deputies
at the approaching strikers and all started
over the bridge. TIE scene on the bridge !
was one Of
THE Widest CONFUSION
and excitement. Coal teams and other ,
teams with wagons were galloping west
and thsir drivers shouting to all pedes i
TRANS to run back. Women and men on ,
foot were running toward the city and .
turning back all they met, while behind
came the deputies pursued by the vanguard
Of the crowd from East st. Louis. One Of
the frightened guards threw his gun into
the river, while another hid his weapon in
q wagon that was in fnll retreat.
On arriving here, the deputies went
to the Chestnut street police station where,
after stating the facts, they surrendered to
the sergeant in charge, and were taken to
the four courts where they we're placed in
custody, otter giving the following nsmes:
z. G. Hemlet, John Hague, Sam Jones
]. F. Williams, G Luster, Steward Martin,
G. Murnell and W. 7. Laird. About halt an
hour after the shooting an excited and al.
gry mob gathered 10 the square between
the city, hall and the police station. A
man named DRyer, a gambler, in no way
connected with the strike, became q centre
of o croKd, vko cheered the incen-
diary statements which he ut
tered. Hs urged the men to
HANG AND KILL
and was in the midst of an appeal to the
ncb to follow him TO the Ohio and Missis-
sippi depot to hunt for Deputy Sher:;9+ !
when John ". Hayes. q member Of the
General Executiyel Committee Of the
Knights Of Labor, and knight OF Labor
Brown arrived from this side. Mr.. Brown,
who travels with the General Board
in the capacity of Knights of Labor orator
and lecturer, mounted the stairs leading to
the police station, and yelled at the mob
for attention, but the inturiated men an.
swsred him with hang the cursed dep.
uties! kill them Mr.. Hayes, who was
standing at Mr.. Browns side,
turned to q prominent knight and asked
mr to introduce Mr.. Brown to
the mob IS he representative Of the Gen
eral Executive eonEittse. The m nr
LID - q friOh,enad maa6Ay: "I