Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-20
A MOST COWARDLY DEED.
Pinkerton Men, Without PIovooatiOn, Fire
Upon Packing House Strikers
TWO MORALLY WOUNDED.
Six OF the Detectives, Identified as
the ones who Did the Shooting,
Arrested and Lodged i'm jail
Scabs Getting Scared.
Strikers Fired Upon.

Strikers Fired Upon.
CHICAGO, Oct i9-lSpecial Telegram to
the BEE. The stock wards strike, which
promised to pass into hi story as a bloodless
one, has been attended by a reckless sacrifice
of human life. Terry Begley and another
man were mortally wounded by Pinkerton
men this afternoon. Armour & Co.'S I'M
ported workmen, three or four hundred in
number, went ont on strike this morning.
They had made up their minds that they did
not care to remain any longer If the old
hands were to come back. The report OF
their fears were communicated 10 Mr.. Cud-
ahy, who assured them of protection II they
desired to stay. They had concluded. how
ever, that while protection might project for
awhile, the other butchers would ultimately
make il so unpleasant for them that they
would be unable to work there long and that
they had better quit at once. The train was
telcgraphed for. and before Il o'clock the last
so-called "scab'' had left the premises, and
was speeding back to the home lie had left
with such bright prospects only day or two
ago. As they were being loaded on the train
the chief clerk at Arnour's main office told
the men to remember their numbers
on the rolls and assured them that II at any
time within the next two years they wanted
work they would be given preference. The
men were on the Lake Shore train. The
butchers were in the front cars and the
guards in the three at the rear end. The lat
ter had their rifle muZzles pointed out of the
windows. There was stop at Halsted and
Fortieth streets to attach other cars and the
train was switched back some little distance.
Quite crowd oi curious people had assem-
bled, and, as the inmates of the train were
recognized here were some jeerng remarks
made. AS the train repasSed this point
Pinkerton man pushed his Winchester rifle
out, aiming at the crowd and raising the
hammer. No attention was paid to this.
which was regarded as piece of BLUM or
bluster. The fellow, however fired his
weapon and Terry BCgey, q respectable citi-
zen, fell, mortallv wounded. The noise of
the explosion caused great excitement in and
outside the cars. In moment it was fol-
lowed by regular voiley from the other rifle
men and the crowd. which was largely COM
posed OF school children, fled in panic. Not
stone was thrown or demonstration
made by the crowd. Few if any OF the
strikers were in it. In the flight man fell
and was hastily carried away 10y his friends,
He was also mOrtaly wounded. The train
steamed on. Captain Markey was near at
hand with few men, and would have ar.
to stop the cars, as bloody riot might have
resulted. He telephoned to the Twenty
second street station. however, and Yhen the
train reached there il was boarded by de-
specials under arrest When the train reached
the city there was another squad OF police
from the Harrison street station, reinforced
by detectives, and the whole crowd was
parched To the nrmOry. There they were
locked uu pending an investiCation.
The Pinkerton men claim that the strikers
made an assault first with stones and then
with revolvers, and that they made no attack
until they had been fired upon. Captain
Markey said that the Pinkerton men did the
first shooting, and without any nroyocaiioD
tie Harrison street station the city police be-
ones who did the shooting Captain
Mari M9aTkey three boys and a man;
identify the man who shot Beglcy. The
specials were made TO march past them, and
two OF them were picked out as participators
in the shooting. The weapons OF the specials
were seized by the police when the WORK OF
identifying the men who We're said to be
guilty OF the shooting began. The "scaos," )"
who up to this time had been locked in the
cells OF the station, were set free. They
marched out of the station into the street, but
seemed afraid To go far without the protection
of WincheSters, and some II them loitered
about the station for some line. James Hill
and Walter Andrews are the two Pinkerton
men identified as the men who did the shoot
Ing. Richard l.. Latin, Guy Seivere, Robert
J. Partrom and Stephen Pryner confessed to
having shot into the crowd of strikers These
six men are held at the armory. The re-
msinder of the Pinkerton men and the
"scab>' who We're on the train were let 90.
CAPTAIN Frank Joy was in charge of the
PinkcrtOn men when the shooting occurred.
He was standing on the rear platform. Sew
eral OF the men picked ont by the city police
were not the guilty parties. He said also
that strikers gathered about the car, 400
strong, just as they were about 10 start and
bean pelting them with stones, and some OF
them shot also. We were sent down here
said Captain JOY. ITO preserve the peace,
not Ia disturb il, but when some OF my men
were fired upon they returned the shots
thinking, perhaps, that the lives of the em-
ployes who were in their charge were in
danger. l was standing on the rear plat
foru of the train at the time and rushed
into the train and ordered them to stop firing.
did not know what injury WAS done until
came into the citv."
William A Pinkcrton says he has ample
proof that his men did not lire upon the
crowd unill they had been fired upon.
Charles Beck, one of his men, who was in
the ear ahead o. the one from which the
shooting was done, says the crowd fired at
least i've shots before the fire was returned.
One OF the bullets passed through the car and
inbedded itself in The oppaSitc wall. Bricks
and stones were then thrown until the side
OF the ear was we'll battered up
Iinkcrton says his men have been subjects
of constant as arlts aud abuse while in the
yards, and two ot them are now laid up with
wounds that may prove fatal.
[ LA-ER-Beg!ey died tonight.