Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-10

"VIheu W uulfu up ouf oIucFs Vh uo
not tear it down in ruin by one rash act.
All men who incite you to strife ere
not true Knights of Labor. They ere
worse than the detectives Of the rail-
roads who are trying to hunt you down.
shun them shun them as you would
a murderer"
While Brown was speaking Com
mitteeman Hayes walked excitedly up
and down the platform exclaiming in .
despairing manner, " Oh, my God !
my God l wish this had not hap
pened."
His eyes were watery. He was
almost crying, and when he addressed
The mob, alter Brown, his voice failed
and be was obliged to pause for utter
ance. Hayes's speech was Of the same
tenor as Browns, as was also that OF
O'Neill, who followed Hayes.
Casper Heep, another prominent
Knight who had arrived, was busy
among the crowd trying upon more
excited individuals arguments which the
committeeman were urging from the
platform. After while the temper Of
the mob cooled down, and they dispersed
with threats to avenge the deaths
caused by the deputies.
Mayor Joice, after his encounter
with the deputies on the bridge when
he attempted to arrest them in their
fight, went through the excited crowds
to his office. He attempted to calm
the men, but found it was useless. The
streets and sidewalks were blocked
with men, women, and children, who
rushed in every direction. Reaching
his office about an hour after the shoot
ing, he at once issued proclamation
to close all saloons and warning women
and minors to keep off the streets.
lie was seen with Bailey and Hayes, Of
the Knights Of Labor, who were urging
him to do all in his power to calm the
men. lie said that be had notified the
Governor two weeks ago, but that he
had done nothing and that he 1.-THE
mayor was utterly powerless.
At noon the Sheriff telegraphed to
Governor Oglesby a report Of the con-
dition of affairs and received reply
that the militia would be sent at once.
A few of the more violent of the
strikers who had gathered at the City
Hall after arming themselves an
nounced their intention of attacking the
deputies on guard at the Ohio and Missis-
sippi yards, and advanced in that direc-
ton. When near the yards they were
met by several deputies and fired upon
and one Of their number was killed,
they say. Some of the deputies who
failed to escape with those who fed to
this city were chased by the crowd into
the freight warehouse and the offices Of
the Louisville and Nashville Company.
The warehouse was surrounded by an
immense crowd, who howled and yelled
and urged one another to attack the
stronghold and drive the deputies out.
Men went among the crowds urging
that arms be procured and alp the depu-
ties they could find be shot. Some Of
the deputies, watching their opportu-
nifty, stepped out and worked their
way among the freight-cars unobserved.
A Louisville and Nashville freight-car
backed down alongside the platform
ard took away the others to a place
of safety. Two deputies were sighted
by strikers who had procured arms
and were chased under the bridge.
One of them was caught in front Of
Toney's house on the leyee and was
beaten to death by the mob. An
other was reported to have been shot
as he was escaping under the approach
to the bridge.
THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT.
The situation in East st. Louis so
far as can be ascertained at midnight
has been pretty quiet. Comparatively
few people were on the streets after
dark and only small knots Of men con.
giegated and discussed the sad events Of
the day. Later in the evening two
companies Of militia-one from Deca-
tur, and one from Nashville, Ill.-came
in, and were assigned to quarters. Still
later a good deal Of excitement was
caused by the discovery Of fire in a car
loaded with hay in the Louisville and
Nashville yards, but no damage was
done beyond the burning Of the car.
About | / o'clock a fire broke out in
the Cairo Short-Line yard at the lower
end of the island, and meagre reports
from there at midnight say that three
or four cars we're burned, but no other
damage was done. Two fre-engines
and an extinguisher were sent over
from here soon after the fire in the
Louisville and Nashville yard. 1t was
through their assistance that no more
property was destroyed.
Three more militia companies from
Springfield and one from Carlinville
came in about midnight. The Louis
vile and Nashville freight house is
now guarded by troops, and a company
will no doubt be sent to the Cairo
Short-Line.
AN ARRAY WITH STRIKERS AT
ARGENTA, ARK.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April o.
Between midnight and l O'Clock this
morning Deputy-Sherif Williams, who
has had charge Of the force Of deputies
guarding the st. Louis and lron-Moun-
tain round-house and machine-shops at
Argenta, opposite this city, was ap-
preached by F. II. Darby, leading
Knight of Labor, and notified to take
his force away, or they would be put
out. Williams said, I'm take you
in now," and taking Darby locked him
up in one Of the rooms. Just then
the outlines of twenty or thirty men
were seen a short distance away, and
Williams ordered them out, saying
that he was there to guard the property,
and would do it il he fell in his tracks.
Some one from the crowd replied,
" Well, then, de-" and an irregular
shooting between the deputies and their
assailants began. Probably a hundred
shots were fired, and Williams was
dangerously wounded by bullet in the
right side and one or two other lesser
wounds in other portions Of the body.
The mob soon after fed. 1t is reported
that several men were wounded, but if |