The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-10

\ ties. pursued by the vanguard OF the
crowd from East st. Louis One OF the
frightened guards threw his guninto
the river, while another hid his weapon
in wagon that was IN full retreat. On
arriving IN this city, the deputies went
at once 70 Chestnut Street psiice sta
/ ton. where. after stating the facts. they
surrendered to the sergeant in charge
and were taken TO Four Courts, where
they were placed in custody. rE
About half an hour after the shoot
ing. al excited and angry mob gather q
In the square between The CITY Hall and
the police station. A man named
Dwyer, gambler in no way connected
with the strike, becsme the center o.
the crowd who cheered incendiary
statements which he uttered. He urged
men TO hang and kill" and was In the
midst OF an appeal 10 the mob TO follow
him 10 the Ohio & Mississippi depot 10
hunt for deputy sheriffs, when John
w. Hayes, a member of the general
Executive Committee Knights OF
KabOr and knight OF Labor Brown
arrived from this city. Mr..
Brown, who travels with the gen.
eral board in the capacity OF knight
OF Labor orgaaizer. mounted the stairs
lcading 20 the police station and yelled
at the MOP for attention. but the infuri-
aled men answered him with Hang
the ours" XIII them" Mr.. Hayes,
who was standing at Mr.. Browns side,
turned 10 a prominent knight and asked
him TO introduce Mr.. Brown 10 the mob
As a representative OF the general execu
tive committee. The man replied, in
frightened manner. If do they Will
hang me-" Brown turned on him and
said: Yes, IL you don't, they ought 70
hang YOU" Then turning to the mob.
which kept up the cry TO XIII. Kill and
burn. Brown began an imprisoned ap-
teal for quiet. law and order and by sheer
force OF his eaInestness rive.ed the at
tention Of the crowd, but only for few
minutes at time, for they would break
away from the spell Of his eloduence
and take up their revolutionary wells.
He said: Men and brothers, for Gods
SAKE. keep quiet implore you, in the
name OF humanity. in the name OF the
great order Of the knights of Labor. in
the name of every law, both of order
and your country, restrain yourselves
and do no violence. Remember that
you are our sworn brothers; do not for
get that you are Knights. and that you
are pledged TO obey the laws Of the or
der and the commands Of the COM
mitteeman."
At this point Dryer broke in with,
- Yes; why don't you talk for Jay
Gould and be done with il. They shot
our men and you ask US TO be quiet. /
say hang them The crowd took up
the worls burn. kill and shoot"
Brown pointed his finger at Dwyer
and asked him: = Are you a knight of
Laber?" Dwyer lodged the question
and yelled on: - Kill the brutes." Are
YOU all knights of Labor, may / ask "
said Brown. No" anSv ere I Dwyer.
"but I'm with them on every thing. you
can bei." knew that you were not
4 knight" said Brown. " knew that
no knight would talk as you do.
Again. brothers. l appeal to you
to be calm and disperse 10 your homes.
II YOU will no. obey our laxs-remem- |
Der YOU are foresworn-then you are no /
longer Knights of Labor. Brothers, / /
beg of you do nothing rash. What. on !
what will the Knights Of the country .
think of you; oh. what win the whole /
world think OF our great order Don 'tfor- |
get how hard we worked 10 build up /
our order. oh, do not tear 1t down in !
ruins By rash act. AL the men who 1
incite you TO strife are not true Knights I
of Labor. They are worse than the de- |
tectives OF the railroad who are trying I
to hunt you down. Shun them; shun |
them as you woulda murderer"
While Mr.. Brown was speaking the /
Committeeman Hayes walked exeitedly |
up aud down the platform, exclaiming |
in Hdespairing manner: oh, my God. !
my God, wish this had not happened"
His eyes were watery he was almost
crying; when he addressed the mob /
after Browns harangue, his voice |
failed and he was obliged to
pause for utterance. Hayes speech !
~ shn q :
Browns, as was also that of Mr.. I
O'Neil, who followed HAYES. Casper
Heep, another prominent Knight, who 4
had arrived in the meantime. was busy 4
among the crowd trying upon the more
excited individuals the arguments
which the committeem Al was urging Il
from the platform. After q while the
temper Of the mob cooled down and
they dispersed with threats TO avenge
the deaths caused by the deputies.
Mayor Joyce, after his encounter
with the deputies on the bridge, after
ne attempted to arrest them in their
fight. went through excited crowds to
his Office. He attempted 10 calm tbs
men, but found it useless. The
streets and sidewalks we're crowded
with women aud men rzshing in every
direction. Reaching his Office aboGf
an hour after the shooting, he at once
issned a proclamation to close al
saloons and warning women and minors
to keep of the streets. He was seen
with Messrs. Bailey and Hayes.
Of the Knights of Labor, who
were urging him TO 40 all in has
power to calm the men. He said that
he had notified the Governor two
weeks ago. but that he had done
and that he was utterly power
less. At noon to-day, sheriff Ropie-
quet sent the following dispatch
TO the Governor: u mob OF 30
men invested the entrance OF
the Louisville & Nashville yards
and stopped the employees OF the road;
when commanded by me and my depu-
ties 70 dispense, they hooted and de.
rided me and my posse and applied
epithets to me and refused to disperse
in the PRESENCE Of the city police officers
With tue force at nv disposal cannot |
preserve peace and afford protection |
70 the railroad companies Under the !
I intend TO send my
posse 20 their homes. / hereby invoke
the aid Of the State for militia sufiicient
to aid in the execution Of the law end
the protection OF property. / VIII Tor
ward written request for militia BY
uart mail SurprFr ROPIEQULT-