Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-10
SESEN KILLED AND THERE
WOUNDED.
Inc Horrible slaughter by Deputy
Sherias I'm East 90. Louls.

ok men and one woman were killed ana two
men and child were wounded by the deputv
sherins in the employ OF the Louisville and
nashville railroad In East St Louis yesterday
AFTERNOON. These deputies were gathered into
East st. Louis from the surrounding country
and armed by the railroad COMPANY with wiz
chester rifles and revolvers. The presence az
these heavily armed countrymen has bean n
constant source of Irritation to the people of
East ST. Louis and 1t has been repeatedly pre-
dicted that trouble would be caused by them
Shortly after two O'Clock yesterday q crowd.
consisting OF from 100 to $50 men, mostly
strikers, were gathered at the east end OF the
bridge. near the Louisville and Nashville rail.
road track They We're watching the operations
OF Louisville and Nashville switch engine and
as II passed and repassed them jeered the engj-
neer and crew that were attending To tina
switching. This continued for some time, the
cited. Watching this scene were five deputy
sheriffs, two OF whom were armed with Win
chester rifles and three with heavy navy reyol.
yers. They were standing on the Louisyille and
Nashville trestle, about twenty feet from Caho-
OF the crowd and finally rushed forward They
were Joined by about ten other deputies
and, losing entire control over themselvess
fired promiscuously right and LETT. The scene
that followed was appalling. The crowd broke
and ran in all directions, tutoring maledictions
as they retreated Curses deep and loud min
| gled with the groans OF the wounded and diving.
ana the piercing cry OF a woman was heard
strikers were in full retreat. the deputies nnr.
| sued them in the direction of the bridge shoot
ing while In progress. AT least $50 to 300 shots
We're hred Two men fell In their tracks on the
| bridge, while one man was seen to topple over
| into Cahokia creek. After the brief but bloody
struggle on the narrow trestle bridge over the
| fled at the deadly havoc they had committed
turned westward and retreated precipitately
| toward the bridge. Armed with their Win.
chesters, and still occasionally firing they hur.
| ried toward the big incline, and had almost
| reached the east end of the bridge house when
Il
Doud and T. A. CAVITY. Mayor Joyce at once
ordered the men to return to the Louisville and
| Nashville yards. Its no use I'm us going"
alive"
II want you men to return, and promise You
adequ ate protection"
turning to CAVITY, said: "Canty, want you TO
60 back to town and order every man on the
| force to report on the bridge for duty"
CAVITY started to return and Mayor Joyce and
Officer Doud remained on the bride arguing
| with the strikers. Finding the deputies obste
return over the bridge, Mayor Joyce finsiiy de,
clared that In view of the conflict that had
occurred I'm the Louisville and Nashville yards
II was necessary for him TO arrest the leaders u
| the posse, and an attempt was made to take
two of the men into custody. This led TO q
scutiie, In the heat Of which Joyce and Doud
| ties. During the scuff1e the mayor was dubbed
with the stock OF rifle. They had gone less
| than a hundred yards when the deputies as il
| by blind impulse and with no apparent cause
| except in the hope OF killing the mayor and the
| officer, began firing. There were several people
| on the bridge coming up at the time. They were
| not strikers, but pedestrians passing over The
| firing lasted but a moment. There was tut Q
single voley, but when the smoke cleared
away q man lay stretched, apparently
lieless, on the foot-walk. In an incredi-
cred. The PROSTATE man was carried into the
bridge house. when he was found to be dying. A
bullet had gone through his abdomen. He was
unable TO speak, but ne was recognized as c. E
Thompson, OF 4O21 California avenue. St Louis
When the deputies had completed their second
murderous assault they turned tail and, hang.
ing together Tor protection, SUNK across the
bridge toward St Louis. The different eye wit.
nesses OF the tragedy all agree that the attack
unprovoked. They all assert that IL is the nat
ural consequence OF putting Winchesters in the
hands hands OF lneTperlensed men who have never
frightened at their shadows. Officer Ed.
Mahoney, who saw the slaughter, said
woke IL. The deputies opened fire before the
strikers had any opportunity TO make q hostile
move. As is usual in similar cases, the inno-
cent suffered most. There was only one striker
among the wounded.
The following is list of the killed: Oscar
Washington, painter, 23 years old, married,
shot through the breast; John Bonner, en-
ploye of the city water works, % years old,
man, % years old, shot through the abdomen;
an unknown man, shot on Dyke avenue bridge.
yet recovered; c. Z. Thompson, of st. Louis,
shot through the groin on the bridge approach;
Mrs. Mary Pfeiffer, housewife, shot through the
back; Major Hickman, deputy, So years old,
shot through the shoulder; lives here.
The wounded are Chas A. Chesney, deputy
marshal, resident OF Nashville ILL.,, shot through
the leg and skull fractured; Gussie Clnehein.
aged z years, shot in the hip, not dangerous;
Mayor Maurice A Joyce, collar bone fractured
by blow OF gun; boy named Thomas Murray
was shot In the mouth.
About half an hour after the firing q crowd
gathered near the city hall, and q gambler
named Dryer made an incendiary speech TO
them, but prominent knights of Labor Induced
the strikers TO disperse without attempting 10
yenge.