The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-14
UNDER MARTIAL Law,
Tbs SOldiGy in FuR Control Of the City ei
East st. Louis.
a Day of AbsofGte Quiet-Funeral OF tf'e
Victims of the Tragedy of Last Frids5--
An EHort 30 be Made To-day &C
Move Freight Trains.
B,oo.rhed in East st. Louis.

on the Gould southwestern system rumOTS
of Tioss ard blOodshed have daily gained
eircusssSoa, but until to-day no serious con-
fict has occurred between them and the
deputy -sberiffs and United States Marshais
stationed in the various yards to protect the
companies employees and property. The
County Sheriff has sworn IN Eamerous dep
atiesSz1d upon several occasions has brought
% that city bodies of armed men to sup
p9essan anticipated attack son the railroad
yaJds and their protectors.
5Joon one occasion only, iSoweyer, has the
presence OF these men been really needed,
: ard the railroads have, with some excep-
tiors, but generally with slight interference,
done their usual business. To-day opened
with but little prospect OF serious trouble,
although some Of the strikers intimated that
rebsir trains than they had anticipated, and
.early in the morning TIE yards presented an
animated scene. Switch engines were run
sning backward and forward making up
trains, the platform men were busy loading
z and unloading freight, and trains were arriv'
ing and departing without any interference
from the strikers. This condition Of affairs
q continued until nool, and 1T was thought
that the day would pass without any demon
stTatioD by the strikers, and that it would be
recorded as one Of the quietest since the
strike begun.
At that hour, however, the troZble which
; afterward grew to such alarming proper
tons began. A number of strikers without
apparently having formed any preconcerted
plan, congregated at the relay depot and be-
gan discussion of the general situation.
As time passed their number wec augmented
until the original knot of meR increased to
fully 200. The discussion became more ami
mated and the crowd more @emonstrative,
until sonte one proposed that they 60 70 the
Louisville and Nashville yarCs and drive
ont the men employed there. The cry of
''On TO the Nashville yards Ees caught up,
and the crowd advanced.
As they proceeded their ngfh oers again in
creased, some joining the mob simply as
spectators, while Others were in full sympa-
thy with the movement, Until from 800 to
400 were advancing toward the yards Ar
siviDg there, they swarned INTO the yards
and persuaded the men at work to desert
their posts. The crowd remained in the
ysfds for some time, and, although consider
able excitement prevailed, no violence was
resorted to- Just at tnls time, however, a
Louisville and Nashville freight train was
slowly passing, guarded by eight Deputy
Sberifs armed with Winchester rifles. In
the meantime crowds of men, women and
children hal coDgregated on Broadway,
where the Louisville and Nashville tracks
cross the street. and also Epcn the Broadway
bridge, which spans the Cabckia Creek, and
jD the open space to the east
Just as this train reached the Broadway
crossing the trouble began. The crowd on
the bridge began to yell sad jeer at the Of
fcers. and IL is asserted st0acS were thrown,
which struck two or three OF them, and /: is
also said that pistol was discharged.
The deputies Immediately leveled their
y1fies ard tired two volleys into the crowd on
the bridge with fatal effect, four men being
killed and one woman wounded mortally.
The Head are Patrick Driscoll, a Wabash
section hand, not striker: Oscar Washing
ton, painter, not striker; John Bonney,
coal miner. not striker, aud Major Rvch-
man. mill employe, not striker. Mrs.
PhefeT, said TO be the wife of a striker, was
shot in the back and mortally wounded.
The greatest excitement Immediately pre-
vailed and pandemonium reigned. The
crowd fed in every direction, and when the
deputies realized how fearful was the result
OF their hre, sought means of escape by
running for the bridge, with a view of fee
ing 10 this city. At the approach, and Just
at the bridge tower on the east side, they
were met by Mayor Joyce, City Clerk Canty.
and third man, who seized the deputies
guns and endeavored to turn them back.
p One OF the deputies, in his terror, fred upon
the tho, killing a man named G. +. Thomp-
son, who stood between joyce and Canty.
Some shots were fired by the remaining
deputies at the approaching strikers, and all
started over the bridge.
The scene on the bridge was enc of widest
confusion and excitement. Coal teams
loaded, and other teams witk wagons were
galloping back, calling to Others to turn
back also. Women and men en- foot were
running toward the city and waving back
all they met, while immediately behind
came the deputies, pursued by TIE vanguard
Of the crowd from East st. L0Cis. One OF
the frightened guards threw his gun into the
river, while another hid his weapon in q
wagon that was in full retreat. en- arriving
in this city the deputies went at once to the
Chestnut Street Police Station. where after
stating the facts Of the shooting they sar-
rendered to the Sergeant in charge and were
taken to the -Four Courts, where tGey were
placed in custody after giving the following
names: p. ]. Hewlett, ]. Hague, San Jones,
John +. Williams, C. Luster, Stewart Mar
tin, George Marnell and W. F. Laird.
About half an hour after the shooting an
angry mob gathered in the square between
the City Hall and the police station. 4 man
named Dwyer, a gambler, and in DC way
connected with the strike, was the center of
n crowd who loudly cheered the incen6iary
statements which he uttered. He urged the
menfo hang and Kill" and was in the
roidst Of an appeal to the mob to follow kim
to the Ohio and Mississippi depot to '.hn.
for Deputy Sheriffg," when John w HayeS
memCer OF the Geaeral Executive Commit
tee, knights of LaSor, Martin O'Neil and
Knight OF Labor Brown arrived. Mr.. Brown
who travels with the General Board in the
copac1ty OF knights CT Labor orator aud
lecturer, mounted the stairs leading to the
police station and yelled at the mob for at
4eD1oD. but the infurizted mob answered
him with -Eang them" Kill themi"
Mr.. Hayes, who was stz1ding at Browns
side, turned &c a prominent Knight of Labor
and ssked him 20 introduce SIR. Brown to
the zoO as representative of the General
Executive Committee. The nan replied in
a frightened manner: "If do, they'll hang
me. Brown turE on him and said YES
II you don't they ought to hang you" Then
farming TO the mob, which kept up the cry
10 Kill, hang and burn, Brown began an inn
passloned appeal for quiet law and order,
and BY the sheer force of his eaFRestness
yiEeted the attention of the crowd. but only
for aiew minutes at a time, for they would
break away from the spell of his eloqaence
eDd take up their revolutionary yells.
DE said: Men and brothers. for Gods
Eeke keep quiet implore you, in the name
OF humanity in the name OF the great Or
der OF the Knights Of Labor; in the name of
f7fIy lev, R0tb Of the Order and OF your