The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-04-14

that caused the crowd to 60 ahead
with their nefarious work.
THE FIREMEN DRIVEN OFF.
As soon as the St. Louis firemen
went to work the strikers commenc
ed cutting their hose, and advised
the iiremen to return to this side.
Threats Of violence were used, and
in response the tiremen left there
and r.turned to St. Louis. the
flames have now a free course, and
fires are in progress at five different
points. The militia are powerles.
Several hundred cars loaded with
valuable merchandise will be de-
stroyed before morning.
EAST ST.. LOUIS, April 10.-A few
of the strikers have approached near
the Relay depot in squads through
out the forenoon, and watched the
movements of the troops. Some OF
these known to railway officials as
leaders of the violent section, have
been pointed out and placed under
arrest. Seven or eight of these men
are now under an armed guard near
the Relay depot, Shortly after II
o'clock a striker named Alexander
Sweeny was challenged by a sentry
named Kent, a private in Company
C. Fifth Infantry. TO an injunction
to move on" he drew a revolver,
and remarked, You are too pretty
to shoot" turned to walk away, but
turning abruptly. fired at Kent.
The latter simply dubbed his mus
ket, knocked away the revolver and
took the man in charge. He was
placed among the others arrested.
The affair created 20 especial ex
element, although the shot was
fired directly in the line Of the
troops and civilians about the depot
1t transpires that a young man
named Andrew Jones, a knight OF
Labor was sho. yesterday and is uo'
expected to live through the day.
He will make the eighth person ki'!-
ed thus far.
STRIKERS PRESERVE GOOD ORDER AMI
CALMLY DISCUSS THE TRAGEDY.
Unusual quiet prevails to-day in
the Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun.
tain Railroad yards On this side o.
the river. The strikeIs around thu
Yards are few in number, preserve
perfect order, aud confine them
selves to a calm discussion of yes
terday's tragedy in East ST. Louis
They all deplore the hasty firing oi
the deputies, but admit that the
strikers were partly at fault. They
say that they will profit by the les
son and resort to no violence in any
case. The usual number of live
freight trains have been sent out to-
day over both the roads without in.
terference.
The body of the unknown mar
who fell into Cahokia Greek when
he was shot, yesterday, has not been
recovered.
Inspector General J. A. Schaefzl
is stopping at tle Martelle House
and was an eye witness to the shoot.
ing. La reply to Il question he told
the following story Il had been
on the bridge near where BOner was
killed a few seconds before The
trouble occurred. [ was walking VI
the track and was near the HezeI
Flour Mills, when I heard Il pistol
shot. l knew that the report came
from a pistol by the sound am
used to the discharge of firearms
and can readily tell tie differences
between a rifle and a pistol shot. ]
an positive that it came from the
crowd. About ten seconds after the
pistol shot The rife firing CONNER
ced. | am positive that the first
shot was fred from the srowd OF
the bridge near where | stood a feS
moments before"
THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION.
From q personal survey of the
yards tins morning in which the in.
cendiary fires of last night occurred
the following is a summary of the
destruction: In the Cairo Short
Line yards, two empty box cars Of
the Burlington road were burned
ard one cabcose Car and six box
cars of the Cairo Short Line road
The property was completely dee
troyed, only the trucks remaining
The track scales and scale house OF
the Cairo road was also burned. In
the Yards of the Illinois and ST.
Louis road, near the rolling mills,
II bog cars, three of which were
loaded with oak bridge ties, and one
with coal, were completely burned.
Some further damage occurred in
the Cairo Short Line yards further
out, but its exact character has not
yet been learned. Ii was the eviden,
intention to destroy the Car repair
chops and round house of the Caro-
road, and the early presence of ths
troops alone pfsgented this.
Groups of men stood iG The near
vicinity of the fire, but made no eff
fort 10 suoside the flames or to save
any of the threatened property.
This al deyolved on the Sheriff.. a
few railroad shoppen, thres or four
Of whom tansciously remained on
duty, and the troops.
4 detachment of the Danville
Battery arrived this morning to take
charge OF q ga;tlipg gun brought
from Springfield. Company q, Fifth
Infantry. from yirden, arrived at ii
h. ", making nine companies of in-
fantry and the gun detachment con-
stitnting the forge Oh the grounds.
SIX MORE COMPANIES ORDERED OFT.
SPRINGFIELD, H., April l0.-At
General Vance's request. Governor
Oglesby this evening ordered six
more companies of militia TO East
ST. Louis, being sixteen in all, and
number over 1000 men. Brigadier-
Geaerai Reece, commanding the sec
ond brigade. was ordered to consume
command of all the troops. A car
load of camp paraphernalia, kettles,
tins. etc goes down from here to-