The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-04-06
TELEGRAPmICI NEWS.

Fort W orih, Texas, are gwen as 'o'io"e
in specials: The suggestive quiet that
marked the passage OF the freigat trar
through the city was not without us
| s,Gis,l. When the train left the city u
vas ,nier the protection Of the officers,
| commanded by Jim C,urtright. The
tram procsetleI to the crossing ot the
Fort Worth AID New Orleans road, When
1t s'eppsd, as eussomary What follow
! al 0ss rspo,tes by railroad emplo)e,
| WIN was ou the train. He says that when
the train stopped, it was ngii rsd that
ssserai uen were congfegated on the
traek "a fttn. Of the engine. / posse
csninsn ier approached the men and asked
why they iupeded the progress Of the
train, to which they replied that they
hid uothlng to do with it, that they were
not armed aud had no Intention of inter
fering with the road. As the officers
returned to the train they noticed several
men sitting or lying on the grass, "a few
ards feom the track. The entire posse
advanced toward the men in ambush.
until they had reached the ditch along
side OF the track, when they commanded
them to throw up their hands. The com.
mand was obeyed. but as the hands came
up, they brought Winchester rifles with
them, which belched forth deadly fire.
The posse returned the fire, it is said,
with fatal effect. After the first fire the
posse advanced and continued firing The
men In ambush retreated behind some
piles of ties, which proved most excel
| lent breast work, and from the security OF
| which they poured murderous fire into
the posse. From this position they were
finally dislodged and dIiven beyond the
range Of the posses pistols. The casual
ties among the posse were found to be
three police officers, viz; Officer 1ul-
| lord. shot through both thighs; special
officer Townsend, shot through the lett
| breast near the nipple. wDusd that IS
fatal; aud special ofiicer Charles Sneed.
shot Though the head aud jaw. Cssu-
alties among the amhushers Is only a
matter 81 con jrcture. though there seems
to be good grounds for saying that three
or more of them were ~oanded, proba-
| bly, fst,lly. The same authority says
| there we're half dozen or more horses
,is,Lle f,om the train, which it is be-
lirved telonged to the ambu shiog party.
The pose carried the wounded men
aboard the train. which backed into the
| Union Depot. where the wounded are
lying. From another source the follow.
| iuv vas secured: 1t vas the determine.
ton Of the strikers that no trains should
run on the Missouri Pacific, inj unction
or no Injunction. 1t was arranged that
should train pass through Fort Worth
| it must le stepped elsewhere. To this
end a uumher OF strikers have been de-
tailed to watch the road south of the
city. The train arrived at the crossing.
when it was tagged by the strikers. Not
oheying the flag the strikers the" resort
| ed to throwing the switch. As man
approached and threw the switch he was
| fired upon by the posse. and the fire was
promptly re- urned by the men in am-
bush Tic narrator says it was not the
| intention OF the strikers to resort to VIC.
leacs unless forced to, but when they
were fired upon they returned the fire
They we're well armed, and their wol K
shows that they were pretty good marks.
| men. sage ~ 3st .Ef
Mr. Gladstone's voice is again causing
him some anxiety. aud he has gone to the
country to spend two or three days for
the purpose of reouperating His physi,
claus have impressed opon him the fact
that he must reserve his energies if he
wishes to speak in the House Of Com
mons, on Thursday next. when his
snxiouSly expected statements regarding
the government OF ireland are to be
made. n
The river at Selms, Alabama, has
ceased to rise, after rising two feet
higher than at any time within the rec
objection OF the oldest residents. The
destruction Of property has been great
along the river, aud many lives have
been lost The entire eastern part OF the
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