St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-20
SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS.
On Returning from the Stock Yards to
Chicago Pinkerton's Men Indulge
in Rifle Practice.
One Inofensive Citizen Mortally Wounded
and Others Injured by the
Leaden Missiles.
The Entire Gang Arrested on Reach
ing the City by the Municipal
Authorities.
The Probably Guilty Ones Picked Out
and Locked Up--The Knights
of Labor.
Resulted in Rloodshed.

of Labor.
Resulted in RaOOdshed.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-The stock yards
strike. which promised to pass into history
as bloodiess one, has been attended by
sacifce of human life. Terry Begley and
another man were mOrtally wounded by
PnkertOn's men this afternoon. and some
one hundred and fifty of the latter were ar
rested to await disposition on a charge of
murder. All but six were afterWard re-
leased. Armour 81 Co.'s imported work.
men, three or four hundred in number, went
out this morning. They had made up their
minds that they did not care to remain any
longer if the old hands were to come back.
The report of their fears was communicated
to Mr.. Cudahy, who assured them of pro-
lection if they desired to stay. They had
concluded, however. that protection might
protect for while, the other butchers
would ultimately make it so unpleasant for
them that they would be unable to work
there long, and that they had better quit at
once. A train was telegraphed for, and
before II o'clock the last nOn-uniOn man
had left the premises AS they were being
loaded on the train the chief clerk at Ar
mour's main office told the men to remem-
Der their numbers on the rolls, and assured
them it at any time within the next two
years they wanted work they would be given
the preference. The men were on Lake
Shore train, the butchers in the front cars,
the guards in the rear end. The latter had
their
RIFLES POINTING OUT OF THE WINDOWS.
There was stop at HaIstead and For
tieth street to attach other cars, and the
train was switched back some little dis
lance. Quite crowd of curious people
had assembled, and, as the inmates of the
train were recognized, there were some
jeering remarks made AS the train re-
passed this point Pinkerton man pushed
his rifle out, aiming at the crowd, and rails
ing the hammer, the man fired his weapon
and Lerry Begley fell mortally wounded.
The noise of the explosion caused excite
ment in and outside of the cars. In mo-
ment it was followed by a regular volley
from the other rtiemen, and the crowd,
which was largely composed of school
children, fled in panic. In the flight man
fell and was hastily carried away by his
friends. He was also wounded. The
train steamed on. Capt. Marley, of the
town of Lake police, was on hand with a
few men and would have arrested the man
he saw fire the shot, but feared to stop the
train, as riot might have resulted. He
telephoned the Twenty second street sta
tim. however, and when the train reached
there it was boarded by a detachment of
Chicago police who placed all the specials
under arrest. When the train reached the
terminal station at Van Buren, street. there
was another squad of police from the Har-
riSon station, reinforced by detectives, and
the whole crowd was
MARCHED TO THE ARNfoRY.
Capt. Markey telephoned in that he could
indemnity the man who shot Begley and his
presence was anxiously awaited. Begley,
who was taken to his home at Emerald
avenue and Forty-secOnd street, was still
living late this afternoon but his death was
almost mOmentarly expected. He is an
employing teamster, engaged about the
yards. has wife and family and took no
part in the strike. The Pinkerton men say
thaG the strikers made the assault first with /
stones and then with revolvers and that |
they made no attack until they had been
fired upon. Capt. Markey said, however, |
that the Pinkerton men did the first shoot |
ing. and without any prOvOcatiOn. When |
the specials were lodged in the Harrison |
street station the city police began the work |
of sorting out the ones who did the shoot
ing. Capt. Markey. three boys and a man. |
who were present, all declared they could |
identify the man who shot Begley. The
specials were made to march before them !
and two were picked out as participatOrS in |
the shooting.
THE WEAPONS OF THE SPECIALS
were seized by the police. When the iden-
LITIGATION of the men begun the nOn-union |
men were set free. They marched out of |
the station, but seemed afraid to go far |
without the protection of the Winchesters,
and some of them lOitered about the station |
for some time. After the boys had picked |
out the two men the whole force was filed |
back to the courtroom, where Lieut. Ripley |
and Central station detective examined |
their rifles and revolvers to see if there |
were any empty shells to indicate that they |
had been recently discharged. One was !
found to have an empty shell in it, and the |
bearer was told to stand inside the court |
court railing. After all the men had filed |
into the benches, William A. Pinkerton
said: ''Those of you who fired out of the |
car step here" One young fellow with a
blonde mustache arose and walked to his
chief. No one else moved. 'Be as manly |
as this brave fellow here" cried Pinkerton,
and the man within the railing said:
It SHOT,"
No others volunteered. The two men
who had first been picked out by the boys |
stood under guard of two policemen in the
outer entry of the courtroom. Joseph Hill |
and Walter Andrews are the two men iden-
titled as two of the men who did the shoot
ing. Richard Ladies, Guy Sievere, Robert |
j. Bartram and Stephen Peyner confessed |
to having shot into the crowd of strikers.
These six men are held at the armory. The |
remainder of the PinkertOn men and the
wOrkmen who were on the train were let
go. Capt. Joy was in charge of the Pinker-
ton men when the shooting occurred. He
said that the men picked out by the city
police were not the guilty parties. He said
also that the strikers gathered about the
car 400 strong just as they were about to
start, and began pelting them with stones,
and some of them shot also. 1--WE were
sent down there. said Capt Joy, ito pre-
serve the peace, not to disturb it, but when
some of my men were fired upon they
RETURNED THE SHOTS,
thinking perhaps that the lives of the en-
ployes who were in their charge were in
danger. l was standing on the rear plat
form of the train at the time and rushed
into the train and ordered them to stop fir
ing. l did not know what injury was done
until l came into the CITY," William A.
Pnkerton says he has ample proof that his
men did not fire upon the crowd until they
had been fired upon. Charles Beck, one of
his men, who was in the Car ahead of the
one from which the shooting was done,
says the crowd fired at least five shots be-
fore the fire was returned. One of the bull
lets passed through the car and imbedded
itself in the opposite wall. Bricks and
stones were then thrown until the side of
the car was well battered up. Mr.. Pinker-
ton says the men had been the subjects of
constant assaults and abuse while in the
wards. and two of them are