, 1886-04-04

A BLOODY DAY.
A Fight Takes Place Near
Fort Worth.
Seven Men Killed and Others
Wounded,
The Attempt to Move Trains a
Failure.
The War at Fort Worth.

sembled at the Missouri Pacific depot "a
see Sheriff Maddox send u a train which
he said last night he would do or die in
the attempt. At IL O'Clock an engine
with twenty armed deputies backed into
the yard to take out a train of twenty
cars. When ready the train pulled out
for the south, and when it reached New
Orleans crossing, two miles south of the
city, Sheriff Maddox and posse was at
tackled. At l o'clock a regular battle en-
sued. Three deputies were shot to pieces
and several of the strikers are supposed to
have been killed. The name of deputies
wounded are Charles Sneed, j. ]. Full
ford and Dick Townsend; Sneed will die.
2:30 p. m.-Several hundred merchants
and citizens are now marching down Main
stu eel toward the scene OF conflict. which
is still in progress. All are armed with
Winchester rifles and shotguns. Seven
men are now dead and a number wounded.
The gun stores are all closed and under
guard.
The casualties among the posse were
found to be three. Police Officer Fulford
was shot through both thighs; Special
Officer Dick Townsend was shot twice
through the left breast. near the nipple
he died at $50 o'clock this afternoon;
Special Officer Charles Sneed was shot
through the throat and jaw-his wounds
are fatal. Doctors Voeker and Farrar, of
the Missouri Pacific hospital, say that
Sneed and Fulford can not possibly sur
vive. Only one of the strikers. Tom
Mace, a switchman, was wounded. He
is said to be shot through the groin.
About fifty shots were fred in all. When
the posse seeing it was useless to fight
" inchesters with revolvers, placed the
wounded officers aboard the train and re-
turned to the Union depot, The strikers
remained at the scene of the conflict for
some time after the train returned, when
they secured the Winchester of their
wounded comrade and started for the
Sycamore bottom. Mace was left on the
prairie.
The Knights of Labor claim that the
first shot was fred by the officers, but the
weight of testimony is against that propo-
sltion. Tom Wilson, who was on the
engine and within three feet of Dick
Townsend, who was shot in the back,
states positively that the first fire came
from the strikers. D. l.. Stewart, who
was an eye witness to the shooting, gives
it as his opinion hat the strikers fired the
first shot.
Sheriff Maddox this afternoon organ
lied two companies of citizens, which
were armed with Winchesters and car
bines, and marched to the depot, the
avowed determination being to suppress
all opposition to law.
No further attempt will probably be
made to move trains before Monday. The
posse will probably be kept under arms
night and day.
ST. LOUIS, April "a Fort Worth
special says: Citizens are arming on all
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The Mail rets the following from Fort
Worth. 1t was the determination of the
str;kers that M trims shonld RIM IN tbe
Missouri; Pacific Injunction or no iniunc.
t;on II was arranged that shonld
n train mass through Fort Worth
il must he stonned elsewhere. Anumbe,
If str;kers had been detailed tn watch
the road sou,b of the city The train ar
rived Mt the crossing when il was Tagged
bv the strikers. not obeving the fac III,
s,r;kors rext rasortad m throwing IN,
switch Az the man annroacbed anr
throw tho switch he was fred mon h,
tho nosse and the fire was nromntlv 70
,urned bv tho mon in the ,mbusb TIL,
Narrator saws If was mot the intention n
The str;kers. 70 resort n violence miles
eorced 70 but wben tbev were fred ppo,
,bov returned tho FIRE They wore Wi
armed and their work shows that Tho,
wore nre,tv GOOD marksmen
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