Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-23
ENFORCED PEACE.

Tie Presence Of IN Large BODY of Militia
Has - QuictinE Eject at East st. Louis
witnesses at the Inquest Agree That Fri
days Shooting was without ProvocatiOn
Jay Gould Held Responsible iy the,
knights for tho Trn~gedy-Thc Travelling
Public Warned.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-East st. Louis was
very quiet Saturday and Sunday, and only
a few disturbances OF minor Importance
were reported. The militia vas out in
force, and strong guards We're sta
toned at the Broadway crossing, where the
shooting occurred, and at other exposed
points where trouble might be feared. At
the relay depot the Gatling gun brought
from Springfield was placed i'll a position
commanding the tracks, and a squad of
ten men under Ser@cants Galehouse and
Mair were detailed to operate it. Alto
gethcr about six hundred troops. made up
chiefly from the Eighth and Fifth Regi-
ments, are present in various parts OF the
city, but chiefly in and about the yards.
Their tents are pitched Just north OF the
railroad depots, with Generals Reece and
Vance in command.
The specific orders to the officers are to
dispense all crowds OF men, even i'll squads
of two or three, and i'll case OF assault or
resistance to arrest the offenders and turn
them over to the sheriff. In case OF resist.
ance such as imperils thelives OF thetroops
or the public peace they are authorized to
employ all the force at their disposal. This
is in strict compliance will the written au-
thority OF the sheriff of st. Clair County.
Having received Information that large
crowds of people from st. Louis contem.
plated crossing to East st. Louis during the
day, General Reecc issued n peremptory
order to prevent any one from crossing
the river, either by the bridge or ferries,
unless provided with passes from the bridge
company or from the military. This was
not to include any through pas sengers on
railway trains. 1t was believed that this
would occasion no individual hardship and
might prevent the city from being ovcrrun
with irresponsible persons whose presence
was not to be desired in view OF the recent
excitement.
companies by the our incendiary fires o.
Friday night amount to about $50, 600,
insurance, about $50, 900.
Early Saturday afternoon the coroner's
jury Of six citizens of East St. Louis visited
the homes OF the dead to ami the
bodies anG then proceeded to the
city hall, where at three O'Clock the inquest
was begun. Twelve witnesses were ex.
amined, and at the end OF their testimony
anadjournment was taken to to-day. The
evidence OF the leading witnesses all tended
to show that the firing was begun by the
deputies without sufficient provocation.
The eight deputies are still locked up ir
the -Four Courts. Their cxplanation OF this
outbreak OF the trouble is different from
that brought out at the inquest. Their
Siory 10 told Nv Hnw1aff who G =, fhot
while he was Attempting to arrest Il de-
monstrative striker the crowd massed
around him. He heard Il pistol shot near
him and lodged astone hurled at his head.
The shooting then in some way became
general. He was exposed to a cross-fire
and ordered his men to retreat. to the
freight depot, where the crowd again as.
sailed them and they sought safety in
flight.
Mr.. Bailey and other members OF the gem
eral executive board, as well as prominent
local Knights OF Labor, state quite en-
phatically that the deputy sheriffs who
will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law; that plenty of
money will be Forthcoming for that
purpose, and that the best legal talent
o%btainable will be employed. Large
amounts of money are coming here now
to relieve whatever distress may exist
among striking Knights.
The executive board OF the Knights OF
Labor prepared the following telegram,
and sent it out as al expression OF the
boards opinion OF the affair:
ST. Louis, April o, 1SSG.-To Jay Gould,
New York: The following advertisement
appeared in many Of the leading papers OF
the 18th inst:
LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROAD Co..,
OFFICE OF AGENT. April 6, 1856.
NOTICE.
Ten good men from here are wanted rs Dep.
uty .Nlarshals ut East ST. Lou.s to protect
Louisville and Nashville employees. Five dol
lars per day ana board will be paid. Also u
GE4,oynsnt;; ONLY MEN WIG HAVE PLEN,
i. S. GENuSG, Agent.
How well this advertisement has been
answered is seen by their work of to-day
i'll East st. Louis. Six men and one wom-
an were murdered by those who bad plenty
of grit and meant business.
BY your actions in refusing the peaceful
negotiations solicited by the board for arbi-
%tration, 0 and you alone must be held
responsible by the world for the lives o!
JOIN " HAYES,
Per order OF the Board.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-The following was
issued by the three executive boards Satur-
day and scattered broadcast along the
lines:
80 tie Traveliug Public: In the ~interes.
OF humanity and those who may become
the innocent victims of corporate cupidity
we beg leave to state the following facts as
pertaining to the system of railroads now
affected by the great strike in the South
west: The withdrawal of nearly the
entire force of skilled and expert
enced mechanics and trachmen from
the service of the compan at the time
of the year when the frost is coming
out of the ground and when every tic and
rail on the road needs attention and which
renders a large force of trackNen imper-
atiyely necessary to keep the tracks in
order, the absence of such force is danger
gus to travel. Engines must needs be over
hauled at the end Of every trip or it becomes
dangerous to use them, and skilled men are
needed to perform this work. Switches and
bridges must be handled with skill or danger
results. The bungling work CT unskilied
worklnen may cost life ans limb and we
feel it a duty to warn the travelling public
against the condition of the Missouri Pa
cific, Iron Mountain, and Missouri, Kansas
O. Texas railways, which are running with
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