The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-15
STRIKERS APPARENTLY QUIET.

1915 n. m.--No disturbances of any
character have occurred since 3 n. m. At
few of the railroad crossings and at the
street crossings there have been small
gatherings of discontinued men, but they
are quietly dispersed by sentinels.
The sheriff has dismissed all of his dep
uties, with the exception of three or four
men, depending entirely upon the troops.
Platform men and yardmen of the Bur
lington road have returned to work, and Il
freight train left this morning without
molestation and two freight trains arrived
over the same road.
A portion of the men who were EN-
ployed on the Chicago and Alton and on
the Ohio and Mississippi roads have re
turned to work, and are handling without
difficulty all freight offered.
Incoming passenger trains on all roads,
without exception, arrived ON close
schedule time, and were sent over the
bridge to st. Louis. The bridge transfer
company also sent over to ST. Louis Il
train of twenty coal cars. The bridge
company has all of its twenty switch en-
gines fully manned, and but for the alb
sence of their yard switchmen would be
able to handle both freight and passenger
trafiice without delay,
The superintendent of the bridge com
pany stated this morning that, had Gov
ernor Oglesby sent Il small body of troops
here when first requested, none of the men
would have been intimidated, and would
have remained at their posts.
IL Il. m.-No arrests have been made
since the one mentioned early this morn
ing, and the streets of the city, and par
ticularly the railroad yards, have been
shorn of all excitement which prevailed
all of yesterday afternoon and last night.
THE GATLING GUN.
10 Il. ma detachment of the Dan
vile battery arrived this morning to take
charge of the gatling gun brought from
Springfield
Company G, fifth infantry, from Vir-
den, arrived at IL a. m, making nine
companies of infantry and a detachment
of cavalry constituting the force on the
grounds.
l2:30.-A few of the strikers APP
preached near the relay depot, in squads,
throughout the forenoon and watched the
movement of troops. Some of those
known to the railway officials as leaders
of violent actions have been pointed out !
and placed under arrest. Seven or eight |
of these men are now under armed guard, |
near the relay depot,
Shortly after II o'clock striker named |
Alexander Sweeney was challenged by
sentry named Kent, a private in company
A, Fifth infantry. To the Injunction,
Move on" he drew a revolver, and re-
marking, "You are too pretty to shoot"
turned to walk away but turning abruptly,
fired at Kent The latter simply dubbed
his musket, knocked away the revolver
and took the man in charge. He was
placed among others arrested. The af-
fair created no special excitement,
although the shot was fired directly in
line with the troops and civilians about
the depot
12:45 p. MA jury has been empan-
nelled'by Coroner Wood, o. Belleville, to
conduct an investigation into the killing.
yesterday, of the seven people. The jury
is made up of local residents. The Jury
viewed all of the bodies, and then ad-
journed until O'Clock this afternoon,
when testimony will be commenced To be
taken at the city hall.
1t transpires that young man named
Andrew Jones, a Knight of Labor, was
shot yesterday, and is not expected to
live through the day. He will make the
eighth person KIDD thus far.
IN Il liz AFTERNOON.
1870 p, MI he city remains quiet. a