The morning call., 1891-05-12
SHOT TO KILL.
Desperate and Fatal Fight Between En-
plOyeS and Striking Brick Makers.

DENVER (Colo.), May ia desperate
fight took place in the City Park to-day be-
tween +. N. Davis and Ed Davis (white)
and five colored employees on one side and
fifty or more strikers on the other. Two
men were fatally shot aud twelve wounded,
more or less seriously.
The fight was the outgrowth of the brick
makers strike at Davis yards. This MORN
Ing Davis and son, proprietors, with eight
negroes with loaded guns, started for the
yards with the avowed intention of begin
ming work or dying in the attempt. AS they
were nearing the yards the party
Der, appeared and asked that they
be allowed to talk to the men
who were going to work. Davis replied
that the men did not want to talk and or
dered the strikers TO allow his men to pass.
This the strikers would not do, and Davis
and his son and five of the men opened fire
on the strikers. Thomas Kelly was fatally
wounded and died two hours after. The
man most seriously injured isJohn Ridendur.
The shooters were then jailed. +. n. Davis
said !" shot to kill. and [ don't deny it,
When told Taylor the men did not want
to talk and ordered them out of the way.
Taylor said, Boys, every man grab gun
They rushed on US. throwing stones and
shooting / told my men to fire and
shoot to kill" The strikers deny that they
acted on the aggressive. The men about the
park say that in addition to the men shot
two little boys crossing the park at the time
were hit by stray shot, but neither fatally
hurt.
SERIOUS LUMBER BOYCOTT,
New YORK, May 1.-THE Lumber Trade
Association began to-day lockout and
boycott which, its members assert, will
cause the total cessation of building opera
tions in this city before long. This action
a ic IN a rn nj
Walking Delegates to raise the boycott upon
ore OF the members of the association. To
accomplish this they intend 10 stop the de-
livery of lumber to all buildings where
union men are at work.
Not one foot of lumber was delivered to-
day. Thrty-fve hundred men are out, Of
which 70 per cent belong to labor unions.
There are now eighty firms in the Lumber
dealers Association, and others are Joining
all the time. There is enough lum-
Der on hand to last a few days,
but when that is exhausted build
Ing must stop for want of lumber, be-
cause the dealers VOW they viii not deliver
one foot until they have won the fight.
Much money hangs on the result. III the
/ nght be prolonged billions may be lost The
dealers say tue issue IS whether the labor
unions or the lumber-deaiers shall manage
the business of the latter. This lockout
will affect all trades and will involve about
$4,000 men.
THE MIDLAND STRIKE.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 1.-THE strike on
the Midland road is extending. Attorney
Crawford swore out warrants against the
strikers to-day for stopping a train, but the
officers refused to serve them, saying that
Crawford has no money to pay mileage, and
they are not compelled to serve unless
actual expenses are guaranteed.
sTREET-CAR employees QUICK WORK.
GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.), May 1.-THE
Street-ear Employees Union held a meeting
after midnight Saturday, and after three
hours of hot discussion decided to walk out,
all efforts toward peaceful settlement of
their grievance being unsuccessful.
PAINTERS WALK OUT
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE Brotherhood of
Painters decided to make the strike general,
and about 1000 went out this morning.
STRIKE SPREADING.
BRUSSELS. May 1.-THE strike in Charl-
eroi district is spreading. The foundrymen
struck to-day. Thirty-fiye thousand men are
out. and several iron works are closing OWN g
to lack of fuel.