Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-19

| scabs. blacksbesp, and ordered us not to
come ashore. We said we had come there
the a she
| was loud, threatening and full OF profanity
@. How large was the first volley from the
| shore?
A. From Is to 20 shots. The firing was
| continual for a time. About a minute after
| the shooting on the banks had started we
| opened fire. Kline, Hinde and Holman on
| the boat had been hurt before we nred:
| After the volley from the boat the crowd
scattered, and we went into the barges. The
men injured were on the bows of the barges.
The bows pointed up stream, and the sides
| of the barges were toward the shore. alter
| the people ran up on the hill the firing
ceased for ~ hours. 1t was about two OF
three minutes from the time of the hrst vol
| on the bank. The wounded were put on the
Little Bill and taken to Pittsburg. L. ..
Connors was not hurt in the first engage
| ment
Q. What were the people on the bank doing
during the first cessation of hostll1tles! A.
Building breastworks.
@. How high were the breastworks? A.
From tour to five feet and longer than a
barge. The people on the boat did nothing
toward those building the breastworks on
the shore. They finished the job in about
| three hours. There was large crowd IN
the mill yard, and the total number now was
about S00
A Description of the Battle.
O. How far back into the yard could you
see from the boatP A. Four hundred to 500
feet.
@. What kind of barges were there?
A. Closed barges with doors in the front and
rear.
Here Captain Cooper was handed pho
tograph of the scene, showing the location
of the barges, the barricade and the build
ings on the fatal day.
@. What proportion of the firing came
from the barricades? A. The greatest por-
tion. The firing commenced from the bar
ricade about $50 in the morning. The
weapons used we're rifles shotguns, dyna-
mite, cannon and burning oil. sThe shoot
ing from guns and revolvers came from the
water tower, the brick building, breastworks
and the Pemickey bridge. The cannon shots
came from behind the barricadess couldn't
see the cannon, but knew it was cannon
from the shot. They didn't use regular
balls, but loaded up with nuts, bolts, slugs
and other articles. knew they were can
non shots from the loud reports. The shots
tore holes in the barges where they struck.
O. Where did the dynamite come fromP
A. From behind the breast works. couldn't
see, but supposed they threw sticks. Ii a
piece struck the roof it tore big hole and
went down through the bottom OF the
barge. Frequent explosions Of dynamite
took place on the barge nearest the shore.
Trying to Burn the Barges.
O. How about the oil? A. A car was loaded
with oil, set on fire and run down the bank
within 40 feet of the barges. The track ex-
tended beyond the barges.
Q. How about the oil raft? A. 1t was
started about 400 feet in the river above the
barses, set on fire and allowed to float
down. 1t lodged along the shore about 90
yards above the barges.
9. How did the oil get into the river? A.
l don't know. 1t mIst have been trans
ported there. didn't see it ignited, but l saw
it burning. The closest it got to the barges
was about IS feet where it burned out.
IUrrr lO,.r RI RI tlNa 1noh hlxv
weapons continue? A. Until about 1:20 in
the afternoon. There was no firing after
that.
Q. When did you last see Connors unin-
jured? A. On the outer barge, forward
part inside, about 1l:30 in the forenoon. He
was going to the forward part OF the boat
that pointed up stream.
Q. What distance was Connors from the
door leading out OF the barge? A. About II
feet. The next time l saw him some OF the
men were picking him up from the floor.
Q. How long was it from the time you saw
MIN uninjured until he was picked up? A.
About minute. 1 turned my head when
first saw him. and when looked around he
was lying on the floor. He had been shot in
the arm. He was placed on the dining room
table.
Within Range of the Barricade.
Was Connors within range of the door and
the barricade? A. He was. Shooting was
going on from the breastworks. He was
walking toward the door when 1 last saw
him unlnjured. The five men wounded in
the barge were taken out afterward to the
Munhall station. They were carried out
ahead of me. l saw Connors at the station,
and helped to take him off the car at the
Union depot. 1 think he was between %
and 81 years old.
Q. Did you see Connors alive after he was
taken from the depot? A. No. sir. saw
him buried from his home, No. 81 Montgom-
cry street, New York.
q. What is your business? A. am de-
tective employed by the Pinkertons. l
have been working for them since 1867.
At this point the examination of wit
ness by the prosecution ended. 1t was
o'clock and Judge Kennedy suggested that
the court adjourn until $50 this morning,
though he was willing to remain if the
counsel desired. Mr.. Bremen said he
would like to cross-examine while the tes-
timony was fresh in his mind. 1t was
finally agreed to quit for the day. The
case will be resumed this morning.