Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-24
SHOOTING TO KILL.
Troops at Buffalo Begin Using
Ball Cartridges.
A RIoToUs STRIKER SHOT FATALLY

He and His Companions Attack Nom
Union Men and Mortally Wound One
Victim-An Order from Gen. Doyle
that Means Blood-TwO More Gangs of
Switchmen Strike-The Labor Leaders
to Hold an Important Meeting-Facts
About the Firing Monday Night
Nobody Hurt-Debs Says Firemen Can
not Strike
BUFFALO, Aug 24.-"When you shoot
tonight, shoot to kill" This was the or
der transmitted from General Doyle to the
troops early last evening. 1t was pro-
duced by the statement carried to head
quarters about O'Clock that mobs, carry
ing brickbats and iron, were massing
along the lake front. The receipt of the
order in the camps created a tremor of ex-
citement. Heretofore blank cartridges
have served to scare away the hoodlums
and the soldiers have had no compuction
about discharging their pieces. With
loaded Winchesters, however, different
result was to be expected.
Badly Wounded a Striker.
Late yesterday afternoon, consequently
the Twenty-second regiment, sta
Valley docks are located, had a brush with
strikers, one of whom was shot and SO
badly wounded by soldier that he is
likely to die. The affair grew out of an
assault on non-union switchmen and sew
eral arrests were made The soldier who
did the shooting went with the police to
make a statement and was himself made
a prisoner.
Took Very Prompt Action.
AS may be imagined Colonel Camp was
not long in making it evident that the
Twenty second regiment did not relish
such treatment by the civil authorities,
and when General Boyle told him to take
all the men he wanted to recapture his
soldier and take possession of the police
headquarters if necessary, the order
was obeyed with alacrity and things
looked decidedly interesting. A large
sized incident was spoiled, however, when
the police released the soldier before his
comrades arrived to rescue him.
Details of the Occurrence.
The name of the man shot is Thomas
Manaher, and he is striking switch
man. In company with Thomas Laugh
lin, William Cotter and Patrick Madigan
he attacked John McGukin, of Philadel-
phia, and Charles Gable, Of Titusville,
Pa, two non-union switchmen at work in
the Erie yards. Lieutenant Charles f.
Asten and Sergeant William Conrow, of
Company c, Twenty-second regiment OF
Brooklyn, witnessed the attack and or
dered the four strikers to vacate the prem
fses Manaher answered in surly tone,
"You go TO HI" Lieutenant Asten gave
the order "Fire!" Five shots rang out and
Manaher dropped to the ground mortally
wounded.
Injuries to the Wounded Man.
Manaher received two bullets. One OF
them passed through his right arm near
the elbow and the other entered his right
side and passed through the abdomen
close to the kidneys Two hours after the
shooting the hospital physicians stated
that the man could not live. The ball
that entered his arm broke the bone, and
a hole three-Quarters of an inch in diane
ter was bored through his abdomen
One of the AssaiIed Will Die. "a
After the excitement attending the
shooting, the wounds of Gable and Nc
Gukin We're examined and McGuken re-
lated the manner of the assault. Gable
attempted to turn switch when four
men approached and knocked him down.
McGukiu ran to his assistance and he
also was knocked down. The four then
pounced upon Gable, stamping upon his
stomach. McGukin was not seriously in
jured, but Gable cannot live. He was
removed to Fitch hospital, were his In
juries were pronounced fatal