The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-07-07

examananon ne announced tnat both
men would probably die.
George Retter, prominent citizen,
had his thigh shattered.
The names of those killed are Henry
Strfnger, John Wallace, and Foy.
It i stated ttat the captain Of the
detectives and i've Of his men are dead.
Eleven men hare been carried from the
ffvef bank badly wounded. A cannon
has been placed dd tk6fver bank and
win be brought TO bear on the Pinker-
tors Ths burgess Has issued procla-
nation calling on Al citizens to remain
indoors, and ordering III saloons closed,
At 10 o'clock the barges were strewn
with dead and dying apd the river was
stained with b1obd The detectives were
desperate, but unable TO escape About
10 o'clock raft Of logs and barrels Of
oil was set on FIRE half mile above the
barges End started down the stream.
This meant that the barges and their
human freight would soon be in flames
unless they were hastily withdrawn.
-Four Thousand men, the majority Of
whom are armed, are now in possession
Of the Carnegie Steel company's works,
determined to prevent the landing Of the
Pinkerton men. The town Is literally
besieged and throughout the morning
theroar of cannon and the firing Of guns
has stirred the citizens to the highest
pitch Of excitement.
! At this writing the following are
known to have been killed: Mill worker
No. I, aged 10, leaves wife; Henry
Stieget,s agent, single, shot in head;
mill worker No. ., aged 80, shot dead;
mill worker No. 3, shot dead; mill
worker No, 4, shot in the head, disd 3
few minutes later; Pinkertoh detective.
shot from barge; mill worker No. 8,
killed near converting department.
Shortly after l0.a. M, one Of the chief
leaders, Of the workmen, accompanied
by reporter, went to the front Of the
line Of battle. The main fight at that
time was near ahuge oil tank on the
river front, one mile from Homestead.
Here the reporter raw one Of the work
ers breathe his last. The man was
standing near the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks, firing q twenty-pound cannon.
trying to sink the barges ON which were
the Pinkertons. His shots went wide Of
the mark. A moment later, the mill
workers head was almost severed from
his body by shot from q Winchester
rifle in the hands Of Pinkerton.
Dropped ! Pinksrton.
At 1O:l5 q. m. hear the lavatory, one
man aimed ms rife and the next instant
q shout went mp and Pinkerton detec-,
tive, who had been standing on the
barge, fell. The bullet had passed
through his heGd and he dropped IN the
river never TO rise. The locked-out men
had gained entire possessidn of the COM
panys iavatory, and in this their am
munition Ii stored. The workmeu have
at least SIX hundred rifles In their bosses-
sion. At IL o'clock the men reported
that they were ont OF ammunition, and
the coinmittee iriimediately sent after
more. Hugh O'Donnell, one Of the
most conservative men here, was seen by
your reporter. When depicting the early
morning scenes he wept as numbers Of
men gathered around to hear the story.
IT certainly was 4 sight as the cannons
and guns pealed forth their thunder.
O'Donnen, summing up sufficient cour-
age, said: AT the first shrill blast Of
the water works whistle messenger
rushed to my house and dragged me out
OF bed. In q half-dressed condition i
rushed to the scene and on the way met
Captain Coon, Of the Thirteenth regi-
ment, and John Flyn. With these men
we went right to the front, standing on
the river bank with 5000 men who were
shouting and yelling and eager for the
fray. could scarcely be heard. Cap
tain Coon then took an elevated position
and with all his strength shouted to the
men: For Gods sake put down your
guns and look TO the protection Of your
families"
u Another Fusilade.
At 11:80 a. M, the boat Little Bill,
which htowed the barges to Homestead, was
seen coming down river, q large United
States flag floating from the masthead.
The appearance Of the boat was signal
along the river front for renewed activ-
ity, both On and of the barges. shes
coming to take the barges away" was
the cry raised on the shore. As the boat
came nearer it was seen that she carried
: squad Of armed men who were lined
mp inside, NEXT the Homestead mills.
When opposite the converting depart
ment the men ozl the boat opened flre Oh
those on the shore. For ten minutes the
firing continued, the Pinkertons on tho
barges joining the men On the boat IN
the shooting. The MEN on the bank re-
turned the fire from behind the furnace
stacks, which they used Is shield. So
warm was the fre from the shore that
the men on the boat were driven to
cover. Several men Oh the boat were
seen to fall, and 1t is certain that they
were wounded. No one on shore was
wounded BY the firing from the boats.
The Little Bill made an attempt to tie
up with the barges, but this was futile,
owing to the shower Of bullets from the
shore. and the tow boat passed down the
river, leaving the occupants Of the
barxea IN very uncomfortable nuarforS