The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-07-08
SAW THE suRRENDEh.
An rye witness Gives vivid Aeepu
OF the Spectacle.

An Eye Witness Gives Vivid AG4~unt
OF the Spectacle.
PITTsBURG, July S.--John Martin.
ticket agent Of the Panhandle and fitts-
burg, Virginia and Charleston roads, st
Fourth avenue. this city, was sp6ctar
tor of the surrender OF the Pinkex<ons
He returned to Pittsburg st d u.
Agent Martin said:
"The hills ON all sides were black Nth
people massed together. When thu ean-
non was placed in front Of the bex18 re
Pinkertons knew it was all up With erns
and they tried to make the bel tkzns
possible with the determined m Prs
The latter took them from the ho III
double file, and for moment a not
know what to do with them. Cfls of
ITO the woods" ITO the wpi d, 3
.LyncE them dogs, !" stc., were axd
on all sides. Every striker scned
as il he wanted particulax nan
among the Pinkertons. After con-
siderable parleying some bne
suggested that the guards be maxehed
TO the skating rink and there BE- tiled
for murder. Many Of the captors x1uld
not listen to this, Some wanted ~ IKE
the scared Pinkertons and shoot the 4 IS
they stood Cooler heads, however, pre-
vailed and the march to the rink began.
The Pinkertons were scared and the talk
8of the strikers was not calculated NJ rive
them any hopes. Some Of them Ind To-
be supported to keep them from falling
to the ground they were SO scared. Sew
eral thousands OF people were axohnd
them on all sides and demanded roy61ge.
In the crowds were hundreds Of wor1en,
who seemed worse than the men. hey
crowded around and tore the cl01hes
from the Pinkertons, The latter had
their Pinkerton uniforms on over their
citizens clothes and these were pulled Oh
and thrown into the river. All their
firearms were taken and after consid-
Ferable fighting the leaders made : pass
age through the crowd. Then the
scenes really began. The poor guards,
with most of their clothes torn oif them,
were compelled to march through tho
town to the rink. On both sides Of them
stood lines of strikers and their friends
hooting and yelling as they passed AZ
the men passed through the gauntlet
they were kicked and cuffed on III sides.
Their captors tried to protect them, but
1t was q physical impossibi1ity. They
might as well have tried to stop d 1ull
herd of bulls Women with sticks md
clubs tried TO beat the poor guards One
had stocking filed with iron and ~
struck one Of the Enkerton men o{er
the head with it. / do not beliexed ket
any of them escaped wffho0t h<xinR
been cut and bruised. 1 ~ = \ lok
the strikers couid not keep the People
away from the prisoners. Scenes that
almost beggared description were enact
ed all the way to the rink, where, il
was the general supposition. the men
would be given speedy trial and con-
victed by.a Judge Lynch jury. Whilst
the men were being formed in line to
march to the rink, the strikers boarded
the boats. They ransacked everything
and secured 800 Winchester rifles. The
men just took from the boats
what they thought was Of value
and then burned the barges. In
one boat was found everything in the
way Of edibles. There was enough pro-
visions to last q regiment week. The
Winchesters were divided up among the
men, and many Of the residents are now
possessors of first-class rifles. It did not
take the barges long to burn after they
were fred. Scores of shots were poured
into the boats by the strikers as the
flames were licking up everything.
There was little pity expressed for the
cautr1red uTlarf1sn -