The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-09
The TRIBUNE HAS LARGER BONA EDE % AMONG SCRANTON BUSINESS men THAN any OTHER MORNING PAPER

roofs and windows Some of The bul.
let's went overhead, many more plowtd
the ground. a few took effect. With
out waiting for further orders the reg
ulars made for solid earth and with
bayonets fixed made dash for the
mob on both sides of the track.
This msnouyre. however, was hardly
necessary. Obseured by the smoke the
mob had taken to it's heels like fright.
ened geese. Not a few threw them
selves headlong on the prairie whore
they laid flst,so thoroughly scared that
it was matter Of indifference to
'them Whether the soldiers trampled
them down in the charge or nosy
Miss Fleming, who was not,even u
spectator Of the melee, being simply in
the act of crossing the tracks after y
visit to q neighbor's house, tainted
when shot, was picked up by some of
the bystaudsrs and carried to the
nearest house in the vicinity.
The shedding OF blood was in obsdi-
euce to orders issued by General Miles
to shoot any person caught in the act
OF blocking the highway Of inter state
commerce or of destroying railroad
property used in the carriage Of United
States mails.
Fleischer was an innocent victim,
He had gone to the tracks simply TO
find and take home his son whom he
had been told was looking on in the
outskirts of tho mob. Iadis-
eriminass firing OF the regulars
created intense rage and excite =
Isnt. Hundreds OF the mob
rushed to their homes and returned to
the scene with revolvers and shot guns,
or filling the air with oaths aud imprs-
cations, declared their intention OF kill
ing every man wearing an army uni.
form. In the mean time dead line
had been thrown out Mayor Reilly
mounted box car and pleaded with
and prayed to tba crowd to be calm
and commit no further violence. Tue
crowd was unwilling to respond to the
advice the regulars were re intorc,d by
three companies that cauls In from
Chicago on special train. Oysrawod
by the display Of military force the
mob gradually tbinned out aud at mid
night the streets Of the town had re-
sumad their normal aspect
Late this evening there was some
more shooting. Company D was or.
dered down the Monon tracks to get
out two Pullman cars for connection
with the train expected frem the south.
Just as they approached the water
tank. E G. Weeks, plumber was III
the act of turning the water out
Of the stand pipes which are
used to fill the engines. Fire was
at once opened BY the soldiers, and
Weeks, with the Intention of fooling
the regulars, dropped into the high
grass at the side of the tracks as though
lie had been shot. The first rank Of
the company. however. closed about
him and 6ndiug him unhurt, placed
him under arrest
Company B returned to Chicago
after the shooting on their own train
Ii they hal not done 80 an attempt
would have been made to serve war
rants for murder upon them. Such
warrants were sworn cut before JUS
tice when the facts of the shooting
were known. but the soldiers got
away before any Of the local police
could execute the warrants.
All the electric street car employees
agreed tonight unanimously to Join
the strike when called on to do so.
A mass meeting Of indignant citizens
was held tonight to protest against the
shooting