St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-15

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and told her that the men wanted to
bring some scabs up there to board and
said for her not to have anything to do
with them. The largest Of the two men
went up to Charley and told him it was
none Of his business. Charley asked
him what business it was of his, and
the large man told him TO attend to his
business. Charley then hauled off and
knocked the large man down. l said,
Charley this is enough. Don't do any
more of tnat,' and told him to come out
of the house. The other man then ran
up to Charley and was about to inter-
Tere. Charley said: 'You are no better
than the other man. and raised his
open hand as If to slap the second man
as he turned away. The man (Leonar d).
don't know him. whipped out revol-
yer. Charley grabbed around him to
prevent his shooting. The man fired
three times. jumped in ana grabbed
the man by the wrist. Another shot
was fired as if to hit me, but went into
floor. l threw his hand up and the
fifth shot, think, went into the ceiling.
then took the revolver out of his hand
(meaning the hand of Leonard). We
all three fell against the counter and it
fell over and we fell upon the floor in
bunch. | held on to the revolver. The
two men ran out of the room. A crowd
had gathered around the house. The
two men went up the street A crowd
gathered around them. met police
man and gave him the revolver. He
then took charge of the two men,"
The above story is in substance as
told by Cox. Asked if there were many
in the room, he said that there were
only five there. They were the woman
who he supposes runs the house, the
two men who he thinks likely are
Leonard and Charles n. Nash and him
self and Charley Luth. The larger of
the men who he thinks was Nash is
the one knocked down by Luth and
Leonard Is spoken of as the smaller
man who did the shooting.
Cox says that he saw no cause for
shooting, and there was no attempt
made to arrest Lutn. Cox said he tried
to prevent Leonard from shooting. He
says that Leonard tried to shoot him
twice after shooting Luth. and while he
was attempting to disarm him.
Mr.. Cox says that Luth was very
quiet, peaceable man, and was never
considered quarrelsome. He left po-
sition as engineer on the Northern Pa
cific road year ago to keep from quar-
reling with a compan ion.
A number Of the railroad men about
Labor hall expressed deep regret at the
shooting of Luth. They all say he
was not quarrelsome, and was usually
very quiet. One of the men said:
"Charley was the whteSt man living"
He has been running switch engine
for the Great Northern road since he
left the Northern Pacific road He was
working yesterday, and was going home
when he got into the controversy that
led up to his being killed.
When the news of the shooting
reached Labor hall the central COM
mittee on the strike discussed the mat
ter. and took pains to prevent any eX-
preston of an excitable nature being
spread, and sent men to the meeting at
Labor hall and meetings at other places
to tell tine facts. and to counsel against
any inflammatory utterances. One
man at Labor hall who said it was
shame to shoot a man down like that
was ordered to keep quiet, and to 70
into the hall. One of the committee
said that they expected no demonstra-
stration among the strikers, and every
effort would be made to prevent any
! hot-headed men from speaking abus-
lively in way that would stir up any
feeling.
A delegation of the central committee
went to the central police station about
O'Clock and stated that they heard that
Cox had been locked up. and offered to
furnish any bail required.
Chief Clark told the men that Cox
/ had not been detained. He is a witness
in the case, but would not be locked up.
The men then went to the morgue and
viewed the remains of Luth. They all
expressed their sorrow in looking at
/ him, and listened to those who knew
Luth tell what a good natured man and
good workman he was.
Joseph Cox. the man with the dead
man at the time of the shooting, went
| home after the accident and then went
! to Labor hall. He was given a hearty
welcome and told to crowd of his fell
| lows the story as related in the GLOBE.
He was calm and straightforward in
| his manner, and related the story with a
| feeling of sorrow for the man who has
been his companion and close friend.