New-York tribune., 1895-10-08
A MOBS FIENDISU WORK.
BRUTAL MURDER OF A CANAL-BOAT CAP
TAIN AND HIS son.

THE FATHER SHOT DOWN AND THE SON BEATEN
TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT
FOLLOW THE RULES OF TIE
CANAL ASSOCIATION - SIN
TEEN MEN ARRESTED.
North Tonawanda, " Y. oct. "A double muir
der was committed on +. W. Scribner's lumber
docks at early hour this morning. and up to
the present time sixteen nen have been placed
under arrest and eearch is being made for others.
Shortly after midnight Captain Phillips, OF the
canal-boat Jennie Graft, and his son. OF the boat
May. began loading up with lumber. other boat
men. who had refused to take loads at the price
Scribner offered. marched DOWN in a body to the
dock and interfered. Phillips who was armed
drew revolver and fired over the leads of the
crowd. probably seeking to iEtimidate them Some
one. exactly who has not been learned. pulled
revolver and fired three shots at Phillips. who
fell to the deck Of he boat a dead man The
younger Phillips. who had taken hand In the
melee. was struck down with a club and horribly
beaten. He managed to crawl into the cabin,
where he died at SIS this morning. The authori-
ties We're informed and the police this morning
arrested the following boatmen who are known to
have participated in the trouble MEX Wendell.
Eddie" Done. James Riley. f. Morgan. q. Hyde.
J.
Dixon, A. Lane. b. Warren and f. Lawrence.
Other arrests made. The greatest excite
ment prevails along the docks. and hundreds
have visited the scene Of the double crime. Cap
tain Phillips was about fifty years OF age, and his
son about nineteen. Their home in Con-
stantia OswegO County.
While the fight was.in progress the lines of the
two craft were cut and they hoated down the
river. but were intercepted at Little Island by
tug and brought back.
The murders appear to have been the direct out
come OF the newly formed Canal Association.
which credited some time ago New-fork
Central movement The evidence here shows that
scri6ner got Captain Phillips TO bring his boats
here for load. the bOats to he loaded as soon as
they arrived. This is contrary to the associa-
tons rules. as the association wishes to dictate
to the forwarders when and how boats snail De
loaded. When the TOnawanda boatmen found
that Captain PhilliTs would load when he saw fit.
a little army of desperate men collected at the
dock and waited for the boat to come in. She ar
rived and tied up only to be boarded by the crowd.
Officers were on the spot and attempted To keep
the crowd back. but their =fforts were fruitless,
for the men We're like a pack Of maddened wolves
IF the 'cOppers' lay hand am Of you lay
them out. boys" shouted one man in the crowd.
and then he cried to Captain Phillips. "lf there's
anybody on that boat tina; you want to get OFT,
nows your time.
Never mind anybody here answered PHILIPPE
Then the trouble began. The men poured on the
boat like demons. kicked the into the for
ward ca bin ana started for Captain Phillips. In
second he fell t. the deck with bullet through his
brain and another through his heart His seven
teen -year-old daughter sprang to his assistance
only to be struck on the head and felled to the
deck. while the mob kicked and abused the body
Of her dying father While this was going on. the
dead captains son was attacked. and. though he
fought WELL he was knocked down and beaten al
most to n Jelly, his skull being fractured
United States Deputy Marshal Smering made
an attempt to fight the crowd back, but three OF
them covered him with revolvcis and held him al
hay until they had completed the bloody work
II was a horrible sight that greeted the people
on the wharf when the drifting boats had been
secured and were again tied up. On the deck in
pool Of blood was the father and along the deck
were streams and blotches whore the had
crawled along to the cabin. Every window in the
cabin was br. KEN and the daughter was in hys-
terics over tie body Of her murdered father