The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

ran behind counter with revolver In each hand. The miners pressed hard after him and as Eyster sprang up- stairs he and the miners began shoot ing. He ran to the top of his building and jumped behind a chimney, while the miners ran into the street and open ed fire on him again. Chips flew from the brick chimney and Eyster ran from cover across to the roof of another store, firing into the street below as he ran. From there he crossed to the roof of the Bank of Virden, where he re- loaded his revolvers. Blood was flow ing from wound in his side, but with dogged determination against terrible odds he continued his flight. Jumping to the roof of the Rae & Gish drug store, he halted behind a projection from the roof of the building he had just left and emptied both of his six chambered revolvers. Then sprlntlng from cover, Eyster dashed ahead, amid the rain of bullets, to the roof of the Steed building, the upper story of which is known as Miners hall. He either fell or jumped through the skylight and landed in the arms of a crowd of nm CTS, who seized him and carried him downstairs to the street. Other hands seized the almost unconscious man and he was dragged into the middle Of the street. Local policemen drove back the crowd and carried Eyster to the city square across the street and laid him on the grass. Eyster was motionless and supposedly dead The police left him lying there and attempted to dis perse the crowd. In a few minutes Eyster was seen to raise his hand and wipe the blood from his face. Two men sprang at him and with the ferocity of tigers began jumping on his body and striking him on the head with stones. With a yell the angry crowd charged into the square to kill Eyster. The po- lice charged in a body and fought their way to the center of the mob, where they took a stand over the prostrate, battered and bleeding man. A car riage was produced and Eyster was taken to the Buckles hotel He had been shot through the groin and is ter ribly battered up about the head. The physician states that he has barely a chance for recovery.
 In the Stockade.
 An Associated Press reporter secured admittance to the stockade late to- night. The list of dead and wounded inside the stockade follows. The dead:
 A. w. Morgan, Chicago.
 Wounded. H. Gritdeselle shot in shoulder; James Sickles, Chicago, shot in leg; Frank Wilder, Chicago shot in arm: Thomas McEntry, shot in leg; James Monan, St. Louis, slightly in jured; J. H. Smith, Chicago, slightly injured.
 Two doctors were at work with the wounded and communication with them was prohibited. The stockade ground in a square, is made of pine board an inch thick set edge to edge and is about twelve feet high. On each of the four sides about midway is a small watch tower containing guard armed with a Winchester. There are three entrances which are closely guarded by half a dozen armed sen- tries day and night. The fight to-day occurred at the east entrance. There are about thirty-five big strong men stationed inside the stockade tonight each keeping watch through a loop hole The four towers have been de- serted. Manag ger Lukens remained at his desk in the office all night issuing orders to his men.
 Manager Lulsen's Statement.
 Manager Lukens said tonight: "The blood of every man shed is on the gov- ernor's head. He is absolutely outside of the law and has no justification whatever in refusing to send troops If this train had come in before the interview with the governor was print ed there would have been no b1oodshed as the men knew they were dsobeying the law and had exhibited an entirely different spirit from what they showed after the interview was published. Most of them were ignorant enough to be- lieve that they had right to do as the governor said they had. At least Ej) shuts were fired into that train by the time it reached the shaft and no shors were fired from the train until at feast 250 shots were fired into it. Nc shots were fired from the stockade until after several of our men had been wounded Several of the men came back without having fired their guns at all. Most of the shooting was done by the guards on the train, who were authorized by the railroad company"