Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-13
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mirers pressed hard after him. and as
Eyster sprang up stairs he and the min
ers simultaneously began shooting. He
ran to tle top of his building and jumped
behind chimney, while the miners ran
into the street and opened fire on him
again. Chips flew from the brick. Chin
rey and Eyis,er ran from cover across 20
the roof of another store. firing into the
street below as ne ran. From there he
crossed To the roof OF the hank OF yirden.
where he reloaded his reviewers.
Blood was flowing from a wound in his
side, but with logged determination
against terrible odds, he continued his
flight Jumping to the roof of The Rae &
Dish drug store he halted behind a pro-
lection from The roof of the building he
had just left and emptied botn his six
chambered revoivers. Then sDringiug
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 s2ylight and lard-
ed in the arms of a crowd of miners, who
seized him and carried him down stairs
to the street.
Other hands seized the almost uncon-
scious man and he was dragged into the
drove back the crowd and carried Eyster
to the city square. across the street. ard
laid him on the grass. Eyster was mo-
| tionless and supposedly dead. The police
left him lying there and attempted to dis
l "a
Der was seen to raise his hand and wipe
the blood from his face. Two men spr.sag
at him and with the feroclty Of tigers be-
gan jumping on his body and striking him
| on the head with stones.
With a yell the angry crowd charged
into the square to kill him. The police
charged in body and fought their way
| 20 the center of the mob, where they took
a stand over the PROSTATE. battered ara
| bleeding man. A carrier was procured
| and Eys,er was taken to the Buckles no.
| tel. He had been shot through the groin
and is terribly battered up about the
head. The physician states thai he has
barely chance for recovery. The dead
miners Were removed from the vicinity OF
the stockade to l1oosls and livery stables
and the wounded miners were taken on
filters to the station and sent to Spring
field, tonight, on the O'Clock train.
An Associated Press reporter secure
admittance to the stockade, late 10.
night. The list of dead and woundao
inside the stockade follows:
DEAD.
VIM. Morgan, Chicago.
WOUNDED.
II. Gritgeselle, shot in shoulder.
o. J. Snyder, shot in face and legs
James Sickles. chicago, shot in leg.
Frank Wilder, Chicago, shot in arm
Thomas McE,ntee, Chicago, shot IL
leg.
j. w. Moonan, ST. Louis, slightly IN
| jured.
/ j. H. Smith, Chicago slightly injured
/ Two doctors We're at work on tn
wounded and communication with then
was prohibited. The stockase whicr
surrounds about 20 acres OF ground in a
square, is made of pine boards, an inc}
| thick. set edge to edge and is abou
y feet high. On each of the four sides
! about midway, is d small watch tower
containing guard armed with q Win
chester. There are three entrance
which are closely guarded by half {
| dozen armed sentries day and night
The tight, today, occurred at the east
entrance. There are about So big strone
men stationed inside the stockade. to-
night. each keeping watch through 4
loop mole. The four towers have beer
deserted. Manager Lukens remained
at his desk in the Office all night, issu-
ing orders to his men.
4 Manager Lukens said, tonight: "The
Blood Of every man shed here is on the
Governors head. He is absolutely out
side CT the law and has no justification
whatever in refusing to send the troops.
J, IF this train had come in before the
interview with the Governor was printed
, there would have been no bloodshed. as
the men knew they We're disobeyinp the
law and had exhibited an entirely differ.
ent spirit from what they showed after
the interview was published Most of
them We're ignorant enough to believe
fathat they had right to do as the Cow
. ernor said they had. His statement thar
the miner had the same right to fight FL,
his property. which was his labor as tbe
mine owner did to protect his prouertv