The herald., 1898-10-13

!, opened 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 reloaded his re-
volvers.
A Plucky Fight
Blood was flowing from a wound in his
side, but with dogged determination,
against terrific odds, he continued his fight.
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 the twelve chambers of his two
revolvers. Then, springing from cover
Eyster dashed ahead amid the rain of bull
let's 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 crowd
Of miners who seized him and carried him
down stairs 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. In
q few minutes he was seen to raise his hand
and wipe the blood from his face.
A Cowardly Crowd
Two men eprang at him and with the
ferocity Of tigers began jumping on his
body and striking him on the head with
stones. With yell the angry crowd
charged into the square to kill Eyster. The
police charged In a body and fought their
way to the center Of the mob, where they
took a stand over the prostrate, battered,
bleeding man. A carrier was procured and
Oyster was taken to the Buckles hotel. He
had been shot through the groin and IL ter
ribly battered up about the head. The
physicians say that he has barely chance
for recovery.
The dead miners were removed from the
vicinity Of the stockade to hotels and livery
stables and the wounded miners were ta-
ken on litters to the station and taken to
Springfield on the o'clock train.
In the Stockade
An Associated Press reporter secured ad-
list Of dead and wounded inside the stock
ade follows:
A. w. MORGAN. Chicago, dead.
List OF wounded:
List Of Wounded
II. GRITGESELL. shot in shoulder.
o. j. SNYDER, shot In face and legs.
JAMES SICKLES, Chicago, shot in leg.
FRANK WILDER, Chicago shot in arm
THOMAS MINTEE, Chicago, shot In
leg.
Two doctors were at work with the
wounded and communication with them
was prohibited.
The stockade surrounds about twenty
acres of ground in square and Is made of
pine boards an inch thick, set edge to edge
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 dozen
armed sentries day and night. The fight
today occurred at the east entrance. There
are about thirty-five big. strong men sta
toned inside the stockade tonight, each
keeping watch through a loophole. The
four towers have been deserted.
Manager Lukens remained at his desk in
the office all night, issuing orders to his
men.
Within the Law
Manager Lukens said tonight:
'The blood Of every man shed here Is on
the governors head. He is absolutely
outside of the law, and has no justification
whatever in refusing to send troops. His
public statement, that the miner had the
same right to fight for his property, which
was his labor as the mine owner did to
protect his property, inspired the men to
the action which they took today in firing
upon the train as soon as it came into our