The Portland daily press., 1898-10-13

ter the firing at the stockade had ceased.
an attack without a parallel in the
history of the trouble, was made on Eyster
in his store on Main street, one block
from the depot, which will probably cost
his life. He was sitting in his store
when his telephone rang and he was in
structed from the stockade to secure ply
sicians and hurry them to the place. He
jumped into his delivery wagon, and Sc
curing two doctors, rushed them to the
mines. He returned to his store, climbed
out of his wagon and was just entering
the door when the cry was raised that
| Manager Fred Lutkins. of the mines. was
with him. A throng of infuriateu miners
rushed toward the store. Esyter ran be-
| hind counter with a revolver In each
hand. The miners pressed hard after
him and as Eyster sprang up stairs, he
land the miners began shooting simuita-
Es1eously. He ran to the top of his build
| ing and jumped behind chimney while
| the mipers ran into the street and opened
| fire on him again.
Chips few from the brick chimney and
Eyster ran from over 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 flowing
from wound In his side, but with dogged
determination against terrible odds he
| continued his fight. Jumping to the roof
of the Rae and Gish drug store, he halted
behind projection from the roof of the
building he had just left. and emptied
both his six chambered revolvers. Then
springing 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. Hs either fell
or jumped through the skylight and land
| cd in the arms of crowd of miners who
seized him and carried him down stairs
to the street.
Other hands seized the almost unoon-
scious 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 ana
laid him on the grass. Eyster was mo-
tioniess and supposedly dead. The police
left him lying there and attempted to dis
perse the crowd. In few minutes Eyster
was seen to raise his hand and wipe the
blood from his face. Two men sprang at
him 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
xiii him. The police charged in body
and fonght their way to the centre OF the
mob, where they took stand over the
prostrate, battered and bleeding man.
A carrier was procured and Eyster was
taken to the Buckles hotel He had been
shot through the groin and Is terribly
sicians state that he has barely a chance
for recovery The dead miners were re-
moved from the vicinity of the stockade
to hotels and livery stables and the
wounded miners were taken on htters to
the station and sent to Springfield to-
night at the O'Clock train.
An Associated Press reporter secured
admittancs to the stockade late tonight.
The list of dead and wounded inside the
stockade follows:
Dead:
A. W. Morgan. Chicago
Wounded:
FL. Griteselle, shot in shoulder.
o. j. Snyder, shot in face and legs.
James Syckles, Chicago, shot in leg.
Frank Wilder, Chicago, shot in arm.
Thomas McEntee, Chicago, shot in leg.
J. w. Moonan, ST. Louis, slightly in
jured.
J. Il. Smith, ssChicago, slightly injured.
Two doctors were at work with the
wounded and communication with them
was prohibited. The stockade which sur
rounds about 90 acres of ground in a
square, is made of pine boards an inch
thick, set edge to edge and is about IL feet
high. On each ofsthe four sides, about
midway, is small water tower, contain
ing guard 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 35 big strong men stationed inside
the stockade tonight, each keeping watch
through a loop-hole. The four towers
have been deserted. Manager Lukens
remained at his desk i'll the office all
night, issuing orders to his mon.
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 justifica-
ton whatever IN refusing.to SEND troops
''If this train had come IN before the
interview with the governor was printed,
there would have been no bloodshea. as
the men knew thay were dlsoneyiadgst ; dstyn tne
law and had exhibited an entireiy oiuer-