The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11

and administration building. where there
In conservative immunity from the roo
t,rnai attacks. =
J. II was I'd box car No $3.50 that the news-
paper men aud Jour aalists were directed
eyIt supreme military authority TO con-
oentrats forces and there to remain
through the night. commissary supplies
were purchased at the miners store, and
JUS: as the. his. oesrchliEht began its
evening play, the last OF tho war cor
respondents ieachsd the rendsivpls. Over
the ''cannorsd stove. WHICH, bs1on<s to
every railroad station in Southern nll-
nois. one soe-the Journalists forgot his
dignity long enough to,soralpble the eggs.
which were served on picture Of Mrs
Florence Maybriek just enterins some
English Jail.
4- BEGIN A NIGHTS VIGIL.
Supper over, the nights vigil began,
With every ear alert for the first symp-
Of nightly occurrence previously. Chris
teehee and Camp Turner were north of
box car ,So.-3Ss2 and on thu other side
lowered the steel ribs ofitfe,frame which
bore the wa:erstank. and now crowned by
the searchlieht
} In the eariy hours Of the evening it
sssmed that suspicious. circumstances were
in sight. UP Camp- Turner way. and the
gigantic beam Of the seafchiiGht peered
for ten minutes at time into the forest
which surrounds Zeig1er. Looking down
the track from the box car. one gszed
directly down the path which the sli,ten-
ing rays cut into the darkness. -.
, For at least, four miles fence poyts, de.
serted. sheds, fene trees doomed and reared
up crowned with little. halos OF light, and
4 supernatural glow indicated where the
white tents Of Camp Turner were reflect
Ing back the insolent STARE Of the search.
light The. man on The to8sf, With pow
erfui ienses at his eye. was seeing more
than the caspsl observer. and woe was it
80 any person or object to which the
slightest suspicion might attach. for at
bis command was an automatic riot gun
which would have hurried i half bushei of
'feath,deaIins rpjectiles ss far as three
mitbE .Thercswas nothing. doing, how
tss.er.' and with a sharp twist the liKht
dasted of. in,another direction.
:; FIRST ,sHor OF THEH1l1szs-
= ss,tasS, = stsSn. aing
mefe e&cttink Had occIrfed fhsa The de-
feat 90 full Aeyse BY - psir, u hines.
The cards hada 3ust bsen dealt. and
s"batis. - away OF In I'D tskcast, Yang
out the fr.t shot sSf fhs HGht.
Five shots answered Id qdick success
sisn. s3..Bang 3. beng and 10 an instant
the entire south line. .osepicKets was an
swerinE shots which casne frofsas 4: waving
line which seemed to stretch fora mile or
more. The .telephoue-was ahxiouslys ring
ing, and over the wire came the report
that the pumphouse' down on the Big
Muddy River was being attacked.
Re-enforcements dashed out to give aid
TO the few troops and Deputy Marsbals
on duty along the pipe line which fur
nishss the entire water supply to Zeigler.
More frequent ,beeame-the firing, and then
the magazine guns came into action.
: From the little, towers which dot the
stockade. one after another. they took up
fhea fire. and with afrastle anda'a roar
ripped out clouds Of shot directed over
the heads Of the troops on the firing line.
The Journalists were anxious to get busy
and rush to the scene of carnage; the
newspaper men were content to remain
within box car No. 1858 and gather the
report from the telephone wires At the
height OF the discussion the GatlinE jr,st
behind the press headquarters spit out a
few hundred shots. which sang by the
decrepit Old freight, car ana gave the i'm
presstonas they.dirted past that they had
not missed the ioid. shack BY .more than
SIX iachts, in sHy disection. Thereafter
Journalists and neNspsper.n men were sat
fsaed with the; exfs.lhs surroundinss and
'cireumstances. 50, ...s:ssj 80 I sbE
BnA 9 o'ciock.y Il abiikt4lS; ttti,e ,rfnz
broke out afresh. aid dstiier Quiet reISsned
until dawn, When morning. cafne back to
zeisier .streEyled the, suldiers who had
Pent the night IN the vet and cold. Their
CHARTERS were established IN the cottages
which the, striking miners had vacated.
and they ara -dsilfe eonfortabiyslocated.
They were tired, cold and hungry, and
most OF them disgusaed with, the d6in.s
of;ths nissit. Brea,skast was ready. da.hea
down, and into bed they tumbled for an
al days sleep.
NEW PRESS :HEApoUARrERs.
,Bo1 car No. MS was forsalen the next
night by the newspsper ,msn and journal
ists. and headsusrters were established
oloee by the Sreftrred: white and blne
which nsrks the ofnclal post of General
Barley and his star Of Deputy United
Hatss M1rshalI: Down to, the block.
hossss and outposts vent again the boys
in btue. and a repetition .oethe previous
nlyhfss pSrfornafce was anticipated. But
aff:HfSit not not WAS fred, except two
or three random reports from the rifles Of
sentriss txho possibly had been dreaming.
HaJor Edward e. Elliott Or Arcoia ar
rived 1t noon -ofethe next day and. issued
strict orders. that 6Sbody was. to;sshoo;
unless there was soneti,inx ito sfDoE at
Early that tightsasreroytswa$ teiephansd
to hsadquartees that there was almyste-
.rieus ligilt IN nsoA barn Fouf TOWARD the
ocrdon biockhous, and the. Journalists
had their nrst opportunity tb mount. the
horses which had bsen provided and ride
With the reconnoiterins force which went
to investigate. They ceept up on the old
harm Swith; reyeiyers cooked and ready. to
capture the censpi,ators .red-handed, but
the light tad disappeared They circied
the. piaos and. drew their; line closer and
closer. Finally n Lieutenant reached the
door and demanded that all within sur
render, but there vas no response.
Journalists and. all. combined attack
vas made asainst the barn door, and # was
discovered that there was mo- one iuxfde.
Upon the return trip to Zeigier. one Of
them ;siaIced back and. saw. the fight
sg1in.s. A second Investigation showed
that 1t was. the rejection upon 4 window
pans from an electric light In Zeisler.
Orders we're sent by Captain satterne:d
to his men In the blockhouse to take q. few
shoIs at tie window. At the second shot