The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14

of violence sprung from the seeds of his
own revolutionary theorizing wrung his
heart. Dreaming of victory by peace
full means, the horror of this bloodshed
and carnage goaded him to despair. His
suffering was acute.
Needless of his own safety, he rushed
h;ther and thither among those who
We're leading the mob, dissuading them
from violence and urging them to aban-
don their resistance.
Half a dozen times when he had
dashed out to press his plea OF nom
resistance, L had had almost to drag
him back into safety.
The lull that came when the barri-
cade was forming gave him fresh OPP
portunity. In vain l told him that moth
ing could stay the fight now that the
smouldering wrath of years of wrong
had fiahled into the mad fury of the
moment, and when the wild passions OF
both sides had been reused.
Volna Joined her voice to mine and
urged him.
But in his frenzy of emotional re-
morse he paid no heed to US. Don't
you see that all this horror is the result
of what I in my blindness have been
doing?" he cried. The thought of Ii
is torment and the sight Of it hell.
Would you have me skulk here to save
| further bloOdshed
With that he rushed out
He went first among the strikers, and
we saw him advising, arguing, urging,
pleading, commanding in turn to no eff
| feet Those whom he addressed listened
| to him at first with a measure of pa
tience, but afterwards with shrugs,
sullen looks, intolerant gestures, and
at last with stubborn angry resentment
at his interference, or teers and fioutsi
| according to their humor.
| And all this time the preparations
were not stayed a second, but hurried
| forward with feverish haste and venge-
| full lust of fight.
At length 1 saw him thrust aside
roughly, almost savagely, by one burly
| fellow who had been building the bar
ricade, and now stood gripping a heavy
| iron crowbar and wiping the sweat
| from his brow.
This act served as a cue for the rest
Iadislas was passed from hand to hand
and pushed, with jibes and oaths, from
the center of the barricade to the pave
ment
For an instant he tried a last appeal
| to the men about him; but thesc only
reply was a jeering laugh, half con-
temptuous, half angry. but wholly in
different to every word he uttered.
Just then a loud command from tbs
officer In charge of the troops wal
given and the soldiers advanced a few
PAGES and leveiled their guns
In a moment Ladislas had climbed
over the barricade and rushed forward
into the space between the troops anC
the mob. He ran forward with uplifte'
hand.
For the love of God, peace" n
~ he IL an
strong above the din. 'No more bloo'
must be she'd
For an instance a silence fell upoI
both sides, and all eyes were fixed upoI
him
The next, a single shot was fired from
among the ranks of the troops.
Ladislas' uplifted hand dropped. VI
staggered. and turned toward the mol
so that all saw by the red mark on hi
white broad forehead where the bulle
had struck him, and fell huddled up Of
the road.
1t was the signal for the fight 4
break loose A wild deep gTOan of exc
Grafton leapt from every throat behlnt
the barricade. followed by shouts AN,
and cries OF defiance. His fall at tn
hands of the troops had raised him L
the place of martyr. and those VIII,
had been quick TO Jeer him now shriekei
and yelled for vengeance upon his muir
derers.
Surely an irony Of fate that he VIII,
: had given his life i'm the cause of peac
should by mis- death have loosed tn
! widest passion for blood.
A CHASTITY scene followed. AS the sol
diers charged the barricade, the mol
offered a stubborn and desperate re
sistance. Many Of them were sho
down, but there were others ready 4
take their places. Time after time tn
troops reached and mounted the barri
cade only to be driven back. Once the
carried it and commenced to charge tn
crowd behind. but they were outnum
bered many times and the mob bea
, them and hurled them back and pur
sued them even across the barricadt
infllCting serious loss.
/, seized that moment to run out an
recover the body of my poor friend.
. found him and as I was carrying hin
out Of the press of the tumult. tn
troops rallied and the tide of the figh
E came surging back past me.
The chances Of the struggle bTough
r BremenhOf close up. He saw me an
2 with a cry Of anger rushed to SELF
me.
Some of the mob had seen my effor
; ] TO get lu01SlaS away OEit OF Intm IA
$ stayed TO help and he was thus clos
: at hand when the attempt was made {
! capture me. Thinking that the inter
ton was to prevent my carrying Lads
: las away. he pressed forward and wit
T a savage oath thrust his revolver rigt
i'm Bremenhofs face and fired.
: This act proved the turning point
the fight.
, Fierce shouts of exultation went u
as Bremenhof was recognized. III
: strikers halted. rallied and reforme'
land they renewed the attack upon II
troops with irresistible vigor and droy
: them back helter-skelter ali dlreC
| lions.
The mob had won, but at cost whic
had vet to be counted. Nor did the
stay to count it. The street resounde
with whoOps and yells of victor.
: Flushed and sweated with their excl
tions. the men were like children
I their delight. They shook hands or
, with another. ars,i laughed and san
) and shouted and even danced in shes
: | glee.
They had beaten the troops; had SCI
them scurrying like frightened hares
!; cover: they had carried the cause
! the people to triumph; they had spi
: the blood of the oppressor, and Il
taste of lit made them drunk with u