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f ' 1 ' * HGlflM 't,' TT ± PITTSTON, fA., SATURDAY, APRIL 10,1886. i &tvu cum | Tea 'Jmli Far Watt aa If by • blind impute, and with no apparent cause except in tka hope of KILLXIfO «U MATOR, will not obey our laws, fsinsmlur that yon are foresworn; that you are no loatflV Knights of Labor. Brothers, I beg of you please do nothing rash." Ttas speaker faim quivered with earnestness aad excit»maLtD as he supplicated the mob to obey the lawn. "What will the Knights of ibe country think of you! Ohl what will the whole world think of our order! Dost forget how hard we have wortasd to build tqD our organisation. Ohl do not tear it down in ruins by one rash act All men who incite you to strife are not true Knights of labor. They are worse than, the detectives of the railroads, who are trying to hunt you down. ihttdag. They all ran off thsn, tetoi of them throwing away thatr rifles. Tbsrewere thirteen originally, but sons qt them se- A SHORT 8TRIKE. CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS. Pool flayete Carried Their Point tai Two and the officer, began firing. There wen several people on the bridge coming up at the time. They were not striker* but pedestrians crossing over. The firing lasted but a single volley, but when the smoke cleared away, a man lay stretched apparently lifeless on the footwalk. In an incredibly shot space of time a crowd gathered, the prostrate man being carried Into the bridge bouae, when he was found to be not dead but dying. A bullet had gone through his abdomen, and while he breathed life ebbed'rapidly away. He was unable to speak, but he was recognised as C. E. Thompson, of St Louis. When the deputies had completed their second murderous assault they turned tail, and hanging together for protection slunk like poltroons across the bridge. The different eye witnesses of the tragedy all agree that the attack on the strikers was most dastardly and entirely unprovoked. They all assert that it is the natural consequence of putting Winchesters in the hands of unexperienoed men, who have never before smelt powder, and who would be frightened at their shadow. Officer Edward Mahoney, who saw the slaughter, said that the strikers did nothing to provoke it The deputies opened fire before the strikers had any opportunity tomato a hostile move. As is usual in similar cases the eased." C. O. Parker, superintendent oC the Louisville and Nashville road, called at ths Four Courts and wanted the men bald on this side, as their lives would not be sets on ths other side. He said he did not see the shooting and knsw very little about it The men ware all deputy sheriffs, he said, bat he admitted that Charles Kensler was a foreman, aad William Luster, a switchman on ths road, but both, ha sold, had bean sworn in as deputy sheriffs. Chicago, April 10.—The employes of the Brunswick-BeJke-Oollsnder oompany, to the mmber of between 480 man, went out on i strike this morning. In addition to their lemands for an increase of wagee and the ' changing from piece work to day work, the nen made a proposition to Mr. Miller, business manager of the company, to discharge all aon-union men. Mr. Miller made a reply that he did not intend to discharge non-union nen, and thereupon the men refused to go to work. A committee of the union met Mr. tensinger, a member of the company, shortly Iter 10 o'clock. Mr. Bensing o D1 the won .here was but one non-union man in the 'actory, and he would be discharged. He -ben asked the men to withdraw their demand for an increase of 20 per cent on day work. The men, however, remaimed firm, tad at 8 o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Bendnger told them they would get the raise, «k1 to come to work as soon as possible, rhe factory resumed to-day. Honrs. THE REASON WHY HE RESIGNED K«ody Work of Excited Deputy * * ** Sheriffe. FROM THE CABINET Opposed to the Plan (or Purchasing the Land, and Also Object! to Any Increase of Tjnatloi on Aeeonnt of Ireland—Did Gladstone Break HI* Promise? MEN SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS ij. •*!' " _ .C£• Om of More Deputies Mercilessly Pounded to Death. Loudon, April 10.—The house of i-ommons was crowded last evening in every part Mr. Gladstone announced that the government hoped to finish the debate upon Che home rale measure on Monday, in which case he would Introduce the budget on Tuesday and the land bin on Thursday. Following this announcement he proposed that the house stand adjourned during Easter week. as you would a murderer." While Brown was speaking Committeman Hayes walked excitedly up and down the platform, exclaiming in a despairing manner:BHVM THIS, BHUlt THEM THE MIUTIA CALLED OUT. tttm Concentrating at ths Seene of ths Hh'C Crisis Beaehed at Ust and Inno«U Cltlsens ran Dead and Dying, Oat Down by ttae Deadly Mlnle Governor Oglesby has ordered Adjt Gen- Vance to send as many companies as necessary to the scene at East Bt Louis at ths earliest possible moment Companies at Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Nashville, Sparta, Vandalia, Paris and Greenville were ordered to proceed to the scene and report to CoL R. M. Smith, who will have command. In forty minutes the Governor's Guards were ready, but did not get off till 6 o'clock. "Ohl my God, my God. I wish this had not happened." His eyes were watery; he was almost crying, and when he addressed the mob after Brown's harangue, his emotions choked him several times, and he was obliged to pause for utterance. Hayes speech was of the sams tenor ss Brown's, as was also that of Martin O'Neill, who followed Hayes. Casper Heep, who bad arrived in the meantime, was busy aqiong the crowd trying, upon the more excited individuals, the arguments which the committeemen were urging from the platform. After a while he was joined by Messrs. Hayes, Brown, O'Neill, McKeon and Bailey. After a while the temper of the mob had cooled down somewhat, but as they dispersed a number of them showed by their remarks that all danger was not past yet At 11 o'clock Sheriff Ropiequet sent the following dispatch to the governor:Mr. Chamberlain was received with faint cheers as he arose to make his promised statement. His speech partook eon of the character of a personal explanation than a reply to Mr. Gladstone's Irish bill, and it is not believed that his remarks have strengthened his position. Mr. Chamberlain said that when he joined the government he gave Mr. Gladstone to understand that he was opposed to any scheme of land purchase, and not prepared to reconcile a separate parliament in Dublin with the security of the empire. He had several objections to the adoption of any scheme involving an Increase of the burden of taxation, and he so stated to Mr. Gladstone. He was asdbred that any scheme of home rule or land purchase contemplated by the government would be first submitted to the cabinet for discussion, and that the measure decided upon would embody the best views of the ministry. He was, therefore, astonished when, on March 13, Mr. Gladstone laid before himself and his colleagues a land purchase bill involving an outlay of £160,- 000,000. . • BsIMM and Martial law Stand Mm to Va*e With Fatal Determine■ Ri r t tlMk East St. Louis, April 10.—A reign of ter- Mr and bloodshed has been inaugurated tare, and although serious results were not nnlooked for, few were prepared for the sadden and terrible manner in which it came. For several days past the demonstrations that were made on the part of the strikers, and the fact that the freight houses and yards of the railroad companies were being filled with hired deputy sheriffs, convinced the mors coolheaded that nothing short of a miracle would prevent a bloody riot Appeal after appeal was sent to Governor Oglesby for military protection, but in vain. Sheriff Ropiequet apparently exD«na»«d his resources in his endeavor to provide the force that was necessary. Yesterday to had a posse of 200 men here, but In .the evening he sept them back to Belleville, only fifteen out of the 200 remaining. They were not properly armed for the contingency tK.t, would probably arise, and the sheriff says the governor failed to provide them with Winchesters as he promised. The failure of the posse to put In an appearance yesterday morning did not disconcert the railroad official in the least, as they relied on the assistance of their own men who had been sworn in as deputy sheriffs and who were all arrded with Winchesters. This means of protection was first determined on by the manager of the Louisville and Nashville, and the other roads resorted to the same means. Eighteen of these deputies patrolled the Chicago and Alton yards. Tb» Chicago, Burlington and Quincy had thirty similarly armed men, the Ohio and Mississippi seventeen, and the Vandalia about a doxen, all of whem carried Winchesters and navy revolver. In order to prevent the possibility of • mob, such as that of Wednesday, again entering the yards, these armed deputies guarded the points where the Ohio and Mis: sissippi and Chicago and Alton yard tracks intersect the main lines, and no one was allowed in the yards unless he held a permit l/rom the superintendent , In front of the freight houses on the island guards w«mD stationed. At the intersection of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and Alton tracks A Young lady Kitted. "Forty men went from here," said the governor to The United Press representative. "I did not act until _I_ was satisfied that the sheriff had exhausted his powers to keep the peace. He informed me that he was in good condition, but last night he was gloomy agaiiL- I had intended ordering out the troops, bat did not do so until after the sheriff informed me that he had discharged his posss. Thsn I ordered out the troops. I don't know how long they will stay there. I would be glad if I could order them back in the morning. Adjt Gen. Vance and CoL Schaffer, of my staff, will represent me at the scene-" The governor was much troubled and declined to talk about the condition of affairs. A Gatling gun went'down last evening and will be manned by a squad from tho Danville battery. Orders were dispatched to the military oompanies at Virden and Taylorville to proceed to East St Louis this morning. Hackkttstown, April 10.—Miss Mary Peters, aged 23, waited on the west bound 3-ack of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, about a mile east of here, yesterday afternoon, with two friends for an jest bound coal train to pass. While they itood there a west bound freight train turned i curve just above the crossing. They did not see it until it was almost upon them. Due of Miss Peters' friends jumped on one tide of the track and one on the other, and jsch screamed to her to follow. Instead of ibeying either, she seemed for an instant to be bewildered, and then fell forward on her (ace, She was killed instantly. INNOCENT SUFFERED MOST. There was only one striker among the wounded. The woman who was shot was Mrs. Joseph Pfeiffer. She was hit in the back and cannot live. The two men who fell on the bridge were taken to Fiseher's drug store, but they were beyond 'medical skill. The occurence is pronounced by til who witnessed it as a cold-blooded, cowardly murder. Riot would be a misnomer in this case. The names of the men killed and mortally wounded are: Pat Driscoll, Wabash section man, not a striker; Oscar Washington, a painter, not a striker; John Bonner, coal miner, not a striker; Maj. Ryncher, a rolling mill employe, was shot in thehead and shoulder and will probably die; Mrs. Pfeiffer, shot in the back, mortally wounded; C, E. Thompson, of St. Louis, mortally wounded. THE SHERIFF'S APPEAL. Governor Oglesby Notified of the Out- Kef a»ed Bail. break by Wire. Freehold, N. J., April 10.—Johnston and Dangler, arrested for complicity in the lynching of Mingo Jack, are still in jail. Citizens are ready to offsr $100,000 for them, out the court will not admit them to bail, as they are charged with a capital offense. They will be heard on habeas corpus proceedings, ind an attempt will be made to have the charge ~ gainst them reduced from murder to manslaughter so that they may offer bail. A mob of 200 men invested the entrance of the Louisville and Nashville yards and stopped the employes of the road. Wlyn commanded by me and my deputies to disperse they hooted and derided me and my posse and applied epithets to me and refused to disperse in the presence of the city police officers. With the force at my disposal I cannot preserve the peace and afford protection to the railroad companies. Under these circumstances I intend to send my posse to their homes. I hereby invoke the aid of the state for militia sufficient to aid me in the execution of laws and the protection of property. I will forward a written request for militia by the next mail. Roratqtrrr, Sheriff. During the shooting Sheriff Ropiequet sent the following dispatch: Hero Mr. Gladstone Interrupted Mr. Chamberlain and said: "I object to this. The gentleman hits not received permission of her majesty's government to state its measures in parliament." "WANTED, MEN OF GRIT." Some of the deputies who failed to make connection with the frightened crowd, who rushed pell mell over the bridge, took refuge, chased by the crowd, in the freight warehouse and offices of the LouAMlie and Nashville and barred all the doors. The warehouse was surrounded by an immense crowd, who hooted and yelled and urged the men to attack the stronghold and drive the deputies out Men went among the crowds urging others to procure arms and shoot all the deputies they conld find. Some of the deputies, watching their opportunity, slipped out and worked their way among the freight cars unobserved. They left their guns behind them in the freight house, and a Louisville and Nashville freight car backed down alongside the platform and took away the others to a place of safety. Two were sighted by the strikers, who had procured arms, and were chased under the bridge. One of them was caught In front of Tony's house, on the levee, and was The Advertisement Which Caught the Mr. Chamberlain replied that he made the statement only for the purpose of explanation, and protested against restrictions bein j placed upon the measure of his explanation. An angry discussion followed for some minutes between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Chamberlain, after which the latter proceeded with his speech. St. . Loois, April 10.—One week ago the Louisville and Nashville Mid the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads, not believing that the authority of Sheriff Ropiequet was sufficient to protect their property, inserted the following advertisement in the county papers along the lines: Wanted—Good men to go to Bast St Louis and act as deputy marshals for this company. Five dollars a day will be paid and beard furnished. Only men of grit wanted. Apply at once to the agents of the company. Fighters In "Egypt." Philadelphia, April 10. — The Feister Press company of this city has signed contracts with H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., for the largest printing contract on record. It is for 40,000,000 32-page pamphlets and 400,000,000 four page circulars. The unount of money involved in this transaction is •800,000,000. Part of the work will be done in this city, and the remainder on Feister presses in England and Germany. The Largest Printing Contraot. The objections, Mr. Chamberlain said, which he had stated to Mr. Gladstone previous to entering the cabinet had not since been removed, and several oI them he would now make known. He objected to the scheme principally beoause the Irish members were by its terms excluded from the Westminster, parliament; because the scheme renounced the exercise of the right of the imperial government to Impose taxation; because it surrendered the right of the government to appoint judge* and magistrates, and particularly because of the supreme authority suggested far Ireland in matters not specially excluded from the power of its parliament R J. Oglesby, Springfield, Ills. Mob concentrating with rifles and guns to storm the Louisville and Nashville freight house. One man killed on bridge; danger The result of this was that all the men with fighting reputations immediately became impressed with the idea that now was the longed for opportunity to distinguish themselves. The company furnished them with Winchester rifles and Coifs revolvers, and brought them here and stationed them in _ the yards. No hotel could be found here willing to harbor them and they were taken to St Louis for board and lodging. The presence of these countrymen with their Winchester rifles ovsr their shoulders was a constant source of Irritation to the strikers, and when they mat the usual solution from the striken was: Manchester, April 10.—The Guardian in tta commercial article says: Trade in cloths Is fairly steady. The demand for the smaller foreign markets is moderate; for the other markets it is poor. Prices of yarns are unchanged. Only a trifling trade is being lone. Commercial Matters In England. To this the governor replied: Your telegram received. I have given orders for a militia force to report at once under command of a colonel, who will be on the grounds to take charge of said force. Several companies, possibly eight or more, will go. You will have a reliable force upon which to depend. I will Instruct the colonel to report to you, and I must exact of each of yon the greatest care, the greatest earnestness and discipline in your councils, and oo-opeoatlon with the officers in command thereof. If Gen. Vance can come will send him down. Please keep this dispatch for the present to yourself. Will communicate with you more fully to writing. Keep me advised of important events until the arrival of militia forces. R. 3. OOLXSBT. imminent Ropiequet. beaten to death The Capitol City's Stern Gone. Mr. Chamberlain then spoke of the effect which the suooess of the scheme must have upon the taxpayers of Great Britain. He regarded the land measure as one laying upon British taxpayers an overwhelming liability, attended with ex cessive risk}. Viewed in any light, it still retained the appearaaoe of a bribe to the Irish land owaers to softan or remove their hostility to heme rule. by tbe mob. Another was reported to hmre been shot u he was escaping under the approach to the bridge. The other deputies escaped unharmed. As soon as it was learned that the deputies were escaping from the freight houses men, insane with anger and excitement, burstfin the doors and searched the house thoroughly. They secured soma Winchester rifles, and with others who had shotguns and revolvers, searched the freight cars and the yatds of the Louisville and Nashville carefully for the stray deputies. It was a Nxw York, April 10.—Nothing has yet been done toward raising the Capitol City. She has parted, and her stern has floated sway. Tie Baxter Wrecking company will save the engines and as much of her furniture and cargo as possible. B&XASTWORVS OF TIS8 were constructed. At the Louisville and Nashville freight house on Immense breastwork was formed of barrels, and behind eaeh barricade were stationed several men armed with Winchesters to frustrate any attempt on the part of the strikers to gain access to the yards. Mayor Joyce called on the sheriff yesterday morning with a view of prevailing on him to summon enough men to watch every street in the city, and especially the straete on the island, so that teamsters who desired to go to work might be able to do so without being Interfered with. The sheriff did not take kindly to the scheme, j He said he was tired of the whole business, taad did not Intend to do any more than he \wa* doing at present About 2:15 o'clock a crowd, consisting of gram 100 to MO men, mostly strikers, wn* gathered at theCeast end of the bridge near ihVLflMsmUte and Nashville railroad track. TV. sm watnhtag the operations of a LoujjjTiiW Haskville switch engine, and as it passed r*l1***nd them W WlWOimMKM "Say, yon, would you shoot anybody— now, would you! If you would, why we would have to bang yon." Dynamite Ksplosioa. Pottsvuls, Pa., April 1ft—A box of dynamite cartridge* exploded In • blacksmith ■hop on Kern* section of the Potteville and Mahanoy railroad, demolished the building, Inatantly killing William Albright, and probably fatally wounding William McGeech. Than remark* ware mingled with occasional hoots and gibes. Hie remarks wrought soma of the hot-tampered deputies up to a shooting point several times, but they were persuaded by their companions to. held back thair Ore. Among the men in the employ of the Louisville and Nashville road to a short, thick-set individual with a fierce red mustache and a broad-brimmed white Referring to the financial element of the tnhamo, Mr. Chamberlain laid that the lEngHrfi taxpayer* would object to shouldering any additional burden for the purpose of milting good Irish deficiencies; and the Irish taxpayers would be called upon to pay now taxes whenever deficiencies In the budget occurred. Falling to obtain the sum needed in this way, the government would be obliged to repudiate its obligations. Rather than to support this measure with all its futum complications Mr. Chamberlain declared he would vote for separation pure and simple. (Cheers from the Conservatives and Whigs.) The opponent* of this scheme were told by the government that the only alternative to home rule was coercion. Coercion .was not, however, his alternative. Coercion had failed, and it would fail again. He proposed to deprive the landlords of the power of forcing evictions for six months, meanwhile guaranteeing them their rent, the land being the security. During this period a peace commission, composed of members of all of the parties and factions in parliament, oould conduct a searching inquiry into the land question. This be thought necessary as a preliminary step, and be believed that the information gathered by the commission would be invaluable to the solution of the land problem. As Cor home rule, Mr. Chamberlain said that he did not look for it in the direction indicated Iby the government, but rather in the direction of a federation under which Ireland would remain an integral portion of the empire and imperial unity be maintained. Sheriff Ropiequat was found in the bar of the Martille hotel shortly After the killing. He was talking to a crowd of friends and was taking things easy apparently. "I have nothing to do with tills thing and am out of It altogether," said he, "J telegraphed the governor at 10 o'cleok that I was done with it, and I sent a report of the occurrence to 'the governor, but 1 shall do nothing more. I don't propose to go into any more crowds. The deputies who did the shooting were under Special Deputy Parker, I think." REGULAR RABBIT HUNT, and it wCfuld have been instant death to any deputy found by the gang. "We got one of the deputies," said a young man who seemed to be a striker. "We caught him and two others on the Ohio and Mississippi walk cm the island. nDere were 4ve of us, and we called on them., to halt, which they refused to da We fired, and one of them fell He's lying dead on the walk up there now. The other two got away, but we'll get them. These fellows wont have guns in their hands all the time. Five of us killed that fellow. They were on their way to the Ohio and Mississippi freight house to take refuge in it when we caught them." About half an hour after the fight on the roadway an excited, angry mob gathered In the square between the city hall and the police sta* on. A man named Dwyer, who formerly ran a variety dive, and who at present follows no other occupation than gambling for a livelihood, was! the center of a wild-eyed, pale-faced crowd, who loudly cheered every incendiary statement that be uttered. He urged the men to Atljuttic Citt, April 10—Hiss Rose Cleveland and her friend, Miss Van Vechtan, take frequent strolls on the broad walk at Atlantic City. Both wear heavy ulsters, and tftos Cleveland hides her face with a blue vail. Miss Clanlud by tlD« Sounding ha. bat He was known to the strikers by the nickname of "Cowboy." Besida his Winchester, he carried two Colt's 45-calibre revolvers and a large belt filled with cartridges. He had been insulted and subjected to considerable banter for his action of Wednesday in holding the crowd at bay in the Louisville and Nashville yards and for threatening to kill the first man who entered the freight house. He had warned the strikers several times to quit annoying him. Hie threats and counter threats tended to increase the ill-feeling existing between strikers and deputies. It was this "oowboy" who fired the fatal shot and precipitated the fatal fusilada. Aa American Tenor's Debut. London, April lft.— Mr. Scovel, an American, made his debut as a tenor with the Carl Rosa company, at Derby, and scored a mcoess. HOW THE BATTLE STARTED. The Railroad Deputise Tall Their (Ms Si. Louis, April 10. — A G. Hewlett, special officer of the Louisville and Nashville road, was in charge of the party who did the shooting. He was seen in the hold over at the Four Courts polios station. He said that the trouble commenced just before dinner, when two of the deputise were struck with stones. He talked with the crowd and told them to disperse, which some of them did; others, he says, cursed and hooted him. A couple of hours later he was called to the Louisville and Nashville yard, where a crowd was preventing a train from going out He s»ys after they got the train out he arrested a man for using threatening language, and ordered the crowd to disperse. Stones wars thrown, and he and several of his men war* struck, and then the firing commenced. "I think we fired first," said Hewlett "I think all of our Bhots took effect One man who threw the first rock was shot down." "They cried, 'Kill the cowboy!' meaning me," interrupted Deputy Sheriff Kenaier, "and as I saw a fellow drawing a revolver I shot him." "After the shooting," continued Hewlett "we made for the bridge, not from fear, but because w* did not want kill any more people. We were stopped on the bridge by Mayor Joyce, who was quite drunk, and he wanted us to go back with him. This we refused to do, because he couldn't, give us protection. He attempted to take us and gave his revolver to a fellow who opened fire on us. The man fired several shots at us and some of our party fired back." "How many of you fired in the first shooting?""All of us," was the reply, and all of the nine men in the party added that they had all fired. No one knew who, had fired the first shot. of the Affair. A Butcher Butchers Himself. and crew that was attending to the switching. Opprobioos epltliet" wCereal*D applied, tot were not noticed by the switching crew. This for some time, the strikers srr-nt-g to become more and more excited. Watching this scene were five deputy sheriffs, t#o of whom were armed with Winchesters andD three with heavy navy revolvers. They were on the Louisville and Nashville trestle about twenty feat from Cahokia bridge. They nervously watch the actions of the crowd, and finally rushed forward. They were Joined by about ten other deputies and, losing entire control over themselves, Rochester, April 10.—Charles F. Scbott, a wholesale butcher, cut his throat with a butcher knife. He will probably die. The Grant and Hancock Funds. New York, April lft—The total amounts of the funds are as follows: Grant monument, $130,30197; Hancock, $42,742. BURNING DOWN CARS. rnl|ht Can Destroyed by Fir* Ia Thr*e Csn. Grant's Saddle. St. Louis, April 10.—Th* conflagration on the east side turns out to be of a miner character. The first was some box oars steading in the Louisville and Nashville yards. Hardly had this been extinguished when another broke out among the box cats upon the Indianapolis and St Louis tracks, near the round house of that road. This fire was allowed to burn, no access to it being possible At midnight another fire broke out in the yards of the Cairo Narrow Oauge railroad, and burned some cars of that company. The militia that have arrived are camped near the east end of the bridge. Tarda. Chicago, April 10.—Gen. Grant's saddle has been presented to the Chicago commandery of the Loyal Legion. and was in the midst of an appeal to the mob to follow him to the Ohio and Mississippi depot, to hunt for deputy sheriffs, whan John W; CHoyes, the one-armed member of tba general executive committee, Knights flC Labor, and Martin ONeil, a Knight of Labor, arrived on the sceoe from St Louis. Mr. Brown, who travels with the general board in the capacity of Knights of Labor orator, mounted the stairs leading to the police station and yelled at the mob for attention, but the infuriated mob answered him with: "Hang the extra." "Kill them," and other remarks of the same character. Mr. Hayes, who was standing at Brown's side, turned to a prominent Knight of Labor and asked him to introduce Mr, Brown to the mob as the representative of the general executive committee. The man replied in a fright ened manner: "If I do, they wjjl hang mei" .grown turned on him as quick as a flash and said: "Yes, if you dont they ought to hang you." Then he turned to the mob, which kept up the cry to kill, aang and burn, and began an impassioned appeal for quiet, law and order, and by the sheer force of his terrible earnestness riveted the attention of the crowd tor a few minutes at a time, when they would break away rom the spell of his eloquepoe and take up iheir revolutionary yeHS. He said: "Men and brothers-, for RAMO AHD KILL FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL • ni(D PROMISCUOUSLY right and left. The scene that followed was appalling. The crowd broke and ran in all directions, uttering maledictions as they retreated. Curses deep and loud, mingled with the groans of the wounded and dying and the piercing cry of a woman, were heard above the din. Notwithstanding that the strikers were in full retreat, the deputies pursued them in the direction of the bridge, shooting white in progress. At least 180 to 200 shots fired. Two men fell in their tracks on the bridge, while one man was seen to topple .aver into Cahokia creek. A cry of horror . arose from the witnesses of this dastardly outran, and all in the vicinity hastened to put a brick wall between themselves .and the leaden messengers of death. But A Dull and Featureless Day With Spee- Nsw Yokjc. April 9— Money easy itlfn oent. Exchange dull at Governments Arm. Currency to, LiTX hid; to, coup., 12#M bid; coup., lllM bid. u la tors. HEALY REPLIES. The stock market opened quiet and featureless, but Ju«t before the first call a spurt of buying In the ex-Vlllards caused an advancs of ki to l\i per cent. The market then settled into a lifeless state anu has •o continued slnoeJ*wLt the oiose prices were slightly off from the be/t figures. Prices closed as follows: v W. U. Telegraph 9B9i Del. ft Hudson.. ▲dams Express 146 Del., Lack, ft W. U. 8. Express 65 Denver. Chamberlain Denounced for Political Vituperation. Mr. Healy replied to Mr. Chamberlain, and delivered probably the most effective speech of the day. His denunciation of • Mr. Chamberlain's course from his entrance into Mr. Gladstone's cabinet until his resignation was an example of political vituperation such as not been heard in the house of ■ commons for many years. Mr. Chamberlain'* discomfiture was plainly apparent, and' added greatly to the amusement which Mr. Healy's remarks afforded the Farnelllte members. THE DEPUTIES SURRENDER. • 100« 126 Escaping to St. Louis and Disarmed by the Police. C., C., C. & I — Erie Mew York Central... 101 Ji Kansas * Texas... Sew Jersey Central.. M Lake Shore Illinois Central IK Lake Erie at West Ohio Central lit Morris ft K»?x.... Michigan Control.... 67 Northwest Northern Pacific 25M Do. P*ef St. Louis, April 10.—The eight deputies who did the shooting, accompanied by four others, after crossing the bridge to St Louis, went to the Third district police station, and were sent by the sergeant in charge, to whom they surrendered themselves, in the patrol wagon to the Four Courts. There Sergeant Schmidgens took them into custody and took their rffles from them, regularly searched them and placed them in the hold over. .this was not enough. The holocaust of D blood had brought terror and misery ilato a dozen homes was not yet satisfied. After the brief but bloody struggle on the narrow trestle bridge over the Cahokia the ■deputy sheriffs, apparently terrified at the deadly work they had committed, turned westward and retreated precipitately toward Da pref Central Pacific... Union Pacific— Missouri Pacific.. Texas Partita Metropolitan L... Alton A T. H. Canada Southern Chicago & Alton. Oanada Pacific... Che*. * Ohio , &6M Ontario ft West 41* Ohio & Miss.... 49X Pacific Mail... .104* Reading 10* Rock Island... .169 Be, Paul . & Wabah . 40 Bar. ft Qulnoj. ,142 Oregon Trans.. 6554 Ore. R'y ft Nav. 10 Wert Shore Mr. Gladstone listened attentively throughout Mr. Healy's speech and attested his satisfaction by an occasional smile. After the adjournment of the house Mr. Healy was overwhelmed with congratulations upon the masterly manner in which he met Mr. Chamberlain's arguments and the suooess with which he refuted them. ISiM 29(4 , 99 The men were registered. mEE. Hewlett, John Hague, Sam Jones, John F. Williams, G. Luster, Stewart Martin, George Mornell and W. F. Laird. the bridge. Armed with their deadly Win- Chester*, and still occasionally firing, they harried toward the big and had almost reached the east end bridge house when they were overtaken by Mayor Joyce, Officer Doud and T. A. Canty. Mayor Joyce at once ordered the men to return to the Louisville and Nashville yards. "Its no use In us going," said one of the deputies, "WE'LL BE LYNCHED ALIVE." KICKED T6 DEATH BRITISH PRESS CEMENT. god's bake keep quiet. Louisville Toughs aired to Guards Led They said the crowd began firing into them and they returned the fire. Officer John Dowd. of the East St Louis police force, arrived at the Fourt Courts just after the men were brought in and wanted them turned over tojiim, so he could take them to the east side, lie men refused to go, however, without requisition papers, and that, of oourse, settled it General Market. I implore you, in the name of humanity, in the name of the great order of the Knights of Labor, in the name of every law, both of the order and your country, restrain yourselves and do no yiolence. Remember that you are our sworn brother*. Dp not forget that you are Knights of Labor and that you aro pledged to obey the laws of the order and the commands of your committeemen." At this point the gambler, Dwyer, broke in: "Yes, why don't you talk for Jay Gould ind be done with itl They shot our men own in cold blood, and you ask us to be juiet I say, hang them, bang them." The crowd took up the words and repeated hem, ringing the changes on the. Attack. Sr. Louis, April 10.—The deputy marshal who gave the command to lire, it is said, wat overtaken in the retreat to the bridge and kicked to death, and his body filled with bidlets from the strikers' revolvers. Nsw You, April FI/OUR—Dull end unchanged! Minnesota extra, »8J5»S.JSi o ty mill extra, »A7Ucs 4.75; Ohio extra, «a.aa&.25; St. Louis extra. ta.V» S.90. Southern flour dull and unchanged; common to choice extra. *3.*D*6. SO. Most All the Papers Oppose the Bill as London, April 10.—Many of the liberal papers In the provinces oppose Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill in its present shape, and declare that if it is to be passed at all it will need extensive and radical modifications. Bead. WHEAT—Options were moderately active, while prloea were unsettled and Irregular. The close was steady at a slight decline. Spot lots were duU ami closed unchanged. Spot sales of No. 1 red state at •1.01: No. ado at »lai No. 1 white state at Me.; ungraded winter red at M98IM0.; and No. a red winter at mOMo.; No. a red winter. May. UHe~ do. June, •Sc.; do. July, CORN—Options were only Umltedly dealt in; price* were firm «urlng the greater part and clossd about DC0. higher than yesterday. Spot lots olosed steady and unchanged, spot sales of ungraded mixed at 4ax»44a; No 9 mixed at 44Ma; steamer mixed at 44M»44&.. and *0. ] mixed at 45*c.; No. a mixed. Mgr. do. June, Mgo. OATS—Options were quiet but Arm, closing Arm And XtoM°- higher. Spot lota olosed Arm and Ha higher. Spot sales of He, 1 white state At 43c.. and So. J da at MHidiOUe : No, a mixed. May, 86j#c. h A-d«Ui western, »J««ac.| state, MOMc. BARLJY—Nominal, The men whp»farted the trouble bv firing into the crowd tfce guards hired by the Louisville and Nashville road. Dowd said: "These men were all employed ou the Louisville and Nashville road, and carry their WpapQil* with Wm i» doing train work. I don't know how many people were iriiwi and injured over the river, but the khooting was all done by these men here. When the trouble commenced I was not there, but I was attracted by the firing, and made for the place as soon I could. I met Mayor Joyoe, and then we saw these men running. We told them to stop, that we wanted to p!*ae them under arrest, and the m»yor started to get the city marshal- The map started off, however, and we endeavored to atop them. Laird knocked Joyce down with his rifle, and they opened lire 00 as and killed one man in front of the coUeafeato oflpe on the bridge. This was aflsr tha# done ths "The?8 Ds no danger of that," Joyce answered. "I want you men to return, and 1 promise you adequate protection." Tfc* deputies still refused, and Mayor Joyce, turning to Canty, said: "Canty, 1 want you to go back to town and order every ».» on the force to report op the bridge for Any." Canty started to return, and Mayor Joyce and Officer Dowd remained on the bridge arguing with tbe strikers. Findingthe deputies obstinate and unwilling, under any consideration, to return over the bridge, Mayor Joyce Anally declared that, in view of th« conflict that had 'Vcurred in the Louisville and Nashville yard*, it was necessary for him lo arrest the leaders of tb» pes*, and an Attempt was made to take two of th? men i« custody. This led to a souffle, in the beat «f which Joyee and Doud started down the in . tline with two of the deputies. They had tbon 100 j-ards wt#n the deputise, Of the Dublin papers. The Freeman, United Ireland and most of the Nationalist journals approve the measure, bat The Irish Times and The Dublin Express bitterly oppose it A Fight at Little Book. Littlb Rock, April 10.—Yesterday morning a fight occurrtd between.strikers and Deputy Sheriff Williams, at the shops of the St Louis and Iron Ifonntain road, opposite this city. About a hundred shots were fired and Williains was fatally shot, The wounded among the strilw W carried away by their friends - - -"-Cs. The PaU Mall Qasette, which has been violently hostile to home rule ever since the secession of Mr. Chamberlain, heads its leader on Mr. Gladstone's bill: "This Won't Dot" It repudiates the scheme as it stands, and says ttie parliament at Westminster must retain the supreme authority. At the assembling of the house of commons yesterday afternoon several Cosiservative members presented petitions against the creation of an Irish parliament "BUB*, KILL AND SHOOT." Brown pointed bis flngpr at Dwyer and him: "Are you a Knight of Laborf Dwyer dodged tbe question, »»d yelled on: 'Kill the G d—- brutes," "Are you i Knight of Labor, I ask I" said Brown. •Mo," answered Dwyer, "but I am with hem in everything, you can bet." "I knew liat yon were not a Knight," said Brown. Strikers Indicted. Fort WobtH, Tex., April 10,—The grand jury have indicted *aoa, the striker wounded in lest Saturday's fight, and Ed. Shaw, who hauled the strikers to the ecene of the dieturbance. They are charged with* murder. District Master Workman Lavin, of Ajsiiii- Wy 78, is indicted as accessor Bail it fixed at IfOQO i# each case. LABD—Closed dull and steady; cash, tD!.2S; May, June, tuwrn BUTTER—Dull hut Arm; state, lS*ISai western, U*«aa PORK-Dull; mess, tajoaio tor old. cm lOtta 11 state, ieUMo.1 western, 5KCa The lfeather. ' * Washington, April 10.—For Sunday— Fair, warmer weather, is indicated for the districts bordering cm the Atlacttn •I knew that no Knight would talk as fca da Agahi, brothers, I appeal to you to jecalm,aadafcpirt*7ourb«B«a. Hyou KOOS—Firm; state, I«Mc.l western l»«alSJe°. Steady sad la Moderate rismssrti tali te good reOnlng, 4 1-1A
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Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Number 1149, April 10, 1886 |
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Description
Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Number 1149, April 10, 1886 |
Issue | 1149 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1886-04-10 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Language | English |
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Full Text | f ' 1 ' * HGlflM 't,' TT ± PITTSTON, fA., SATURDAY, APRIL 10,1886. i &tvu cum | Tea 'Jmli Far Watt aa If by • blind impute, and with no apparent cause except in tka hope of KILLXIfO «U MATOR, will not obey our laws, fsinsmlur that yon are foresworn; that you are no loatflV Knights of Labor. Brothers, I beg of you please do nothing rash." Ttas speaker faim quivered with earnestness aad excit»maLtD as he supplicated the mob to obey the lawn. "What will the Knights of ibe country think of you! Ohl what will the whole world think of our order! Dost forget how hard we have wortasd to build tqD our organisation. Ohl do not tear it down in ruins by one rash act All men who incite you to strife are not true Knights of labor. They are worse than, the detectives of the railroads, who are trying to hunt you down. ihttdag. They all ran off thsn, tetoi of them throwing away thatr rifles. Tbsrewere thirteen originally, but sons qt them se- A SHORT 8TRIKE. CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS. Pool flayete Carried Their Point tai Two and the officer, began firing. There wen several people on the bridge coming up at the time. They were not striker* but pedestrians crossing over. The firing lasted but a single volley, but when the smoke cleared away, a man lay stretched apparently lifeless on the footwalk. In an incredibly shot space of time a crowd gathered, the prostrate man being carried Into the bridge bouae, when he was found to be not dead but dying. A bullet had gone through his abdomen, and while he breathed life ebbed'rapidly away. He was unable to speak, but he was recognised as C. E. Thompson, of St Louis. When the deputies had completed their second murderous assault they turned tail, and hanging together for protection slunk like poltroons across the bridge. The different eye witnesses of the tragedy all agree that the attack on the strikers was most dastardly and entirely unprovoked. They all assert that it is the natural consequence of putting Winchesters in the hands of unexperienoed men, who have never before smelt powder, and who would be frightened at their shadow. Officer Edward Mahoney, who saw the slaughter, said that the strikers did nothing to provoke it The deputies opened fire before the strikers had any opportunity tomato a hostile move. As is usual in similar cases the eased." C. O. Parker, superintendent oC the Louisville and Nashville road, called at ths Four Courts and wanted the men bald on this side, as their lives would not be sets on ths other side. He said he did not see the shooting and knsw very little about it The men ware all deputy sheriffs, he said, bat he admitted that Charles Kensler was a foreman, aad William Luster, a switchman on ths road, but both, ha sold, had bean sworn in as deputy sheriffs. Chicago, April 10.—The employes of the Brunswick-BeJke-Oollsnder oompany, to the mmber of between 480 man, went out on i strike this morning. In addition to their lemands for an increase of wagee and the ' changing from piece work to day work, the nen made a proposition to Mr. Miller, business manager of the company, to discharge all aon-union men. Mr. Miller made a reply that he did not intend to discharge non-union nen, and thereupon the men refused to go to work. A committee of the union met Mr. tensinger, a member of the company, shortly Iter 10 o'clock. Mr. Bensing o D1 the won .here was but one non-union man in the 'actory, and he would be discharged. He -ben asked the men to withdraw their demand for an increase of 20 per cent on day work. The men, however, remaimed firm, tad at 8 o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Bendnger told them they would get the raise, «k1 to come to work as soon as possible, rhe factory resumed to-day. Honrs. THE REASON WHY HE RESIGNED K«ody Work of Excited Deputy * * ** Sheriffe. FROM THE CABINET Opposed to the Plan (or Purchasing the Land, and Also Object! to Any Increase of Tjnatloi on Aeeonnt of Ireland—Did Gladstone Break HI* Promise? MEN SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS ij. •*!' " _ .C£• Om of More Deputies Mercilessly Pounded to Death. Loudon, April 10.—The house of i-ommons was crowded last evening in every part Mr. Gladstone announced that the government hoped to finish the debate upon Che home rale measure on Monday, in which case he would Introduce the budget on Tuesday and the land bin on Thursday. Following this announcement he proposed that the house stand adjourned during Easter week. as you would a murderer." While Brown was speaking Committeman Hayes walked excitedly up and down the platform, exclaiming in a despairing manner:BHVM THIS, BHUlt THEM THE MIUTIA CALLED OUT. tttm Concentrating at ths Seene of ths Hh'C Crisis Beaehed at Ust and Inno«U Cltlsens ran Dead and Dying, Oat Down by ttae Deadly Mlnle Governor Oglesby has ordered Adjt Gen- Vance to send as many companies as necessary to the scene at East Bt Louis at ths earliest possible moment Companies at Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Nashville, Sparta, Vandalia, Paris and Greenville were ordered to proceed to the scene and report to CoL R. M. Smith, who will have command. In forty minutes the Governor's Guards were ready, but did not get off till 6 o'clock. "Ohl my God, my God. I wish this had not happened." His eyes were watery; he was almost crying, and when he addressed the mob after Brown's harangue, his emotions choked him several times, and he was obliged to pause for utterance. Hayes speech was of the sams tenor ss Brown's, as was also that of Martin O'Neill, who followed Hayes. Casper Heep, who bad arrived in the meantime, was busy aqiong the crowd trying, upon the more excited individuals, the arguments which the committeemen were urging from the platform. After a while he was joined by Messrs. Hayes, Brown, O'Neill, McKeon and Bailey. After a while the temper of the mob had cooled down somewhat, but as they dispersed a number of them showed by their remarks that all danger was not past yet At 11 o'clock Sheriff Ropiequet sent the following dispatch to the governor:Mr. Chamberlain was received with faint cheers as he arose to make his promised statement. His speech partook eon of the character of a personal explanation than a reply to Mr. Gladstone's Irish bill, and it is not believed that his remarks have strengthened his position. Mr. Chamberlain said that when he joined the government he gave Mr. Gladstone to understand that he was opposed to any scheme of land purchase, and not prepared to reconcile a separate parliament in Dublin with the security of the empire. He had several objections to the adoption of any scheme involving an Increase of the burden of taxation, and he so stated to Mr. Gladstone. He was asdbred that any scheme of home rule or land purchase contemplated by the government would be first submitted to the cabinet for discussion, and that the measure decided upon would embody the best views of the ministry. He was, therefore, astonished when, on March 13, Mr. Gladstone laid before himself and his colleagues a land purchase bill involving an outlay of £160,- 000,000. . • BsIMM and Martial law Stand Mm to Va*e With Fatal Determine■ Ri r t tlMk East St. Louis, April 10.—A reign of ter- Mr and bloodshed has been inaugurated tare, and although serious results were not nnlooked for, few were prepared for the sadden and terrible manner in which it came. For several days past the demonstrations that were made on the part of the strikers, and the fact that the freight houses and yards of the railroad companies were being filled with hired deputy sheriffs, convinced the mors coolheaded that nothing short of a miracle would prevent a bloody riot Appeal after appeal was sent to Governor Oglesby for military protection, but in vain. Sheriff Ropiequet apparently exD«na»«d his resources in his endeavor to provide the force that was necessary. Yesterday to had a posse of 200 men here, but In .the evening he sept them back to Belleville, only fifteen out of the 200 remaining. They were not properly armed for the contingency tK.t, would probably arise, and the sheriff says the governor failed to provide them with Winchesters as he promised. The failure of the posse to put In an appearance yesterday morning did not disconcert the railroad official in the least, as they relied on the assistance of their own men who had been sworn in as deputy sheriffs and who were all arrded with Winchesters. This means of protection was first determined on by the manager of the Louisville and Nashville, and the other roads resorted to the same means. Eighteen of these deputies patrolled the Chicago and Alton yards. Tb» Chicago, Burlington and Quincy had thirty similarly armed men, the Ohio and Mississippi seventeen, and the Vandalia about a doxen, all of whem carried Winchesters and navy revolver. In order to prevent the possibility of • mob, such as that of Wednesday, again entering the yards, these armed deputies guarded the points where the Ohio and Mis: sissippi and Chicago and Alton yard tracks intersect the main lines, and no one was allowed in the yards unless he held a permit l/rom the superintendent , In front of the freight houses on the island guards w«mD stationed. At the intersection of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and Alton tracks A Young lady Kitted. "Forty men went from here," said the governor to The United Press representative. "I did not act until _I_ was satisfied that the sheriff had exhausted his powers to keep the peace. He informed me that he was in good condition, but last night he was gloomy agaiiL- I had intended ordering out the troops, bat did not do so until after the sheriff informed me that he had discharged his posss. Thsn I ordered out the troops. I don't know how long they will stay there. I would be glad if I could order them back in the morning. Adjt Gen. Vance and CoL Schaffer, of my staff, will represent me at the scene-" The governor was much troubled and declined to talk about the condition of affairs. A Gatling gun went'down last evening and will be manned by a squad from tho Danville battery. Orders were dispatched to the military oompanies at Virden and Taylorville to proceed to East St Louis this morning. Hackkttstown, April 10.—Miss Mary Peters, aged 23, waited on the west bound 3-ack of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, about a mile east of here, yesterday afternoon, with two friends for an jest bound coal train to pass. While they itood there a west bound freight train turned i curve just above the crossing. They did not see it until it was almost upon them. Due of Miss Peters' friends jumped on one tide of the track and one on the other, and jsch screamed to her to follow. Instead of ibeying either, she seemed for an instant to be bewildered, and then fell forward on her (ace, She was killed instantly. INNOCENT SUFFERED MOST. There was only one striker among the wounded. The woman who was shot was Mrs. Joseph Pfeiffer. She was hit in the back and cannot live. The two men who fell on the bridge were taken to Fiseher's drug store, but they were beyond 'medical skill. The occurence is pronounced by til who witnessed it as a cold-blooded, cowardly murder. Riot would be a misnomer in this case. The names of the men killed and mortally wounded are: Pat Driscoll, Wabash section man, not a striker; Oscar Washington, a painter, not a striker; John Bonner, coal miner, not a striker; Maj. Ryncher, a rolling mill employe, was shot in thehead and shoulder and will probably die; Mrs. Pfeiffer, shot in the back, mortally wounded; C, E. Thompson, of St. Louis, mortally wounded. THE SHERIFF'S APPEAL. Governor Oglesby Notified of the Out- Kef a»ed Bail. break by Wire. Freehold, N. J., April 10.—Johnston and Dangler, arrested for complicity in the lynching of Mingo Jack, are still in jail. Citizens are ready to offsr $100,000 for them, out the court will not admit them to bail, as they are charged with a capital offense. They will be heard on habeas corpus proceedings, ind an attempt will be made to have the charge ~ gainst them reduced from murder to manslaughter so that they may offer bail. A mob of 200 men invested the entrance of the Louisville and Nashville yards and stopped the employes of the road. Wlyn commanded by me and my deputies to disperse they hooted and derided me and my posse and applied epithets to me and refused to disperse in the presence of the city police officers. With the force at my disposal I cannot preserve the peace and afford protection to the railroad companies. Under these circumstances I intend to send my posse to their homes. I hereby invoke the aid of the state for militia sufficient to aid me in the execution of laws and the protection of property. I will forward a written request for militia by the next mail. Roratqtrrr, Sheriff. During the shooting Sheriff Ropiequet sent the following dispatch: Hero Mr. Gladstone Interrupted Mr. Chamberlain and said: "I object to this. The gentleman hits not received permission of her majesty's government to state its measures in parliament." "WANTED, MEN OF GRIT." Some of the deputies who failed to make connection with the frightened crowd, who rushed pell mell over the bridge, took refuge, chased by the crowd, in the freight warehouse and offices of the LouAMlie and Nashville and barred all the doors. The warehouse was surrounded by an immense crowd, who hooted and yelled and urged the men to attack the stronghold and drive the deputies out Men went among the crowds urging others to procure arms and shoot all the deputies they conld find. Some of the deputies, watching their opportunity, slipped out and worked their way among the freight cars unobserved. They left their guns behind them in the freight house, and a Louisville and Nashville freight car backed down alongside the platform and took away the others to a place of safety. Two were sighted by the strikers, who had procured arms, and were chased under the bridge. One of them was caught In front of Tony's house, on the levee, and was The Advertisement Which Caught the Mr. Chamberlain replied that he made the statement only for the purpose of explanation, and protested against restrictions bein j placed upon the measure of his explanation. An angry discussion followed for some minutes between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Chamberlain, after which the latter proceeded with his speech. St. . Loois, April 10.—One week ago the Louisville and Nashville Mid the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads, not believing that the authority of Sheriff Ropiequet was sufficient to protect their property, inserted the following advertisement in the county papers along the lines: Wanted—Good men to go to Bast St Louis and act as deputy marshals for this company. Five dollars a day will be paid and beard furnished. Only men of grit wanted. Apply at once to the agents of the company. Fighters In "Egypt." Philadelphia, April 10. — The Feister Press company of this city has signed contracts with H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., for the largest printing contract on record. It is for 40,000,000 32-page pamphlets and 400,000,000 four page circulars. The unount of money involved in this transaction is •800,000,000. Part of the work will be done in this city, and the remainder on Feister presses in England and Germany. The Largest Printing Contraot. The objections, Mr. Chamberlain said, which he had stated to Mr. Gladstone previous to entering the cabinet had not since been removed, and several oI them he would now make known. He objected to the scheme principally beoause the Irish members were by its terms excluded from the Westminster, parliament; because the scheme renounced the exercise of the right of the imperial government to Impose taxation; because it surrendered the right of the government to appoint judge* and magistrates, and particularly because of the supreme authority suggested far Ireland in matters not specially excluded from the power of its parliament R J. Oglesby, Springfield, Ills. Mob concentrating with rifles and guns to storm the Louisville and Nashville freight house. One man killed on bridge; danger The result of this was that all the men with fighting reputations immediately became impressed with the idea that now was the longed for opportunity to distinguish themselves. The company furnished them with Winchester rifles and Coifs revolvers, and brought them here and stationed them in _ the yards. No hotel could be found here willing to harbor them and they were taken to St Louis for board and lodging. The presence of these countrymen with their Winchester rifles ovsr their shoulders was a constant source of Irritation to the strikers, and when they mat the usual solution from the striken was: Manchester, April 10.—The Guardian in tta commercial article says: Trade in cloths Is fairly steady. The demand for the smaller foreign markets is moderate; for the other markets it is poor. Prices of yarns are unchanged. Only a trifling trade is being lone. Commercial Matters In England. To this the governor replied: Your telegram received. I have given orders for a militia force to report at once under command of a colonel, who will be on the grounds to take charge of said force. Several companies, possibly eight or more, will go. You will have a reliable force upon which to depend. I will Instruct the colonel to report to you, and I must exact of each of yon the greatest care, the greatest earnestness and discipline in your councils, and oo-opeoatlon with the officers in command thereof. If Gen. Vance can come will send him down. Please keep this dispatch for the present to yourself. Will communicate with you more fully to writing. Keep me advised of important events until the arrival of militia forces. R. 3. OOLXSBT. imminent Ropiequet. beaten to death The Capitol City's Stern Gone. Mr. Chamberlain then spoke of the effect which the suooess of the scheme must have upon the taxpayers of Great Britain. He regarded the land measure as one laying upon British taxpayers an overwhelming liability, attended with ex cessive risk}. Viewed in any light, it still retained the appearaaoe of a bribe to the Irish land owaers to softan or remove their hostility to heme rule. by tbe mob. Another was reported to hmre been shot u he was escaping under the approach to the bridge. The other deputies escaped unharmed. As soon as it was learned that the deputies were escaping from the freight houses men, insane with anger and excitement, burstfin the doors and searched the house thoroughly. They secured soma Winchester rifles, and with others who had shotguns and revolvers, searched the freight cars and the yatds of the Louisville and Nashville carefully for the stray deputies. It was a Nxw York, April 10.—Nothing has yet been done toward raising the Capitol City. She has parted, and her stern has floated sway. Tie Baxter Wrecking company will save the engines and as much of her furniture and cargo as possible. B&XASTWORVS OF TIS8 were constructed. At the Louisville and Nashville freight house on Immense breastwork was formed of barrels, and behind eaeh barricade were stationed several men armed with Winchesters to frustrate any attempt on the part of the strikers to gain access to the yards. Mayor Joyce called on the sheriff yesterday morning with a view of prevailing on him to summon enough men to watch every street in the city, and especially the straete on the island, so that teamsters who desired to go to work might be able to do so without being Interfered with. The sheriff did not take kindly to the scheme, j He said he was tired of the whole business, taad did not Intend to do any more than he \wa* doing at present About 2:15 o'clock a crowd, consisting of gram 100 to MO men, mostly strikers, wn* gathered at theCeast end of the bridge near ihVLflMsmUte and Nashville railroad track. TV. sm watnhtag the operations of a LoujjjTiiW Haskville switch engine, and as it passed r*l1***nd them W WlWOimMKM "Say, yon, would you shoot anybody— now, would you! If you would, why we would have to bang yon." Dynamite Ksplosioa. Pottsvuls, Pa., April 1ft—A box of dynamite cartridge* exploded In • blacksmith ■hop on Kern* section of the Potteville and Mahanoy railroad, demolished the building, Inatantly killing William Albright, and probably fatally wounding William McGeech. Than remark* ware mingled with occasional hoots and gibes. Hie remarks wrought soma of the hot-tampered deputies up to a shooting point several times, but they were persuaded by their companions to. held back thair Ore. Among the men in the employ of the Louisville and Nashville road to a short, thick-set individual with a fierce red mustache and a broad-brimmed white Referring to the financial element of the tnhamo, Mr. Chamberlain laid that the lEngHrfi taxpayer* would object to shouldering any additional burden for the purpose of milting good Irish deficiencies; and the Irish taxpayers would be called upon to pay now taxes whenever deficiencies In the budget occurred. Falling to obtain the sum needed in this way, the government would be obliged to repudiate its obligations. Rather than to support this measure with all its futum complications Mr. Chamberlain declared he would vote for separation pure and simple. (Cheers from the Conservatives and Whigs.) The opponent* of this scheme were told by the government that the only alternative to home rule was coercion. Coercion .was not, however, his alternative. Coercion had failed, and it would fail again. He proposed to deprive the landlords of the power of forcing evictions for six months, meanwhile guaranteeing them their rent, the land being the security. During this period a peace commission, composed of members of all of the parties and factions in parliament, oould conduct a searching inquiry into the land question. This be thought necessary as a preliminary step, and be believed that the information gathered by the commission would be invaluable to the solution of the land problem. As Cor home rule, Mr. Chamberlain said that he did not look for it in the direction indicated Iby the government, but rather in the direction of a federation under which Ireland would remain an integral portion of the empire and imperial unity be maintained. Sheriff Ropiequat was found in the bar of the Martille hotel shortly After the killing. He was talking to a crowd of friends and was taking things easy apparently. "I have nothing to do with tills thing and am out of It altogether," said he, "J telegraphed the governor at 10 o'cleok that I was done with it, and I sent a report of the occurrence to 'the governor, but 1 shall do nothing more. I don't propose to go into any more crowds. The deputies who did the shooting were under Special Deputy Parker, I think." REGULAR RABBIT HUNT, and it wCfuld have been instant death to any deputy found by the gang. "We got one of the deputies," said a young man who seemed to be a striker. "We caught him and two others on the Ohio and Mississippi walk cm the island. nDere were 4ve of us, and we called on them., to halt, which they refused to da We fired, and one of them fell He's lying dead on the walk up there now. The other two got away, but we'll get them. These fellows wont have guns in their hands all the time. Five of us killed that fellow. They were on their way to the Ohio and Mississippi freight house to take refuge in it when we caught them." About half an hour after the fight on the roadway an excited, angry mob gathered In the square between the city hall and the police sta* on. A man named Dwyer, who formerly ran a variety dive, and who at present follows no other occupation than gambling for a livelihood, was! the center of a wild-eyed, pale-faced crowd, who loudly cheered every incendiary statement that be uttered. He urged the men to Atljuttic Citt, April 10—Hiss Rose Cleveland and her friend, Miss Van Vechtan, take frequent strolls on the broad walk at Atlantic City. Both wear heavy ulsters, and tftos Cleveland hides her face with a blue vail. Miss Clanlud by tlD« Sounding ha. bat He was known to the strikers by the nickname of "Cowboy." Besida his Winchester, he carried two Colt's 45-calibre revolvers and a large belt filled with cartridges. He had been insulted and subjected to considerable banter for his action of Wednesday in holding the crowd at bay in the Louisville and Nashville yards and for threatening to kill the first man who entered the freight house. He had warned the strikers several times to quit annoying him. Hie threats and counter threats tended to increase the ill-feeling existing between strikers and deputies. It was this "oowboy" who fired the fatal shot and precipitated the fatal fusilada. Aa American Tenor's Debut. London, April lft.— Mr. Scovel, an American, made his debut as a tenor with the Carl Rosa company, at Derby, and scored a mcoess. HOW THE BATTLE STARTED. The Railroad Deputise Tall Their (Ms Si. Louis, April 10. — A G. Hewlett, special officer of the Louisville and Nashville road, was in charge of the party who did the shooting. He was seen in the hold over at the Four Courts polios station. He said that the trouble commenced just before dinner, when two of the deputise were struck with stones. He talked with the crowd and told them to disperse, which some of them did; others, he says, cursed and hooted him. A couple of hours later he was called to the Louisville and Nashville yard, where a crowd was preventing a train from going out He s»ys after they got the train out he arrested a man for using threatening language, and ordered the crowd to disperse. Stones wars thrown, and he and several of his men war* struck, and then the firing commenced. "I think we fired first," said Hewlett "I think all of our Bhots took effect One man who threw the first rock was shot down." "They cried, 'Kill the cowboy!' meaning me," interrupted Deputy Sheriff Kenaier, "and as I saw a fellow drawing a revolver I shot him." "After the shooting," continued Hewlett "we made for the bridge, not from fear, but because w* did not want kill any more people. We were stopped on the bridge by Mayor Joyce, who was quite drunk, and he wanted us to go back with him. This we refused to do, because he couldn't, give us protection. He attempted to take us and gave his revolver to a fellow who opened fire on us. The man fired several shots at us and some of our party fired back." "How many of you fired in the first shooting?""All of us," was the reply, and all of the nine men in the party added that they had all fired. No one knew who, had fired the first shot. of the Affair. A Butcher Butchers Himself. and crew that was attending to the switching. Opprobioos epltliet" wCereal*D applied, tot were not noticed by the switching crew. This for some time, the strikers srr-nt-g to become more and more excited. Watching this scene were five deputy sheriffs, t#o of whom were armed with Winchesters andD three with heavy navy revolvers. They were on the Louisville and Nashville trestle about twenty feat from Cahokia bridge. They nervously watch the actions of the crowd, and finally rushed forward. They were Joined by about ten other deputies and, losing entire control over themselves, Rochester, April 10.—Charles F. Scbott, a wholesale butcher, cut his throat with a butcher knife. He will probably die. The Grant and Hancock Funds. New York, April lft—The total amounts of the funds are as follows: Grant monument, $130,30197; Hancock, $42,742. BURNING DOWN CARS. rnl|ht Can Destroyed by Fir* Ia Thr*e Csn. Grant's Saddle. St. Louis, April 10.—Th* conflagration on the east side turns out to be of a miner character. The first was some box oars steading in the Louisville and Nashville yards. Hardly had this been extinguished when another broke out among the box cats upon the Indianapolis and St Louis tracks, near the round house of that road. This fire was allowed to burn, no access to it being possible At midnight another fire broke out in the yards of the Cairo Narrow Oauge railroad, and burned some cars of that company. The militia that have arrived are camped near the east end of the bridge. Tarda. Chicago, April 10.—Gen. Grant's saddle has been presented to the Chicago commandery of the Loyal Legion. and was in the midst of an appeal to the mob to follow him to the Ohio and Mississippi depot, to hunt for deputy sheriffs, whan John W; CHoyes, the one-armed member of tba general executive committee, Knights flC Labor, and Martin ONeil, a Knight of Labor, arrived on the sceoe from St Louis. Mr. Brown, who travels with the general board in the capacity of Knights of Labor orator, mounted the stairs leading to the police station and yelled at the mob for attention, but the infuriated mob answered him with: "Hang the extra." "Kill them," and other remarks of the same character. Mr. Hayes, who was standing at Brown's side, turned to a prominent Knight of Labor and asked him to introduce Mr, Brown to the mob as the representative of the general executive committee. The man replied in a fright ened manner: "If I do, they wjjl hang mei" .grown turned on him as quick as a flash and said: "Yes, if you dont they ought to hang you." Then he turned to the mob, which kept up the cry to kill, aang and burn, and began an impassioned appeal for quiet, law and order, and by the sheer force of his terrible earnestness riveted the attention of the crowd tor a few minutes at a time, when they would break away rom the spell of his eloquepoe and take up iheir revolutionary yeHS. He said: "Men and brothers-, for RAMO AHD KILL FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL • ni(D PROMISCUOUSLY right and left. The scene that followed was appalling. The crowd broke and ran in all directions, uttering maledictions as they retreated. Curses deep and loud, mingled with the groans of the wounded and dying and the piercing cry of a woman, were heard above the din. Notwithstanding that the strikers were in full retreat, the deputies pursued them in the direction of the bridge, shooting white in progress. At least 180 to 200 shots fired. Two men fell in their tracks on the bridge, while one man was seen to topple .aver into Cahokia creek. A cry of horror . arose from the witnesses of this dastardly outran, and all in the vicinity hastened to put a brick wall between themselves .and the leaden messengers of death. But A Dull and Featureless Day With Spee- Nsw Yokjc. April 9— Money easy itlfn oent. Exchange dull at Governments Arm. Currency to, LiTX hid; to, coup., 12#M bid; coup., lllM bid. u la tors. HEALY REPLIES. The stock market opened quiet and featureless, but Ju«t before the first call a spurt of buying In the ex-Vlllards caused an advancs of ki to l\i per cent. The market then settled into a lifeless state anu has •o continued slnoeJ*wLt the oiose prices were slightly off from the be/t figures. Prices closed as follows: v W. U. Telegraph 9B9i Del. ft Hudson.. ▲dams Express 146 Del., Lack, ft W. U. 8. Express 65 Denver. Chamberlain Denounced for Political Vituperation. Mr. Healy replied to Mr. Chamberlain, and delivered probably the most effective speech of the day. His denunciation of • Mr. Chamberlain's course from his entrance into Mr. Gladstone's cabinet until his resignation was an example of political vituperation such as not been heard in the house of ■ commons for many years. Mr. Chamberlain'* discomfiture was plainly apparent, and' added greatly to the amusement which Mr. Healy's remarks afforded the Farnelllte members. THE DEPUTIES SURRENDER. • 100« 126 Escaping to St. Louis and Disarmed by the Police. C., C., C. & I — Erie Mew York Central... 101 Ji Kansas * Texas... Sew Jersey Central.. M Lake Shore Illinois Central IK Lake Erie at West Ohio Central lit Morris ft K»?x.... Michigan Control.... 67 Northwest Northern Pacific 25M Do. P*ef St. Louis, April 10.—The eight deputies who did the shooting, accompanied by four others, after crossing the bridge to St Louis, went to the Third district police station, and were sent by the sergeant in charge, to whom they surrendered themselves, in the patrol wagon to the Four Courts. There Sergeant Schmidgens took them into custody and took their rffles from them, regularly searched them and placed them in the hold over. .this was not enough. The holocaust of D blood had brought terror and misery ilato a dozen homes was not yet satisfied. After the brief but bloody struggle on the narrow trestle bridge over the Cahokia the ■deputy sheriffs, apparently terrified at the deadly work they had committed, turned westward and retreated precipitately toward Da pref Central Pacific... Union Pacific— Missouri Pacific.. Texas Partita Metropolitan L... Alton A T. H. Canada Southern Chicago & Alton. Oanada Pacific... Che*. * Ohio , &6M Ontario ft West 41* Ohio & Miss.... 49X Pacific Mail... .104* Reading 10* Rock Island... .169 Be, Paul . & Wabah . 40 Bar. ft Qulnoj. ,142 Oregon Trans.. 6554 Ore. R'y ft Nav. 10 Wert Shore Mr. Gladstone listened attentively throughout Mr. Healy's speech and attested his satisfaction by an occasional smile. After the adjournment of the house Mr. Healy was overwhelmed with congratulations upon the masterly manner in which he met Mr. Chamberlain's arguments and the suooess with which he refuted them. ISiM 29(4 , 99 The men were registered. mEE. Hewlett, John Hague, Sam Jones, John F. Williams, G. Luster, Stewart Martin, George Mornell and W. F. Laird. the bridge. Armed with their deadly Win- Chester*, and still occasionally firing, they harried toward the big and had almost reached the east end bridge house when they were overtaken by Mayor Joyce, Officer Doud and T. A. Canty. Mayor Joyce at once ordered the men to return to the Louisville and Nashville yards. "Its no use In us going," said one of the deputies, "WE'LL BE LYNCHED ALIVE." KICKED T6 DEATH BRITISH PRESS CEMENT. god's bake keep quiet. Louisville Toughs aired to Guards Led They said the crowd began firing into them and they returned the fire. Officer John Dowd. of the East St Louis police force, arrived at the Fourt Courts just after the men were brought in and wanted them turned over tojiim, so he could take them to the east side, lie men refused to go, however, without requisition papers, and that, of oourse, settled it General Market. I implore you, in the name of humanity, in the name of the great order of the Knights of Labor, in the name of every law, both of the order and your country, restrain yourselves and do no yiolence. Remember that you are our sworn brother*. Dp not forget that you are Knights of Labor and that you aro pledged to obey the laws of the order and the commands of your committeemen." At this point the gambler, Dwyer, broke in: "Yes, why don't you talk for Jay Gould ind be done with itl They shot our men own in cold blood, and you ask us to be juiet I say, hang them, bang them." The crowd took up the words and repeated hem, ringing the changes on the. Attack. Sr. Louis, April 10.—The deputy marshal who gave the command to lire, it is said, wat overtaken in the retreat to the bridge and kicked to death, and his body filled with bidlets from the strikers' revolvers. Nsw You, April FI/OUR—Dull end unchanged! Minnesota extra, »8J5»S.JSi o ty mill extra, »A7Ucs 4.75; Ohio extra, «a.aa&.25; St. Louis extra. ta.V» S.90. Southern flour dull and unchanged; common to choice extra. *3.*D*6. SO. Most All the Papers Oppose the Bill as London, April 10.—Many of the liberal papers In the provinces oppose Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill in its present shape, and declare that if it is to be passed at all it will need extensive and radical modifications. Bead. WHEAT—Options were moderately active, while prloea were unsettled and Irregular. The close was steady at a slight decline. Spot lots were duU ami closed unchanged. Spot sales of No. 1 red state at •1.01: No. ado at »lai No. 1 white state at Me.; ungraded winter red at M98IM0.; and No. a red winter at mOMo.; No. a red winter. May. UHe~ do. June, •Sc.; do. July, CORN—Options were only Umltedly dealt in; price* were firm «urlng the greater part and clossd about DC0. higher than yesterday. Spot lots olosed steady and unchanged, spot sales of ungraded mixed at 4ax»44a; No 9 mixed at 44Ma; steamer mixed at 44M»44&.. and *0. ] mixed at 45*c.; No. a mixed. Mgr. do. June, Mgo. OATS—Options were quiet but Arm, closing Arm And XtoM°- higher. Spot lota olosed Arm and Ha higher. Spot sales of He, 1 white state At 43c.. and So. J da at MHidiOUe : No, a mixed. May, 86j#c. h A-d«Ui western, »J««ac.| state, MOMc. BARLJY—Nominal, The men whp»farted the trouble bv firing into the crowd tfce guards hired by the Louisville and Nashville road. Dowd said: "These men were all employed ou the Louisville and Nashville road, and carry their WpapQil* with Wm i» doing train work. I don't know how many people were iriiwi and injured over the river, but the khooting was all done by these men here. When the trouble commenced I was not there, but I was attracted by the firing, and made for the place as soon I could. I met Mayor Joyoe, and then we saw these men running. We told them to stop, that we wanted to p!*ae them under arrest, and the m»yor started to get the city marshal- The map started off, however, and we endeavored to atop them. Laird knocked Joyce down with his rifle, and they opened lire 00 as and killed one man in front of the coUeafeato oflpe on the bridge. This was aflsr tha# done ths "The?8 Ds no danger of that," Joyce answered. "I want you men to return, and 1 promise you adequate protection." Tfc* deputies still refused, and Mayor Joyce, turning to Canty, said: "Canty, 1 want you to go back to town and order every ».» on the force to report op the bridge for Any." Canty started to return, and Mayor Joyce and Officer Dowd remained on the bridge arguing with tbe strikers. Findingthe deputies obstinate and unwilling, under any consideration, to return over the bridge, Mayor Joyce Anally declared that, in view of th« conflict that had 'Vcurred in the Louisville and Nashville yard*, it was necessary for him lo arrest the leaders of tb» pes*, and an Attempt was made to take two of th? men i« custody. This led to a souffle, in the beat «f which Joyee and Doud started down the in . tline with two of the deputies. They had tbon 100 j-ards wt#n the deputise, Of the Dublin papers. The Freeman, United Ireland and most of the Nationalist journals approve the measure, bat The Irish Times and The Dublin Express bitterly oppose it A Fight at Little Book. Littlb Rock, April 10.—Yesterday morning a fight occurrtd between.strikers and Deputy Sheriff Williams, at the shops of the St Louis and Iron Ifonntain road, opposite this city. About a hundred shots were fired and Williains was fatally shot, The wounded among the strilw W carried away by their friends - - -"-Cs. The PaU Mall Qasette, which has been violently hostile to home rule ever since the secession of Mr. Chamberlain, heads its leader on Mr. Gladstone's bill: "This Won't Dot" It repudiates the scheme as it stands, and says ttie parliament at Westminster must retain the supreme authority. At the assembling of the house of commons yesterday afternoon several Cosiservative members presented petitions against the creation of an Irish parliament "BUB*, KILL AND SHOOT." Brown pointed bis flngpr at Dwyer and him: "Are you a Knight of Laborf Dwyer dodged tbe question, »»d yelled on: 'Kill the G d—- brutes," "Are you i Knight of Labor, I ask I" said Brown. •Mo," answered Dwyer, "but I am with hem in everything, you can bet." "I knew liat yon were not a Knight," said Brown. Strikers Indicted. Fort WobtH, Tex., April 10,—The grand jury have indicted *aoa, the striker wounded in lest Saturday's fight, and Ed. Shaw, who hauled the strikers to the ecene of the dieturbance. They are charged with* murder. District Master Workman Lavin, of Ajsiiii- Wy 78, is indicted as accessor Bail it fixed at IfOQO i# each case. LABD—Closed dull and steady; cash, tD!.2S; May, June, tuwrn BUTTER—Dull hut Arm; state, lS*ISai western, U*«aa PORK-Dull; mess, tajoaio tor old. cm lOtta 11 state, ieUMo.1 western, 5KCa The lfeather. ' * Washington, April 10.—For Sunday— Fair, warmer weather, is indicated for the districts bordering cm the Atlacttn •I knew that no Knight would talk as fca da Agahi, brothers, I appeal to you to jecalm,aadafcpirt*7ourb«B«a. Hyou KOOS—Firm; state, I«Mc.l western l»«alSJe°. Steady sad la Moderate rismssrti tali te good reOnlng, 4 1-1A |
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