Show BY TELEGRAPH PER PEB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE A AMERICAN X R R 11 C A N DETROIT mich 78 the following cablegram was sent from here today to days day and is its own explanation DETROIT april 8 charles 8 Pa ruall house bouse of commons london the friends of ireland of yourself of president patrick egan and ex president alexander sullivan are continuing to make war upon aud and to injure you in the draft to today day for for the parliamentary fund we hereby th threaten eaten you that we will continue to wage swage just such ware fare until ireland gsg is governed arned by her own parliament signed cited CHARLES BEILLY treasurer irish national league of america new YORK 9 the superior cable service of the associated press yesterday was the most rapid and thorough work ever done lor for american hews newspapers papers for the first time two distinct reports were made one for the afternoon papers capers and another con almost a verbatim report of Glad stones great speech and at ao abstract of Par nells with comments of the london papers on the measure proposed the descriptive parts of both reports were in good taste and highly graphic aud and fhe he transmission by cable was free from errors the associated press had made very liberal arrangements ra range n e inc ments ants in london for this work in advance the most experienced men being employed vile oye dand and no expense being spared the matter was handled at this end with such dispatch that the last word was supplied to editors by midnight the deport fills the broad page pace or of the times LITTLE rock ark 9 at 1 this morning deputy sheriff williams who has had charge of the force of deputies guarding the st louis and iron mountain round house and machine shops in argenta opposite this elt city was approached by P F H darley a leading baw aits member of the knights of labor and notified to take his force away or they would be put out williams said ill fit take you to ia now and seizing darley locked him up in one of the rooms just then the outlines of 20 or 30 80 men were seen a short dis distance tance away and williams ordered them out saying he was there to guard tile ane property and would do it if he fell in his tracks some one from the crowd replied well die then and a regular volley of shooting between the deguti s and the assailants issai lauts lants be began bean an probably a hundred shots were pred fred and williams was dangerously wounded he got a ball in his right side and one or two other lesser wounds in other portions of his body the mob soon fled it is reported that several were wounded but it if so they were I 1 taken away by their comrades sheriff worthen was telephoned and hurriedly collected a posse and went over to argenta elim near the south end of the argelia Arg iron r mountain railroad bridge three men wese were halted baited and arre arrested one charles stepp step had bad a double I 1 gun anac another ther cook ticket agent intoxicated and ana abusive was locked up in tile the bridge ticket office A strong guard was placed about the round house ouse shops and obtaining an engine and car williams and lour of the prisoners were brought to the city everything Is quiet this morning mor williams condition is pronounced critical he is a well known and very popular man the foreman of the wabash yard in east st louis where the men went out yesterday in support of the knights of labor telegraphed to moberly last night for new men to fill their places and aid this morning there arrived fro from that city elty 18 switchmen and yardmen yardman yard men they were immediately put to work moving blockaded freight lathe in the wabash yards and everything is now moving along as smoothly as if there never had been a strike ST louis 9 crowds of strikers formed at the relay depot in east st louis at this afternoon and advanced in the direction of tile the railroad yards to stop work by the new men employed there they were met by the guard of deputies who ordered them to disperse the mob refu refused fad and made a rush for the yai maids ds when the deputies levelled bevelled level led their winchesters Win chesters and fired killing six of the strikers ST louis louia 9 the deputy guit guards rols stationed at the louisville and andrash nashville yards near broadway fired into a crowd crow d of strikers about this pm five men and one woman were shot three men were killed and the woman is supposed to be mortally wounded the killed are pat bristol an employed of the water works and not a strikers striker oscar worthington a painter john bohman a waterworks water works laborer not a striker major richman was shot in the head and shoulder and will probably die mrs john pfeiffer was wab shot in tile the back and probably mortally wounded an unknown man was shot at the bridge approach the crowd made no a attack on the yards as first reported but were stan standing dirig on cahokia bridge near the louisville and nashville yards jeering beering ee ring at the guards when without apparent provocation the deputies leveled their rifles and and fired two volleys the crowd immediately separated running in all directions ions and the deputies ran over the cahokia bridge toward the missouri river bridge still holding their rifles and firing to cover their retreat st t LOWS louis 9 ewhen aheu it t was known by the strikers that chat the guards had bad fled the former returned to recover their dead they found pat briscoll and oscar washington lying on the cahokia bridge and they were dead when they were picked up john brohman was also found lying on the bridge but showed no signs of lile life he was taken to the switch house bouse but died in a lew few minutes mrs was found lying on the railroad about one hundred yards from cahokia bridge and was carried by her husband to the drug store on broadway near the crossing where she is now in a critical condition major richman bichman was taken into a hotel near by whose physicians are now attending him the crowd after the firing began ran up broadway to arms to arms we will get guns and return that fire women and children ran out of their houses and met them in the street weeping and wringing their hands bands the crowd returned to the scene and the excitement had no ta bated several leading strikers drew revolvers and swore they would drive all the deputies out the city even at the loss of their own lives it is ascertained that another man named T E plimpton is among the killed ST louis pm the deputies who did the shooting in number went to the third district police station in this city and surrendered themselves and were taken I 1 ia a patrol wagon to the four courts where they were taken into custody and relieved of their arms they say the crowd began firing on them first and they simply returned the fire alter after the first firing was over and the strivers ershad had become bent on ou revenge a number of them provided themselves ives with revolvers and advanced upon the missouri railroad yards where the they surprised the deputies on guard and fired on them killing one the great excitement now prevails in east st louis and the strikers are fast arming themselves and are determined ter mined to avenge those of their number so wantonly slain as they say the local executive committee of the knights of labor are on the scene attempting to restrain the men and trying to persuade them to meet in Flann igans hall where they desire to advise them aga against dinst all further violence the men refuse use however to meet them claiming in they will be surrounded by deputies t te and fired upon again A mass meeting of strikers its is however is being held in front of the city hall an and d they are with difficulty restrained b by t their heir leaders from advancing in a bo body d y upon the different railroad yards an and d attacking the deputies engaged i p m guards ot of police polica ir are e now stationed at each approach of the bridge connecting with east st louis and no one is allowed to pass over ST louis 10 6 5 a ro 2 the rhe fires ares are now under control fifty freight cars the scale houses and the lumber yard were completely destroyed by fire the round houses and shops were partially saved no railway officials were around to direct the troops where rethey they would be most needed the fireball fire sall incendiary cen diary were started about nine last night large i crowds of strikers and citizens citizen ar are e collected in groups over the city and are still determined ter mined to have revenge for yesterdays massacre public opinion is running 1 high firemen and engines were sent from st louis to help put out the fires but their hose were cut and the men inen intimidated timi dated and the they returned without assisting the following following message was sent atu at this morning ST louis mo april 10 to J W vance adjutant general east st louis ill your request for aid of our fire department part rement ment just received at am in response to the alarm at 11 last evening and to a request front from mayor joyce Joyc ethree three engines and one truck went to east st louis and I 1 followed quickly myself remaining there until after one when being unable to find the mayor or any authorities able to protect us and after repeated cutting of our hose and continuous intimidation of on our men I 1 ordered their return immediately on receipt of your telegram I 1 ordered assistant Jt chief gross to report to you in person and to place several engines at your disposal with the services of himself and men he will see you before the receipt of this and it if necessity still exists will already have furnished you the aid you request if you can protect his men and machinery signed D R FRANCIS CIS mayor the executive board of the knights of labor when the news of the shooting in reached them proceeded at once to east st louis and there conferred with a number of citizens and got ot the general opinion as to the terri terrible le affair after advising everyone against violence the boari board returned to this side and prepared the following telegram pam and sent it out as the expression af of the boards opinion of the affair ST louis mo april 9 1886 to J york tork the lol lowing advertisement appeared in ili many leading papers of tile the ath Tt hinst dinst louisville and nashville railroad company office of agent april ath NOTICE ten good men from here are wanted as deputy marshals at east st louis t to protect r louisville and nashville em bogwill yes five dollars per day and board will be paid also number of platform can be given employment only mer mea who have plenty of grit anil and mean business need apply apply at once to T S genung agent how well this advertisement has been answered is seen by their work of today to day in east st louis lonis six men aad one woman were murdered by those who had plenty of grit and meant business by your actions in refusing ref using peaceful negotiations solicited by the board for arbitration you and you alone must be held responsible by the world tor for the lives of ef these innocent people Si signed glued JOHN H HAYES per order of the board ST louis a m the city has been in a state the thel entire owing to the numerous numerous incendiary ures tires but with the presence of the military which is guarding all the wain main lines of track diverging from the relay depot something jibe order appears to promise for ane day it is not possible at this hour to more than approximate the damage by the nights tires they were all confined to railroad property and the officers sent with the troops report that about 20 to 80 30 cars in all were destroyed which were loaded with merchandise and coal the greatest damage occurred at the cairo short line yards about one mile from the relay depot where probably 15 cars were destroyed and the flames for a time threatened the destruction of one or two hundred cars in the immediate vicinity the yards were unprotected by the presence of an active deputy or officer of any kind and guptil company D of champaign arrived at the scene the fire was permitted to burn at its will two members of this company were found who could fire are aud and run a locomotive and a switch engine being placed at their disposal they succeeded in dragging drag gigg away from the burning cars fully box and coal cars three companies of troops are now stationed at the louisville and nashville and cairo short line yards the main body of the troops beyond the few sentries stationed at the railroad switches remain in the vicinity of the relay depot no serious opposition of any character has beset the troops EAST ST louis 10 a am m no disturbance tur bance has occurred since 5 this morning at afew a fe w ot of the railroad crossings and ad at the street corners there have been small gatherings of discontented beut men but they are quietly dispersed dis eased by the sentinels the sheriff aas has dismissed all of his deputies with the exception of three por or four men inen depending entirely upon the troops under their protection all of the platform men and yardman yardmen of the burlington road have cretu returned arned and freight trains are moving this morning without molestation Two freight trains arrived over the same road this thin morning A portion of the men employed on in t the chicago alton and ohio and aud mississippi roads have returned and they are handling without difficulty all the freight f offered incoming passenger trains over all ail the roads without exception arrived close to schedule time and were sent over the hr bridge d e t into the city the bridge T transfer co also sent over to St stlouis Louls a train atrain of coal cars the bridge company has all of its twenty switch engines fully manned and but loathe absen ceaf their yards switchmen would be able to handle both freight and passenger trains without delay the superintendent of the bridge company stated this morning that had governor ogles oglesby by sent a small body of troops here when first requested none of the men would have been intimidated and would have remained at their posts A few railroad officials have dhere on duty but in the contusion confusion and ana alarm occasioned by the tires last night there were very few people in an authority who could even guide the troops to the scene of the burning cars general manager stone of the burlington road who remained on the scene personally dispatched all the men in his bis employ at 3 yesterday and in ia the capacity of deputy sheriffs went to the louisville nashville freight depot where 40 unarmed clerks were imprisoned and were af afraid baid to leave the building to encounter the angry crowds which remained in the vicinity they foun fauni J no difficulty in leaving the scene under the guidance of these armed civilians both the sheriff and mayor hold the view that the presence of the soldiers was all that was required to restore peace and order the city authority is confessedly weak and the of the company is illustrated somewhat lit iu the fact that strikers arrested a few days a ago b by the sheriff when released on ball a were sworn in as city policemen a and na came in conflict with the state officers office r s represented represented resented by deputy she sheriffs rits ret CHICAGO 10 fully workingmen crowded into the great armory of the sixth cavalry on the lake front tonight and possibly more gathered in front of the buil din the occasion had bad been advertised as an eight hour demonstration under the auspices of the trades assemblies of chicago george A schilling acted as chairman ranged about him on the platform were loaders leaders of local unions and men prominent in the labor movement though the strikes were practically left untouched by the speakers an expression of the feeling of the multitude was given in the following which was adopted by acclamation amid the wildest enthusiasm resolved Be solved that this mass meeting of |