It was pitch dark at the time, but McDowell and the others fired a volley into a clump of bushes nearby without hitting anyone. No one saw the flash or heard the sound of the shot which killed Douglass, and it was a most mysterious affair. Meanwhile the men picked up the fallen sergeant and carried him down the hill on a stretcher, but as soon as they reached Douglass' tent the poor fellow died without saying a word other than what he said as he fell.

Lieutenant Glover with a squad of men went up to the hilltop where they made a thorough search, but failed to find any person there. Then the guards were called in and concentrated in the valley, with the exception of those placed at the cable station where the shooting took place. SITUATION AT CROTON.

Seventh Regiment of New York Sent With Other Troops. CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 17.--With the arrival of troops at the Cornell dam yesterday quiet was restored and there is no indication of an outbreak by the strikers.

At present the Fourth and Eleventh separate companies are in camp at Croton valley and the cavalry is reported to be at Ardsley, where they can be called for in case of trouble. Aside from the demonstration in the early morning yesterday the day has been a quiet one with the strikers. The morning meeting was held before 6 a. m., and the strikers finding that no effort was going to be made to work on the dam dispersed before 8 a. m.

They hung about the Bowery and waited for news from New York. From the newspapers they learned that troops were on the way. Before the hour for their arrival the Bowery was filled by Italians, who stood in groups and listened to the talk of the leaders.