He believed he was fully justified in doing this.

As he explained it to me, the detectives were an armed force invading his bailiwick, and he had a right to arrest and disarm them.

The order led to bloodshed, and the conflict was begun in real earnest.
The story of the strike is, of course, well known to all.
The strikers were finally defeated.

As for McLuckie, he was indicted for murder, riot, treason, and I know not what other offenses.

He was compelled to flee from the State, was wounded, starved, pursued by the officers of the law, and obliged to go into hiding until the storm blew over.