later on that day, they are looking for lewis pincus, who was a greek immigrant and one of the unioneaders. they accuse him of doing something that they are is no evidence that he did. this again escalates the tension. when they wake up on april 20, tensions are at an all-time high. nobody knows who or how, but shots rang out. they don't know which side they came from, but at this point, everyone is armed and ready for a battle. as the day goes on, a battle ensues. lewis is brought into custody, and he is executed by the militia. his body is left where it fell for three days. a number of other union leaders are killed. after the battle died down, the militia go and set fire to the tents. probably the biggest tragedy of the day, there are women and children in a tent celler, and they are trapped under a burning tent, and they die of suffocation. 11 children and three women. two women are in their, and they survived, but all of their children perished. with some families, the entire family was killed. the costa family. charlie costa was killed in the gunbattle, and his very pregnant wi