Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-08-09
Correspondence ci tic Baltimore sun.

NEW J OK. Al rug u, lSOu.
Terrific Riot anon tie 7aiorS-Farty Houadea and tax
en- 10 rrison-iaotter ~.Stocting Disasfer- Lass u Liz,
i terrible riot broke out in this city Yesterday afternoon.
among the ;ailors in the 10th wand, in The ncighborhood of
S7ti street. The taiinis wuo ATE on 4 strike for higher
wages, vent up there III Il body III ordc. - stop persons from
working that had taken work from the shops, ana ;hcy en-
tered Tue houses and took the work away from the parties
engaged ~ il, when 4 bloody figh' ensrct.
The police Of The 10th ward were soon on the SPOT, and
cntcav'Ted 10 lueiI lac riot, but finding themselves unable
10 10 80 they sent 10 the adjoining wards for help. The til
iors then attacked Tic policemen ..iti slun -.shots AID other
weapons, who were obliged To use their clubs in sel.defencc.
and upwards of one hundred of them were Knocked down
b. the police.
On the return of the police they found them again attack
in1 the house Of a German tailor named Frederick Wa-tz.
They smashed the windows, entered the house, drove out
"aTiz End beat him severely. Thcy were led BY u German,
named George Snort.
The police were finally victor)u s and carried forty Of them
prisoners 10 the "atcsl-hpUsc, every man Of whom had been
An'cAer Town by the clnbs OF tue police, presenting n bloody
spectacle. The police had also been similarly treated, and
eve:l man was more or less injured. Capt. May and Off
GERS S"eeny and Seciy We're cut on the head with sting
shots. once birmingham Was stabbed on the hip with a
dagger, ana officer Roche was stabbed in The back with a
knife.
One Of the police shiycred his CLUB with a blow he struck
one OF the rioters on the head, and there may be some truth
IN 4 TGnoE that i, aioa; iha, two OF them nave been killed
y tailor ninird Cook, was sent 10 the city hospital viii the
bscH part Of his head terribly smashed, and but littls hjlci-
ehieril!aea OF his recovery. Oae man lay inscnsibie 81 the
station house all night, and another was almost in the same
condition.
The forty prisoners were committed TO the Tombs hi.
morning, and an investigation OF the matter will be hal this
afternoon.
A. nait-nast one O'Clock Yesterday afternoon, the large
s,x-story brick building. M. 20 Spruce street. occupied 6y
VIM. y Oliver Hoyi, aud in course Of enlargement, fell with
u Tremendous crash, burying.a number of llborers in the
ruins.
The scene presented was most terrible after the dust had
cleared away. Thee incn were soon got out, severely in
Jufed, and sent TO the hospital. immediately after the groans
OF a man were heard proceeding from the east end Of the pile
OF rubbish, and every effort was made 10 bear on that point,
and the more rubbish that was removed the further down the
sound appeared. They finally came 70 a large iron safe, be-
Meath wiiica and tue wall was the body Of Isaac G. Cooper,
aw:aiy mashed, and from under the safe the eroans were
sill heard.
They renewed their cXertions until the sufferers head and
and he soon revived. bu, itrequired four hours work to reach
him. He was cut and bruised in all parts of his body, and
his ANGLE fractured. but had received no dangerous, injury.
his name was Thomas Chadwick. The body OF James Nj.