The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-15
lFrom the Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-

New YORK, August 6, 1850
Terrible RIOT among the TailOrS-F Forty WO1s7a-
ted and taken to Priso71-Anotter Shocking
DiSaster-Loss Of Life, ETC.
A terrible riot broke out in this city Yesterday
afternoon, among the tailors of the 10Th ward. in
| the neighborhood Of 18Th street. The tailors who
are on strike for higher wages, went up there il
body in order to stop persons from working tina
had taken work from the Shops and they entered
the houses and took the work away from the par
| ties engaged on it, when bloody fight ensued
The police of the 10th ward were soon on the
spot, and endeavored to quiet the riot, but finding
themselves unable to do so, they sent to the join
ing wards for help. The tailors then attacked the
policemen with slung shots and other weapons
who were obliged to use their clubs in selfdefence
and upwards Of one hundred of them were knock.
ed down by the police.
On the return of the police they fonnd them
again attacking the house of German tailor nam
ed Frederick WarlZ They smashed the windows
entered the house, drove out WartZ and beat him
severely They were led by a German, named
George Short.
The police were finally victorious and carried
forty of them prisoners TO the watch. house, every
man of whom had been knocked down by the club,
of the police, presenting bloody spectacle. The
police had also been similarly treated, and every
man was more or less injured. Capt May and Off
GERS Sweeny and Seely were cut on the head with
slung shots. Officer Birmingham was stabbed or
the hip with dagger, aud officer Roche was stab
bed in the back with knife
One Of the police shvered his club with blow
he struck OF the rioters on the head, and there
may be some truth in a that is ahoat thai
two of them have been killed. A tailor named
Cook sent to the city hospital with the bach
part of his head terribly smashed, and but little
hope is enter tanned of his recovery. One man lay
nsensible at the station house all night and another
almost in the same cond ion.
The forty prisoners were committed to the Tombs
this morning, and an investigation OF the matter will
be had this afternoon.
AT half past one oclock yesterday afternoon, the
large six-story brick building No, 40 Spruce street
occupied by William Il Oliver Hoyt, and in cours.
of enlargement, fell with tremendous crash bury
ing number Of laborers in the ruins.
The scene presented most terrible after TIE
dust had cleared away. Three men soon go
out but severely injured, and sent to the hospital
Immediately after the groans of a man were hearc
proceeding from the East end Of the pile OF rubbish
and every effort was made to bear on that point
and the more rubbish that was removed the further
down the sound appeared. They finally came to q
large iron safe, beneath which and the wall wa:
the body of Isaac G. Cooper awfully mashed ant
from under the sale the groans were still heard.
They renewed their exertions until the sufferer.
head and arms were finally discerned Water wa.
conveyed 10 him and he soon r vived, but il re
quired four hours work TO reach him. He was Gu
and bruised in all parts of his body and his anclt
fractured, but had received no dangerous injury
His name was Thomas Chadwick. The body o
James Nugent was also got out dead and Patrict
Lambert, Peter Pagan, and Patrick Riley, severely
injured.
The fall of the building was caused by the re
moval of the underpinning ard causing an undu,
weight of bricks on the cross tmbers The sid,
walls and front portion are still standing
Scarcely had the dust blown off from this acct
dent, before another building, No 50 Mercer street
bad fallen, burying four men in the ruins. Jame
Cassidy, Owen Boyle aud - Walsh, were Sc
verely, but not dangerously wounded.