The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-10-06


a DIsGRAETuL RIOT IN THE TWELFTH
WARD-THREE MEN SHOT. AND SEVERAL
Persons IsJURED-No AERKsTs---ORIeIH
OF THE RIOT, &c .-Aboat two months since,
the Presbyterans fitted up building, near
the White Mills, in the Twelfth ward, and
started therein a Sabbath school The sec
ond Sunday after the school was opened, q
party of Germans waited upon the officers Of
the school, and requested them to close the
same. The request was not complied with.
The next Saturday Eight the schoel-reom
was entered by persons who tore up the Sun.
day school books, and broke up and threw
the furnitu. e into the street. The school
was consequently suspended. The Trustees
of the church, determined upon establishing
school, rented a small brick house, near
the White Mills, and fitted itup for sckool
purposes. The Sunday school WAS, again
opened on Sunday morning. Previous to tho
hour of opening, the Trustees were informed
by a crowd Of young men, that if'they dared
to open their school they would be mobbsd
and their school room treated as it was on
former occasion. The Trustees, fearful OF Z
riot, did not open the school, but pr 'ceedsd
to the residence Of several of the parties
whom they suspected Of being the prime mo-
yers in the affair, and endeavored to expostu-
late with them not to curry ints execution
the threats they had made. Hard words pas
sed between them, and the Germans declared
with oaths, that they would riddle the house,
and kill the parties if they attempted to open
the school. BY O'Clock in the evening
quite an excitement was created, and hum
dreds of persons had congregated upon the
Harrison read, between the Brighton Hsuse
and Millcreek quarreling.. At a given sig-
nal, the friends of the Trustees attacked two
houses, occupied by some OF tho Germans,
and owned by Jonn Coemsu, and riddled
one of them completely, Ageneral riot here
/ followed. Pistols were fred, and boulder
stones and clubs were thrown; women and
/ children, were running in every direction,
screaming and crying for the safety of their
| husbands and b, b,others. After three men
were shot and number Of persons otherwise
! injured, the Germans commenced to retreat.
The other party then went to the Western
! Avenue House, and broke in the windows
and doors, and threw the furniture inte the
road. At 10 o'clock posse Of Ave policemen
arrived, and the rioters dispersed. Two Of
the policemen, Dale and Heightman were
beaten with chains in endeavoring to make
an arrest, bnt were not seriously injured
The names ofthe three men who were shot,
we could not learn, but understand that theiz
Injuries are not of fatal character. The
men who were struck with bouldsrs are not
seriously injured. The fight ended about halt
past 10 o'clock. They were only two oil the
Twelfth ward police on the ground, but we
understand that the Mayor will institute an
) investigation to ascertain where the other
police officers. were, and the Lieutensnts o
Bremen street station house. 1t was charges
) yesterday that one of them knew that the ri
OF was in progress, but refused to 60 aad pu'
a stop TO the same. An extra police force
has been placed upen duty in that nsishsor-
hood, TO preventa repetition Of such scenes o
violence and bloodshed. The Sunday school
will be openeA, positively, on next Sunday
morning. Gasstte.