Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-08-17
From the Missouri Democrat Of the An.
GREAT M0Btl
INrENsE ExoIrEMENr.
SEVERAL CITIZENS KILLED,
AND
A Number Wounded.


Our city on yesterday afternoon, and up toa
hour last night, was the theatre OF one
Of the most disgracefnl m BIS that ever trans.
pired in the Western country. II originated
al the Polls Of the Fifth Ward, betweeh1a
party calling themselves American. and 9 num-
Der Of Irish, who had gathered around the
House.
The fight at first was a general one, which
was followed by Slight skirmishing all along
street between Vine and Franklin ave- z
nue., serving very much to increase The excite.
aud draw together a large crowd.
Wherever an freshman was seen on the
street, he was pursued and most cruelty beat
en-. Finally pursuit Of one was made down
Morgan street, where The m b were met by a
number Of Hibernians who gave battle b.
throwing stones and firing pistols, bnt the
ciowd Of rioters increasing they gave way and
retreated 10 their house, between Main and
the Levee, on Morgan. Here for o while the
mob was a scene OF the widest excitement.
The Irish fired as msny, perhaps, as q hundred
pistol shots into the crowd who were breaking
in the doors and windows Of the house BY
showers Of stones from the street. At last
The shooting was silenced and the mob pro-
ceeded down the Levee, along il TO Locust
street, 5 sailing every coffee house or tenement
supposed 10 contain foreigners, with a conlin-
ued storm of missiles.
After this the l:ish made another stand on
Second street, but were driven down past
Cherry, the mob still continuing their assault
upon the houses and windows.
They then proceeded up Morgan and Green
streets, above Fourth, and assaulted a number
of houses, completely Kidding the doors and
windows with brickbsts. During the evening
a slight assault had been made on the Anzeiger
des Westens, but the party were dispensed
without much injury. In the meantime, the
military and police were out in full force,
scattering the excited combstsnts here and
there, and doing much toIestore quiet 10 the
city. About 10 o'clockHt night, however, n
company OF the rioters numbering about 20.
came marching down Third stleet from the
scene Of assault upon Morgan, upon arriving
in front OF the Anzeiger Office, again COM
menced an assault upon the windows snd
doors Of the house. At this %junctnre The mil
itasy came charging upon the crowd again. and
dispersed the mob. When we left the scene,
quiet seemed in o very fair way of being re-
stored, the military having taken possession OF
The street, and seeming determined to enforce
order.
II is utterly impossible TO estimate the num-
Der Of persons wounded in the whole affair,
or even 10 say how many have been killed.
We saw at least twenty men lying bleed
ing and wounded so severely that they were
perfectly inse nsible-tbeir faces cut most hor-
ribly and skulls mashed, and some appearing
perfectly dead; and VIZ have I, armed Of three
men certainly killed, ard of five or, six more
who are thought 10 be dead at this Time from
wounds received "''
1t is wonder 10 Us, when we rememberihe
number of shots fired and the exposed posting
Of the mob, that there were not double the
persons killed and wounded. A man by the
name of shat lon was stabbed in the beck Of
tie neck, from which he very probably died
last night. A hand from the steamer Henry
Chouteau was killed instantly. and a man by
the name OF Joe or Frank Freeman was shot
through the heart, and fell dead without utter
ing a word. He was standing near o lumber
pile al the foot OF Morgan street, on the levee,
with his aims fol6ed,watrhing The sffay with
out at all participating, when he received The
| fatal shot from the windowof a house on Bat
tie Row. He has long been n the employ OF
Capt. Warren, of the canal boat Burlington,
as stsersman, and has been known in New
York IS q canal boatman. We un ersiand-L s
has a brother living up the Missouri river
His fate is a sad one.
The Intelligencer says the crowd supplied
themselves with axes and Other implements Of
the SOFT, from STEAMBOATS, ct the wharf, and
with them beat in the shutters and smashed
the counters and everything thu. would yield
TO blows. On the levee, between Cherry and
Locust, there are only one or Two houses, al
most, that do not bear disastrous marks Of the
conflict. AT Lo ust street The dannge stop
ped.
The difficulty commenced in the 9th Ward,
and was occasioned by an lrishmam stsbbiny
ar American. This was the signal for q gem
eral attack, which was commenced upon The
Irish doggeries on Mayor and Green streets,
and Washington Avenue, and on The whole
front OF ihs Leyee, from cherry street, to be-
low Locust, they were more or less injured.
Wound d men were constantly borne up
from the Leyee 10 Broadway, daring the lime
OF the fight, and snch terror reigned in the
neighborhood thatthe stores in Broadway and
on -Four h street, for some distance down,
were closed, and remained closed during tbs
afternoon and evening. II
About ten arrests have been made. The
prisoners were lodged in the calaboose, with
the exception OF the fellow with whom the
fight commenced. He was subsequently re-
moved 10 he jail, as a rescue was feared. Il
is said that he Is O lrishman, that he stabbed
a man ia the crowd around the polls in the
Fifth Word, and then dropped his knife and
ran; he was pursued for several squares and
finally caught.
On Morgan and Green streets, exiendin
west from Broadway, not an Irish grocery ii
left, all being torn TO pices, and the hous
more or less injured. A frame row al III,
northwest corner Of Fifth and Green sufere,
severely, the weather boarding being split on,
torn BY stones, and all the windows and door
smashed in.
All a rough estimate there are not less thai
fifty or sixty houses, Chiefly Irisk d~oggeries o
the lowest order. badly damaged and tbsi
confantu dao,Yovad