Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-15


fifteen to twenty shots being fired aflc
him. He 1cd into k'yard, nnl en-
deavored to hide behind pig.pcn. Eish
balls were picked out OF tho fence be
hind which he took refuge six hole:
were made in his hat, and two balls were
lodged in his boly-onc in the 0csby
part of each thigh.
tcrfcred and took him home in n wagon
With the exception of this Interference,
there were no police about; tho City
Marshal was not on the ground all day;
the Hindoo Mayor was not there the
Deputy Sheriff was appointed to pre-.
serve the peace, but replied that he was
quiet man, AMI the people must take
care Of themselves.
"Thcre are other incidents connected
with the election, for which we have not
room; /; they are, however, Of the same
stamp as above mentioned In all, there
were not less than from one huni,ed to
one hundred and fifty persons Injured
during the day, in the two wards.
"To the excriions Of officers Gilmore
and Hommohi Mr.. Gray owes bis life.
Had it not been that they, unailci, in e.
terlercd and rescued him from the inru.
rated mob, he would mos, certainly have
been killed."
awe ara deeply mortified that the fair
fame of our city was on Saturday meas
uIably larnished by outrages upon the
person and property Of many citizens,
through the agency Of individuals who
can only claim for themselves zeal
without knowledge, and a skill in the
art Of ruilianism. The First Ward polls
was tho principle ,heater for this m9an.
choly display Of Incorporate orcr in
behalf of what the actors probably es.
lcemed political rights. Early in the
of the election it was reported
that the Sag.Ncht party intended to take
possession Of the polls in that ward, and
Immediately countcrmovemen was had
by persons attached to the Hindoo or.
saniza'ion. y large multitude soon as.
semblel at the place Of voting. and du
ring the entire day Main.strce in that
vicinity, crowded with individuals Of
both native and foreign parcntagc. The
anxiety and cagerness TO vote manifested
by the one party, naturally excited the
jealousy and suspicion Of the other.
"lt was after this faShon that the
whole trouble originated. The Germans
thought the Hindoos were attempting to
prevent their voting, and tn, HinIoos
thought the same OF the Germans. A
conflict naturally ensued. The foreign
population prcponderatel in numbers,
out thn. lIindoos had the advantage ia
will mid muscle. Accordingly the lat.
er attempted to both vote AMI fight, con
,eding at the same time TO foreigners the
ike right as far as they could exercise
t. But this became wcarisome, and the
whole programme changed, fighting being
substituted for voting. In this the Hin.
loos, of course, obtaincl the upper hand,
md when at tho close OF the day the
wounded were counted, we believe the
Germans had the largest majority of
bruised victims. Per contra, when the
'o,es were counted, the Hindoos had the
najority at the polls, and their ticket
vas by that reason elected. This result,
n a DEMocRArIc Ward, is explainable
s:thou: multiplication Of worjs-,he
Iindoos had better mack of both vo.
ing and fighting than their antagonists,
Who could do but one Of these things al
time.
"But there were other transactions on
in the FIRST Ward, for which
We mus. take some of the inconsilera!e
rends of Amercanism to task. There
we're foreigners, innocent of any wrong,
" intention Of wrong, who when passing
he street, when ia their own houses,
vhen distant from the polls, were attack.
d and beaten most numerically. The
ouse Of some Germans were entered
nd thcir property destroyed, others were
urused by crowds Of infuriated men and
'oys. These attacks, in case wilhou,
'rovocation, cannot be excused. ls true
hat the,o was much in the shape yf ru.
nor to feed the excitement. A boy was
eported to have been shot by German
rom the window of house, and other
ndigni,ies committed (; but of these
hngs we could ascertain nothing definite.
)ne outrage, Of which we have been ad.
'ised, entitely by Hindoos, deserves
notice. Three Germans
Charles Hunt, John Snyder, and Paul
Distinguishing chased from the polls
ook refuge in Peter Merkol's. on Mar.
ict.street, two squares distant. A large
gang pursued them and guns being fired
rom the upper stories, they broke into
he house, destroyed all the fixtures about
he bar room, beat Merkel, who had not
,ven attempted to vote, entered his pr
'atc room, destroyed the furniture, and |
one ruIlian actually struck Mrs. Mcrkel
while she was attempting to save her
husband For such an outrage there
,an be no apology, AMI yet of this
character were many Others during sat.
lrday.