New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-05

Ron rs SJUTH BnoOKLYS-AFA.I0ET IS WHICH
Nrorors Arr EyrroyEp ArT,cEiD ny Mol
Tgr BrIIDISG SAT oS FIRE-SEvrRAt NEGR0zs
SrpioruY IviuRrD.-t serious no. occIr',, IN
seIeewick street, near Columbia street, yesterday
afternoon, caused by the employment OF nesioes in
the tobacco msnuf!c,Ores of nessrs. Wstson & Lor.
lizard and resulted IN tho expulsion OF The employees
OF tie factories consisting u.os,.y Of women and
children lccloredD. ard bat for IN accident large
number would have been destroyed by fire.
Shortly after noon, some - persons collected
t,y Their md making known the. object, assembled
81 ,r,w1 mum hering between 1900 aud 5000 person.
and rro,eeded to the flct0ries, which are three
story buildings, Of brick ana IN which between 800
and 900 perrons are employed. The oycise,r or
foreman of Watsons Factory Is colored man, and
ei tho pcrsons Employed in TIE factory, c1nsi'!ng
mostly o. women ani children, are coored u the
nu.ale r of from 80 10 -. In Lor,ll.rd's Factory
about 30 are employed, whites and colOni. There
has been no difficulty until within tie past few
,,seks; but It has been understood for some zine
tina, n dist lrbsnce eight take pace any day.
The population in The vicinity are PRINCIPALLY
Irish. y no. M il well known, nave no great oId-
mes ior he col)rcd race Several local lOIltciah
having fr their oh ect the makiLg'ot political Pr
,sl for use IN the ture conceived tie lcea OF max
,g demonstration against fac or1es Tor toe pnr-
pyse OF expe.lIsg the obJectODah tnli Jyees lhey
Proceeded 10 Loih factories which allOn ed'h o'hcf
/ and commenced by smashing II The doors an VIA
dow. with stones. They entered the lower hoor oil
Watson factory, and discovering decoclion OF
lieo,ice and wDisky mstook IL Tor tar ana heaplng
nar,e, of old cOtling and some more cOinbu'tioe
ms,erial around ret it on tire; but they were d.sap-
uo,nted--.t would not burn. "A smoke was created,
I'm, there was no h4mo of consequence. Tire
,..slt tf
ailrghted employees, meantime, tooA refuge Ill Tue
upper eiorles. =,
The men stood ut the head Of the sars-there
,yerc acme half dozen Of them-whc. armed With
such weapons they could get hold OF, stood there
io defend them1. Ives ana the women and children.
4 number who came up, thinking they could over
awe the colored guardians Of the staircase, were
knocked down the stars, and several were seriously
Injured The resistauce ut the landing was 80 per-
,etent that the rioters could not get up, but were
compelled take their departure much faster than
they came. All III Lorillards factory had beeu
d-iysn out and ~ length, when nearly all the mi'
liet was done the police arrived ana proceeded to
nneu the riot, after IA fashion, by clubbing ,he he
eroe, who were the assailed party. Some OF tnt
oqicers did their duty maniully; among them were
scream, Wrigh, AMI Olcers Oats aud Burns OF me
Forty Iii Precinct, who were most uhineiciiuil!
beaten.
One Of the assailants Of these policemen WAS 4
naval officer ia iul uniform who took very active
mart IN the affair Inspector Folk having been Dotl
led az his honse, which is about three mice from The
-cene. arrived about clock, and then everything
ike a disturbance was promptly queiied, ana th'
,;o,ers were scattered ia every direction. The 10
.,cror asctrtaired that nearly every house In th,
ueishbood WIS an unlicensed rum shop, where ih'
rioters had wrought themselves up 10 the lighting
I poiut by virtue OF gin and Whisky. lie prompt
~ ordered every place be closed, aud after tin,
all those disposed to create disturbance dispersed
Some six or eight were arrested, among them
Patrick Keenan,, who stated, in presence OF Sergt
Wright, that &" they THE nigsers) must be driver
ont Il il cost life to DO it, and he was willing To o
his" -, .
The Negro foreman Of Watsons factory was sls'
arrested aud locked up. His name Is Chaiies baker
/ #. J.f.nded himself aud Others 40 the head OF tn
,r'jrs with AN axe, and hurt several, among then
Off er Donnelly. Twothrds of the employees u
both sections are women and children tcoiored)
There were but few men present most OF them wer
absent at the Emancipation Jubilee in LIANT
Myrtle avenue PAX. ,.
The police state that the substance the rioters sc