Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-15
THEDREFT RIOT IN NEW YORK,
Particulars Ofitu commencement.

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Seymour made a speech to the crowd, say
ing that he had ssnt to Washington to en-
deavor to have ;he drsft stopped. We hope
he win not succeed, because it would be
giving alaWless mob prestige Of EictO-
~ which would not fail to strengthen and
encourage similar. manifestations there
and elsewhere. &
From the Evening Post of Monday we
quote the following particulars Of the not:
PARTICULARS OF THE RIOT-THE DRAFT RE-
COMMENCED. a--s-
The drawing by Provost Marshal Jenk-
ius did not commence punctually at
o'clock this morning, as was intended.
The Provost Marshal had received intina-
tions that riotous demonstrations were
probable, and he accordingly sent to Act
ing Assistant Provost-MaFshal General
Nugent and the police for force which
would be sufficient to suppress any disor-
der. q VI
At 10 o'clock, however, although orders
had been given 10 the military and to ihe
police Of the different wards, no assistance
had arrived except ten or twelve police
men The Provost Marshal at that hour
decided to commence the drawing. The
great wheel was placed upon the tshleJ the
blindfolded man took his position beside
it the man atthe wheel was ready to per-
Torm MS duty, and the s-ti-V~Ost- sas-s SAL
announced that the draft in the Twenty
second ward, which was begun on Satur-
day, would then be concluded. The wheel
began to reFOlEe amid the someRhat ex-
cited demonstrations Of the crowd Of spec
tatOrs Numbering from one to two hun
dred persons) ; and the draft proceeded
for aboni twenty minutes, when the more
Formidable not took place,
HOW THE RIoT BEGAN.
"a This morning some Of the labOrers en-
ployed BY two or three Of The railroad com
panies and in some Of the foundries, as
sisted BY gang Of desperate men, went ts
establishments in the upper wards where
large numbers Of Workmen are EMPLOYED.
and compelled them, by threats in some
instances, to cease their work. The riot
ers thus gained large acoessions Of strengh,
and marched through the streets yelling
and threatening, and brandishing their
clubs and other weapons. .5t--
At twenty minutes past ten o'clock the
crowd marched down Third avenue and
congregated opposite the enrolling office.
Meanwhile, the draft was proceeding;
though, when the rioters had taken their
position in front Of the building the ope-
rations Of the officers were interrupted by
the noise and the loud threats Of rnfiRns
inside Of the building who soon afterwards
took their positions with the principal
rioters in the street.
II A voLLEY OF STONES.
The first demonstration of violence was
made Immediately thereafter. A volIey of
stones crashed through the open doors and
large windows Of the enrolling Office
which had been constructed for a store on
the first floor of the building.) One or two
persons inside the Office were struck by
stone, and other persOns--smong whom
were the Provost Marshal, who had main
tsined his position on the table where the
wheel stood, and the commissioner, surgeon
and other officers of the draft, including
Deputy Provost Marshal VanderpooI and
the reporters for the nsWspapers-st once
made their escape from the room to other
paFtsOf the building and N the rear The
who would probably
have been murdered if caught, was assist
ed over Che wall Of the back yard.
TIE DKkoHsRATIoH ON THE BUILDING.
W hen the room had been cleared the !
rioters spproaeqed With their clubs and
With their hands fall Of stehes and bricks,
and began to destroy the windows which |
mad esesPep the previous EOlley. u 4s
When, heRever, some OF the moro ex-
sited persons in the crowd had entered the
ofhce and begun the work Of demOlishing
The machinery Of the draft and the furni- |
.ure in the room, the building was. occu-
pied by very large numbers, who seized
lpon the lists, records, blanks, and the
great books in which the names Of the
1rafted men were to be engrossed, tore
them into fragments, and scattered them
IFer the neighborhO0d. For many rods
above and below the building, and in For
Ly-sixth street. the ground was almost
covered with the blanks and the other pa
pers. 2 f'i4. tpht taE aloI8+
Everything in the enrolling Office was
utterly destroyed, except the large safe
which was understood TO contain the
record Of the men drafted on Saturday,
and which the mob could not open.
The men were excited beyend desorip- |
ion, and endeaVored to pound down the
Of the building with sticks Of |
imber.