The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-18


and laid them under the trees in the
cross-streets out of the fierce sun which
beat down upon the avenue.
While the profession was marching
on Aronsh Twenty third street it was
received with cheers from the brown
stone houses. The scenes on the Eighth
Avenue were terrible. The firing that
had taken place was most appalling
The dead and dying were lying in
groups on the ground and the sidewalks
between Twenty iltl and Twenty sixth
streets were covered with blood: The
dead soldiers could not even be rtfnoF.
ed, their comrades being rediired I'd
march on as escort to the Orangemen.
who upon reaching Broadway, near
Grace Church, were once more attacked
by tlie;crowd, but terrific charge OF
the police, resulting in numerous arrests
and any number of broken heads, soon
cleared the Route for them to march on
to the Cooper Institute, where the Sixth
Regiment formed into hollow square
and permitted the Orangemen to 60 to
their lodge.rooms and take off their re.
gala and disappear. By this time the
news of the battle on the Eighth avenue
was known all over the city, anu created
the most appalling excitement A
crowd of men rushed to and from the
police headquarters, and that section Of
the city was soon declared in state of
siege, the police and military both being
massed around the Governors head
quarters. completely isolating that part
Of the city from the other Streets
Troops were then sent back to the con-
hict, and guarded all the approaches to
the Eighth avenue. At this time the
two dead soldiers of the Ninth Regi-
ment had been taken into drugstore
and guarded by a corporal and four
men. The rioters, on ascertaining that
the dead soldiers were inside, attacked
the drug store, but the guard stood their
ground, and would have been overp0w,
eredebut for the timely arrival Of 250
policemen, who heat the crowd back
that had sworn I to-. tear in pieces. the
dead bodies of the soldiers. Continued
charges had to be made up and down
the avenue to- drive the crowd home;
and it was only after repeated assaults
that the. rioters retreated, still defiant.
Among the killed are Henry C. Page,
the, managervof the Grand Opera house;
a apriyate of the Ninth Regiment, who
was shot in the forehead; Sergeant Wy
att, also of the Ninth Regiment. Colo;
mel Fisk was wounded in the shoulder
and had his ankle broken by blow
from a club. In the Twenty secc nd
Regiment Captain Douglass was woun-
ded, and his brother was stabbed n the
neck. Besides these, several other
members of the Twenty-seeond- Regi-
ment were, )some seriously and others
fatally, wounded One policeman was
killed outright, and any number, Of
them wounded, Up. to, this hour the
official list Of killed and wounded foots
up: Soldiers killed, 6; wouHded,s l3;
rioters killed, 45 /; wounded 70 Among
those shot was woman with a child in
her arms She was just .tiringa revois
yer at the troops when she was shot
down by member Of the Twenty:sec.
ondi Regiment. Only one case Of COW
ardice. .,Oat,of. l,500 men, one, Patrick
O'Grady. refused to take part in the at
tack on Hibernian Hall early in, the
morning, and told his Captain that he
would not fight against his countrymen !;
whereupon the Captain with. his club
felled him 10 the ground and then sent
him prisoner to the police head.qaar-
ters, where the Superintendent tore his
buttons off his coat and. locked him up
in cell. W ..cts,tv,DVs
The Governor is still at Head-quar
tiers, surrounded by his staff, civil aht
military 'rm rs siisaim6 has ss,nlo1q
Further trouble is anticipated during
the night, and it is feared that Lancas
ter Hall and Military Hall, the Orange
head quarters will be burned. Othtr
wise the city is quiet at this hour, bn
terribly agitated. One Of the reporters
of the New York World shot riotel
while the latter was in the act of Level
ing his pistol at police captain. AL
: of the reporters are sworn in as special
policemen to faciliatestheir labors, and
are doing duty as such through tas
night. = = f7 -
The following is the latest report o.
casualties Total killed reported at the
Morgue. 35; total wounded, It's. The
total number of rioters arrested te
midnight is 200. The city is now per
fectly quiet.