The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-07-20
RIOT IN NEW YORK.

Last Wednesday, the 18th inst, was
the date of bloody riot in New York
City. A year ago that day, brutal as
sault was made by Irish Catholics upon
an Orange procession in celebration of
the battle of the Boync, and ever since
it has been generally known that the
Orangemen were intending to parade
again, it was also known that another
attack was premeditated. In this fair
prospect for another scene of blood and
terror, the city authorities were called
upon in advance, aud not daring to pro-
tect the citizens by opposing force to
force, they knelt to the mob and for
babe the procession. Such base surren-
der as this was too much for even a
New York public, and could not even
be tolerated by Governor Hoffman,
who appears on the scene Tuesday, re-
vokcs the order prohibiting the parade,
and assures the Orangcmen that they
shall be protected in their rights by all
the civil and military power of the COM
monwealth.
Accordingly dispositions of all the
police force were made to that effect,
and the LIST, 5th, 9TH, 9th, 18th, 22d,
Goth, list, and Saith regiments of State
militia were under arms at an early
hour in the morning.
About half past two small process
ion of some 200 Orangemen formed,
and after being surrounded by a perfect
Gordon OF police and militia, the latter
with loaded arms, moved slowly along,
threatened from the first by an excited
mob which every moment became lar
ger and more fierce.
| A number of minor attacks were quell.
ed by the police, who took prisoners
each time, until finally pistol shots from
the mob started the fire of the militia
and scattering volley from two regi-
ments did the business for the rioters,
and finished the fighting with loss to
them of some 60 killed and three times
as many wounded.
Soon after the fighting began the
news of the bloody massacre flew like
wldfirc all over the city. Every home
that had sent forth a representative de-
fender of tn" peace was rackcd with
agitation. Throngs of distracted wo-
men hurried to the police stations and
hospitals, eager to know the names OF
the killed and wounded. When recog-
nitions took place, the exhibition OF
sympathy and grief was heart-rending
to witness. 1t is simply impossible to
give any full and correct idea Of the oc-
caSion.
1t is believed an effort will be made
before the coroner's jury to show that
the troops fired ncedlcssly and without
order from the commanding officer. In
spector Waling, who will be good
witness on this point, is of the opinion
that the firing would have been ne
cessity within ten minutes at the latest
A shower of bricks and stones were
thrown from the house tops and win
dows, while pistol shots were begin
ming to come thicker and faster. Ev-
cry moment the mob seemed to be
gathering courage and strength, and it
would soon have been absolutely nee
essary to commence firing.
All talk about ''innocent spectators
is nonsense. The police have at head
quarters 200 revolvcrs and butcher
knives taken from seventy men al rested
during the riot. One Hibernian had
three immense pistols slowed away in
his pockets, ana another had knife a
foot and half long concealed in his
sleeve. These arms were borne by
men in The crowd alongside of the pro-
cession, and are a sufficient evidence
that the rioters were determined to
kill as many as they could.
! The most deliberate estimate gives
the number OF rioters killed during the
day as in the vicinity of ono hundred,
and one hundred and fifty severely
wounded are in the hospitals. When
it is taken into consideration that only
those hcplcSsly wounded, and consc-
qucn,ly taken to hospitals, are there,
the slightly wounded slipping away
and hiding, lest it should become
known that they had taken part in the
riot, some approximate idea of the
number wounded may be had. Ger
tamil three hundred is not too high an
estimate. OF course some were killed
and wounded who were merely passing
bv, and innocent of the disturbances,
but the number is small.
Since Wednesday, although the
events of that day have been the all
absorbing topic and the city showed
deep feeling in the matter, there has
been no disturbance of any magnitude,
nor is any expected. 1t is thought
that lasting lesson has been taught