The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-13

leges must and shall be granted 10 all Tor
eigners alike, without regard to their vo
ting power,
RrSoind, That the thanks ol this mee;
ing are due, and hereby rendered TO Gov
Hoffman for the prompt manner in which
he has relieved the Empire City from the
odium OF being governed by q rabble.
The police seized two hundred stand Of
arms at the rooms Of the Fenian Hall, on
18th and 2lst avenues, and brought them
TO the police headquarters The mob did
not wait to learn the business Of the
police, but lied on their approach. The
police, backed by the Saith regiment, made
q raid on the Hibernian Hall, ana the mob
ran like sheep A large number were ar.
rested and locked up Revolvers and
pistols were found upon their persons.
The arms were removed by the Slth and
taken to the Central office, Policemen
Wm, Hennesy and Patrick O'Gndy, of
the sixth precinct, refused to fight; their
buttons were cut of, and the men locked
up.
10P. M.-Ab0ut 40 persons were killed
during tho riot to-day, The total num-
Der OF wounded is unknown, hut u are
known to be mortNlly wounded, At the
10Th precinct there were 10 dead bodies
this evening. They were removed to the
Morgue. At the Goth precinct there
were four dead bodies. At tho Morgue
there are at present 40 bodies The only
ones so far identified are Henry @. Page,
9th Regiment, and advertising agent of
the Grand Opera House, Charles Pettill,
and Mr.. Archibald. Among the killed
at 10Th precinct were u woman and child.
The remainder arc supposed to be rioters.
Col. Fisk was tt the head OF his regiment
and was wounded early in the aiIray, under
the following circumstances The Colonel
was with his regiment during the morn.
Ing. About | O'Clock he went to see Gov.
Hoffman about the running of the Parvo
mia terry boats, and returned about 280
p. N. and took command OF his regiment,
When the collision nj Goth street took
place, and while he was In the act of
giving an order, he was struck with
d club, aud one Of his ankles broken. lie
was at onCGremOyGd TO q private residence
on 25th Street. Ills wound, though II
dlsables him, Is not dangerous, Capt
Spencer, orthe 9th Regiment, II Is report.
cd, was struck at the same time, and So.
riously, iCnOt fatally, injured.
The New York Tribune tomorrow will
have the following When the Orange.
men were opposite Gath street the column
halted for moment. Immediately after
the halt u shot was fred from on upper
story brick building on the northeast cor.
ner, and sometimes shots were fired at
the 9th Regiment from 25th street, on the
same side Of the street. The S4th Regl.
ment received the first shot. In the Conlu.
sion many men aimed at the windows,
as II expecting orders 10 fire. In an in.
stant ono gun was discharged, and then
followed an irregular volley along the line
of the 9th, 9th and S4th regiments, IL few
Of the men loading and firing n second
time. So sudden was the occurrence that
the officers were taken by surprise, but as
soon as possible they rushed among their
men to stop the firing. The firing was
by the Slth regiment, Chleilyat the upper
part Of the house whence the attack
came, hut the sidewalk was SWEPT also. As
soon as the smoke cleared away, nine
bodies, one Of them n woman, was seen
lying still on the pavement in front of the
house. The right wing Of the regiment
being advanced about twenty-five yards
beyond gath street, the men in that part
of the line fired across the sidewalk, ut tho
southeast corner Of the street and avenue.
Here were group Of about twenty police
men and few citizens. All these dis.
covering the troops were aiming low,
threw themselves by common impulse
upon their bellies and scrambled away at
the first fire. A portly and well dressed
men, who was afterwards ascGrtained that
X. G. j. Latimer was killed, and after him
policemen Jno. O'Conner fell dangerously
wounded When the firing was over there
was pause for several minutes in which
further attack of the Hibernians was Of.
fected, while the troops were brought TO
attention after loading their guns. No
regard was paid to the wounded or dying. |
Tho terrified citizens were afraid to ven.
ture to their houses, and many of those
escorting the Orangemen could not ad.
vance beyond the lines to give relief on
account Of the danger that other shots
might be fired by the mob, and that the
militia would renew their wild vol.
leys. Tho situation al Twenty.fourth |
street, where the writer stood, was terrible,
before tho eyes of all. There lay eleven
PROSTATE bodies. Two or three were piled
together rs they had fallen, and q dead
woman was stretched across man. A
man with o fearful wound IN tho head,
which covered his face with blood, writh.
cd In agony for some time and then slowly
crcpt to o door step and feebly strove 10
raise himself upon II, An aged man, evl.
dently Irish, had rcCeiveda u shot In the
arm, and sat down upon step and des.
perately faced the troops In the midst
OF the firing, while holding his
bleeding arm extended before him. lie
remained till relief came, iixedly glaring
In silence at the Orangemen and crouched |
against a cart wheel Just beyond the cor.
ner Of gath street, appearing TO have re.
Ceived some hurt. The women appeared |
at the windows above, making signs Of
anguish and bewilderment, looking down
at tho bodies and then at the troops;
presently one and then another Of the
friends oithe victims stole out and touched
them TO see ifthey. were still allvebut soon
hastened within. One young Ifishman,
however, remained walking TO and fro,
making piteous cries oi grief. |
From time to time he clenched bis flst,
and seemed to be making desperate re.
solves Of vengeance; then he would stop
TO look nt one and another OF the bodies.
The Surgeon orone oI the regiments came
with commendable promptitude to attend
TO the wounded At last, when the mob
had been driven far back on the side OF
the streets, the work Of removing the
dead and wounded began AS the col.
umn remained at a halt, the riot was sup.
pressed by this single volley. The most
drunken and desperate Of the mob could
not he induced to resume the fight.