Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-21
THE GREAT IRISH RIOT In NEW
-tsa YORK.

! The Orangemen Parade-They are Attacked
by the Mob-The Mob Dispersed by One
VoIIey from the 1Iilitary-The Cause of
| Public Order indicated by the Sacrifice
| of Upwards of Sixty Lives
AS has been predicted by all the
| papers in New York for the past three
| weeks, general riot took place In that
city on the 18th inst, on the occasion
of the parade of the Orangemen of that
city and vicinity. Supt. Kelso, of the
| n. Y. police, on the 10th issued an
order refusing to allow the parade, but
the Indignation of the people was such
against the oroer that Gov. Hoffman
went to the city the next day, revoked
the Superintendent's order, and gave
notice that any Society might parade
that wished to do SO peaceably, and that
they should have the protection of the
police and if that was not sufficient, the
entire military force of the State would
be called to their assistance. In view
of the fact, which was very evident,
that the police would not be able to
preserve order, the Governor at once
ordered eleven regiments of infantry to
report to him for duty early on the
morning of the 18th, at the police head
quarters in New York city. Every
regiment called upon responded
promptly, and early on Wednesday
morning the beat of the drum and the
tramp of the military could be heard all
over tae city. Each regiment assem-
bled at the place appointed for it, and
there held itself in readiness to move
at moments notice. The police force
were doubled and distributed through
out the city at the order of the Super
lntendent. 1t was rumored at first that
the Orangemen had given up the idea
of parading, but such was not the case,
and at ten minutes past 2 o'clock the
procession began its march, numbering
about $50 Orangemen, and guarded by
the police and the military. Under the
brolllng sun the bayonets glistened as
they went, and the sound of the drums
beating inoffensive military marches
came up Eighth avenue. The crowd at
the corners hooted and groaned an &C
compartment, and it was evident from
the waverlng of the rearmost ranks that
missiles were dropped among them from
| the house-tops or the sidewalks. On
sudden, from the northeast corner of
Eighth avenue and Twenty eighth
street, came puff of smoke and re-
| port.
The crowd kept gathering in the rear
and pressing the columns closer, when
a sheet Of white smoke made itself seen
through the dust, and a sharp crackle,
like that of pack of Chinese crackers,
came from under it. 1t was full volley
of musketry, fired by the 9th and Saith
| regiments. Then q panic seized the
crowd. They an crafty through the
streets they had come in at, up the
avenue far beyond Thirtieth street. The
frightened friends of the fallen came
cautiously back, and laid them under
the trees in the cross streets out of the
fierce sun which beat down upon the
avenue.
While the procession was marching
on through Twenty-third street, it was
stone houses. The scenes on Eighth
avenue was 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 fifth and Twenty-sixth streets
were covered with blood. The dead
soldiers could not even be removed,
their comrades being required to march
on as an escort to the Orangemen, who,
upon reaching Broadway, near Grace
church, were once more attacked by
the crowd, but a 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 9th
regiment formed into a hollow square
and permitted the Orangemen to go to
| their lodge-rooms, take off their regalia,
and disappear.
The two dead soldiers of the 9th
regiment had been taken into drug
store and guarded by corporal and
four men. The rioters, on ascertaining
that the dead soldiers were inside, at
tackled the drug store, but the guard
stood their ground, and would h ave
been overpowered but for the timely
arrival of $50 policemen, who beat the
crowd back that had sworn 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 re-
peateo assaults that the rioters retreat
ed, still defiant.
Among the killed are Henry G. Page,
manager of the Grand Opera House
private in the 9th regiment, shot in the
forehead Sergt. Wyatt, also of the 9th
regiment.
Col. Fisk was wounded in the shout
der and had his ankle broken by blow
from club. In the 22d regiment
Capt. Douglas was wounded and his
brother was stabbed in the neck. Be-
sides these, several other members of
the 22d regiment we're, some seriously
and others fatally wounded. One police
man was killed outright, and any num-
Der of them wounded. Up to this hour
the official list of killed and wounded,
is Is. Rioters killed, As; wounded, 20.
Among those shot was a woman with
child in her arms. She was just firing
a revolver at the troops when shot down
by a member of the 22d regiment.
| Another account of the affair is given
below, from the New York Tribune:
When the Orangemen were opposite
| Twenty fourth street, the column halted
for a moment Immediately after the
halt, shot was fired from the upper
story of brick building at the north
east corner. simultaneously shots were
fired at the 9th regiment from the rear
of Twenty-ffth street, on the same side
of the street. The S4th regiment re-
ceived the first shot, and in the confu-
sion of the moment many men aimed at
the windows, as if expecting orders to
fire. In an instant, one gun was dis
charged, and then followed on in a
| regular yOlleV along the line of the 9th