New-York tribune., 1871-07-13
VOL. XXXI.....N y 4a4'
THE RIOT OF ISL
-, rs op ,uNrcIPAL cowARpicE AND
REsohi' TT TARpY STATE ACTION

THE okAN"h voR-FRIGHTFUL AND NEED
h'oDVN"n' N"l-S,rrR-MoRE THAN 100 PERSONS
LESS sL'', sLAoU ,youNpEp-CULPABLE MIsMAN-
AiiLL ..,r AND ITS TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES
.owardice Of Tammany and the hesi'i'i0n ""N
..,enev of the officials with which II aiulc'S
hos bronght terrible but natural fruits Oh sn"nA'
1T sorrow TO the city. The more than weak the
.s;uapimous surrender Of Mayor Hall to the mob OF
.rse only encouraged it to more desperate resoiu-
.,o, for il was o thing to have been conquered
by defiance; concession only gave 1t suehe'n anu
.euaee 70 act But after this fatal error nao O0'"
ar,iallv remedied at the indignant demand OF ou'-
RACED public sentiment, misnanagement annoS' DO
stupd led to results as painful though not 50
,ovs % those threatened by the surrender Wouiu
h.ve been. These disastrous, Illuminating coilSc-
.nonoes of weakness and ignorance are detaneu
below in frightful narrative Of carnage
Threatening demonstrations of the rioters early
Yesterday morning revealed that the outraged cry
Of the people had not cured them as completely as IL
trohtened Tammany. Sullen groups gathered on
street corners in threatened districts OF In the
Among these groups women were most conspicuous
nv the vehemence with which they denounced Or
Ansemen, Police, and Soldiers alike; and children of
10th sexes gathered about them, ignorant alike OF
their own danger and the desperate resolution of
those about them. The men generally were gruff
and silent evidently angry that their opportunities
for pilage had been wrested from them by the en-
forced action Of the men whom they had made
Mayor and Governor. Separate gangs of ruffans
six or eight in number moved from street to street.
eager alike for fight or pllage. At the several rem
dezvous of the Hibernians many bore rifles without
effort at concealment regardless of the policemen on
their beats, who made to attempt to disam them. In
the upper part of the city the rioters began to move
southward at an early hour. compelling all workmen
their routes to desis and join with them. In one
or two instances movements were made against the
houses Of men who had protected the 0rangemen
during the riots of last year. but as the rioters were
without leadership they gradually dispersed before
carrying their threats into execution. Attacks
were made by the rioters on one or two armories
where arms were known to be stored, but the
resistance of a few determined policemen
eOwed the mob The rioters were vicious and fierce
enough for any purpose but it was plain that they
were without the organization they had boasted
Btill their demonstrations were so threatening be
fore 10 o'clock that the police compelled tC
seize Hibernia Hall, and Gen. Sha1er called for a
regiment Of troops from Brooklyn, where as in Jer-
sey City, all had been comparatively quiet.
While the mob was without direction at all, di-
vided eounsels almost wholly destroyed the effect
Syenoss of the troops and police There does not
sppear to have been perfect consOnance Of action
between the superintendent of Police and the Com
mander Of the Militia and this fact will eventually
bec ced many of the blunders which have aided
10 make the riot most serious in its consequences.
Both police and troops were eager to do their
full duty; there was sympathy IN the
ranks with rioters. The Police in the field behaved
with all the readiness that could be expected or
asked of them. and were admirably handled; butt
is not to the credit Of Headquarters, but of the off,
oers who handled them in the field, that they made
DO glazing blunders, and behaved with such daring
But. while the troops were animated by the sam
sprit which actuated the police it is matter of fac
that they were most bunglingy maneuvered in form
ing the line of march and during the subsequent
firing on the crowd.
About noon the fact became known that the
Orangemen had resolved TO parade starting from
their lodge in Eighth-aye. and Twenty-ninth-st.,
and tLither the rioters from all points Of the city
began 10 concentrate. Many marched in large
bod,es through the principal Streets undispersed
q large police force had previously been sent there
and these kept the rioters al a distance Later i'm
the day five regiments Of troops marched to the
EuHe point and by two o'clock the entire brigade
snd large body Of police had formed in Eighth
ave, hemmed in at all the cross streets by an an
Ery mob
Soon after the Orangemen made their appearance
in the street, preparatory TO taking their places in
The line OF march, the mob in Twenty-ninth-st. be-
gan hooting and the Police at once put them n
hight. Subsequently Twenty-eighth-st. was cleared
in TIE same way, the Police acting with great sprt
but the rioters soon returned to the places from
winch they had been driven, and prepared to renew
shelr hooting, TO indulge in more
violent demonstrations A few sbots ,roro
nieo from houses in the avenne
ueio1e Tue procession moved, the Police in one in
s'"n'e returning the fire by single shot but No.
.Ding IeaAy serious occurred until the head of tho
me mad reached Twenty-thrdst.. and the orange.
neh were opposite Twenty-fourth-st. Here tho
"eie aied upon from a tenement house on the cor,
a VI lWenty-fourth-st. But not more than half =
- r. euo@ were discharged in ALL and none of
TS ,m & apparently took effect on troops or policemen
however, immediately and ex
:. trs '.nSi 1, geo Their weapons at the house and
tn. W. crowd IN The avenue and along Tho CO.
the o,s previously loaded with ball cartridge in
the efec, 90 as II to intlmdate the rioters, and
time tSs oi vi ther fire murderous AT the same
Orspon e "s and 9th Regiment. in the ps.r 90 1~ .e