The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-29
THE NEWS.
The East.


SEVERAL weeks since it became known III
New York that the H;bernians were making
preparatious to attack and dispense any pio-
cession of Orangemen which il-i6ht atteihPo ~
move through the streets OF the CITY on 'iie
10Th of July. the anniversary OF the pattie VI
Anabrin, which was fought in 1890, the Cath
olics suffering disastrous defeat. THESE
preparations finally became so alarming that
On the evening of the 10Th, Police Supeflh-
lendent Kelso, with the advice and consent OF
Mavor Hall. issued an order prohibiting the
proposed procession, and instructlng the po-
lice to disperse all bodies of men collecting on
the 18th, for the purpose of joining III tar
get excursions or PROFESSIONS. This order
created much Indignation, not only IN Ne" |
York but throughout the country. an0 was
rescnded on the following day by Gov, non
man, who gave notice that any ana all oooAoo
of men desiring to assemble ana mafcn n
peaceful procession in the city of New YORK, !
could do So and that they should be protected |
by the military TO the fullest extent possible |
The PREPARATIONS to suppress the threat |
ano1 disorders were Of the most complete !
description. The LIST. 5Jh, 6ch, Sth. 10Th and
Goth regiments o. national guards were assem- /
bled IN their a1norieS the marines IN the navy !
ward. and the troops in The forts were ordered |
to hold themselves IN readiness to move at /
stationed at various points along the line OF |
procession The police fore organized /
iuto three batalliOns Of ten companies, under |
the supreme command OF superintendent |
E-oI=o Wednesday morning the city bTIs |
tied with bavOnets and cannon, but, not |
withstanding this fact large mobs gathered at
various points, intent on mischief. Shortly
after noon fighting commenced at several
points. but the military and police quickly dis
persed the rioters. At two o'clock the neigh
borhoot of the Orange headquarters became
crowded. and the police had difficulty III keep
ing the mob wl5ain bounds About hali-past
two the 0raDgeueu formed on Iwenty-niuJ3i
street below Eighth az nue.. and at the same
time the Twenty-second Regiment, under
Col. Porter marched past and formed into
hne on Eighth avenue. where they loaded with
bali and cartridge. Next came the Sixth Reg
imaut, which tool, up position on the north
of the Twenty-second. The police were on
the east side OF the street and the military on
the west, and Orangemen marched between
the two files. They presented a small appear
ance, numbering scarcely 500. At three O'clock
the procession started. Near TWenty-fourth
street the column halted for moment. In
rnediatelv after the halt shot was fired from
the upper story of the brick building, at the
northeast corner. simultaneously, shots were
fired at the Fifth regiment from near Twenty
fifth street, the same side of the street
The Eighty-fourth received the first shot and
in the confusion of the moment guns We're
aimed at the windows, is if expecting orders
to fire. In an instant one gun was discharged.
and then followed al irregular volley along
the line OF the Sixth and Eighth regiments, a
few men loading and firing second time. SO
sudden was the occurrence that the officers
were taken by SURPRISE but as soon as posi-
bic they rushed among their men, ordering
them TO stop firing. The firing of the Eighty
fourth regiment chiefly directed at the
upper part OF the house, where the attack had
come from, but the sidewalk swept also
As soon the smoke cleared. zinc bodies
one of them woman, were seen lying extend
ed and stiff upon the pavement, in front of the
house The procession then moved on. The
passion of the mob appeared to have greatly
subsidized. The sidewalks were lined with
people. The windows of the main houses
were crowded, and at many points working
men IN large numbers suspended their labors
TO witness the procession but they were all 81
lent. The total number reported killed outright
was 35.wounded 175. Since then the list of dead
has sWelled to 56. As Is usually the case. a
number OF innocent persons were killed. Mr.
Latlmer, member of q stationery firm on
Nassau street near Liberty. He was walking
along Eighth Avenue near Twentv-Eiehtb
street, and when the first voIlev was fired sew
eral balls entered his body. A lad who sold
klndllng wood was shot while sitting upon his
cart and killed. Another lad was Killed as he
was returning from school. 4 Newark lad
while riding on omnibus DISPLAYED an Or
ahge hahdkerehlef. 4 shot from a pistol
struck him, and he tell Trom Une stage dead
A woman and her little girl we're looking at the
procession when suddenly the mother waved
her handkerchief in token of recognition of
some one IN the ranks. Just at that moment
burly ruf1ian stepped up to her, and, placing
the muzzle of his pistol to her ear fired and
she fell dead. He then turned around and
deliberately cooking his pistol fired a bullet
INTO the little girl, and she fell. Two members
OF the 9Th regiment were killed during the
day, and number of policemen wounded
Co. James Fisk was shot in the ankle.
The situation at the crossing of Twenty
fourth street, where reporter stood was
terrible Before the eyes there lay eleven
PROSTATE bodies. Two or three had been
piled together they had fallen. 4 dead
woman was stretched across man with fear
full wound III the head. which covered his face
with blood. He writhed in agony for some
moments. and then sloMly crept TO a doorstep
and family strov5 to raise himself upon it
presenting, az he did So full view Of hi.
ghdstly mi uric. An aged workingman evi
IDENTITY an Lishman. had received a shot in tbs
arm, and sat down upon stoop, and desrar
ately faced the troops in the midst Of the tir
ing, WLIle holding his bleeding arm extended
before him. lie remained until relief came
nIedly glazing III silence at the Or
angemen. \ lad crouched against ;
caTt-NheeI, Just beyond the corner OF Twenty
fourth street. appeared to have received some
h!lrt. The women appeared at the windows
dboNe, making signs Of anguish and beWIider
ment, looking alternately down at the bodies
theh at the troops, and then at the policemen
Presently orc and then another of the friends
OF the victims sole out. and touched them tC
see II they we've still alive. but soon hastenel
within One young Irishman, however re-
named, walked to and fro wrngIng hi
nands, and making piteouS and incoherent
CRIES OF grief. From time time he clenched
hls Iists, and seemed to be making desperate
resolves and then would stop to look at one
ana another OF the bodies The surgeons of
the regiments came with commendable
promptness to attend 10 the wounded At
last, when the mob had been driven far bach
on the side streets. the work of
moving the dead amid wounded began.
al the 10Th precincts alton, in West Twentieth
street, was a CHASTITY spectacle vast crowd
Hilea me street III front of the entrance The
ALREADY exhausted police, streaming with per
SEPARATION and weak from thirst and bun,,er
eouid scarcely make way for the arrival of the
hnproTlsed ambulances which were of everv
style, pressed IN for the dreadful duty. Bak
eIs, Srocers, omnibusses and market WAGONS
were used, and came in rapid succession
IfelShted with dead and wodnded victims
1ohIuslon naturally reigned everywhere and
ths SAD task OF bearing the helpless forms into
the station, II hurrleilv. was tenderlv per
formed. About two hundred rioters were ar
rested. and VIII be indicted for murder
The West.
lad LINCOLN, the second and Youngest son
OF the lamented ex-Presdent Lincoln, died in
Cmcago, ON Saturday. after an illness of sev-
al weeks. He was very promising youno
man of eighteen years
1HE deepening of the Illinois canal having
been pOmTlataI To he s,,r,r,;4