The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-09-24
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DIR. Beard told them to get thei
; arms ana assemble, and so battle 70
a thet rights, and to fight to the death
! Nj. Smith followed with his clos
= ing remarks. He considered this tn
q erisB of Louisiana. They must U'
either free or slaves. He urged then
. 70 act calmly, prudently, without vic
|, enee, but with determination to q
: home and arm themselves, and re
: turn aud report to the proper leaders
!, Loud shouts of approval hailed thi:
: speech, after which the meeting ad-
: Joumed. The assemtlage gradually
: dispersed; but suddenly, as if by mag.
/. ie there appeared on the principal
4 streets, marching bodies OF armed cit
lzens, embracing in the ranks, men
prominent in mercantile, profession
+ al and banking circles, and men, too,
, who, up to this time have taken no
active part in the recent political dem
onstration, but whose earnestness OF
purpose now indicates that the period
Of determined action had arrived. No
armed men had appeared at the mass
4 meeting. These, then, who came to
: the surface soon thereafter had been
:, lying perdu, awaiting the cry TO arms,
: and when il was sounded they sprang
: forth IN hundreds and thousands. 1t
was now 1890 o'clock, and all the pla-
ees of business In the city were closed.
Tie armed citizens, in companies of
abOut one hundred each, apparently
wdl disciplined and drilled, and un-
der command of leader, marched to
: the appointed rendezvous in various
pO'tions Of the city, on the streets
running from the river across the
town.
By two o'clock, at these places,
th,re were assembled more than 600
citizens, armed with Winchester RI
fie, shot-guns and revolvers, under
! command of Frederick n. Ogden, and
thoroughly organized and well disei-
plhed. At the places thus chosen
thy began at once to throw up bar
riades of lumber, dry goods boxes,
etc, removing even street cars from
tht tracks and using them in the bar.
riGdes. One detachment on POydras
street, numbering 400, in the city's
ce!ter, had five pieces of brass can
mol, which were cast during the past
fortnight, at the city foundry. 1t was
Understood that at twelve O'Clock the
Third Infantry would be due at New
Dreams. A consultation between
General Ogden and his staff resulted
ina determination to rest their troops
on their arms until that hour, and
that meanwhile pickets would be
thDwn out to guard the tributary av-
enles against a sudden move by the
police. At $50 the metropolitans, to
thenumber of 500, left the down town
staioD, under command of General
Lolgstreet, and with their battery,
daihed up Chartres street to Canal,
driving in the White League pickets,
AMI sending forth the note OF general
ala.m.
At 3:45 o'clock the police, under
command of General Badger and
james Longstreet and staff, arrived
at the head of Canal street, where,
without delay, they were placed in
line of battle. The force had been
augmented by the addition of 200 me-
trOplitans, picked up on the route at
a station, and when the line of battle
was formed, it was understood that
the lighting would begin by an ag-
gressive movement on the part of the
police. This proved to be the truth.
A detachment of police, so strong,
with field-piece, was sent forward
to drive out the POydras street de-
tachment Of the White Leaguers, To-
Gated four squares away; and upon
this mission they departed. Before
they had gone the length of the
square, the Poydras street Leaguers,
three hundred strong, went forth to
meet them, and at once starting on a
double-quick, rushed upon the police,
yelling like madmen. The police
opened fire with their field piece, but
the Leaguers, nothing daunted, held
on their way, and charged upon the
pSanSh pSSSh yahtc oncs 'iShtSa thre1 Agg Aggwsn sHo 6ar
arms and fled, leaving their gun up
on the field. The Leaguers, captur-
ing the trophy, continued their
march to the levee, where they were
met by the main body of the metro
politans, who opened fire with their
Winchester rifles, which was instan-
taneously responded to by the White
Leaguers. The deadly mittraiileuse of
the police was then brought to bear,
and one round was fired, echoes by
the twelve-pounders belching forth
their missiles of destruction. The
White Leaguers maintained steady
fire, telling with fearful effect in the
metropolitan ranks. After the first
few rounds, the police cast discipline
to the winds, and some fled with fear,
though others stood their ground. The
order to charge the battery was then
given to the White Leaguers, and
with victorious shout, they advanc-
ed upon the foe, who turned and fled,
pursued by their adversaries, who ev-
er and anon would deliver a ball with
telling effect ztthe retreating foe. In
the charge, Gen. F. n. Ogden's horse
was shot and instantly killed; but no.
wise deferred by this accident, the
General led on his men on foot. The
guns were then taken possession of,
and in a short time the battlefield
was deserted, and all engaged in fol-
lowing the defeated metropolitsns.
The police sought refuge in the GUS
tom.hOuse, which was opened on
their approach, where they assumed
positions in the topmost portion, and
continued their fire at the White
Leaguers, who returned ball for ball.
On the battle ground lay about ten
policemen, some dead and others dy-
ing, killed and wounded at the first
fire, and only one White Lacquer,
who was evidently killed in the
charge. In and around the station
were four more dead metropOlitans,
while on the front streets six more
had yielded up their lives. The poor
peelers were sadly demoraliZed. 1t
appears that only about fifty metro
rolitans succeeded ia getting into the
custom-house. while the balance ran
to the Third precinct station, where
they remained. After the fight, as
about fifty of them were hurrying to
the station, they were met by squad
/ of White Leaguers. Immediately up
on seeing them, the metropOlitans at
once said they wanted to 20 home,
and surrendered their guns and pis-
tolls, some of them even taking off
their coats to conciliate their captors.
After the battle, the authentic list of
killed embraced % metropolitans and
Z White Lesguers, besides a number
of each side badly wounded.
Among the mortslly wounded to-
day was General Badger, command
ing the metropolitan brigade.
The battle over, and the routed me-
tropolitans safely hidden from pur-
suit, General Ogden at once ordered
all the principal thoroughfares picket
ed, and then Withdrew his troops to
the Poydras camp, where they made
preparations to pass the night.-Chi-
cdg0 Tribune.
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