, 1877-08-12
THE CHICAGO RIOT.

gents have contriyed to close their brlcf AMI
startling career with a dramatic catastrophe
[ The PittsburE riots were shameful aud mcnac
ing enough. but they we're surpassed in audacit.
and fcrocity by the outbreak on Thursday n
| Chicago. That great city, proud OF Its youthful
| vigor and a,nazingly-rapid growth, belicvc'
itself destined to outstrip New York an(
| Philadelphia in wealth aud population, and to
become the future Capital OF tho American pco
! pie It must be deeply humiliating to the clti
| zens OF Chicago 10 be confronted with mob
| violence in its most brutal and stupid form
| The attack made upon the city on Thursday diff
! fered in two respects from the Plttsburg riots
| it was to very slight extent organized or sup,
ported by raIlway-opcrativcs, and it vas met
both by the authorities and the citizens with !
courage Which contrasts most fnvorably with the
| pusillanimity shown in the centre Of Pennayl-
| vanian industry. AT Chicago, on Thursday morn
| ing, mob, chiefly composed, MS afterwards
! appeared, Of fortign laborers. and numbering.
1O,lUU men, invaded the southwestern district Of
] the town, capturing tho railway coulmuniea-
tions. forcibly closiug the factories aud sprcal-
| ing terror among the inhahitante, who fled for
refuge to the parts occupied by the local Gov
crnment. The police were instantly called out
in force, and were sent against The rioters; but
they found themselves outnumbered and over
| powered; the mob stoned them, and they rc-
forced force Back Back. The Mayor of the city nnd
the Governor Of the State appealed to the Prcsi-
dent for military aid, and tue latter at
once telcgsapheu bis consent to the employ
u,ent of the Federal troops for the preservation
Of the peace The State militia were also called
out in large numbers: but the rioters showed
no disposition to yield without struggle. IL
the streets, and sharp conflict cnsued, cnln,-
mating in repeated cavalry-chargcs. The mob
did not retreat until fifteen 1neu had been
killed, 100 wounded, and as many taken prison
crs 1t is remarkable that the majority
OF these were found to be Poles and
Bohcnians, and that u,any notorious
Communists were among the 'eaders Of the dis
turlalcc. But The insurgents, though beaten,
were not subduea: in spite OF the reinforce:
meu1s that poured in to the aid OF the authori-'
ties, they again showed IN aggressive front, and
at 10 o'clock at night the troops were obliged
once more TO attack tneni, firing Two vellcys
upon them, and inhicting some serious loss.
Since then the enemies Of order seem to have
been overawed; the troops are guarding rail-
ways aud other property, and the conl-
panies have succeeded in opening safe
communication with Chicago. The dis
credit Of this outrage upon civilized
society is, we may be sure, deeply felt BY the
prosperous and cultivated community upon
whom tho horrors Of revolution have burst on
sadden. Indignation will nerve them to efforts
which must bc successful for the o5litcration uf
tie disgrace. The measures which President ,
Hayes has ordered to be taken in Maryland ard
Pennsylvania and .hc stern tone il: which State
Governors are now addressing the insurgents
show that .Ec tay Of doubt aud weakness,
has passed, The danger that came SO near
destroying PittsouTg and Chicago may not |
spare other cities even We4ltIilcr and morc
popuous. |
American society. then, is recovering rapidly |
IRON the scloek that serT dars ago threatened
its mental equilibrium. With returning reason, |
courage, cncrgy, amt resolution are making |
themselves felt. The outrageous bursts If !
A&.f
must have warned every citizen IF the United |
;tates arainst inc daurer of nlayur with social |
iyua1uitc. Those scaudalous scenes would
leycr hare beeu enacted il the rioters had not |
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by Of the middle classes in their attacks unnn
he nronerty Of the RAILWAY co41,norics- II
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