Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-08-02
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fight with a mob on Newbury avenue. Fiji
teen OF the rioters were hurt. A squad of
mounted veterans. with drawn sabers, charg-
ed the Sixteenth street mob, and $50 Of the
rioters were wounded and ten killed out
right. Six policemen were wounded. Two
boys were killed at the Halstead viaduct,
and one policeman is reported killed.
1915 a. m.-Advices from West Twelfth
street state that the mob is holding a small
detachment OF police in check. One po-
liceman is seriously wounded. The I'd Reg
iment has been called out to assist the po-
lice. #f.
1910 p. NAT 1880 the artillery left
their quarters for the scene of conflict, which
is now Halstead and Sixteenth ,steets, and
in a few minutes after their arrival the
booming OF ccannon showed that the reg
ulars had opened on the mob with grape
and canister. A reporter ut the scene con-
firms this. The slaughter will be terrible.
2:35 p. m.-The mob of last night gather
ed in force on the south side early this morn
ing and renewed its depredations and acts
of violence. They began with some 1000
and swelling to Il multitude before noon.
They showed a savage bravado and seemed
tearlesness itself. However, when 300 po-
lice, under officer Kainly charged on them,
they broke up after a hot encounter. They
re. united again shortly and prepared for
another encounter at. Sixteenth street anti
Halstead viaduct. An interchange of shots,
stones and inyictives succeeded. Then the
reinforcemcnts, consisting of Il lew
squad Of police and a company, Of armed
ncayalry, began, i'll conjunction with the
police, u deadly onslaught, the re u!ts OF
which are impertectly known and IRE va
riously reported. One report, which is
probably ex aggerated, says II We're Killed
and $50 wounded. Another says three
were killed and so wounded. There are
certainly more than three killed. No names
can be ascertained. This broke up the mob
for i time, but they soon gathered again. A
gang Of the mob ran Il passenger train of
the track at Twelfth street, this morning,
and after allowing the passengers to escape,
smashed the windows and furniture of sew
eral cars. The.2d Regiment OF mounted horse
and the regular veteran force OF Chicago
are on the scene of battle. @
The President has directed Col. Drum,
Assistant Aljutant General, in case Of en-
eroency, to use the United States troops to
suppress the riot ut Chicago. under orders of
the State Governor. The national force has
been placed at the Governors disposal.
A I. ature of the fights was the frequent
participation of the women. who fired shots
from inside and outside their houses.
hurled invictiyes. stones and mud in
discriminatory at all who wore white shirts
or blue coats. Much dissatisfaction is
pressed at the orders given the latter,
through the Mayor, to avoid killing. The
general belief is that could the mob be lEfsete
to understand thoroughly that no blanks
were carried and that no quarter would be
given, their valor would fade away and they
disappear. 1t is stated that should the mob
gather and meet the police again, the latter
are instructed to spare no more lives.
LATER.-The names of twenty killed are
oiven. and others who have been supposed
70 have been carried off by friends, anu the
names OF over fifty of the wotHded are also
!, given.
PHILADELPHIA July 2S.-Hnhe President
!, of the Pennsylvania railroad makes the.an'
nouncemept that the road and its tributaries
, are open for fassghts and. passengers from
, Washington,. E9sjtimore, Philadelphia ant
, New York to points as for rs Altaena, OF
their main. line.. They esageeet. to haze tl!eq