The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
THE AMERICAN COMMUNE.
The War for Wages Continues Threat
ened Scarcity and Want-The Strike
subsiding but not yet under control.
A RIOT IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE
TORCH APPLIED.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 26-r

TORCH APPLIED.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26-noon.
The citizens committee, who had been
engaged all day yesterday in organizing,
assembled at 7 p. m, at Agricultural
Hall. w. P. Coleman called the COM
mittee to order. Almost Immediately
a fire was reported at the Pacific Mail
dock, in the lumber yard. A hundred
men, armed with clubs, were dispatched
to the scene, and were followed soon by a
hundred more. The remainder were
tolled off in companies by wards, and
with the exception of two hundred were
moved off to the City Hall to await orders
from the chief of police. Sixty were
sent to disperse crowd at the corner of
Sixth and Howard streets, who were en-
gagged in smashing Chinese houses: All
the committee men were armed with
clubs in addition to pocket arms. Mus
kets will be issued if necessary. The fire
has started again in the lumber yard. A
man detected cutting the hose was shot
dead.
There is a fire at the corner of Stockton
street and Broadway, and detachment
of vigilauts have been sent there. The
central portion Of the city is quiet.
President Coleman says he has three
thousand vigilants on hand. at IL
o'clock the fire at Stockton and Broad
way was extinguished. Small crowds of
hoodlums are moving about, smashing
Chinese houses, the vigilants following
them. The fire in the lumber yard gains
strength, and the mob is becoming more
demonstrative, attacking the police and
vigilants with stones. Two vigilants had
been shot. Another alarm comes from
the corner of Mission and Stewart streets,
a few blocks from the lumber yards and
factories.
1p. m.-The crowd has been dispersed
from the Pacific Mail docks, and the fire
is under control and police and vigilants
masters of the situation. A long chain
is stretched from the Pacific Mail docks,
and the captured roughs are manacled to
it. The ships in the dock have been
towed to place of safety. The driver
of a horse car has been shot dead. Two
other citizens have been killed, and n
great number wouaded by stones and
clubs. At present the rioters are roam
ing about in small squads, closely
watched.
The whole city is patrolled by police
and vigilants. Four thousand stand of
arms were received from the arsenal at
Benicia by the late boat, also ammuni-
ton and thousand reyolvers.
CHICAGO THE SCENE OF a CONFLICT
THE MOB ROUTED AND ORDER RE-
STORED.
CHICAGO, July 26-9 p. m.
At II a. m. advices from West Twelfth
street stated that the mob are holding q
small detachment of police in check.
One policeman was seriously wounded
with stone. The Second Regiment was
called out to assist the police.
1t was reported at l o'clock this morn
ing that the police had fight with the
mob on Newburg avenue and fifteen of
the rioters were hurt. A squad of
mounted veterans with drawn sabres
charged on the Sixteenth street mob, and
one hundred and fifty rioters were
wounded and ten killed outright. Six
policemen were wounded. At 11:3O a.
M, two boys were killed at Halstead
street viaduct. One policeman is reported
killed. The mob has dispersed and all
is quiet in that vicinity now.
At 11:40 a. IN. the artillery left their
quarters for the scene of conflict, which
was at the corner of Halstead and Six
teenth streets, and few minutes after
the booming of cannon showed that the
regulars had opened on the mob with
grape and canister. A correspondent at
the scene confirms this. The slaughter
will be terrible. The fact that the Sec
ond Regiment with two guns had left for
the scene is not confirmed by official dis
patches to the secretary of war. There
are no official details.
The Governor of Illinois this morning
made formal application to the Presi-
dent for troops.
The following order was received here
Col. r. c. Dunn, Assistant Adjutant- Gen.
eral, Chicago, Illinois,:
The President directs that you use
United States troops in case of emergen-
cy in suppressing the riot at Chicago
under orders Of the Governor of the
State.
E. d. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant- General.
At $40 p. m. a press reporter on the
ground telegraphs as follows: "a large
crowd of police and mounted yigilants are
conducting prisoners to the station.
They are crossing Halstead street Via
duct, and many shots are being fired by
the rabble, and serious trouble is antici.
pated before they get across the viaduct." /"
The Office of the Metropolitan Tele-
graph Company nearest the scene was
taken possession of by the mob this fore:
noon, which accounts for dilatory and
meagre reports. The next nearest Office
was several blocks away, and is managed
by lady operator.
IL p. m.-Some cutting of telegraph
wires occurred this afternoon on the
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