New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-27
RICTS IN THE WEST.
SERIOUS WORK IN CHICAGO.


UP, THEM At NIGHT.
CHICAGO, July 26-3 p. M.-The mob of last night
gathered IN force the South Side this morning
and renewed their depredatiOns and acts OF Yio-
lence They began with crowd Of about Z,OOo
men and boys and their numbers swelled to greater
roportions before They showed savage brayad"
and seemed fearless of death itself. Three hundred
police under Officer Ramey charged them. and they
broke up after hot encounter. They reunited
again shortly and prepared for another encounter at
Sixteenth-st. and HalStea l-street Viaduct, where
an interchange Of shots and stones sue
ceeded. The police being reinforced, broke INTO
the mob with veil that was heard for
blocks away. Reinforcements, consisting OF
new squad of police and company OF armed cav
airy under Col AgramOnt, came uD Immediately,
and in conjunction with the police made deadly
onslaught the result of which is imperfectly known
and reported varousy. One report, which is
probably exagg rated says twelve were killed ano
one hundred and fifty wounded. Another report
SAYS that there were three killed and fifty wounded
Certainly more than three were killed. Al present
no names can be learned. The charge broke up the
mob for time, but the scattered members soon
gathered again, and gangmade charge on passe'-
ger raln which they of the track at twentieth
st. Alter allowing the passengers to escape they
smashed the windows and mrnturc.
The serious nature of the riot having been re-
ported the 2d Regiment was sent To the of the
battle as also the Mounted Police and the Veteran
Force OF Chicago. The artillery was also sent. AZ
LAO "A. m. cannOn-hring was heard at the
corner of Sixteenth and Halsteadst where
tue mob had collected. and it Is re-
ported that the regulars opened fire with grape
and canister and that the slaughter Is terrible :;
but for some unknown reason, no further ihteil-
gence can b. obtained from tae scene of the conflict
either by telegraph through messengers. A
dispatch says the report of I &c cannon-iiring was
exaggerated but it gives nothing else concerning
the affair.
Gov. Cullom called upon the United States for aid
early this mornilg, and the following kilograms
were exchanged in reply:
WASHINGTON. July %. 1877.
COT r c. DRuM, AssistantA Gatoni deneat CMeago ~.
The President direct, th4t you Use United States
troo in case Of emergcncy III suppress TX trG fo' III
l.. ID. TOWNSEND. Adjuiant-Generd.
CHICAGO H., July 20.
10 Han. :. NJ CULLoM Governor Of ILLINOIS.
President If the United States use under orders,
the National troops ia this city IN slppr1sSnE Ine rot'
Assistant Acknowledgement
spRrNGFlEED, H.. July 20. 1877.
Yn vii nc report 10 lie Mayor OF Chicago md act
in concord with hm in putting down the RIOTS ana III
ME- n, P''H WV ). NJ. CULLoM Goyen0r
Immediately on the receipt of the Governors or
der the National force Of the city, with those to
arrive to-day, were placed at MS disposal, There
are now here two companies of the ODD Infantry,
four more to arrive this afternoon al O'clock ana
six of the 9th Infantry. Gen. Drum has ordered
them TO stop off the ears at the scene Of the riot
which they pass coming H.
notice has been posted Oh all United States prop
erty bv Marshal Hildrup waning the rioters that
they will be summarIly punished for Interfering
With it, This includes the Chicago and Paclhc Rail
road, which is in the hands OF the officers OF the law
The military power OF the Government VIII DC
invoked TO enforce the order.
4p. MAT tbs hour the police have dispersed the
crowd on IIalstead-s where the fight occurred this
morning, and everything Is quiet there. Inc
mounted police are patrollmg that section, and al
low no gatherings of any kind
The truth about the cannon firing seems to be that
the artillery did tire two shots, but that the guns
were loaded with nothing except powder. The num-
Der OF casualties reported is large, and the names
Will be given rs soon as obtainaple.
Al present the mob ms 10 be pretty well broken
nm but probably will gather again before night.
A press reporter on the ground telegraphs thatl
large crowd of police and mounted ylelants are con-
ductng prisoners to the Station. They are crossing
Ualstead-sreet Viaduct. Many shois are being fired
y the rabble and serious trouble Is anticipated De-
fore they get across the Vladuct.
The office of the Metropolitan Telegraph Company
nearest the scene, was taken possession of by the
unb tins forenoon, which accounts for the dIatory
and meacre reports. The next nearest Office was
several blocks away, aud Is managed by lady oper
atOr.
6:3O p. NAT this hour the precise situation as
learned by dispatches and by reports of press re-
portes on the ground Is this The rioters have been
busy all day in various parts II the town. bui
chiefly between Canal and Green-sts., and between
Twelfth and Twenty-second-sts. The fighting has
been carried within these limits almost exclusive
H. and has been continuous and bloody, If not as iaa
An might be expected The police have rarely been
fine apressors but whenever they have attempted 10
break ND a mob they have in the long run succeeded
The mob is insulting and ready for trouble at any
moment but has wholesome fear of the reg-
nents and mounted police, and of the United
States troops, who either on the ground or in
close proximity to the trouble all of the time. They
have arms of the most effective sort, and whenever
they appear the mob scatter. The police do not
command 80 great respect, because the impression
preyais that they will generally fire too high
blank cartridges. The arrests have been numerous.
Hardly man has been taken TO the Station House
without rush being made 10 release him, and
consequent interchange of shots. The last attempt
reported to take prisoners to Jail, several wagon
loads in number, successful. but only after
hard fight at the Halstead-street Viaduct, which
seems to be the rallying point Of the mob.
The police begin to complain that they are being