Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-27

| toward luc dumping SIOunU On
! White lot, under guard.
TWO ARRESTS WERE MADE
/ al this time. both c0OTed men, one being sent
/ under guard to the lst precinct and the other
/ at the 9TH precinct stations. THESE arrests
were for dsOrderly conduct and profanity.
/ WORKING UNDER POLICE PROTECTION.
/ Things after this were comparatively quiet,
but the crowd was all the time swelling in
numbers Several times during the morning.,
as the circle OF lOungers became too dense
/ about the carts and wuTkmen. the police would
back them OFF. 1t was plainly to be seen that
ground these men would not be permitted to
/ go on with the work, and orders were given by
! Capt. Brock to let the police OF in. small de
/ tachmentS TO their homes for their breakfast,
! as none OF them had been fortunate enough to
/ get this meal before coming out. The purp)SeiS
. 10 Keep force enough on the ground 10 protect
! those who desire to labor from harm.
| ATTACK ON THE FOURTEENTH-sTREE
WORkMEN.
On being driven from the work at l4tb and
| Is streets by the police, the crowd went up 18th
| street and gathered about the sewer between
| New York avenue and FL street where Me7srs.
r. = j.; C0yIe 4 CO. are the contractors: Here
| there were about 70 men at work-brcklayer
| and labOrerS, the latter at 81 per day, and the
former at special rates, according to skill and
amount of work done. Here they posted on
| is allowed to work at less than 81. 50 day, and
| hereafter any one doing SO shall be
! SHOT OR STONED TO DEATH"
They also demanded that the men stop work,
| L
men were finally obliged to retire for a time,
at least, In the meantime there was quite an
| excitement in the crowd, and some show ID a
| diSlAeitiOn to fight the bosses, when Oi1ter
| NOlkMan hustled one of them off.
! THE MOUNTED FORCE
| under Lieutenant Johnson, soon arrived and
under their protection the wOrkmen resumed
| their places and the crowd left, the most of
| them going out lth street, and inviting men
| from private works to Join them and many of
! them dld so: In the crowd at Coyle's work
| there were number who have been about
| there before, trying to get on the work at 50
| and 20 cents per day.
RETURNING TO TIE STARTING POINT.
AS the crowd marched down It'll street. many
with picks aud shOveIs and clubs, it was swell
| ed TO the number of three or four hundred
| and they turned into B street south Between
! IN and 9th streets, about i o'clock, squad
/ OF ID Policemen. OF their waytO breakfast, was
! met when
| TIE NOR CHARGED THE POLICE,
: nuI they promptly seized their pistols and
! hred NOlley, the intention being TO ffiThreN
! them Of. The crowd broke, and as is usual
no one Cf the guilty ones was hurt.
CCLOHED NAN SHOT.
a co'0red man passing through the Smith
! S0Hian grounds rom market received 4 Shot
! III the back. The police have made every al
/ fat.geM11 necessary TO secure all at any
/ threatened point, and i'll few minutes sew
! cral hundred armed men can be assembled
| TIE COHEN MEETINGS TO BE 5TOTFED.
| This morning Major Morgan sent for Isaac
| Cohen 70 come TO headquarters, and lie came
! Ia ABOUT ~ y CLOCK Win ms secretary.
! Major questioned him as the character of his
| meetings, and Informed him Of the reports he
! had heard OF inCCndiary language. Cohen de
med that there had been any ince ndi4Cy re-
! marks last night, and said the object was sim.
| ply to adopt resolutions setting forth the
| grievances OF the Workingmen. Maj. Morgan
Informed Cohen that he would not be per
| mltted 10 hold meeting tonight, and that no
meeting would be permitted on Monday
unless 1t was under the control of responsible
citizens.
THE WOUNDED MAN.
David Snowden was the innocent man shot
In the Smithsonian grounds. He was taken
TO TIE flrst precinct station house where DR.;
entered his side making not a serious wound.
$l25 PER DAY.
When the men were originally employed, it
was at 81 per day, but after the excitement of
the men had not submitted to the demand OF
the mob he would increase the amount to
$l22, and they were 50 informed.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FORCE ORGAN
lied AND ARMED.
There seems to be good basis for the rumor
| that the Treasury officials, i'll the superabun-
dance OF caution, are quietly organizing a
which might be made against it. Assistant
Secretary Hawey, when asked concerning the
truth OF such report, said, gruttiy, There is
nothing new in it, and Appointment Clerk
Vance says The guards are always armed =
trom the guards themselves, however, it is
learned that they are to be dOubly armed. and
amtltaTy force Tor lis protection. Wnile It is
not apprehended that the pre-ent difficulty
here with the labOring men has other thu /
| merely local significance, Secretary Sherman
| Is disposed 10 accept the good Old truiSm that
| II IS best i'll time Oi peaCe To prepare iOr war.
Uptown to-day everything is quiet: There is
| nOthlng III The atmosphere TO disturb its usual
| peaceful eGudnlmIty, except 1t De some wild
| rumOrS on the street.
LIEUT.. GESSFORD STRUCK WITH 4 BRICK.
During the melee this morning oil street
lin,
| the mob on their way to the scene of action
| stones and bricks were thrown quite freely
| one of the bricks striking the lieutenant in tile
| groin, Intiictlng a painful bruiSe, which later
III the day he felt very sensibly.
| TIE TRADES UNION MEN AGAINST VIOLENCE
During the morning small crowds gathered
about 1th street and the avenue, and some
| rather excited Language. was used, but as
| general thing this could not be heard except
DV those immediately around the speakers.
| TLere were buu few Of Cohen's friends about,
but there were some Of the regular trades
union men present, who cOunSeled obedience
to the laws and discouraged any riotous pro
crowd about them was Mrs. Fannie Austin.
better known as The Goddess of Liberty
THE SHOOTING OF SNOwDEN.
Some OF the eS9 red Pneope are highly in
and they assert that it was entirely uncalled
for, and that the party should be arrested and
held accountable Tor it. The best information
Obtainable is that fair warning was given TO
the crowd, and it was not until the mob had
aSsailed the officers, and one OF them had been
disabled by being struck on the hand, that
anyone fired. In this case the man SlOWden
was an entire outsider and had nothing what
ever TO do with the crowd. At last accounts
al was quiet
OTHER MEN SHOT.
In the SkirmlSh near the Smithsonian 4 col
Ored man with a brick walked up behind ON
Ger He1ntr, and while in the act Of throwing
1t another officer shot at him, and the ball took
effect in the lower part Of the back. He has
lily dropped the missile and ran off. There
are rumOrS, which have not as yet been traced
to reliable source, that several others We're
shot, one OF them seriously.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
This afternoon a full complement of arms
and ammunition was received at police head
| quarters from the Arsenal, to be in readiness
| in case of an emergency.
| THE SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON
No further trouble took place on the build
| ing grounds, the labOrers being allowed to pro-
coed. but it was found necessary to station
pickets on the line OF the cart road to the
dumping ground to prevent the rioters from
| stopping the carts. Troops of idle men have
been lowering around in the Smithsonian and
| adjacent grounds all day, andlayi under the
| trees, and it now looks as il the wOrkmen will
| have to be protected by the police during the
| entire time of its progress. The police did
their duty well throughout the entire day.
! ManV OF them HAVING m duty aII loo