Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-27
THE LABOR RIOTS.
ENCITING SLENEb TU-DIT.
Attack on the POlice-OGiicers Fire
on the NOb-Several Mem
Wounded.
Hen Torkims Cnder Police Protection

labOrlng men driven from their employment
were working tOr - cents per day. which so
eXasperated the laborerS generally that they
determined that no one should be allowed 10
work for such wages. AT the time of the at
tack there were employed only nine men-SIX
while and three cOOred-and when they were
ordered 70 stop work most OF them dropped
their implements and left.
ONE LABORER INJURED.
Thomas Babbington gallantly disputed the
right of outsiders TO interfere with him, when
he was struck with a stone in the lower part
OF the abdomen and badly injured, but was
subsequently a bic to walk to his home i'll the
northeastern part of the city. There was much
excitement but the police came quickly upon
The ground ami succeeded i'm restoring order.
The rioters, however hung around in groups
and two or three men engaged ~ harangulng
The crowds. but no more violence was at
tempted. Burlington is white man.
DEMAND FOR $50 PER DAY.
The following notice, written in lead-pencjl.
was pinned upon board fence at the entrance
to the GROUNDS on Thursday, and was there
yesterday:
NOTICE TO THE LABORING MEN.
No man allowed to work ON these works I'M
less receiving the amount of $3.50. Hereafter
II any man is found working for less he shall
the secret committee, numbering from 1000
to 1880 strong.
CHAIRMAN OF SAID COMMITTEE.
The following notice was put up yesterday:
NOTICE TO ALL WORkINGMEN.
WASHINGTON, DC, July %, 1873.
All that wants work at seVenty-tive cents
day had better go home BY order.
SAMUEL TARTT.
Second. That a resolution was adopted bv
the WOrkingmenS organization that every
man that goes to work for less than Sl53 per
day Shall be taken from the rolls and be con
SldeIed not in harmony with his brother la
bCre.S
STATEMENT OF ONE OF TIE CONTRACTORS.
VII. Iusnty asserts that it was Altogether 4
nHsta%e as 10 the compensation; that they did
not think of Offering only - cents day, but
that The price they We're Offering was ii Der
day, and he expected TO obtain all the men he
wanted at that rate. The outsiders claim,
however, That Il he nine ntu pat t. work 0nlV
two were working at II and the others a -
cents per day.
! NIGHT MEETING.
Last evening there was a much larger g..th.
erlnG than usual at Tle corner OF s1th street LIIi
Pennsylvania avenue, and isaac CUIeu, VINO
mas Deen narangulng al Idle crowd for some
speeches, ana was followed by others, who
Kept tie crowd III 4 state OF excitement until
near midnight
Exciting scenes This Morning.
This morning, before 6 O'Clock, the crowd of
dlSaifected men. black and white, began to
assemble at the corner of l. street, vending
Their way in small parties from every direc-
ton, anu in a haIf-hOur's time the crowd had
SWe'led 20 several hundred They appeared
to be mostly in sympathy with the laboring
men and against the contractors. Among this
crowd were several with picks and sh0ves
and dinner buckets who had come to go upon
the work. They rested themselves on the
ground to await the hour of commencing
labor, and We're soon surrounded by the dis
affected, who commenced to talk and 1r at
them
THE ALLEGED RINGLEADER
Prominent among the agitators was a white
man named John H. Graham, from the east
ern part OF the city. who appeared TO do all
the talking, and it is alleged that he was the
ringleader in starting the crowd yesterday.
tie was buSying himself advising no man TO
take pick or shovel in his hand for less than
Sl.22 per day. He was supported by formi-
dabe-ioOking set, eXclaiming - That's SO.
ourselves and families. no man ought 1eh i3 So
90 to work for less than SD" Sc Thee
expressions would occasionally car tol. h
DOLLAR AND HALF"
which would be caught up by others and ex
tend down The streets for Several squares in
all directions by the men approaching the
scene Of action. Graham appeared 10 be
constantly surrounded by crowd of able
bodied fellows, who looked as If they had come
Tor business. Soon after O'clock
SQUADS OF POLICE
commenced TO arrive, the first being the re-
serves from the lst precinct, under Lieutenant
GeOrgetOwn, under Lieut. Hurley: then an
other FROM the Sth precinct, uuter Lieu enaut
No9n Noon; t and another from the 7th precinct,
more from the 9Th precinct with Lieut.. Austin
in command, and all the precincts following
III order, making upwards UI 100 policemen on
foot, fol owed up by detachment of mounted
men from the county, under Lieut. Johnson.
These SquadS were halted al different corners
and rested for orders.
Soon Captain Brock arrived and took gen
eral command, giving his orders to the lieu
tenants how to station the men. BY this time
the inhab!tantS living in the neigh 6OrhoOd
were fully aroused from their slumbers, and
the windows of the adjacent dwellings were
flied with women and children. During the
tlme OF Tie arrival OF the police, Graham and
his followers were giving encouragement to
each other, and were OutSpOken in
DENpJ-SCJNG TIE f,0Srp
HuSSey and Gleason, and the authorities
who gave them the work to do. The police
kept entirely aIoof from them and appeared
to pay no attention to what was said, but the
citizen DyStdnderS generally seemed to be in
sympathy with the iabOrers and so expressed
tnemselfes, but cOunseled at the same time
moderation. One OF these citizens we'll
known and reliable man. who resides in that
nelghOorhOOd, stated that he anticipated this
trouble several days ago when the contract
was awarded 10 Mr. Stafford, and he
CALLED UPON ARCHITECT HILL
a. the /. > Treasury department. and told
him there wound be trouble, as Mr.. Stafford nor
Molk Al -, cents pei cubic yard, and advised
MI. Hill il it were possible to 8nnui this con
t.dct ana give the work out under superin-
tendeut by DAYS work at a fair cOmpensa-
ton; that NJ. Hills reply was Yes. but lust
see how much more it viii COST Tie citizen
"h,% , mai II would be cheaper in the end,
goYeFnineh; vas TO have Men employed on It's
works 1t S,arN alton prices.
CONTRACTOR HUSSEY COSTRADICTED
About I O'Clock Contractors HuSSey and
Gleason made then appearance on the ground
seated in thelr buggleS. Mr.. IusSey on being
questioned by STAR reporter as to what paw
he was giving his men, denied emphatically
that he was giving them IS cents, and declared
that he had agreed to pay his laborers 81 . per
day, and said the papers had done him inius-
tice. MIR. Gleason said the same thing, and
said that was the price they had established
on that work. Graham was near by and de-
clared that the contractors were not telling
the truth, as he could prove by several who
had been ON the work yesterday. A rather
sharp cOllOquy ensued and the crowd became
quite dense. This was near the spot where
they were about to commence work. Two or
three horses and carts were then driven into
the grounds, some five or six cOlored labOrers
and one White man following. Graham and
his men we're talking quite loud, counSeliug
al TO refrain from going to work at less than
$50, and adding that it would be better for
them, Se by sticking together they could best
accomplish their erdS. He said they did not
propose TO make any demonstrations as il
would be folly to do so with so many police
around, but they proposed to talk TO the men
and had right TO do so as long as they were
peaceabie
POLICE CLEARING THE GROUND
Mr.. HuSSey appealed to Capt. Brock and
said II was time for his men TO commence
work, and the crowd was so dense that they
had no room. Capt. Brock replied that he
would make room for the men and at once