Daily Republican., 1880-10-11
MOBBING THE.RIBALD."
Namevons Pistol snoss and shaw
srs of Rrfcks Fired iDtO th'
Ranks of the Republican ParaH'
Last Saturday Night.

Ranks of the Republican ParaG'
Last Saturday Night.
II now looks ss If the scenes Of the
Presidential campaigns OF four ana
light years ago, when the Rspublicah
parsdes we're openly mobbed arc
many OF the participants shot by law.
less Democrats, were to be repeated
again this fall. Last Saturday night.
the Republican column was attacked
with bricks at half dozen places, and
q number of the men were badly hurt,
At one point q pis ol shot fired by q
drunken Democrat ward politician
struck Al. Cochran, a colored man, in
the leg, wounding him severely
Bricks were thrown at Fifth and Madi
son, Fifth and Washington, Seventh
and Poplar and on Delaware Avenue,
After the parade was over, an old col
ored man named John Turner, belong
ing TO the Diamond State Club, was at
tackled on Third street bridge by whit
Democrats and badly beaten. All thes'
things lead to the suppositioI
that it was q preconcerted attach
upon the procession. But the mos
DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE OF ALL
took place at Fourth and Madison
streets. The parade came down Madi,
son street, and turning to come into
Fourth, the Garfield Veteran Guards
who were ahead, found the utmost diff
ficulty in getting though crowd which
had determinedly gathered on the eros
sing to stop their passage. This CROWD
consisted Of that disorderly and lawlssi
element Of which the Third Ward Dem
ocracy is largely composed. The Guard'
succeeded in passing, and all the process
sion had gone by but the Seventh Ware
Colored Pioneer Club, when the Grove
on the sidewalk will whoops and Yell
threw q shower of stones and bricki
into their ranks.
A pistol shot, which whizzsd pas
the ear of one man was also fired
Peter Ksuton was struck on the head
by brick, and David Glasgow was SO
verely hurt. The eolored men fel
back in some disorder as the stonsl
still continued to fly thick and fast, anC
were followed by many pistol shots
Members of the club fred shots in tb'
air to show they were armed and start
ed up the street. At Montgomsr!
street Abraham Springer, Repub
lican, ran into the ranks and was tax
en- for a Democrat by the colored men
Springer had been standing at FOurtl
and Jefferson streets saluting the parad
with q small drum, and hearing tn
shots fred ran down to render assist
ancs. From his haste the colored mel
thought he was leading party whicl
was about to renew the attack, and thi
led them to attack him. But for s. V
B. Carly, VIM. Allen, Peter Ksnton ant
Tho3. Loudain, who knew him, h
would have been badly hurt. As it wa
he was struck over the mouth with
torch and assisted into the house o
Mr.. John H. Graham by Mrs. Graham
and the cclored men who knew him.
Then several stones were throw
Through the windows, whether by tn
coIored men or the parties who hlsa as
saulted the club is not known. Tn,
officers of the club say that the mem
bers did not throw q stone. M-. anc
Mrs. Graham are Of the same opinion
The idea was prevalent in the croWG
in the street at the time that Mrs. Ora
ham had taken in two oolOred men he
were hurt, and this leads to the sup
position that the mob which attacked
the club threw the stone.
Further, Mr.. Graham's house was
the only one illuminated in the rev and
It is argued, that 1t is not likely that
the men would throw stones at 1t. One
stone crushed in the window sash.
OTHER oUTRAGEs.
An old white man named Brannan,
who is member of the Diamond State
club was sat on by Democrats on the
South side last night and brutally
beaten,
A colored man was chased by roughs
OF the Hickory Democatic club last
night into Forbes spoke factory and
shot at several times, and compelled to
remain there several hours as his per-
suers laid in wait outside, pistols in
hand.
A volley Of stones and bricks was
fred into the parade at Eighth aud
West streets and one man was hurt in
.he side.
SHOT GUN POLICY.
One of the members of the Diamond
State club was shot in the back with a
hot pun at Funrth and Madison straet.