, 1884-04-01

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l hereby request that the governor con,
centrate in this city, Immediately, all the
available force of the Ohio militia, believ,
ing that the presence of a strong body OF
troops will save the necessity for their
actual use.
[Signedl THOMAS ]. STEPHENS,
Mayor.
MoRE TROOPS ARRIVE.
Accordingly Adjutant-G General Finley
ordered Colonel Entrekin, of the 9th
regiment, with headquarters at Chillicothe,
to muster his troops at once and come to
Cincinnati by special train. This was
done, and they arrived at 4 o'clock. 1t
is thought that the casualties in killed and
wounded will reach fully one hundred.
Throughout the day militia arrived from
different points throughout the state,
Over 200 of the most prominent business
men of the city met at I p. m, in the
council chamber of the city building.
Mayor Stephens, who was presiding,
briefly stated what had been done to pro-
tect the city, and asked if it met with
their approval Ex-Governor J. D. Cox
and General Andrew HickenloOper were
among the speakers. The general senti-
ment was in favor of upholding the mayor
and the acknowledgement in this matter.
After expressing their confidence in the
management of affairs, the committee ad-
journed to meet at 9,,o'clock in the morn
ing.
About s o'clock tonight while the
regiment from Columbus was guarding
the Court street approach, it was fired
into by one of the mob from an alley, be-
tween Main and Walnut streets, on Court
street. The troops answered the chal-
lenge by a few shots which were followed
by a volley and several shots from the
Calling gun, which is stationed there.
The number of injured at this hour can
not be ascertained. Thefring is now con-
tinuing at intervals in all directions. 1t
is the purpose of the militia to clear the
streets. One volley, which was fired down
Main street, wounded among others, Mr..
Briggs Swift, a prominent pork packer,
who was standing at the corner of Seventh
and Main streets, three squares from the
court house, in conversation with a friend.
He was struck and most seriously
wounded.
ANGERED AT BERNER's JURY.
There has been much feeling against
the jury that tried Berner, and in some
quarters against his attorneys. One juror
living in the city has left his home. The
attorneys have been quiet, and it is posi-
BILE they might be roughly handled if a
good occasion offered. At the opening of
the firing, about s p. M, four or FIVE per-
sons were killed, and as many wounded,
including, as reported, two women, on
Court street. The names of the injured
have not yet been learned. Since the
above hour occasional shots have been
fred by the military of either blank
cartridges, or into the air, to keep the
streets clear within their range.
Among the rumors afoat is one that the
Turner'S society had met at their hall on
Walnut street and armed themselves to
join the mob. This report has not been
verified. The Germans have been most
intensity indignant at the Berner verdict,
and should this organization enter the lists
the most serious trouble may be expected,
as they are men of such ~tenacity of pur-
pose as to be well feared.
A FRESH OUTBREAK.
1915 a. m.-The mob have taken pos
session of the roofs of the houses in the
vicinity of Court and Walnut streets
and are firing down upon the militia, who
are in line in front of the Court House.
The crowd has almost entirely fallen back
from Court street, leaving that street
clear to Vine. Two men were carried
into the drug store at Court and Walnut
streets seriously, if not MORALLY, woun-
ded. 1t is very evident that the backbone
of the mob is broken. The military seem
to be entirely demoralized in their firing.
The Calling gun in Cont street, in charge
of Companies A and B of the Fourteenth
regiment, from Columbus, is being used.
There are as many as $500 to 5000
soldiers in the city stationed at various
points. Undoubtedly, the pressure Of
this large force has brought the fearful.
riot to an end. The widest Communists
sees that it would be folly to attempt t.
cope with this great power with the state
Worn as they have been, the police art
quickly resuming control of the streets
and are breaking up, wherever found, the
little band of marauding thieves. AT
a. m. the police report that everybody il
going home and the city is perfectly quiet
Among the men who are in jail for par
ticipating in the riot is Peggy Warren
a member of the last legislature in Ohio
He is said to have beer the most actiy,
in counselling the robbing of the gun
stores. At 2:l5 a. m, ono half of tn
militia on guard at the Jail was reduced
and since the firing at s p. M, no one ha
been shot. The volleys since that tim
have been merely been blind, to clear tn
streets. 1t has been ascertained that a
the 8 p. m. firing no one was killed, bu
three persons were wounded-the " me-
Pfeiser and Cooper and one man who's