The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-04-03
TINE oIsoNNArI MON sunpunp.
Order Reatored After One Hundred Have
Been Killed aud Wounded.


CINCINNATI, ONO, April 1.
The bowling mob began their work
early last evening, but were met rea0.
luteiy by tho military and police, and
nj last order restored. A. the opening
fre, about 3 o'clock p. M, Sunday, four
or i've persons were killed and as many
wounded, including, 40 reported, TWO
women, on Court street. The names OF
the injured have not yet been learned.
But one man Ia reported shot at the
Main street firing. Mr.. Briggs swift
was shot, AZ reported already, While
standing In conversation with q friend,
some squares away from the Court House,
Since Che above hour occasional sh0ts
are fired by the military, Of either blank
cartridges or Into the air, 10 Keep the
streets clear within range.
AZ l2;l5 a. M, the mob have taken pos
| session OF the roofs OF houses In the
Vicinity OF Court and Walnut and are
firing down upon the militia In line In
front of the Court House. The crowd
has almost entirely fallen back from
Court street, leaving the street clear TO
Vine. Two men were carried into the
drug store at Court and Walnut, aeri-
Oualy, II not m0rtally, wounded. Very
evidently the backbone OF tho mob IL
broken. There are about 5000 troops In
the city.
THE CITY PERFECTLY QUIET,
Among the men In the jail for partlc-
ipating IN the riot Is Peggy Warren. a
member OF the last Legislature. He
In said TO have been among the most ac'
tive In cOunselllng the rObbing OF the
gun stores.
Al g15 a. m., One.half the militia on
guard at the jail have been relieved,
Since the lrlIe at s u. M, no one has
been shot The y0lleys since that time
have been merely blinds TO clear the
atre0ts. II has been ascertalned that
NJ the 8 p. m. firing no one was killed,
hut three persons were wounded, the
two men Pfeiaer and Cooper, mentioned
previously, and one man, whose name
IL not reported. BY order OF the Secre,
tary of War q detachment Of United
States regulars Is held In readiness to
protect United States property here II
necessary. DR.. RandahOlf reports the
chances q the recovery of Briggs Swift
very remote.
8a. m.-The facts which gave rise to
the rumOr about the Turner's Joining the
mob were, that the mob broke into Tur
ner Hall and took about forty guns and
went back to the Jail whore they at
tempted 10 club the militia The latter
turned upon them and cleared the streets
by firing In the air. No one was hunt
40 far aa known. The Mayor called q
meeting OF citizens Sunday, and gave
charge OF matters TO Gen, j, d. Cox, So
Tar as can be ascertained 81 were killed
and 90 wounded up TO Sunday NJ mid
night,
Capt John j. Desmond, q lawyer OF
Cincinnati, on going with his squad OF
militia 10 try aud put the lro out In the
Court House Saturday night, was killed
by u ball crashing through his head, II
was not thought The Court House was In
danger, the jail containing the MURDER
ers being thought the objective point
Col. II. Freeman's nth regiment cleared
the space about the Court House and
Jail about midnight Saturday,
In such casee little reaOlu-
tion Is worth q great deal
This was strlkIngly proven whom the NJ.
tack was made on Powell's gun store
about midnight The lrst man that on.
tered was shot dead. Tho second shared
the same fate, and the third was severely
wounded, An effort was then made 10
burn the building, but the proprietor
from an upper window fired u we'll dl.
rected shot. ard the effort was given
up. II wOa shown later when another
portion Of the mob got u cannon from
the Music Hall, and were met aud over.
come by q squad OF thirty policemen.
who captured the cannon, and took II up
10 the fall and turned II over TO the
mIlIfIn