Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-30

P-'~EAs p-f- AUe III Ass al ECs aH
Pc rance Of a 'rtress. except the heaey
guns That must fearful steel engine
of destructiaz, G.tliny gun. belong
ing 70 tue police force. IS Also OF d1tv.
Late this evening the police aud sol
diets were busy. under the Sheriff :
directions. barricsdln2 the streets N
every direction a. a distance Of leo
yards from the jail. Heavy transfer
wagons are up!urned IN the streets.
! Building n at-riai. wood. stone and iron
from the buildings were appropriated
IN constructing defenses for the purpose
OF preventing Il rash of people to the
vicinity of the Jail. me MOP toaich,
would nave FIRST 20 storm these BARI
csdes before getting within reacn Of the
lail. inesr tnJrooga Preparations.
al lei q the fac, that more troops are
Gaming, may hold the NIB II check.
Inc f4rt is tina. n, org .aIze! mob IS
| kuoSU.
WHAT CAUSED IT.
| Iha: of last night Was not premed;-
lated 1t was spontaneous, growing
uot odt of incend!.-y speech : aud res
| buttons At the 1cst,ugs. for th ss vere
| All conservative, bat 0ut sf tn- ( st that
| the great body tsgrther Oh ths street
v IS moved with A common feeling of
| intense Indignation a. the GRIMM 81
| farce played By the Berner Jury aud =.
| the general sickness of the adm!nis.r4-
d IL Of Justice t. muriereIs. Inc mo ,
spirit grew By degrees aud was not the
result Of settled plan. roii c.rru-
| lars have been distributed, calling for
| tie orSaniz alton OF vigilance commit
| tees of 800 III each ward. IL Is auony
"A b., Ill
backing.
RIOT AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 70 -Four
United states prisoners were brought
IN from Cincinnati this evening in
charge of government officers. At the
d-p0t the prisoners were said to be ths
Cincinnati, murderers, and mob at
tackled them as they We're being trans
ferred FROM the train to the jail. II
Was with difficulty tbat they were pre-
vented from accomplishing their pur-
pose. The prisoners are nov safe III
jail. and the announcement u - besn
| made tn the m,b Ilat they are govern
ment prisoners.
EN- ROUTE.
DAYTON, o.. March o9.-The Fourth
Regiment, of this city, left for Ciucin-
uati this evening.
IN TIE PENIrFNrIAEY
COLUMBUS, o.. March g. Berner ar
rived safely, and was deposited in the
penitentlary.
THE II DB AGAIN ATTACKS THE JAIL.
CINCINNATr, March 23-9 p. m.--Whlle
Sheriff Hawkins carefully protected
| the font aad Il .nks Of the jail by bar
rlcadeI, he Neglected to protect the
rear, which WAS the courl house front,
looking West on Nam street. An i'm
mense crowd ga .hered there, aud the
plate-gl ,ss windows are now being
crushed III by bOuiders. This will give
entrance to the jail yard through the
tunnel, but to only small number at a
time. The troops from Columbus h ave
not yet arrived.
REINFoRCEMENTs FOB THE MOB.
There is another rumor that 1900 men
| are coming to reinforce ,he MOB. Sher-
| i'll Hawkins has sent Deputies to the
| depot to hurry a. the troops.
THE SITUATION AT IL O'CLOCK.
10 .. m.-rhe fire alarm has Just
sounded from Court and Vine. five
squares from the court house. eau ,ed bv
| A ire Ill the Treasurer Office. " nich is
III the first floor of the court house.
| There is also An Immense fire in front
of the Second National Bank. at tae
corner of Cont and Main streets, di
rectly opposite the Ireasurer's otiic..
Ali the large glass windows (thirteen)
| IN the court hOuSe are broken TO pieces.
The mob are firing revolvers, throwing
bo1lderS and yelling. The militia fired
| into the mob from the court house, but
as no harm was done SO far as known 1t
rs supposed they used blank cartridges.
Tue mob Is greater than last night.
There ire more drunken men in it, aud
wild rnmors are afioat that the mot
hal quantity of dynamite.
THE TROOPS AGAIN FIRE ON THE MOB.
Wnen the infiammabl1 substance was
thrown into the Ireasnrer's office. the
troops fired ball and drove the mob
back to Vine street. Many are wound
ed and possibly many killed..
BURNING BUILDINGS.
The TreaSurer's office IS already
doomed. and the court house seems
likely to burn down. Armory Hall, in
Court street near the court nouSe. is on
fire.
SOLDIERS KILLED.
Captain Desmond. of the Third regi-
msnt, Is k,liei. SsrkeLnt II tisue IL
| seriously wounded, as also Private Nc
Brate.
THREATENING TO DESTROY HUNTS HOTEL.
The crowd are threatening to destroy
Hunts Hotel, on Vine street, near First,
owned by Col. f. Hunt, commanding
the First regiment. The guests are
hurryiue from the place.
THE COLUMBUS TROOPS EXPECTED.
| the troops from Columbus are mo-
ment ,rilv expected, when the trouble
| must be worse. Travel on the streets
is becoming dangerou
| ARMINa.
CINCINNATI. March -. IL p. MT is
rnmored that the mob has captured a
Gatling gun from the police. Powell
gun store has bseu broken into, and the
mob are getting all the available arms
aud ammunition.
THE FIRE STILL RAGING.
1t ia reported that eight persons have
been killed. The fire Is still raging ut
the Courthouse, and IL seems impossible
to save the structure.
A RINGING CALL TO ACTION.
| The following haudbili WAS given wide
circuiation throughout the city today:
| Public safety demands immediate
action to organize Vigilance Commit
tee in every ward! Heal the sores by
purifying the body Serve notice to
criminals. crimin Il lawyers. gamblers
and prostitutes. to leave Hamilton couu-
ty within three days, and remain away
! 70 ever. or to suffer the penalty. As
long MS the present clique Of criminal
lawyers TINT infest the city. are per
mitted to remain and corrupt jnrieS,
! outrage justice and shield criminals;
Just that long will orr citizens be mur-
dered, our property destroyed. and pro
testion 10y the law he denied. Make
one clean sweep while We ers at it A
committee of 500 in each ward, com
posed of the best citizens, can, bv earn
est work, cleslse the moral atmosphere
in three DAYS, Organize at once. and