The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-04-19
OUR LETTER FROM BRoADBR,M.

The Cincinnati Riot and those Of New
York-The Stats Zeitung and Brooklyn
Bridge-Shooting of II woman by Luz
matte, Etc.
New YORK. April IL. 1884.
EDITOR CHIEF:
It is only a few days ago that I read in
one of the papers the story of miner who
was going to the Oil regions with cart
load of dynamite. Going down hill the
pole broke and his horses ran away; the
road was rough and the explosive tender,
the unfortunate driver was seated on can
of O'Donovan Rossa's panacea for British
misrule. Every moment he expected to
find himself skipping past the moon and
on his way to the planets Jupiter and Sa-
turn. Just then the wagon ran into tree
and he could almost feea his left leg on its
way to the equator and his head making
B line fer the NORTH pole. When he found
horses and wagon, or what remained Of it,
dashing down hill to sure destruction.
Well, since have read the full details of
the Cincinnati riot feel a good deal like the
man i'll that wagon, Can we have such a
riot in New York? Why not? In my
memory there have been dozen. Three
of them have been particularly fatal. In
the Forrest riot about fifty were killed and
about 200 wounded. In the riot of the 18th
of July, 1871, where the Catholics attacked
the Orangmen on Sixth avenue, about fifty
were killed and between 200 and 800
wounded. In the riot of 1868 the mob held
possession of the city for three days, and
the killed were between 800 and 400, and
the wounded over 1900. Col. O'Brien of
the Ninth Regiment, who had been en-
deayoring to restore order was seized by
the mob and hung to a lamppost, and then
cut down and trampled to pieces by the
murderous brutes that surrounded him.
New York to-day. Later on saw the com
munist Schawb, who is now hand in glove
with Herr Most, and the incendiary rufians
who assemble every Sunday at Germania
Hall to denounce American freedom, and
raise the cry of anarchy and murder. Well,
I saw this same Schawb lead on a lot of
ruffians like himself, hatchet in hand, to
attack the police, but by the time Mr..
Schawb got through with his attack he
looked like bad advertisement for a
second-closs slaughter house, The police
dubbed the life out of Herr Schwab, and
they had to carry him off OH shutter. Mr..
Schwab has contented himself from that
day to this with advising others to sail in
and try it. He let's out the job of active
participation to fellows who wish for novel
experiences. Yankee clubs have knocked
more good horse sense into his thick head
than he ever had before ; but if there was a
chance of success Mr.. Schwab and his kind
would try it again. And the knowledge of
what they have done, and what they can do,
makes me feel like that man on the wagon
Our population is not far from million
and quarter; perhaps rather more than
less, and out of this there is body amount
ing to 10000 which is recognized as Grim
inal class that is, men and woman living
outside the pale of the law-20 regiments
banded solidly together by the indissoluble
bond of crime. The loot of this city--two
thousand millions of dollars. Where is
there prize in the country, Or on the en-
tire continent, like it. 1t is true we have
5000 police, but they have been in many
cases recruited from the class they are called
to repress. Our better reliance is in a well
trained militia-no mere holiday soldiers.
One thing is very certain, and that is, there
will be no blank cartridges. If there is a
row, I hope Herr Most, Justice Schwab and
O'Donovan Rosa will all be there, and af-
ter the first round or two, We would have
the assurance of peace for six months at
least, and these reformers would have a
chance to try their hands at reforming
in the Happy Hunting Grounds.
Oswald Ottendofer, of the Staots Zeitung
is trying to get an Injunction to keep the
the big Brooklyn bridge from putting their
railroad switch in front of his Office. He
thinks New York will not be benefited by a
closer connection With our voting sister