, 1884-04-01

; no use IN now Trying 10 stop the mcendla
ries. They went from office to Office
starting their fires, and in a few minutes
with the windows all broken out, the in.
side of the Court House glowed like {
fiery furnace.
The fire engines were powerless; first,
because the fremen refused to 90 Out
without an escort of troops, and second,
because the crowd could easily have cut
their hose and prevented the use of their
engines, 50 the fire had its " way.
Office after office was reached by the
flames and as the floors crashed and fell,
the crowd cheered. The bad management
of Sheriff Hawkins has been again and
again commented on TO-DAY, with refer
ence to the loss of this building. 1t was
the gallant work of Colonel Freeman's
l4th regiment that finally cleared the
streets and gave the authorities full con-
troll over the entire space about the court
house and Jail. Colonel Hawkins had
evidently misunderstood the motives of
the mob. He thought that the prisoners
in the Jail were their objective point,
whereas, if they had any purpose at all, it
was to take revenge on the militia for the
previous night firing
THE FORCE OF RIOTERS. ,
The united testimony of those who had
the best opportunities for observation was
that from 200 to 300 men composed the
bulk of the violent, active rioters, and
that they were not fully armed. They
were stimulated by the cheers and pres
ence of others, but the general opinion
Is that a very little amount of generalship
would have been sufficient to put them to
fight. This was strikingly proven when
the attack was made on Powell's
gun store about midnight. The first man
who entered was shot dead, the second
shared the same fate and the third was
severely wounded. An effort was then
mode to burn the building, but the pro-
prietor, from al upper window, fired a
well-directed shot, and the effort was
given up. 1t was shown later, when
another portion of the mob got the cannon
from Music Hall and were met and over
come by a squad of thirty policemen, who
captured the cannon and took it up to the
Jail and turned it over to the militia. In
side the jail the scenes were spiritless.
The mob at no time made any impression
on n part of the building, unless by
their light, harmless missiles. The troops
were lying on their arms and taking such
rest as they could get, when not called on
for special duty. The police, worn out,
were ~lounging about in such manner as
was most comfortable, though they had
frequent calls for special duty. All the
prisoners who were locked in their cells
were trembling with fear, and not one
slept through the night,
The appalling loss of property and the
frightful destruction of life, as it appears
to-day, brings the people to a realization
of the awful calamity. If anything could
intensity the honest indignation which
was directed against the first cause of this
outbreak, the revelations of this morning
does it. There was a notable absence of
mere curiosity seekers focking to the scene
to-day. The place seemed to be regarded
with dread, and at noon, even when the
weather was delightfully."- pleasant, there
was not so much travel on the streets in
that vicinity as is usual on ordinary Sun
days. 1t is true that Colonel Hawkins
has extended his lines by barricading all
fha gtraata laoAtn 10 tha nn,,rf hn,,aa CO..
the distance of a square. Deep feeling
against the militia was manifested all the
time. Every now and then, during the
forenoon, stones were thrown at them
whenever in opportunity offered. This
became so annoying that, so far as practi-
cable, the police were placed next to the
people. Epithets were shouted and
threats were not wanting. wait till to-
night; wait till we get good and drunk,
and wen hoist you bluecoated men from
behind your barrelsl" were among the
things hat were said. At 3 o'clock Fred
Smaltze, a bartender at the Queen City
hotel, who had been among the crowd
that was annoying the militia at the bridge
over the canal on Main street, began to
advance beyond the limit. A soldier
warned him to stop, but he refused, and
the soldier fired. The man fell dead.
The patrol wagon quickly came, and,
amid great excitement, they bore the body
off to the morgue.
MAYOR CALLS UPON THE CITIZENS.
Plans for the protection of life and
property have been maturing. There has
been a great lack of head. Mayor Steph-
ems has been dangerously i'll with pneu-
monia and yesterday he left his bed, at
the risk of his life to give directions. He
spent the whole night at his Office and at
points where he could do the most good.
To-day he is in great danger of a relapse
but his plans have taken shape. The
virtual control of both the civil and mil
itia is in the hands of eminent citizens,
with General j. d. Cox, as their leading
adviser. This morning, the mayor issued
a formal call for a meeting of citizens to
devise means for protecting the city from
the ravages of the mob. A list of one
hundred names was selected, and the ma.
jority of them were notified at once, the
greater number of whom responded to the
call Immediately. At the mayors office
they agreed to issue the following call.
and distribute it throughout the city:
SUMMONS TO THE CITIZENS.
MAYORS OFFICE,
CINCINNATI, March 80.