Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-17

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tF in their hHrrs followed ths men.
vho ir shout tetHty minltp, reached
ihe mills hfh hoarl.icncs encloses
the mIl property. anl the strikers.
shout loco sifons. gathered AZ the
snuihwct gate. The uarrov street
was .hotet wIth mcn. women. ald
cl.Iafrn. lnsds the gate stood q force
of srteniy-f,e roh,e under charge 1f
ucrut, Superintendent Mcmahon. The
crowd urged .orwarl for fcW
minutes. whom suddenly 200 ~ 3uO
sfrare iorvafd ard began Co tear
down ths gate ard fence The
women. many of them with babes 900
tlor afm. urged the men forward.
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arl .n an .n.ialt tto police charged the
fat,r Iio scene vhfoh u'lonei can-
r.t it Ie.0rlcI. Tie onslaught Of
th, police was terrific. With their
heavy clubs Boo thor hands they did
terrible execution. The few strikers
who bad followed the gate o. it fcll
went down before ihe hIovs II the
police Their friend. closed the gap
srd need Ciuls and knives freely on
ihe police. The officer. pressed for
vafd. men going down Viih their
heads o. ma., Of blood under the blows
0fthc Globe. The women urged the
rcr. and the trtt was desperate
ors Tho women rushed right under
flr Low. ~ tlc police. ard whenever
striker ffll they carried hu to toe
ftaf .nd fOm hsroc i1 his home.
New ol tlc fight spread Ike Wild
fie. The .uuker. had with rcmafka.
bI. tact thrown q force across ther
rear. snd although $1,000 ~ G.Dln peo-
lie stood watching the hght. no assist
ar.s VA. given snd ,hc po'ice had g.
rrfi s'orc. 1hr battle wagcd fcrcely
for ia.far hour. when tlc strikers sud.
denly retired. leaving ax Of their num-
Der n tho hands of the police. The
men afo ail badly injured. Two Of
th,m. Joseph Pollock and John Wilsko-
.ta.ar, fatally injured. theirhcads being
smashed n They viii die before
morning The ctbcrs-Thomas Fan
dsfs. Charles Dooiittie. John Keska.
~ hsd koCek. AMI John Ryan-are
almost battered 90 plcccs. bat Il is
though that they are not fatally injured.
The women succeeded In carrying away
auumler of hcinIurcd men. It's esti-
mated that from forty 90 iiity are badly
hurt They are hidden n the Polish
and bohemian quarters. The police
also suffered officer Nanzclman wa.
struck co. the head with club
and Do. sluu was fractured. HIS
h.unes are considered fatal. on
.Dr John Caldwell was struck 10
g. face With ar IRON boul-
der. and his nose was smashed and hIs
face badly cut. Ofcer Frank les was
struck on The head with a clnder and
boz the face with a club. llc is bally
cui snd bruised. Ofcer Fred. Wood
va. struck on the knee-oap bya striker
WHO bad been Knocked down by ihe
officer. boo hc raised up on his elbow
and struck the officer = terrible blow.
Ofoef Jake Reese hai hi, wrist broken
About fifteen other officer. were struck
with rluh. and rocks. but they received
only slight injuries. not a single shot
Was tTcd on either side.
As coon a. the ncWs of the fight
reached the Central station force Of
clghty-tte men was immediately dis
patchsa 90 the scene of ihe trouble, and
when The officers reached The place the
men who bad doac the fighting were
resting and every thing was quiet. It's
learned that the strikers made the a.
tax in order g. force The men IA the
pIatc-mil 90 leave their work. Meet
irrs Of the strikers arc nov
beng held. and the greatest eE-
citeucut prevails. Captain smithnIght
hAs been ordered 10 hold h.s battery in
readiness 10 move AZ q moments notice.
Tie Superintendent of the Police sAys
that be will not call ior help until The
police are driven of. Isaac Bessei..
one Of The men who returned 10 work
Al the plaie.mill, dropped dead during |
the fght from hesrt-diseAse superin.
duc,d by fright. he was st work IN
the mill Al the time. and thought the
strikers would break into the mill and
murder him. lie was hhy-h'e years
q age.