Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-05
SHOT BY THE MILITIA.
ne sTaiNERs FlHso UPoe
A tlsht at lamont Two Strikers
Killed snil seven Wounded An
other Battle Expected To- Day.

LzaosE. ga. Aag i-Sinee the battie TINS
fOfeaoon la @hieh geo strikers sefe instant
ly 1lled and seven sounded, luelading
zonau, $50 sounded msn have died
The stseets sfs 4ulst aad the iroot- are en-
campcd in a commanding position. With
foaf cannon aaI ons Galling gun They
have thrir pickets out snd guards are patrol
"a lha toaa. Al th.s hoar-9 . m--there
sre az agpreneusious I'd further trouble
tonight The battle ia the forenoon
zas stubborn aud desperate. The troops
hai to aght every ineA "a their way through
tbc town. Ab0at rxo and ne-hah miles
south ~ Lemont tle military aEIgbted. being
IltDle ~ proceed flrtiof 1l account Of the
lilimense gathering auA evident hostility.
The militia naGcne ap the nam road While
the battery Hlade detOur thrOugh the
country at rapid pace aad took position
90 lAe Toy ll a llli DFeFlOoAlng thc depot aud
commanding tiie street be militia was led
by co. b. ol Joliet Col Bennett command
rd the movements. A abe column came
ioEard Lhe city ths strikers espied Il, aud
soon the marca of Tie troops became impeded
~ the crowd. There we're angry shouts
Uild OSCILLATIONS, aud geuersL disorder. A.
the dsp0t Ets reached the crowd became
demon-rratiVe Several stones we're thrown,
and some % tne troops we're struck b the
mls-eles. The order ~a- gwen 10 IRE and
promptly obeyed. Several meu were seen 10
drop while the crowd altered curses loud
and deep. The women were ordered under
soyer and compelled % 80 indoors al the
point ~ ihe bayonet to protect them from
exposure 90 baiiets. The strikers. about one
hundred Ia number, then retreated up the
hlu- stones were still being thrown and the
troops continued their nre. several
falling a. 30 continued Some of the
militia bad hand to hand encounters
Nith strikers. Not less than a dozen men
we're proddsd with bay0nets or Knocked out
oy the out-end Of guns. After about twenty
minute ngatiug the mob was practically
dispersed, and che nring ceased. The militia
were reinforced by battery with six men
and marched and oOuutermarched several
Times through the town. thoroughly cowing
the outward manifestations of resistance.
No more opposition appearing. the soldiers
marched about tWO miles north OF the city.
where camp vas struck. The names of the
dead are, Jlkob kaiaw, Who leaves a wife
and two children. and Andrew Steller, un-
married The wounded are John Palus,
NOlar Syp.isWski, Albert Miller. Joseph
Srelineirxa. Naieuty Styper, Paul Musiat
aud a woman named Smess. Some of these
we're badly hurt, and n i reported that two
nave since diet. The woman was struck on
the head with n bay0uet during the melee
when the strikers and soldiers had hand
10 hand conflict
BY what can be gathered from outward
appearances the striker are organizing for
an attack on the camp OF the soldiers to
mOrrow. They are a determined looking lot
of men. and IL seems safe u expect further
trouble The force OF the militia present
II amply able 20 cope with any demonstra-
ton thai may De made. The Adjutant Gen
aral states that he could report no gather
.ngs Of any description IN or about town.
and says the troops were brave but not cool.
and were made furious BY the constant
vOileys OF stones hurled az them.