Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-16

CLEVELAND, OHlOI July IO,-Ine
anticipated collision between the
strikers and the police occurred this
evening. AT ! o'clock meeting was
held in Newburg, and several report
ers who entered were savagely thrown
out. After the meeting several hum
dred men, mostly Poles and Bohs-
mians, formed in line and marched to
the plate mill which was in operation.
The men in the plate mill were not
affected by the reduction and were
opposed to stopping work in the
first place. They were forced
out finally and the foreigners all re-
manned idle until yesterday, when the
mill resumed operations. The mob
increased in numbers as it progressed
aud when it arrived at the mill 1t az
gTegated 1000 men. The strikers were
armed with clubs studded with nails,
pieces of iron and large stones Fifty
policemen on duty were supplied with
maces twenty-five inches long and
self-acting revolvers and they were
stationed at the IE;na street
entrance to the mill yards.
A picket fence fifteen feet high in
closes the ground. The gate was
opened and near 1t were the police.
Thirty-four additional policemen were
scattered in the mill.
AT 3:45 the patrolmen were ordered
home TO rest preparatory to going
on duty tonight. They started
down 1stna street and met the strik-
ers. Tney turned and double-quicked
it to the mill. They were hooIed and
stoned by the strikers. Deputy Sheriff
Superintendent McMahon gave an
order to fall in" and line was
formed about thirty feet from
the gate. The mob approached
and Mcmahon asked what was
wanted.
One of the leaders replied that they
were determined TO close the mill
The police Officers argued with them,
but to no purpose. The men in the
rear ranks began to throw stones
There was considerable hard talk,
some pushing forward, and then q
rush. The police advanced and
the two forces met. The strikers
threw stones and cinders, and -four
ished their CLUBS. The police used
their maces and drove the strikers
back inch by inch. The strikers fell
by the score or reeled away with blood
streaming down their faces. They
| poured a terrific shower of stones, how
ever, into the pole but could not
use their clubs to advantage. Finally
they fell back very rapidly, and the
police, seeing their opportunity,
charged on run, yelling as they
went. The whack of their maces
could be heard long distance. The
fallen strikers lined l:tna street, and
their wives and sweethearts bore
them away as fast as possible.
The mob troke and ran fast out the
police kept up their untiring whack
until every striker was driven out Of
sight of the mill. The result of the
battle was as follows:
PATRoLMAN MANZLEMAN, two
deep cuts on the head.
| PATRoLMAS CALDWELL, badly cut
on the head.
PATRoLMAN WHITE, hit on the
head with u club.
PATEoIMAN REESE, struck on the
wrist, badly injured.
PAsRoLNAN ECKHART, cut over the
eye.
PATRoLMAN IVES. cut on the head
with pistol.
Thirty-hve strikers were lying on
the ground when the skirmish ended.
but only seven Of them we're arrested.
Inc remainder were carried off OF the
field by their friends. The names of
those arrested were:
| THOMAS SANDERS.
CHARLES DooLITTLE.
JAMES MULKEsKA.
JOHN WIEsKoFsKA.
JOSEPH POLLOCK.
MIKE KoBECK,
JOHN Lyons.
MuLKEsKA and WIEsKOFsKA will
probably die and Kobeck is badly in :
lured. The fight lasted but FIVE min.
utes. Tonight peace reigns in the in
fected district and no more trouble is
anticipated until tomorrow.