The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-28
a large SIZED RIOT.
IN rnE CITY OF PH1LApEnpHIA.I

,lIs,aslf 81 i.l s----- ------- { y - No.
! in THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
] Strikers Surround q wooien MN Wher.
..seabs" Were Employsd-A Tough Fight
Between the Police and the
). s stfikors-Iro Heads, Sc.
4PH1ApEnpHiA, Feb. 2z-Riot reigned
supreme again in Kensington and there
Twas mob rule and bloodshed for the space
I Of nearly half an hour. The police escort,
ing home o inon.union loom fxer from
Leedom's mill were attacked by a crowd d
strikers numbering several hundred. The
officers charged tie rioters, and used thsiI
clnbs right and left with great effect upon
the assailants. Six arrests were made.
All day long the mill district In the neigh
borhood Of Leedom's factory looked like a
town under martial law. Policemen did
i picket duty on every square near the
mill. Tney dispersed the knots ofpeople
who gathered, and allowed no strikers to
congregate within asquare OF the factory.
In the morning there was considerable ex-
citement when the time came TO start.
Many knights Of Labor gathered near.
s. 5lwATcntsofogr THE SoN.uNloS HANDS. !.
Captain Qnirk had q large number ofre-
serves on hand, and these he placed on all
the streets leading toward the mill, In
structing them to arrest oil who INDUCED
many disorderly conduct. The resultwas
that the strikers contented themselves
with hoots and jeers. Toward evening
the outlook assumed threatening charac-
ter. At 5l O'Clock thousands Of strikers
gathered around the mills and extra of
Ulcers began to arrive early. Captains
Quirk, Brown and Emory were in charge,
and 81 officers were on duty around the
mill, Nearlytwo hundred Of these march.
ed up Howard street. d
WHICH WAS RAclsEp WITH PEOPLE,
until opposite The mill. Here they diyid-
ed. Two lines were thrown across the
street. One Of these, under command Of
Captain Brown; marched northward, iorp.
ing the crowd before Il as far az Camhsr.
land street, The other commanded by
an M naasa isiiEn SsSs Sstere tol1 6sa.s
oairS G 4 I'M men invent Went s is farss Dsnpb,a street
where they formeda line which no one.
was allowed 70 pass: Another line. was.
abr ioTcsa tSa crad Sas te R,ant
and kept back eyefybody Whoiattempted
% apHroseh the mill from the east by
either Front ser Sefk streets or en-
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fJeMa Iisstenan s sgassans a iS side IN be @ detail
having Cameron o in ebaree ae Al once "a n,oyeJ Moved
of down % Howerd Il street treat ishs NJ s Inc ye of w.
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The mob WAS eomnosed almost entirely az
men, and they pressed around the officers;
yelling tenrsi,,y. and yentieavorino II
-. - car,asa, 5I,,,sa. -, a.
gel w. a.iieiphs s = Ap'io8 saua!e was
formed and Cameron was placed inside.
He was In q terrible fright. His strength
eec,oe,, tohaye comnlettIv aese,taa him
-, -, - s,1 - 80 -.
anu ~ W. aeiH Sp up py ossf
ona eia wSaa IN tha et.'ss4a @ al anl sss;r shat,s
turned into Ohio street. al Front street,
the Desperate rioters made asrnsh upon