The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-05-09
GENERAL NEWS.

Advices of the 9Th instant, contain the
following items Q: general interest,":
The state OF affairs at Chicago o,cas-
i0ued by the outbreak of the Socialists
is still critical. Several serious coils
ions between rioters and the police
have occurred. Tue sceurS a; the sta
ton are hcartrending. In one large
room lie some fifty officers, and doctors
are dressing their wounds. The wife OF
OF the men has just come in, and
upon learning that her husband was
a;ncng the wounded, fell down i'll u
faint and had to be carried home.
The list OF casualties, SO lar rs can he
learned, foo;s up as follows: One 80
cialist de III, two officers dead, four 9th.
or officers who may not survive til
morning, and thirty more people who
have wounds, many of the most serious
character. In addition to tins. probA.
by nifty people, nearly all members Of
the Socialist crowd or ci;iz ~ Of the Vi.
cinity, were shot or utherai,e hurt. So
great Is the panic aud the necessity OF
caring for tlIc wounded, tGat it uIay be
days before the full extent of the disus-
ter Is made known.
The casualties among the police were
"ccilsiouel 10y the throwing Of lonbS 10y
the Anarchists, u well as 10y shot, from
guns and rcVolYerS.
The excitement Of the general popu-
lace Is very intense, grOHing out of the
massacre Planned and carried out by a
small band 81 Anarchists and their
blind followers last night. The city
outwarily is very quiet.
The occurrences Of Monday anil last
night are Gscribed in the public mind 20
the teachings and recent n~ttrrauccs
principally of three m~cn-AuguSt Spies
4. X. Parsons and Samuel Fielder
speakers Of last night. They have been
point! GU. by nearly every PAPER i'll
the city during the past four dnys, aud
the tragic elimination on Drspiuincs
street only appeared to emphasize these
warnings. Their arrest has been re-
pratedly demanded.
When firing began last night, Parsons
WAS the ouly man seen to he rrcogn;zrd.
lie was in the liquor s;orr, corner Drs-
PLANES and Lake sire, Is. The Social.
lists head Iua.t r. are within $50 (, ct OF
the point whore the deadly bomb was
thrown among the ranks of the police.
The firing at the police came from the
same direction, aud it is surmiscd that
the criminals obtained their guns and
made the Socialists Hall their rcndrz-
v"us. aud from thence they proceeded
tc mike their assault. They were con
cealcd behind boxes aud bnrrIs ON
the sidewalk, loading I'll, ir guns aud
firing during the confusion following the
explosion. Parsons was seen in tn.
place, accompanied 10y Iii. negro wife,
'or only n moment, and th,n disnp-
Penrcd with other Anarchists. The DO.
lice searched for thr men all night.
hut dad not succeed in finding them. 4
little after q o'clock this morning all
three were found IN u close room in the
Office Of the Hcituug ncwsplpcr, ut IDT
Fifth II They were in con,nlla.
ton when the officers came upon them.
They exhibited alarm. bnt made no re.
'iStsncc. They were taken quietly To
the Central police station, a block
away. amd up 10 . O'Clock the public
had MT b cn made aware Of their ar.
rest. They are kept closely guarded.
and no on" is permitted TO see them.
1t IL not known what, il any, chatgc.
have been made against them. and what
is the exact policy the nuthorit. es In.
tend to pursue.
The police nro accorded praise 10y the
entire = 3 for their discretion, bravery
aud excellent discipline in the face Of
unusual assaults by the criminal ell.
cment. Tho only published criticism
upon the Mayor was on his not forbid.
ding the nsscmblage last night and
similar ones during the preceding three
or four years. Thus far to-day no
proclamation has lrcn issued forbiiIinq
MI future gatherings, but II IL assumed
by the press this will end sometime.
BfigadieT. General Gabriel II PAM
trctircD was stricken with paralysis
yesterday, and Is now in n dying condi.
ton.
Yesterday Mt rnoon Jnmcs Combcr's
house. York county. New nrnnswick.
was DESTROYED ly fire. William Jcn.
nings. n blacksmith Of Spring Hill. aud
a ~ tsman named Craig, were burned
10 death.
4 London dispatch Of yesterday gives