The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-05-13
A Mum Der OfOutbreaks of the
Strikers Qaelled by the
City Police.
Anarchist Throws a Dynamite Bomb Among
a Squad of Policeman, Killing
-Four Outright.
The Mob Then Attacks the Officers with
Knives and Pistols as If by
PrecOncerted Action
Martial Law Prevails in the Vicinity
OF the Conflict and all Persons
are Searched.
The Wisconsin Militia Called Out at Mil
waukee to Suppress the Disturbance
at That Piace-News From
Other Points.

Woukee To suppress the DlsturDanc0
at That Piace-News From
Other Points.
MOE AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 4. Fully twelve thousand
strikers, composed of lumber showers,
moulders, planning mill men and boxmakers,
congregated near Clark Bro IS planning mill,
In the Twenty-second street district, yester-
day afternoon. They were nearly all for
eigners, and many wore bits of red ribbon
on the lapels of their coats. Shortly after
two o'clock a man, coatless and hatless,
mounted an empty freight car Standing near
the throng and proceeded to address the
men in German. He said: LET every man
stand shoulder to shoulder and we will win
this fight. We must have our rights. Strike
while the iron is hot. Drive the scabs out
of the yards and let us show Mccormick
that lie can not hire non union men and keep
them at work while we, the bone and sinew
of Chicago, are forced to hear our wives and
children crying for bread. Arm yourselves
and prepare for the worst"
The speakers harangue was greeted with
deafening cheers. At this moment one of
the proprietors of the Hinglington planning
mill thrust his head out of the window to
learn the cause of the uproar. Almost in
stantly a Thousand men burst into the yard of
The company and surrounded the building
from which the head had protruded. A
storm of stones and brick beat upon the
roof and the windows were demolished as
though by an earthquake. This work of
destruction having appeased their wrath the
mob turned to the car from the top of
which a member of the Lumberman's
Union was trying to quell the disturbance.
Mr.. August Spies, the fiery editor of the
Arbetter Zeitung, was then introduced.
While he was in the midst of a virulent at
tack upon capitalists the tolling of the bell
in the distant tower of the Mccormick
reaper works broke upon the ears of the
IL, 1000 men.
'Now for the scabs,'' shouted one, slets
drive 'em out of the building and kill 'em''
roared another.
The excitement was electric. There were
cheers from a thousand throats and then the
noise grew into a mighty roar.
'Of to McCormick's," was the cry.
The me and boys then rushed down the
vacant lots in solid phalanx. The roar
grew mighter in volume as the mob poured
down upon the huge sombre building at
Western avenue. Myriads of women and
children swarmed from the side streets and
were borne along by the maddened men.
At $3.50 the mob inundated the large grass
plot in front of the Mccormick works.
Officer West, who was On duty at the big
gate, warned the invaders to leave. He
faced the bowling horde and placed his
hand upon the handle of the revolver in his
hip pocket. Before he had time to draw
the weapon a thousand rocks filled the air
and fell about him like hail. They crashed
against the high board fence behind him
with terrific noise = and sang a warning as
they sped past lis helmeted head.
The storm was too hot for the officer.
He lodged the missiles as best. he could but
the mob drawing nearer he at last bent his
head and tried to make his escape by DASH
ing through the ranks of his assailants. He
rushed forward in a perfect storm of stones.
When he reached the first line of the strik-
ers he was subjected to a merciless beating,
but being a man of splendid physique lie
continued his race until he pierced the last
ranks of the mob. Then he started west
On Blue Island avenue. He was pelted
with stones at every stride until he fell ex-
hausted nearly a block away.
Emboldened by the flight of the brave
officer the strikers surged up against the
walls of the factory. xiii the scabs,'
roared one of the leaders, as he hurled a
boulder through one of the windows where
a second before a pale face had been pressed.
Tear down the building" shouted an
other, who was waving a huge club in his
hand. Almost instantly the great factory
was subjected to an ominous siege. Stones
crashed through the windows and clubs car
ried away the sash. Nothing escaped the
ftrv of fhQ mOh
"Now let us drive out the scabs," roared
a mar with a red handkerchief knotted
about his neck.
The mob pressed forward with a yell.
Just as it was about to burst into the yard
the Human street patrol wagon dashed
down the dusty road. I've We officers were
in the body of the wagon al | sitting beside
the driver was Sergeant j might. Shouts
of derision greeted the officers as they
clambered out of the blue vehicle and drew
up in line before the strikers who were now
massed OF, the sidewalks and in the road.
The officers stood shoulder to shoulder for a
moment and then the command to march
was given. The dozen officers stepped to-
ward the twenty thousand angry people be.
fore them. Each man carried a revolver in
his right hand. The mob remained firm.
'Disperse or we will ire" shouted Ser.
geant Enright.
His reply was a shower of stones thai
whistled unpleasantly about the little band
of blue. The officers wavered for a moment
before the onslaught Inc then leyelled theil
revOlvers at the crowd. The barrels of the
weapons glistened in the sunlight, there was
a fash and then an explosion followed thai
startled the horses in the car barns two
blocks away. The first shot of the strike
had been fired but nobody was hurt. The
bullets flew over the heads of the strikers
and buried themselves in the prairie to the
northward. Another volley was fired by
the officers with the same effect. The
strikers contested every inch of ground I'm
til the blue coats reached the Sidewalk
when they retreated to the roadway. There
they made a stand and hurled stones anG
clubs at their antagonists.
During this fusiIade Officer Tom Condor
was hit in the back with a brick. Enragec
at the misfortune of their comrade the off
GERS fell upon the mob with revolver an(
club. The rioters were prepared 10 retail
ate. They fired at the officers from ambush
with weapons of all patterns and caliber
Bullets whistled right and left. and off tt
the southwark a half-doZen men on a shet
kept up a plunging fire. At times it was {
square stand-up fight. Policemen ant
strikers shot at each other at a distance o
twenty PAGES, yet so defective was tin
IEdTkSLldISllp Ol Tic ldtUtT -lndI uOt al Oul
Ger was hit.
While the firing was the hottest tn
Twelfth street patrol wagon. laden with
! dozen men. ratified down the street. Thu
officers ran to the rescue of their comrades
who we're ia many instances engaged il
hand-to-h ard combat. Reinforced by til,
Twelfth street contingent the handful o
men from Hinman street raced up the grad,
to the rOad- Here they formed in line twelSo
abreast under a desultory fire from windows
roofs and sheds and charged east on tn
street car tracks.
The r. ,ters at first made a sullen resist
ance. They faced the approaching officer
and the slender, clustering line of revOlve
barrels held on a level with their heads, a
though it was all play. But when the hur
rying officers curled the index finger o
their right hands and a streak y, fire a
long as a telegraph pole flashed through tn
air, there was an exciting higera and a gen
J eral go-as- you please race for cover. DuI
ing the charge officers Pat Kelly and Kaise
! ware badly hurt Tho former Was hit j