Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-04
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. RIOT AND BLOODSHED. The Red Flag Hoisted At Chicago. IA ROWLING MOB OF STRIKERS Come In Conflict With The
 Police. THOUSANDS IN THE MELEE. A Number Of Rioters Shot Down. THE CRAZE FOR EIGHT HOURS Closing Factories All Over
 The Land.
BLOODY SCENES AT CHICAGO.

BLOODY SCENES AT CHICAGO.
 l Thousands of Rioters in the Streets
 The Mccormick Works Raided By l Furious Mob-A Handful of Polfc' | Charge the Strikers and Shoot DowI Number of Men The Red Flag Q the Commune Waves Above th' l Scene.
 l CHICAGO, May 3.-Fully twelve thousand | strikers composed of lumber showers, moul ders, blaming mill men and box makers con l gregated near Clarke Bros.' blaming mill il the Twenty second street district this after noon. They were nearly all foreigners ant
 many wore bits of red ribbon on the lappel
 of their coats. Shortly after o'clock 8 mar coatless and hatless mounted an empty
 freight car standing near the throng and pro ceeded to address them in German. ''Stand | firm, " he said. "Let every man stand shoul der to shoulder and we will win this fight We must have our rights. Strike while tht
 iron is hot. Drive the fscabs' out of the l yards and let us show Mccormick that he cannot hire non-union men and keep then at work while we, the bone and sinew oi | Chicago, are forced to hear our wives anc children crying for bread. Arm yourselves | and prepare for the worst" The harangue 1 was greeted with deafening cheers. At this
 moment one of the proprietors of the Hing lington blaming mill thrust his head out ot l the window to learn the cause of the uproar. Almost instantly thousand men burst into the yard of the company and surround ed the building from which the head had protruded. A storm of stones and bricks beat upon the roof and the windows were demolished as though by anearthquake. This work of de- struction having appeased their worth the mob returned to the car, from the top of which member of the Inducements union was trying to quell the disturbance.
 August Spies, the fiery editor of the Arbeiter Zeitung, was then introduced. attack upon capitalists, the tolling of the bell in the distant tower of the Mccormick works broke upon the ears of the 12, 900 men. "Now for the scabs,'' shouted one. ':Let's drive lem out of the building and kill 'em," roared another. The excitement was electric There were cheers from thous ands of throats and the noise grew into a mighty roar ''Off to McCormick'sl" was the cry The men and boys then rushed body and sweft over the vacant lots in solid phalanx. The roar grew mighti- CT in volume as the mob poured down up- on 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 3:30 the mob inundated the large plot in front of the Mccormick works. Officer West, who was on duty at the big gate, warn 4e 1n- vaders to leave. He faced the bowling horde and placed his hand on his revolver. Before he could draw it thousand rocks filled the air and fell about him like hail. They crashed against the high board fence behind as they sped past his head. The storm was too hot tor the officer. He dodged the missiles as best he could, but the mob drawing near he at last bent his head and tried to make his escape by dashing He rushed forward in a perfect storm of stones. When he reached the first line of strikers he was subjected to merciless beat ing, but being man of splendid physique he continued his race until he had passed the last ranks of the mob. Then he started west on Blue Islagd avenue. He was pelted with stones at every stride until he fell exhausted. Emboldened by the flight of the brave officer the strikers then surged up against the walls of the factory. "Kill the scabs," roared one of the leaders, as he hurled a boulder through one of the windows where Q second before pale face had been seen. ''Tear down the building" shouted another, who was waving huge club in his hand. In | ominous siege. Stones crashed through the
 windows and clubs carried away the sashes. Nothing escaped the fury of the l mob. ''Now let us drive out the scabs,'' roared man with a | red handkerchief knotted around his neck. | The mob pressed forward with yell. Just as it was about to burst into the yard the Hinman street patrol wagon dashed down | the dusty road. Twelve officers were ill the | body of the wagon and sitting beside the l driver was Sergeant Enright. Shouts of de- l rision greeted the officers as they clambered out of the vehicle and drew up in line before | the strikers who were massed on the side walks The officers stood shoulder to shoul- | der for moment and then the command to 1 march was given. The dozen officers stepped l toward the twenty thousand angry people | before them. Each man carried revolver | in his right hand. The mob remained firm. 1 ''Disperse, or we will hreI' shouted Sergeant of stones that whistled unpleasantly 1 about the little band of bluecoats | The officers wavered for moment before the | onslaught and then levslled their revolvers l at the crowd The barrels of the weapons glistened in the sunlight, there was flash | and then an explosion followed. The first shot of the strike had been fired, hut nobody was hurt. The bullets flew over the heads i of the strikers, buried themselves in the | prairie in the distance. Another volley was l fired by the officers with the same effect. | The strikers contested every inch of ground
 until the blue coats reached the sidewalk | when they retreated to the roadway. There
 they made stand and hurled stones and | clubs at their antagonists. During this fusi | Jade Officer Tom Condon was hit in the back | with a brick. Enraged at the misfortune | of their comrade the officers fell upon the
 mob with revolvers and clubs. The rioters | were prepared to retaliate. They fired | at the officers from ambush with weapons ot all patterns and calibre. Bullets whistl ed
 right and left. and off to the southward g half dozen men on a shed kept up fire. Al times it was square stand-up fight. Police
 men and strikers shot at each other at dis
 tance of twenty paces, yet so defective was
 the marksm anship of the latter that not al l officer was hit.
 While the firing was hottest the Twelfth
 street patrol wagon laden with dozen men | rattled down the street. The officers ran tC
 the rescue of their comrades who in many
 instances were in hand-to hand combat
 Reinforced by the Twelfth street contingent
 the handful of men from Hinman st they re
 tired mp the grade to the streets. Here they
 formed in line, under desultory fire from
 windows, roofs and sheds, and charged eas
 on the car tracks. The rioters at frs
 made sullen resistance. They faced
 the approaching officers and the slender | glistening line of revolver barrels held on
 level with their heads as though it was al play. But when the hurrying officers curlet y the index finger of their right hands and broad streak of fire flashed through the ai
 there was an exciting hegira and genera
 gQ-as-you please race for cover. During tn
 charge officers Pat Kelly and Kaiser yer
 badly hurt. The former was hit in the hea
 with a brick and the right hand of Raise
 vas crushed by stone The patrol wagon
 of the Lake Street, Twenty seoond stree
 Harrison street and Desplaines street station
 followed each other in quick succession. A
 | though the rioters had been driven from th