St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-04
BULLETS AND BATONS
Used With Deadly Effect Upon Chicago
Rioters by the Police Of That
City.
A Number of Strikers Attack Mccormick S
Works and Force Fierce
Conflict.
Several of the Crowd Laid Low and
Their Friends Endeavor to
Lynch an officer.
Laborers Locked Out at Washing
ton--Trouble at milwaukee e--
Militia Called Out.
socialists and strikers.

Socialists and strikers.
CHICAGO, May 3.-The day, while filled
with exciting epidsodes, babe fair to close
without any serious conflict between the
strikers and the authorities. A<number of
foreign speaking anarchists appealing to a
large crowd of idle men from the lumber
yards this afternoon, however, succeeded
in provoking an assault upon number of
peaceable laboring men, and serious con-
tlict with the police followed. AT o'clock
this afternoon over 5000 men, lumber
showers, planning mill hands and factory
men assembled on the prairie at RobriSt
and the ''blackroad" to hold a. mass meet
ing. The meeting was addressed by social
lStS who had the matter entirely in their
hands. One German speaker particularly
intiamed his hearers. He said to the men:
''Quit the Knights of Labor, they will never
do you any good. Join the Central Labor
union, which will help you to- your rights
and freedom. Anarchy is the only way for
the workingman to break the chains of slav-
cry in which they are bound by the capitalists.
1t is your only way to become free. Free
dom! freedom! say. With your revolver
in one hand and your knife in the other and
bombs in your pockets. March on to revolu-
ton and freedom. Every workingman must
starve together, and stand together, and
fight together for his rights.
After listening to
THE INFLAMMAToRY HARANGUE,
The crowd began to throw stones at the
surrounding buildings. Then, as if moved
by one spirit, the 5000 men started toward
Mccormick Reaper works, half mile
west. 1t was about $50 o'clock when the
crowd arrived there. With yells and fierce
imprecations, the now frantic men at
tackled the building, lined the railroad track
that extends past the works. Reaching
the Mccormick gates, the bowling mob met
the workmen coming from their benches,
carrying their lunch pals. Immediately
they began an attack upon the Mccormick
employees applying vile epithets and ston-
ing them without mercy. There were only
two policemen on the scene. Several re-
volver shots were fired. but so far as is
known no one was shot. Many were struck
with the stones. The Mccormick crowd
then retreated within the gates, but
one Of their number who was so
unfortunate as to be left behind,
fell into the hands of the assailants and was
nearly beaten to death. The attacking
party now entered the gates and pelted the
windows and walls of the factory whittier
the employees had retreated. A little later
some OF the Imprisoned workmen
ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE
by the rear, but were met and baffied in the
attempt. They were compelled to go
within the works again for safety. Supt.
Averill of the works Immediately tele-
phoned for the police. A patrol wagon
full of officers responded from the Harrison
street station. On arriving at the scene of
the riot the police. charged upon the strikers,
using their clubs and firing few shots in
the air. The crowd scattered, but soon re-
organized in force and moved once
more toward McCormick's. The officers
telephoned to Lieut.. Crook of
the West Thirteenth street district.
He soon appeared on the scene with
ly after the arrival of the wagon the mob
again attacked the factory, hurting stones
and sticks, shouting and carrying on in the
widest manner possible. Another detach-
ment of police came. almost Immediately
and opened brisk fire with revolvers, ap-
parently shooting high and without any
noticeable effect. The mob seeing that
none of their number was injured. simply
jeered at the officers, but Capt. O'Donnell
and a squad of twenty-siX men from
Twelfth street appearing on the scene gave
promise of more serious business. Firing
then began from the mob's side. One
rather holder than the others began
SHOOTING AT AN OFFICER.
who was sitting on a patrol wagon. Officer
Brennan turned his attention to him, firing
his revolver at point blank range, but ap-
parently without hitting him. After
short. sharp chase the rioter was captured
and taken inside the factory. Another de-
tail of sixteen officers at this time came
down Blue Island avenue at a double-quck
and the police, then numbering over fifty,
began firing in earnest and the mob began
to scatter. They ran in all directions for
two or three blocks and then turned and
threateningy regarded the situation. The
police formed Gordon about the works and
awaited the mob'S movement. So far as
appeared up to this time no one had been
hurt by the shooting. The po-
lice would allow nobody to APP
proach the works and the mob were too
much excited to care whether any of their
number had been hurt. By 4:25 at least
$50 policemen had arrived on the ground
or were coming in patrol wagons within
sight. By this time the windows OF the
factory had been riddled with stones and
bullets. Two of the wagons, while on the
way to the scene, stopped to dispense
noisy and demonstrative crowd at the cor
ner of Blue Island avenue and Lincoln
street. The mob
ATTACKED THEM WITH STONES,
but the officers jumped from the wagons,
and by vigorous use of their clubs soon
sent the rioters flying in all directions.
They then turned to and began driving the
noisy crowds out of the saloons in the
neighborhoOd using their clubs indiscrim-
inately. Inside the fence of the Mccormick
works Officer Rafferty, had narrow escape
a rioter who had got inside came UP behind
him and was aiming revolver at his head,
not two feet away. when Lieut.. Shepherd.
struck him to the earth with his club,
shivering it to pieces with the vigor of the
blow. At 5 o'clock the police formed
hollow square, inside Of which they escorted
the Mccormick men up beyond Twenty
second street without trouble, except from
an occasional stone hurled from safe hiding
places. -Four men were found wounded
with bullets, two OF whom were taken
away in patrol wagon, one shot through
the hip and one through the leg. 1t is eX-
pected that several more wounded men
will be found tonight. There were many
badly damaged heads.
A POLICEMAN ALMOST LYNCHED.
Officer Casey nearly suffered an ignomin-
Gus death at the hands of the infuriated
OOCidiloIo. AlbOl StCttO lljOU lldu DeGIl
virtually dispersed Casey, with three
other policemen carried Joe Weddick, one
of the wounded strikers. to his home, 422
West Seventeenth street. The patrol
wagon was followed by an angry crowd of
Bohemians, who yelled loudly for revenge
for the wounds of their fallen comrades,
but when the wagon turned down Central
avenue to Seventeenth street the crowd did
not follow. In silence they watched their
countryman carried from the wagon into
his home and the officers after laying
Weddick upon bed left with the exception
of Casey. who remained to get report
of the mans condition. While Casey was
talking to the wounded mans wife, many
of Weddick's sympathizers had pressed
their way into the house. The injured
man was asked who shot him. Evidently
misunderstanding the question Weddick