The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-02-12

lice, it had won the day. At midnight POI
lice reports concurred in stating that never
before in the present generation had such
disturbance occurred in London with so
little loss of blood. Some officials declare
that upward OF fifty thousand men must
have been rioting for at least six hours,
with absolute possession of every thor
oughfare they chose to invade. Yet no
life is reported to have been taken Three
policemen were injured during the riot. At
midnight quiet prevailed throughout the
city.
A CONFLICT AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, w. T., Feb. 9.--At an early
hour yesterday morning militia and home
guards marched to the ocean dock, where
| the Cinnamon were confined, and took
charge. All the Cinnamon ON board of the
steamer were marched to the courthouse
by the militia, in answer co the writ of
habeas corpus sworn out Monday. No OPP
position was made to this move. Judge
Greene informed each Chinaman that he
was at perfect liberty to go or stay as he
chose. A vast majority chose to leave.
They were accordingly taken to the
steamer, and those who wished to stay
were escorted to their homes. At 11:30
Captain Alexander announced that the YES
sci would receive no more. Fully one hum
dred who wished to go, and whose
passage had been paid, were left on the
dock. 1t was decided that they should
wait until the sailing of the next steamer.
The Queen accordingly swung out from the
| dock, taking one hundred and ninety-five
Chinese. Those who remained shouldered
blankets and started to return to China
town, under an escort of the home guards.
| At the corner of Main and Commercial
streets an immense crowd had congregated.
| AS the procession approached yells and
| boots were heard on all sides. Finally
few in the crowd made a rush for the China
men, attempting to break through the
| line of the Home Guards. There was a
general impression that the guards
would not fire, and the crowd had little
| fear of them. At first the guards attempt
ed to beat back the assaiIants with the
butts of their muskets, but the mob tried
! to wrest the weapons from them. At last
| the order was given and volley rang
out. Five men fell. The crowd re-
coiled. The troops formed a hol-
| low square, facing up and down Commercial
| and Main streets. The Cinnamon, in the
midst of the troops, had thrown their
blanket rolls on the ground at
first fire, and were crouching be-
hind them. Outside the square ire
mendous crowd swayed to and fro, with
cries of rage and defiance while the
wounded men were being placed in wagons
and hauled away. For fully an hour tho
square stood facing the crowd in this man.
nar. Not soldier linched, and at last the
crowd dispersed sufficiently to allow the
Cinnamon to continue on their way to
Chinatown.
| Governor Squires then proclaimed mar
tial law. This Of course stopped all judi
| cial proceedings. He also telegraphed
President Cleveland that the city was in a
state OF actual insurrection, and urgently
requested aid. Major A. E. Alden was APP.
pointed provost martial and the mill
| tary authorities took complete pos.
session of the city.
To call for volunteers the citizens are
respondingin large numbers, and recruiting,
is going on rapidly. The authorities have
plenty of rifles and ammunition, and the
men are organized into companies as soon
as enrolled. Rumors of all kinds are rife,
and gravest apprehensions are entertained.
! The Chinese question seems to have been
entirely lost sight of. The only feelings
now are of revenge on one side and de-
/
other.
IN THE COKE REGIONS.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb ga serious ai-
| fray took place yesterday morning at the
Henry Clay Coke Works OF Prick & Co.,
near Broadford. About three hundred
] strikers from Leisinring marched to the
Henry Clay Works,i n which few men
were at work. When the strikers appeared
on the hill above the ovens they be-
gan firing on the workmen. They kept
up this firing for some little time, but no.
body was hurt. AS they came nearer, and
their aim was better, several men were
slightly injured. One Of the men who was
beaten by the strikers for refusing to quit
work day or two ago, returned the fire.
He shot several times and hit one of the
men, who fell and was carried of
| by his companions. 1t is not known
| how badly he was injured. This
i returning of their fireinfuriated the strikers
who set upon William SCISSOR the foreman
of the men, andsgave him a severe beating
The man was left lying on the ground una
BILE to walk or defend himself from
stray kicks which the rioters gave
him at they passed to and fro. The strik-
ers then made an attack upon the tlpple
house. drove the men in charge out oft and
upset the office stove, which caused the
building to be set on fire. The strikers did
not attempt to burn any thing else, but
after remaining at the works short time
longer, they went to the Sterling works
where they did some little damage and in
jured couple of men. A couple of deputy
sheriffs were at the Henry Clay ovens, but
were powerless to do more than identity
some of the leaders.