The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-14

Samuel Fielden, another Anarchist, fol.
lowed In . similar incendiafy tone. While
Fielder Was talking . dark cloud rolled
out ont Of the northern horizon. Il
swept the zenith, and had the appearance
Of . cyclone. The great crowd Of So.
cialists, fearing that . tornado was APP
preaching, began to seek shelter. The
Anarchist leaders urged the men to ad-
journ to Zepps' Hall, which Is only about
half block away.
The 0minOus cloud had now passed
over the crowd. The vast audience was
now encouraged to remain by Fielden,
who said he would detain them but few
minutes, as it was getting hate and
threatening rain.
"The air is filed with fear" he said,
with . shrug of his shoulders and .
tremor In his voice. 'sThe capitalists
man chosen to legislate for labor, has de-
realize that it is unsafe for them to be in
q place where labor is dissatisfied, that
is labor's only hope. That day will sure.
ly come"
As the Anarchist concluded body Of
men were seen approaching in measured
tread. 1t appeared like q phalanx OF
MasOns returning from private as.
scmbly or drill. The stiffness of their
approach was Ominous and appalling.
The 5000 Anarchists crept closer to the
barrels Then a hundred stars and a
thousand brass-buttons flashed in
horizontal and perpendicular lines at
the street intersection. They were under
command of Lieutenant Ward, who
Immediately proceeded to read
the riot act to the
Anarchists. He had hardly concluded
when some one outside of the crowd
threw bomb in close proximity to the
policemen. A terrific explosion followed.
and as if by q preconcerted arrangement,
the mob closed in on the police with
knives, pistols and firearms Of all ,iescrip-
tons. The police had no alternative but
to NOW them down. The scene that fol
lowed can not be describ, d. Blood
flowed as freely as water and men dropped
on every hand.
The latest reports state that three po.
licemen have since died from their in-
juries, and probably dozen Of the mob.
Patrol and ambulance wagons have been
busy picking up dying and wounded
men and taking them to hospitals. At
the present writing, martial law prevails
in the vicinity of the conflict, and it is
worth a mans life to appear out Of
doors. Any one caught on the street is
commanded to throw up his hands, and
an immediate search of his person is
made to see if he has concealed about
him any dynamite or explosive.
At | 80 a. m. it was impossible to OBJ
tain list OF the casualties. Officers
Henson, O'Day, Mccarthy and Deagan
and striker, Bohemian, whose name
could not be learned, are known to be
dead. A telephone report from the hos
pital where the injured are being con.
veyed says that no rioters brought there
have as yet died. although . number lie
In a precariOus condition.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITAL.
CHICAGO, May 5.-The result of last
nights terrible encounter between the
Anarchists and police will not be known
for hours. Policeman Joe Deegan and
an unknown Bohemian are dead. Police.
men Sheehan, Barrett, Redden, Keller
and Miller are mangled and dying. Thlr-
ty-fve other policemen are wounded more
or less severely, and nobody knows how
many citizens and rioters are wounded.
Officer Hensen made his way home.
ward, alone and unaided, as is proved by
two citizens who saw him passing the
of Union and Lake streets just
after the explosion, holding one hand to
his leg as he went. He was asked what
was wrong, but cried out "dOn't stop me;
i'm shot shot full of holes"
The scene in the Desplaines street sta
ton at one o'clock this morning was an
affecting one. The wives of many of the
wounded officers, who had been sum.
moned from their homes, besiegcd the
doors of the assembly room and begged
to be admitted. Their pitiful requests
could not be granted. Surgeons bent
over the bloody forms, probing and
cutting into the terrible wounds made by
the shell and bullets.
Redder, of the Central detail, whose
legs were shattered and whose face was
destroyed, kissed the hand of the priest
who was administering the last .sacra-
ment to him.
Another officer, whose body was cut and
pierced, begged the attendants to Kill him
in order that he might be out of misery.
Upstairs in the sleeping rooms twenty
officers lay groaning and crying in agony.
No less than seven priests were at the
station prepared to administer the last
rites to the wounded officers. They were
Fathers Kinsclln, Hickey and Carnes, Of
st. Patrick's, and Fathers Walsh. Malone,
O'Byrne and Coke.