Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-05-06
Yoak LABOR RIOT.

9hIxKLE. writing in the Wash.
Snaasy ~. says that on the
q April. ultimo. the knights
sncr held entire possession Of
1ofk Vily ior forty-eight hours
s1opped al surface travel by
~ reliroad on Monday. and If you
= think : moment how utterly
oent 'nis longitudinal metropo-
y on horse ear travel You can i'm
= me eHect OF this on every branch
business. broadway and Fifth
aus ana other OF the great tribu-
Rfssfs ike Fourteenth and
,rssf s11k& Yore : Sanda aspect.
~ granu crowds OF women and
chimren that are usually seen around
'ne ot oazaars In fourteeath street
h@a uiFppeafeu.
a" e'mmerce' all the reiaii trades,
ar'iz"hs merchants, skilled labor OF
every hpu suhereu' because the ieas'
sAN'su o'a al laoot had It's grip on the
means OF Vansit. came down Broad
way. L sspped In at nall a score OF
'ns D,s sipps' ihey were deserted
a. wha' y usually tue busiest hour'
'a'Aeu win the merchants lhey
nan out one opinion They Were sui
ie''ns' ou one ana all hoped the rail-
'oaus "o'iu hoiu out ana settle TINS
question u trade tyranny ana law
ana orde' once ana Tor all. do not
remember ever having seen SO COM
piete ieyu!sion OF public opinion as
these stnkers brought about within a
week. AT hrst public sympathy Was
heartily with them IN what II believed
was fight against heartless corpora
IONS. bat now they have succeeded
In placing the railroads on the side
OF law and order, and with one voice
the intelligent community is backing
the corporations, simply because the
corporations do not insist upon inter
iering with the rights OF everybody
else, and making threats Of violence.
l saw the tight on Third avenue
Wednesday. 1t was small riot. In
It were all the deadly elements of the
Commune all the incipient flames and
fury of the worst Partisan days
Nothing saved that great thorough
IRE isssn massacre bat tLespramPiir
tude WITH which The ponce FELL upon
the mob ana drove 1t back When
the first brick was aimed at the poor
conductor who was trying TO take the
car through there went up a howl
from thousands OF cruel demohiac
throats. and IN an instant the air was
chick win missiles Inc car windows
were smashed the ilgh' pahe's SPIN
'erso. Inc wrecked Vehie'e was sur,
rounded IN a Twinkle Win maddehed
men aud women. A horrible sound
OF yslis' screams and groans hiisd the
air. There seemed to be out one I'M
pulse animating this mob, 1t was to
get hold OF the two men who were on
that car and tear them limb IRON
limb. 1t was noble sight, this brave
endsavor OF thousand to clutch two
fellow beings and rain blows upon
them and trample them into masses
of indistinguishable flesh beneath their
hoofs. As saw brawny arms III the
air, caught sight Of the distorted faces
and glaring eyes and heard the fear
full din of sickening oaths and impre-
cations, l asked myself II this was the
advance guard OF the army OF knights
that was going to regulate labor.
1t only lasted FIVE minutes, thanks
to organized power, to which, alas, in
these days Of arbitration and moral
suasion We must come at last for dread
adjudication in the streets. The
clubs were coming. One double pla-
toon came down Third avenue, anoth-
or came suddenly out OF Fifty ninth
street, as If 1t had been shot up a
trap. inen commenced thA' most
fearful OF all sights a police attack
upon q street crowd. superintendent
AnrraVe nrdArs In hla men Ia