Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
RIOTS IN MILWAUKEE
A SOCIALIST MOB ATTACKS A REGI-
 NIENT OF MILITIA.
Many Rioters Shot DOwn-The Police Do
 Good Work with Clubs and Pistols.

Good Work with Clubs and Pistols. The strike in Milwaukee eliminated on Wednesday in a serious riot.
 Shortly after o'clock on Wednesday morn ing 8 report was received that the mob had passed Kinnikinnick bridge, one thousand five hundred strong, moving toward the Bay View
 Works. Twenty minutes later the head of the
 column, with red flag futtering, rounded the bond at the foot of South Bay street, and came in view of the military.
 As tho head of the column came iii sight the long roll was sounded, and the troops fell into line with the alacrity and quickness of veterans; ", ..
 vance of the crowd could not be plainly seen by the entire command, five companies being behind the fence. At point about 100 feet from the northwestern corner of the grounds, the northern fence runs out of sight into hollow, leaving an open space fifty feet wide through which an unobstructed view could be
 had of the road along which the mob was ad- vancing. The Sheridan Guards were stationed in front of this opening, and had opportunity
 to sweep the street. The other companies
 wero stationed further to the right, and we're | obliged to shoot through the fence:
 The Sheridan's were the first to Ire, the other compafiies shooting in the order of. their
 position from left to right. The sharp crack ing of the rifles seemed to have conveyed the first intimation to the insane leaders that the militia would fire. Before the sound reached their ears their fellows were falling all around them. Those who were able to do so, turned and fled in dismay. As soon as the mob was seen to be retiring the order was given to case tir- ing. The majority of the crowd continued
 their retreat to town. A portion reformed outside the range of fire, and few who had
 friends injured returned to their assistance. The battalion surgeon, Dr. Scribner, under | guard of the Janesville Greys, went forward
 to render such assistance as possible to the wounded. It was found that . dozen men had | fallen, somo of them being dead.
 Kuhkel, an old man was killed. He was not with the rioters, but was standing in his own yard watching them. He happehed to be | within the line of fire and was killed without warning. Another bullet went through bed room in which lady was lying ill, happily without injuring the occupant. Ruhalski, also | killed, did not belong to the mob, but was standing idly by on South Bay street opposite Kunkers yard. It is known that he was | killed at the spot described, but he was close
 on the skirts of the mob, and it has not yet been proven that he was not ono of the riot | CTS. No hopes of recovery are entertained in
 the cases of Nowachok, the fourteen year-old- | boy who WAS shot in the sbdonien; and Casimer Dudek, who received two balls in his | left cheek and two in his left arm. Dudek's | jaw is terribly mangled.
 | During this affair gatherings of men took
 place in all parts of the city, but these the po-
 lice dispersed ss fast as they formed, using | their clubs wickedly.
 | quarters in the armory and directed move
 ments from that point. His orders were in all l cases after 1t was found impossible to quell a mob by advice, and orders ito shoot to kill. :" Considerable excitement was caused at head l quarters by report received that 8 quantity l r,F 1xy,,o bod rc6 Tho are at work running the report down. Saul Grotkan, and Gustav Roussler, social l istic leaders, were arrested by the police and
 locked up without bail st the central police station. The police are searching for Adam l Hrth, head of the dynamite faction, and he 1 will be taken in as soon as found.
 l Details of troops are guarding the residences l of Major Traemur of the Fourth Battalion,
 and Capt Borchert of the Kosciusko Guards, | against both of whom the Polish rioters are
 consequence of report received that the rioters would attack the two houses.
 In nearly every cell at the Central Police
 Station on Friday, there was 8 Socialist oi | rioter. The prisoners number 20 in all. Sev- | erai of them are radical Anarchists, who talk
 oth, IS are Socialists of the most pronounced l type, and the others are hot-headed laboreri
 with an indifference for law and order. At Q conference of the authorities it was de
 cided to take decisive measures to crush in it's | incipiency the Social revolution which this
 element has been breeding in Milwaukee for l some time past. The arrests fell like one o1 | their own bombshells among the Socialists. It
 is thought that they are completely cowed. Great uneasiness was caused by the discov
 cry that 800 dynamite caps and a small quan l ity of dynamite had been stolen from one O. l the stone quarries. and the police were at once l notified. This fact and the fur ther discovery
 that 8 large number of arms had been removed by unknown persons lead the police to believe l that the extreme labor element were meditat l ing ruinous plots. It was determined to ar
 rest the whole lot of Socialists, and the officer | were kept busy bringing them in as fast a
 they could be found.
 | It is almost universally conceded that tn, l firing of the militia at the cost or few lives | has ayerted far more terrible consequences | All the militia companies still remain here
 but they had nothing to do, and the genera | feeling is that the war is ended.
 TESTIMONY AT THE INQUEST. Major Traueman and one or two other off
 cers were summoned to testify before the Cor
 oner's jury at the inquest held over the re
 mains of those killed by the firing of Wednes | day. In the course of his testimony, the Ma l jor said; "I had orders from Governor Rusl | to disperse any crowd that formed in front o
 the mills. The companies were supplied witl
 twenty rounds of cartridges, no blanks bein,
 issued, and they were instructed to kill. l
 time of our arrival dead fowls, sticks of woo,
 and other things were thrown at us, and t
 prevent bloodshed we received all the insult
 hurled at us.
 ''On Tuesday hundreds of lives would have
 lost had we fired, including women and chil
 dren spectators. The men of the Fourth bat
 talion were getting excited and the oficer'
 had all they could do to prevent tine men iron
 firing. Wednesday morning at eight o'clocl | we formed line of battle on seeing the mol
 coming up Bay street with "a trico!ored fl E
 There were about fifteen hundred. let then | advance to within several hundred feet, whel | waved my hand to the mob to stop. Inc
 came on, and I gave the order to fire. Tw'
 companies fired one volley, and when l say
 the men fall gave the order to cease firing
 we marche to the brow of the hill. guart
 accompanied the surgeon to care for tn
 wounded. I reported to the Governor and h
 telegraphed me to fire again if the crow'
 came again"
 THE VERDICT OF THE JURY.
 After 8 prolonged hearing the coroner's fur | found that "the deceased were accidental | killed by balls fired by the troops guarding tn
 rolling mills, while engaged in unlawful acts
 acting with the mob advancing upon the oil
 mills with dangerous intent. We believe tn | major, officers and men of the Fourth battal | ion did an unpleasant duty in firing upon l mob, and that the officer in command acted il
 humane manner in ordering the firing t. l cease as soon as it became apparent that tn
 advance of the mob came to Q halt, thus savin
 many lives, and checking the violence of
 dangerous element"
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