Telegram-herald., 1886-05-04


e1plssion 6siloss,i hat startled t4e horses
ia the ear o4rns $40 blocks aSag The
hfsl shot of the strike bad been Sred. out
nal~lay 3as hurl. The bulleos nss over
the Aeass ~ The ssFikers Another yoiiey
Aas 6red - the 0fiesfs 4ith the same
slfecs. The strikers eCniss' ed every inca u
sle gFoan I antii tbe bluis coats reached the
sidesalk 3hen ihey Teireated q abe Foad-
Nay There they mace a stsad anss haried
sl00,rs and Clubs al their snisgoass's. Dar-
iax his iuzilasie Offoer Tom coHslon sas
hiG ia the BACK ~ish a brick. knFaged al
tle misfoTtune ef their eomfade the officers
fell upon the mob With reyolyers aud clubs
The rioters we're prepared - feislsfs. They
6Fed al the officers ffom ambush. ~ith
xeapons Of ali pasteFns and ealibre.
The bullets shlstled right aud
left. and on u the sOuthsaFd
half dozeB men on a shed kept % plung-
ing afe. Al times il sas a square staDd-up
tight The policemen aud strikers shot at
each other al a distance Of twenty PAGES.
set 10 defective sas the Workmanship Of
the latter that Dot an officer was hit. While
patrol wagon. laden With a dozen men, rat
tied down The street The officers
ran 10 the rescue OF their comrades.
who. ia many instances, we're IN hand.to-
band combat reinforced by the Fifteenth
st. contingent. the handful Of men from
Hinman.ss raced up the grade to the road
Here they formed IN line twelve abreast.
under desultors ire from windows. roofs
and sheds. and charged east on the street
ear tracks The riOfers az first made sullen
resis'ence. They faced the approaching
officers and the slender glittering line Of
revolver barrels held on level with their
heads. az though it was all play. But when
the hurfying officers curled the index finger
OF their right hands and streak of fire as
long ss a telegraph pole flashed through the
air. there was an exciting and general 90 as
You please race for cover. During the charge
Officers Pat Kelley and Kaiser were badly
burt. The former was bit in the head with
a brick and the right hand of Kaiser was
cr ushed BY stone. The patrol wagons Of
Lake 81, Twenty seeondst.. Harrison 20.
and Desplaines ST. stations followed each
other in quick Succession. Although the
rioters had been driven from the Mccormick
works they still lined Blue Island ave from
Robey st % Western-ave. As the
patrol wagons dashed through the
lines they were made targets for
all kinds OF missiles. The officers
we're compelled TO duck their heads to es-
cape injury. When the last patrol wagon
had emptied It's load al the factory. Captain
o DOnnell ordered the streets cleared. The
two hundred officers were again drawn up
In the mid.t Of an annoying fire the men
left the yards and plunged right and
left. Rsvolvers cracked continuously and
occasionally the loud report of blunderbus
or ancient shot guns loaded with slugs split
the air. Four strikers dropped during this
charge. two being shot through the groin.
They we're picked up by comrades and
borne away beforeth police could overtake
them One OF the victims was a boy. He
wa, shot while in the act Of throwing a
stone. Five men caught him as he fell and
bore him 70 the car-barns, where he called
for drink Of water II was given
him and then ne moaned piteously and
begged TO 0s taken home An express
wagon was secured and the dying boy
placed in IT, His comrades would not give
his name. Joseph Dorhyk, Of 422 West
Sew nteenth st. was the other striker who
was shot In the lroin. He was placed
in patrol wagon and taken to his
home officer Casey went into the house
% learn the nature Of the mans wounds
and while he was there between three and
four hundred excited men and women sur
rounded the house, demanding the officers
blood The men in the patrol wagon grew
nervous, and drove the vehicle nearer.
When officer Casey emerged from the house
the crowd surr FUNDED him, crying, Lynch
kiar' -Qpssrfer hissr' Casey ran down the
steps Of the house and hurried toward
the wagon. One man attempted to throw
a moose around bis neck. and forty others
discharged revolvers after Kim. Bullets
whisfled sll about him, and one cut the
skirt Of bis coat. Just as the mob was
about 10 attack the officers in the wagon a
second patrol wagon came 70 The rescue.
Joseph Hess. the man wbo tried 10 cast a
sasso over Casey's head, was captured and
taken % the station house
After the streets in The vicinity of Nicer
uick's works bad been cleared, ths
Objectionable seabs employed there were
marched out into Blue Island ave. and told
they would be escorted 10 their homes By
the police They were pale and their knee.
Knocked together a. they walked one
hundred officers we're placed on either sid.
of the scabs snd IN this position they
marched iewsrd the city. As they passed
The high board fence Resr The entrance {,
NcCormies yards. Ar old man with gar
nearly six feet long erept - one corner o
| the bsrrier and druppesi his knees. ~
/ shen took deliberate aim Al one q the o'i
csrs snd ired. The charge went wide - ia
mark aud tore hoie a. large as man
hand in board standing nesr the street
/ The a.rea anarchist then sInas out of sight
sthe procezsion marched sast on BIN.
Tslsnd ave The walkers we're ieered in to-
ruost exsspersting manner Wowfl wist