The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-05-07


another Across the street, on the north
east corner, three men lay in the gutter.
At the head OF the basement stairway one
lay silently. Another sat up, holding
bleeding leg and begging the officers
not to kill him. Reclining on the
stairs below them were two suffer-
ing men, and in the area-way below,
three more. East and west on Randolph
street wounded men lay in doorwavs.
Within five minutes after the firing had
ceased eight men lay in the alley, near the
wagon, between Randolph and Lake
streets. No citizens were dead that had
been found within an hour after the riot.
For some minutes after the mob had dis
persed the police kept up frenzied search
for any who had taken refuge near by.
Those who met the officers calmly were al
lowed to go, but all who attempted to es-
cape were mercilessly dubbed. The work
OF gathering the dead, dying and wounded
was promptly begun.
1t was found that Officer Joseph Eagan,
OF the Lake Street station was dead, and
that forty-eight officers and seventeen citi-
zens had been wounded by pieces of the
bomb and from pistol shots. OF these,
nine officers and several citizens were taken
to the hospital AS dangerously wounded,
and the physicians in attendance pro
nounced a number of the cases as impossi-
BILE of recovery. The others were taken to
their homes. 1t is thought that many
Others were wounded of whom no knowl-
edge has yet been obtained.
The fugitives from the scene of the riot
poured into Madison street in an irresisti-
BILE stream. The open stores, which here
offered the first shelter, were besieged and
instantly occupied by GREATNESS and
terror-stricken crowds. Close in the rear
of this terrified throng the wounded fol-
lowed at the best speed their injuries would
permit Men ran at staggering pace,
with the blood trucking through their
clothing. Others rushed fran tically through
the street. shrieking with pain. Couples
| and small groups came dragging a wound
ed friend whom they had the courage
to rescue. Several fell fainting in
the streets and were picked up by
sympathetic men in the crowds. The
drug stores in the neighborhood
were invaded in a few minutes by throngs
OF grooming, shrieking, cursing men. AT
long intervals after the riot and late into
the night wounded men appeared at the
drug stores or were found roaming the
streets crazed with fright and pain. In
every case where wounded sought relief at
the drug stores the victims refused to give
their names, and the list of wounded will
thus never be fully known.
At LILO o'clock the large crowds which
had fingered in the neighborhood OF the
riot gathered in an immense throng at the
corner Of Desplaines and Madison streets
Fully three hundred men stood packed on
the crossings, impeding the progress OF
cars and vehicles and threatening every
moment to- makesa disturbance. Several
policemen ordered the crowd to dispense,
but were greeted with a stubborn re-
fusal. Word was sent to the station for
help and a company of policemen was de-
tailed to clear the streets The officers
marched in double file at quick step until
the head OF the column reached the throng,
when they quickly deployed into line and
charged. The police yelled several times
&c the same time firing their pistols into
the air. The crowd broke, and the people
ran like sheep into the diverg-
ing streets. The police turned and
cleaned the crossing, literally using their
clubs on the heads of those who failed to
| move fast enough. A half dozen men who
fell under the blows or refused to move
were arrested. The policemen then formed
again and marched back to the station,
routing every loiterer and leaving the
streets behind deserted and quiet
The temper OF the policemen was reused
to savage pitch, and the least stubborn.
ness on the part OF the crowd would have
Witnessed resort to serious measures.
CHICAGO, May 5.-The southwestern sec
tlon OF the city was yesterday afternoon
the scene OF another riot. Toward noon a
crowd of anarchists and their friends
assembled at the corner of Eighteenth
and Morgan streets for the pur-
pose OF holding meeting. 1t was also
said that they intended to renew the at
tack on McCormick's reaper works. The
police, who had been notified of the affair,
kept a close watch upon the proceed
ings. Hostilities commenced at 2:3O
O'Clock, just in what manner can not
be learned at present. A number
of detectives in citizens clothes
mixed with the crowd, which at this hour
numbered nearly one thousand persons
Detective Mike Granger of the central sta
ton attempted to arrest one of the disor-
derby men. The detective was Immediate
ly set upon by the bowling mob.
Before he could escape he was
struck in the forehead by brick,
knocked senseless, and very badly injured.
Then revolvers were drawn and indiscrim-
mate shooting began, during which Off
Ger John Strong of Human street sta
ton was shot in the hand. A num-
Der OF the riotous persons were also in
lured. The police charged the crowd and
made seven arrests, capturing the man
who threw the brick at Granger.
The lumber district was the scene of
many minor disturbances during the after
Il III L.
quelling the troubles. At the corner OF
Eighteenth street and Center avenue man
was shot and badly wounded by pistol
ball fired from a crowd in pursuit of him.
AT the same place policeman was struck
on the back of the neck by stone, and
partial paralysis was the result. Such is
the story of the afternoon in the entire
southwest part OF the city.
Two hundred Bohemian sausage makers
employed in Armour's packing-house left
the establishment last night and marched
to Ashland avenue, carrying red flags,
beating drums and shouting down with
the police" They paraded about until
eleven 0 clock, when they reached the cor
ner of Forty-eighth and Laughlin streets,
where Officers Doran, McManus and j. w.
Murphy of the town of Lake police force
were standing. The mob attacked officers
Doran and McManus when the latter drew
revolver and shot Matthew Blank, who
ran few steps and then dropped dead.
His body was taken to the town OF Lake.
THE DAY IN GENERAL.
The freight-handlers, to the number of
loo or more, met at Ulichs Hall last
night to perfect an organization, and take
such other steps as they deemed nee
sssary to succeed in their struggle
against the railroads. tits understood that
one oil the chiet OBJECTS to be gained bv
forming a union was that they might re-
ceive the active cooperation OF the switch
men, who, though sympathizing with
them, felt that they could not consistently
refuse to handle the cars loaded by their
new freight-handlers as long as their strik.
ing freight-handlers were not union men.
After considerable discussion the freight
handlers decided to rescind all demands az
to time and wages previously made upon
the several roads, and to make instead O.
uniform demand for eight hours, leaving
the question OF wages to be settled here
after. This action was unanimous, and
committees of three each were appointed
to acquaint the several roads of it.
In consequence of the action taken at the