, 1886-05-04
A CHICAGO RIOT.
A Conflict Between Socialists
and Police.
Exciting Scene at the McCor-
mick Reaper Works.
The Factory Riddled With
Stones and Bullets.
Rioting in Chicago.

had worked themselves into a frenzy of
excitement, aud started yelling towards
the Mccormick Reaper Works, half a
mile distant The police were Immediately
~telephoned for aud soon arrived, and
drawing revolyers fired indiscriminately
into The crowd, which scattered in all
directions. five of whom were wounded
aud carried from the scene. No one re-
ported killed. The entire reserve force of
the city's police has been ordered to pre-
serve order in the vicinity Of the troubles.
The scene at Mccormick works was riot
Gus in the extreme. BY 42j o clock at
least $50 policemen had arrived on the
ground. and were coming in patrol wagons
within sight. By this time the windows
of the factory had been riddled with
stones and bullets. Five OF the wagons
while on the way to the scene stopped to
dispense a noisy and administrative Gro I'd
at the corner Of Blue Island avenue and
Lincoln street. The mob attacked them
with stones, but the officers jumped from
the wagons, and by a vigorous use Of their
clubs soon sent the rioters flying in all
directions. They then turned and began
driving the noisy crowds out of the saloons
in the neighborhood, using their clubs in
Discriminatory.
Inside the fence of the Mccormick
works Officer Rafferty, had a very narrow
escape. \ rioter who had got inside came
up behind him and was pointing a pistol
at his head not two feet away, when
Lieut.. Shepherd struck him to the earth
with his club, shivering to pieces the pistol
with the yigor of the blow. At 5 o'clock
the police were forming a hollow square
inside Of whiah they 6tstended to escort
MeCormick's men beyond the mob's
reach. Soon afterward the police escorted
McCormick's men up beyond Twenty
second street without trouble, except
FROM an occasional stone hurled from safe
hiding places. Four men were found
wounded with bullets, two Of them were
taken away in a patrol wagon, and one
was shot through the hip aud one through
the leg. There were many badly dam
aged heads
Officer Casey nearly suffered an igno-
minio1s death at the hands of the infuria-
ted socialists. After the great mob had
been virtually dispersed, Casey with three
other policemen carried Joe Weddick, one
Of the wounded strikers to his house, 422
West Seventeenth street. The patrol
wagon was followed by an angry crowd of
B~ohemians who yelled loudly for revenge
Tor the wounds of their fallen comrade, but
when the wagon turned down the avenue
to Seventeenth street the crowd did not
follow. In silence they watched their
countryman borne from the wagon into
his home, and the officers, after laying
Weddick upon a bed, left with the excvp.
ton Of Casey. who remained behind to get
a report of the mans condition. While
Casey was talking to the wounded man
wife many of Weddick' sympathizers hac
, pressed their way into the house. The in
: iured man was asked who shot him. Evi
IDENTITY misunderstanding the question
i, Weddick raised his hand and pointed a
, Officer Casey. The crowd inside the hous
: went into a frenzy. Selling Officer Case.
e they dragged him out upon the sidewalk
e Lynch him Lynch him r. they cried
and several of their number ran for ropes
Casey, a man of powerful frame
4 was like an infant, hemmed in as be wa
L by the mob. In the ensuing strugg'
Il he received fearful bruises and his elo'l
i ing was nearly torn from his body.
rope was brought and one end was mad
r fast to a lamp post directly in front
n Weddick dnor. 1t the sight Of the in
T. proyised scaful1 the mob shrieked wit
% delight Casey fought with the fury
desperation. As the crowd pressed nei
n. the gallows, he gathered all his remainir
strength and dashing heailoremost fro
K his asssilants, jumped into the street Il
lowed by hundreds who at once begi
firing at him as he ran. As he ran
w was met by a patrol wagon full Of poll
err who. having heard the the tumult we
AZ hurryiug to his assistance. Casey clal
tx bered Into the wagon and fell upon t
res seat exhausted, The wagon was surrou
D. lied ly his pursuers, but at The sight
he the policemen's revolvers they quiel
pc scattered. While this was going on. {
20. sey revived sufficiently to point out one
ns the crowd who had been particularly
fcious in bringing the rope The N
was arrested aud Immediately driven
the station. lie gave his name as Jose
." He's.
III Eye witnesses Of the struggles bctwI
~ police and socialists place the number
the latter who were wounded being n
"a twelve. 1t is not thought any were XII
i0' outright. but the rapidly with wi
'' the wounded were carried away by Il
~" friends and the secrosy maintained in
" gard to any connection with the a
.n's make the facts difficult to obtain. Du
the evening the following circular priI
be in German aud with an English traT
hts' ton appended. was distributed broad
ain in many sections of the city,
$50 Revenge. Workingmcn to arms.
masters have sent out their bloodhou
the police. They killed sixof your br
ers at Mccormick this afternoon. ]
A killed the poor wretches because t
like you, had the courage TO disobey