Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-06
CHICAGO RIOTS.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE FEAR
Full WORK OF TUESDAY.
How The Police Acted Evidences Of Or
ganization Among the Anarchists
The Situation Yesterday.
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The last speaker was Fielding.
That the mob was in sympathy will
bis uttersnces was evinced by the wilt
applause which was accorded him
While this was going on Captain Bon
field and Captain Ward, with nearly
200 policemen, had been waiting pa
iiently in the station for the Socialist!
to disperse, or to commit some act o
lawleSsness. When the officers who
bad been sent to mingle with them re.
turned and reported the temper Of the
Anarchists both captains came II
the conclusion that prompt mea
sures only would avert another
serious riot. The order "fall in y
went round among the lieutenant with
lightning rapidity. 1t was repeated to
the men and they jumped into their
places with accuracy and precision,
prepared for the march on the An,
aIchists. There were five companies in
all, commanded by the following lieu.
tenants in the order named: Lieuten-
ants Bowler, Stanton, Hubbard, Pen.
zen, and Beard. Captains Bonfeld anG
Ward took position at the head Of the
lire, which was marched to a point
almost 100 feet north Of Randolph
street. When the front column reached
the speakers wagon Captain Bonfeld
ordered halt" and cried, "In the
name of the State of Illinois | com
mand this crowd to dispense"
THE FATAL BOMB.
AS the words left bis mouth sputter.
ing spark Of fire arched through the
air from the opening. Of an alley and
over the speakers wagon. 1t was the
burning fuse Of dynamite bomb. 1t
was well aimed in its deadly mission,
and fell directly in the middle Of the
street and between the two first double
columns Of the police. The instant it
struck the ground it exploded with a
terrible, sullen roar, seeming to shake
the earth. Men fearfully wounded and
dying fell on all sides, the death
dealing contents of the bomb reaching
almost to the rear ranks. Twenty
nine maDgled officers were grooming on
the ground and Calling gun could
not have cut wider swath. A scene
Of horror followed, the details Of which
may never be known.
A FUsILADE.
The officers were demoralized, and
for an instant broke ranks but almost
instantly recovered their presence Of
mind. Before, however, they had time
to realize the destruction which HAD
been wrought in their ranks, crowds Of
Anarchists gathered in front and or
either side of them and opened fire with
revolvers at almost point-blank range.
The first volley OF the mob was
quite as fearful in its effect
as was the explosion of the bomb.
But the officers did not lose their pre-
sonce Of mind. Orders flew thick and
fast from the captains and lieutenants,
and within the briefest possible space
Of time they were charging the muir
deIous assassins on every hand, dealing
death and destruction to them with
their revolvers. The Anarchists did
not sustain the charge an instant, but
fed as soon as they could distinguish
the blue coats and bright buttons of the
officers through the smoke from their
revolvers. The cracking of these wea-
pons was incessant for five minutes,
and only once was anything like vol.
ley fired by either side-this was fired
by the Anarchists when the bomb OK
plOded in the ranks Of the police-th
showing that they had been carefully
drilling beforehand to act in concert.
CLUBBED REvOLvERs.
When the officers emptied their pis-
tells they used them as clubs, and it is
quite probable that numerous skulls
were fractured. With the revolver
shots cracking like the tattoo Of
mighty drum and the bullets singing in
the air, the mob plunged away into the
darkness with yells of rage and fear.
1t was an indescribable scramble for
life.
An angry mob threatened to destroy
the drugstore at the corner of Eigh-
tenth street and Centre avenue this
morning. The proprietor has a teIe-
phone, and the mob accused him
OF sending warning to the police
last night. A patrol-wagon took
the druggist and his family to the
police-sta and guard was placed
over the store. Spies, Fielding, and
Parsons were found at s O'Clock this
in consultation in the office Of
the Arbeiter ZeituHg and locked up at
The Central police-station. Fielding
was suffering from a gun-shot wound
in the leg. They were inclined to be
ugly when questioned as to their iden-
thy, but few short sentences from the
policemen made them perfectly sub
Spies's brother and a man
named Schwartz, an assistant editor of
he Af6eiter Zeitung, were found with
August Spies, and were also arrested.
CHICAGO, May 5-Noon.-The She
If has not yet been called on. but the
militia are in their armOTies, ready to turn
sui at moments notice. Between three
and four hundred OF the police have been
armed with Springfield rifles, and every
nan on the force Is armed with 4i-calibre
'eVolvefs.
Three thousand men employed In the
yreat car-shOps at Pullman laid down
heir tools and went out this morning,
dining the one thousand who quit yester-
lay. There are no men working In the
own to-day, except men employed in
he truck. shops. who do not number more
han nve hundred.
'oLLECIING EVIDENCE AGAINST cOysPIRA-
TORS.
CHICAGO, May 5.-The police are rapidly
Collecting evidence against the chief con-
piratofs among the Anarchists. They
eaIched Spies's office this morning and
Ouud absolute proof that the infiamma-
Dry circulars mentioned in these dis
latches and headed Revenge, Working
nen! To Arms!" and another headed |
Attention. Workingmen were found !
With the forms in type. These were taken |
OF and locked up In the Contra |
tation as evidence that Spies and Schwab |
directly melted the riot and bloodshed. |
narchist Parsons has not been captured. az |
ifst reported. lie Is still hiding. Editor |
chWab was mistaken for him whe n the first |
Irests were made at the Office OF the irbner |
leitUng. Inspector Bonfeld raided Zeipf's |
Hall, corner OF Lake and Despla mes streets |
his morning. Here were found o lot OF |
nuskets, red flags, and German books eX-
ounding socialistic doctrines.
Nearly $4,000 has already been sub
mn hat f.r no