Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-27
THE CHICAGO RIO'TJNG.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE oC-
CURRENCE.
-Anarcy Reveifns sfrae DEED
and dDying-Bloodshed.

Those who have comforted themselves
that there never could be such mobs and
rioting in America as there has been fire.
quently in the old world, must by this
time begin 10 conclude that they have
been sleeping above volcano The
scenes at Chicago, May 4, bear tragic
resemblance to those at the storming of
the French Bastilc, July ID, 1889, three
years less than century ago. Curious
facts of race appear in the Chicago
events. Looking over the list of names
Of the killed and wounded among the
Socialists, it will be seen that they are not
those of native Americans, but of Bohe.
mians. Poles, Hungarians and Germans.
the very element that Bismarck has been
doing his utmost to get rid Of. A smile
broke over his iron face, undoubtedly,
when he opened his favorite morning pa
per and read how the factories and mills
of Chicago were going to the bow.wows.
Another fact will strike the general
reader The fearless policemen who were
killed and wounded in trying to disperse
the rioters were, at most, without excep.
tion, Irishs England faneies that Irish
man is only another name for lawlessness
but in the United States they are on the
side of the law.
THE INCENDIARY SPEECH.
1t was man mounted upon a wagon
who made the speech the night of May
4, that precipitated the bloodiest part of
the riot. 1t was in the evening at the old
Haymarket on the west side.
Twelve thousand men assembled in the
old Haymarket after the liotous proceed
ings in the afternoon. They were the
fermented increase of the host that had
been dispersed by the police in the after
noon. Then twelve determined police
men had begun to scatter crowd of
10000 peoplc--men, women and children.
They were REINFORCED afterwards till
their number was 200, but the fact re-
mains that before their brother officers
arrived those twelve brave fellows made
the throng yield before them. There was
blood split on both sides, though no more
than one or two lives were lost. The af.
ternoon fight at once emboldened the po-
lice and whetted the wrath of the throng.
In the evening they reassembled to vent
their anger and breathe out vengeance
Now there is no law in this country
against mans speaking his mind. 1t Is
quite possible that if the red lag speakers
had been allowed to finish their haran-
| CUES the crowd would have dispersed in
peace. They were doing so. In fact
August Spies and r. r. Parsons had
made violent speeches which had fallen
rather fiat. The crowd had dwindled
down to 1000
| This would never do, thought Anarch-
ist Fieldcn. He sprang upon wagon
and called wildly on the people TO kill
the police hirelings. Word was sent in a
moment to police station, and 1875 men
started at once to the Haymarkct "To
arms!" cried Ficlden, as they advanced
on the scene. Police Inspector Bonfield
ordered them TO dispcrse in the name of
the law. A second time he gave the
command The next moment II seemed
as if earth and sky split oped. The po-
| licemen marched in ranks, one row be-
hind another. A number of bombs were
seen to fall between the second and third
rows. Policemen dropped 10 the ground
shattered and bleeding. Some of the
Socialists dropped too, it is said. Immed.
lately after the explosion the officers
fred volley after volley from their re-
volvers into the crowd, who replied to the
bullets with knives, pistols and clubs.
They had come prepared, but they were
dispersed. In a few moments they broke
ranks and fled, before the officers, in all
directions. 1t only proved for the thous-
anth time what they ought TO have known
that few wellarmed, determined,
drilled men, who stand shoulder to
shoulder, like stone wall, can put to
fight hundred times their number.
The wounded from both sides were
conveyed by the patrol wagons to the
station house. The scene there was
heartrending. The officers legs were
torn and their fingers shot away and their
brave breasts the lodging place of bullets.
Don't touch me-" cried one who drag.
ged himself home to die; Don't touch
me; am shot full of holcs!"