Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21
RIOTS REIGN.
Chicago Socialists Use Dynamite
with Terrible Effect.
A Bomb Thrown Into the Midst of q Body
of Police, Who Return the Complimcnt
with Powder and Ball--Many
Killed and Wounded.
GORE IN THE GARDEN CITY.

l tshNA '''ASS
about 1920 O'Clock last night. The So
cialist speakers were l~saranguing n mob
which the police attempted to disperse.
Some mysterious hand hurled a dynamite
bomb which exploded in the midst OF
the officers. One was instantly Killed
and forty-six wounded, several OF them
fatally. The police returned a broadsidc
fire, killing one Socialist, and %woundlng a
large number, only nineteen OF whom are
known. The volley routed the mob, and
the dead and dying were removed from the
fcld with all possible dispatch. AT three
O'Clock this morning seven of the officers
were pronounced fatally wounded. From
physicians who attended wounded rioters
it was learned that four would GER
family die. The dead bodies OF two
Anarchists were found Il little after four
o'clock this morning in an alley just north
OF the scene OF the bloody riots in the Hay
market. The names OF the men are not
known. They were taken to the morgue.
AT eight o'clock q large crowd had col
lected on Desplaines street, just north OF
Randolph, in a dimly lighted spot, near
which were many wagons and trucks.
Just after ten O'Clock, 100 police officers
under command OF Inspector Bonfield and
ShPS'I!' w l . St IN 'iS SNSiS'
The police marched into the crowd,
sweeping it to the pavement and pressing
it before them. When the ront column
reached the speakers wagon Inspector
Bontield ordered "H;tlt!" Captain Bon
field cried: "In the name OF the State of
Illinois l command this crowd to dis
pcrse!H' AS the words LETT his mouth a
spluttering spark OF fire arched through
tho air from the opening OF the alley and
over the speakers wngon. 1t was the
burning fuse OF a dynamite bomb.
mission. 1t fell directly in the
middle OF the street and between the
first two double columns OF police. The
instant that it struck the ground it cx-
plodcd with n terrible, sullen roar. 1t did
it's deadly work well. Twenty-nine manglcd
men fell groaning to the ground. The
, bomb broke the ranks of the officers.
!, In an instant every mans revolver was
I'M action, and every man shot to kill.
, The mob plunged away into the darkness
> with q yell OF rage and fear. 1t was almost
5 any indescribable scramble for life. Scores
on men were knocked down by those be-
hind them and %trampled upon like cattle
ina car, unable to rise. In a moment at
. ter the explosion the streets We're cleared
but within a radius OF 100 feet of the
i spot where the bomb had fallen fully sixty
men lay wounded on the ground. The
work OF gathering the dead, dying and
wounded was promptly begun.
1t was found that Officer Joseph
Eagan, OF the Lake Street station, and
> three citizens, were dead, and thai
folty-eiglrt officers and seventeen citi
l zens had been wounded by pieces of the
bomb and from pistol shots. OF these,
q nine officers and several citizens were takcr
ii to the hospital as dangerously ~ oHhaed.
Q land the physicians in attendance pro
Q nounced a number of the cases as impossi.
bic OF recovery.
CHICAGO, May 5.-The southwestern sec,
/ ton Of the city was yesterday afternoon
the scene OF another riot. Toward moor a
n crowd OF anarchists and their friends
4 assembled at the corner OF Eighteenth
a and Morgan streets for the pur.
pose OF holding Il meeting.
Detective Granger OF the central sta
ton attempted to arrest one OF the disor
/ derby men. The detective was Immediate
r ly set upon by the bowling mob
Before he could escape he was
struck in the forehead by a brick
knocked senseless, and very badly injured
Then rcvolvers were drawn and indiscrim
. mate shooting began, during which Off
= Ger John Strong OF Hinman street sta
ton was shot in the hand. A nun
Der OF the riotous persons were also in
!nred, The police charged the crowd ant
made seven arrests, capturing the maj
who threw the brick at Granger.
Two hundred Bohemian sausage-maker
d employed in Armour's packing-house left
the establishment last night and marched
q to Ashland avenue, carrying red flags
beating drums and shouting down Will
10 the police" They paraded about unit
L eleven o'clock, when they reached the cor
n of Nn rf y-niplfl npl T ,,,rh1;, c{naa4.
where. Officers Doran, McManus and j. w
Murphy OF the town OF Lake police fore.
L. were standing. The mob attacked Officers
Doran and McManus, when the latter drew
IL revolver and shot Matthew Blank, who
ran a few steps and then dropped dead
His body was taken to the town OF Lake.
), MONDAYS RIOT.
Il CHICAGO, May 4.-Wrought up to {
frenzy by the inllammatory harangues OF /;
lot OF rabid Anarchists, a mob OF nearl,
II 10000 men attacked the employees of tn,
Mccormick Reaper Company as they cam,
from work yesterday afternoon. The me,
were stoned and every window in the build
ing was demolished. When the 20
lice in:erfered they were peltcd will
d stones and fired upon. Two hundred Off
d GERS were rushed to the scene as fast Il.
horses could draw the patrol wagons, anf
n "A short, sharp battle between the polio
ana the rabble followed. A number OF tn,
mob were shot, but were carried away b,
Their friends, so that their names nigh
not be Obtained. A dozen policemen wer
Il hurt: The officers finally succeeded i,
n driving the men away, and quiet reignet
during the remainder of the night.
II TROUBLE IN MILWAUKEE.
MlLwAUKEE, Wis, May "a mob o
Poles and Bohcmians on Tuesday vent tt
the North Chicago r~olling-mills, at Ba,
View. Wis, to drive out the men there EN-
ployed. The arrival OF militia ~irritatet
the gathering, and stones and other mis-
y siles we're hurled at the soldiers. An orde
q to fire was given and obcyed, several O
the moo being wounded. The rioters thel
Withdrew, but remained in the vicinity
fSreatenlng vengeance on the militia.
line brooklyn bridge has proved
serious competitor to tile ferries. I'M
Union Ferry Company shows that it
receipts have fallen off from two mill
ION dollars per annum to eight hundred
}, thousand dollars, and with tho ~,