The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-05-12
( RIOT nEl0MS.
Lawless Element at Chicago In
dustrisasly at Work Fsnent-
Ing Trouble.
A Number Of Outbreaks Of the
Strikers QueIled by the
City Police.
Anarchist Throw Dynamite Bomb Among
squad Of Policemen, Killing
Four Outright.
The Mob Then Attacks the Officers with
Knives and Pistols as II by
PrecOncerted Action
Martial Law Prevails In the vicinity
Of the Conaiot and all Persons
are Ssarohed.
The wisconsin Militia Called Out ct MIL
waukee to Suppress the Disturbance
at That Piace-News From
Gt' .f" Other Points.
MOB VIOLENCE AT CHICAGO.

MOB VIOLENCE AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 4. Fully twelve Thousand
strikers, composed of lumber showers,
moulders, planning mill men and boxmakers,
congregated near Clark Bro. g planning mill,
In the Twenty-second street district, yester-
day afternoon. They were nearly all for
eigrers, and many wore bits OF red ribbon
on the lapels Of their coats Shortly after
two o'clock a man. coatless and hatless,
mounted an empty freight car standing near
the throng and proceeded to address the
men in German. He said: LET every man
stand shoulder to shoulder and we will win
this fight We must have .,ur rights Strike
while the iron Is hot Drive the scabs out
Of the yards and let us show Mccormick
that he can not hire non.union men and keep
them at work while we, the bone and sinew
Of Chicago, are forced to hear our wives and
children crying foi bread. Arm yourselves
and prepare for tbs worst"
The speakers haraDgue was greeted with
deafening cheers. At this moment one of
mill thrust his head out of the window to
learn the cause of the uproar. Almost in.
stantly thousand men burst into the yard OF
the company and surrounded the building
from which the head had protruded. A
storm of stones and brick beat upon the
roof and the windows were demolished as
though by an earthquake. This work of
destruction having appeased their wrath the
mob turned to the car from the top of
which a member of the Lumbernlan's 8
Union was trying to quell the disturbance.
Mr.. August Spies, the fiery editor of the
Arbetter Zettung, was then introduced.
While he was in the midst Of virulent at
tack upon capitalists the tollng of the bell
in the distant tower of the Mccormick
reaper works broke upon the ears of the
| $4,000 men.
snow :or the scabs," shouted one, .'lets
drive 'em out of the building and kill 'em''
rOared another.
The excitement was electric. There were
cheers from Thousand throats and then the
noise grew into mighty roar.
"Of to McCormick's," was the cry.
| The men and boys then rushed down the
tracks In restless body and swept over the
vacant lots in solid phalanx. The roar
grew mighter in volume - the mob poured
down upon the huge sombre building at
| children swarmed from the side streets and
were borne along by the maddened men.
At $3.50 the mob inundated the large grass
plot In front of the Mccormick works.
Officer West, who was on duty at the big
gate, warned the invaders to leave. He
faced the bowling horde and placed his
hand upon the handle of the revolver in his
hip pocket Before he had time to draw
the weapon thousand rocks filled the air
and fell about him like hail They crashed
against the high board fence behind him
with terrific noise and sang warning as
they sped past his helmeted head.
The storm was too hot for the officer.
He lodged the missiles as best he could but
the mob drawing nearer he at last bent his
head and tried to make his escape by DASH
ing through the ranks of his assailants. He
rushed forward in perfect storm of stones.
When he reached the first line of the strik-
ers he was subjected to a merciless beating,
but being man OF splendid physique he
continued his race until he pierced tile last
ranks OF the mob. Then he started west
on Blue Island avenue. He was pelted
with stones at every stride until he fell ex.
hausted nearly block away. a 4' 4,
EmbOldened by the flight Of the brave
officer the strikers surged up against the
walls of the factory. "Kill the scabs,"
rOared one Of the leaders, as he hurled q
boulder through one of the windows where
|
''Tear down the building" shouted an.
other, who was waving huge club In his
hand. Almost instantly the great factory
was subjected to an Omin0us siege. Stones
crashed through the windows and clubs car
ried away the sash. Nothing escaped the
fury of the mob. Hr,. tt q,
''Now let us drive out the scabs," r6ared
q man with q red handkerchief knotted
about his neck. e
The mob pressed forward with yell.
just as 1t was about to burst into the yard
the Hinman' street patrol wagon dashed
down the dusty road. Twelve officers were
In the body of the wagon and sitting beside
the driver was Sergeant Enright Shouts
of derision greeted the officers as they
clambered out of the blue vehicle and drew
up in line before the strikers who were now
massed on tile sidewalks and in the road.
The officers stood shoulder to shoulder for q
moment and then the command to march
was given. The dozen officers stepped to.
ward the twenty Thousand angry people be
fore them. Each man carried revolver In
his right hand. The mob remained firm.
''Disparse or We will fir" shouted Ser.
geant Enright
His reply was shower of stones thai
whistled unpleasantly about the little band
of blue. The officers wavered for moment
i
rev0lvers ut the crowd. The barrels Of the
weapons glistened In the sunlight there wai
fash and then an explosion followed that
startled the horses In the car barns two
blocks away. The first shot Of the strike
had BEEN fired but nobody was hurt Thu
bullets flew over the heads of the strikers
and buried themselves IN the prairie to thu
northward. Another volley was fired BY
the officers with the same effect Thu
strikers contested every inch Of ground un
til the blue coats reached the sidewalk
when they retreated TO the roadway. Thers
they made stand and hurled stones ant
clubs at their antagonists.
During this fusilade Officer TEN Condor
was hit In the back with brick. EnrageC
ct the misfortune Of their comrade the on
GERS fell upon the mob with revolver an(
club, The rioters were prepared to retail
ate. They fired at the officers from ambush
with weapons of all patterns and caliber
Bullets whistled right and left, and off u
the southwark half-dOzen men on shet
kept up plunglng fire. At times 1t was I
square stand-up fight Policemen ant
twenty PAGES, yet so defective, was tn
craftsmanship Of the latter that not an on
Ger was hit s-i e9 W
While the firing was the hottest tn
Twelfth street patrol wagon. laden with
dozen men. ratified down the street. Tn
0fEicers ran to the rescue Of their comrades
who were In many instances engaged Il
hand-tO-hand combat Reinforced by tn
Twelfth street contingent the handful Q