Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-08
WAR WITH BOMBS.
Encounter Between the Police
and Socialists at Chicago.
Two Policemen Killed and Thirty-four
Woundod-One Socialist Killed and
Fifty Wounded.

stones and bricks, and soon Ned for their
lives. One Of them stumbled and fell, and,
while lying on the ground, fired into the sp-
prosching rabbe
The rioters halted for a moment until one
OF the leaders waved II rusty saber over his
head and urged his companions to kill the
ostrste officer. About this time the Den.
! an street ANA Twelfth street patrol wagons
led with ofcer ratified own the street
when the blue ychic es netred the rioters
the omcers took aim over each others
shoulder and fired voley after volley over
the strikers heads. The effect was amusing.
Men with their pockets filled with stones
and men with Slavonic boards and wooden
swords hnddled behind barricades no more
substantial than picket fence; the Others
darted down Eighteenth street to Center
avenue, near which is Il strong rendezvous
for the thousands of foreign strikers in the
neighborhood. Here the mob made a despe-
rate stand. Officer Small, of the Ilintnan.
street station, leapcd out of his wagon and
started after one of the leaders of the riot,
who was yelling to his comrades to blow up
the police with dynamite. He ran into the
crowd and grabbed the Anarchist by the
neck. The latter screamed for help The
rioters surged about the officer and
ms struggling prisoner and then fell upon
the FORMER with stones and clubs. officer
Sinai, 10 defend himself fired several shots
into the crowd, but without effect The shoot.
ing then became hot and indiscrmin8te
emAlls cOmradC ran to his assistance, but be-
tioh he wac shot through the hand, His pris.
onhr esraped. Reporfs of exnlodinp cart.
ridges came from every quarter and the air
WAS filled with smoke
XIII the hirelings" bawlcd II man with
red whiskcrs AS he pointed AN ancient rnvOl-
yer at OntCer Small Before he conld null the
trigger Detective Michael Granger struck his
hand. The weapon fell to the ground. The
mob then pounCed upon Granger and dragged
hn INTO the muddy street. a rock as large
,.-l. 1.
brick hit him in the forehead The detective
fell to the ground with n stream of blood
pouring rom Jagged wound. The remainder
OF the officers becoming eyaspcratcd at the
resistance displayed by the rapidly.growing
mob. fired a score of shots into the surging
bowling mob. One man was seen to drop.
but his comrades picked him M and buried
him through ueighhoring alley
. The sight of anarchist blood seemed to till
lcarns d at one of their number had been
shot they ted precipitately. The officers then
charged upon them and captured seven of
the leaders They were taken to the Twelfth
street aud Hinman-street stations. Rain fell
inCeSsaDtIy during the fight
At s3J o'clock two of the men omploycd
ut the Mccormick Reabcr Work. had the
tcmerty to walk east on Eighteenth street.
to Center avenue. TwO of the browning A IL
arChists recognized them: The "scabs" did
not know this When the men reachhd
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them and threw them to he ground Other
Anarchists then came ND and began to beat
the PROSTATE men with clubs The screams
of the unfortunate men we're heard by Officer
Quigley of the Twclith-street station. He
ran to tine rescue, but was driven back hy
shower Of stones. shot was fired by one OF
the rioters. and then a cObbIr-stone struck
the officer in the breast, fcllinl him to the
ground. He regaincd his feet, however, and
turned in an alarm to the Twellth.street sta
itt.
ed ont Ol patrol wagon and cleared the
street
meeting of Socialists was held at Hay
market square tonight which started out
tamey hu became more heated as the even
ing wore on .FrOm their chance remarks and
uukcnut appearance il 'Vus easy to determine
that they were Anarchists of the most ab-
proved type, Nevertheless y Qucter gath
crng could hardly b. imagined. passers-by
who inquired the occasion tor the meeting
would wait hNc or ten minutes, tN-
pcctiug the crowd to rapidly increase
IN hunters. In this they were dsap-
pointed. L was after Q p, m, before the
stolid group of Anarchists were checred hy
the presence of any leaders August Spies
lualy arrived. and, climbing Il wagon in
front of Crane Brothers taCtury, began an
address deuouncing capital and claiming
that he wGs not the cause OF yesterday :
riot, but that i was natnral result OF class
atcd by his remarks, and when he was sue
CCedcd by 4. K. Parsons the crowd began to
gradually dwiudlc away. within halfa block
of the speaker could be seen four patrol
wagons, with horses ready harncssed, and II
good sized detail OF police with clubs and re-
yolvers
At 10:30p. m. man standing in the crowd re-
ceived pistol-bal in his thigh, and has Just
been brought to the Central Police station.
He says that during the progress of IA speech
by one OF the Socialists squad of officers
hnI ly ffln In tha Lnp Nt "a nd