Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-13

DYNAMITE In CHICAGO.
An Organized Attack by Criminal
and Vicious Men Against
Life and Property.
Anarchists and Socialists Execute a
Deeply Laid Plan to Destroy
and Kill.
Fifty Policemen Wounded, Many OF
Them Fatally-Many Of the
Mob Slain.
Bloody Scenes Almost Rivallng
the Paris Commune In the
Streets of Chicago.

The result of the pernicious and inoendiary
doctrin es which have been for several years
| preached in tho streets and halls of Chicago by
alien and criminal agitators, says Chicago pa
per OF Wednesday, was seen last night when
dynamite bomb was thrown into the midst Of
squad Of policemen who were performing their
sworn duty, and sixty of them were dangerously
wounded, some fatally. That 1t was an organ.
lied and premeditated attack admits Of nc
doubt and the outgrowth OF the riot at the Nc Cor
mick reaper-works on Monday, when some an
archists were most justly punished for an at
tempt to destroy property. Monday night. after
Una. rlot was quelled, the following circular was
scattered around the city:
! hevengel Workingmen, to arms Your mas
ters sent out their bloodhounds, the police they
Killed Killed SIX OF your brothers at McCormicks This
afternoon. They killed the poor wretches be-
cause they, like you, had the courage to disobey
tne supreme Will of your bosses. They killed
them because they dared to ask for the shorten
ing OF the hours Of toll They killed them tc
show you, free American citizens that you
must be satisfied and contented with whatever
| your bosses condescend to allow you, or you will
You have for years endured tho most abject
humiliations; you have for years suffered un.
measurable iniquities; you have worked your.
want and hunger yycH6f children you have sacri.
need to the factory lords; in short you have
been miserable and obedient slaves all these
| years. Why2 To satisfy the Unsuitable greed
70 Wb NIL the cofers OF your lazy thieying masters
he sends his bloOdhounds out to shoot you, kill
! you
| grandsires, who have shed their blood to free
| you, then you will rise in your might, Hercules
| and destroy the hideous monster that seeks lc
destroy YOU To arms we call you to arms
Tuesday afternoon it was followed by the fol-
lowing which was thrown broadcast throughout
| the streets Of the city,
Attention, Workingmenl Great mass-meet
! ing tonight at 80 o'clock, at the Haymarket,
Randolph street, between Despaines and Hal.
sted. Good speakers will be present to de-
| the shooting of our fellow-woI kmen yesterday
afternoon. THE EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEEEE,ssr EE,sr,
and Socialists assembled at the point indicated
and wero harangued by trio OF blatant com:
| incendiary character. One, Sam Fielden,
socialistic Englishman was the last speaker.
! Said he I'VE who como here to address you
will never help you, never Martin Foran went
to Congress In the interest OF labor
and yet no tells you that no legislation
when the rich man understands that IL is not
healthy to live among n lot of discontented
workmen we shall be able to get legislation and
not before" Fielden continued in this strain
until 10 90 p. M, when $50 police officers left
the Desplaines Street Station and marched
north on Desplaines. He stopped when the first
| wagon from which he spoke.
! A thousand men had meanwhile gathered.
The police marched toward the crowd in pla-
toons. headed by Inspector Bonfeld and Capt,
Ward. The line Of the first division OF officers
filed the street from side to side. The police
marched into the crowd, sweeping it t. the
tho front column reached the speakers waBor
Inspector Bonfeld ordered Halt"
Capt Bonfeld cried: I'm the name OF the
State Of Illinois command this crowd to dis
persel
spark of fire arched through the air from the
opening of the alley and over the speakers
wagon. 1t was the burning fuse Of dynamite
bomb. It was we'll aimed in its deadly mission
1t fell directly in the middle OF the street
and between the first two double col.
umns Of police. The instant that II
struck the ground It exploded with ter
ribie' Sullen roar. It did its deadly lea work work
TO the ground. The bomb broke the ranks o.
the officers. A gatling gun could not have cut
a wider swath A scene of horror followed the
details OF which may never be known. The
officers were demoralized and broke ranks
Many huddlod together in the street and
their ground Others andod fed after raor aHG @
fre In an instant every mans revolver was IL
action, and every man shot to kill. For an in
slant after the explosion, the crowd seemed par
alyzed. but with the revolver shots cracking
like the tattoo Of mighty drum, and the bull
lets singing in the air, the mob plunged away
into the darkness with yell Gl rage SnS rear ar
life. Scores of men were knocked down by
those behind them, and trampled upon like cat
tie in car, unable 70 rise. over twenty wound
Those on the inner circle OF the crowd were a
the mercy Of the police, and were shot down
Inc police PursuSS tne mop No Ior an nan sDarea
All who were oyertaken by the officers were sho
down and dubbed. In a moment after the ex
plosion the streets were cleared, but within
radius Of 100 feet Of the spot where the boml
had fallen fully sixty men lay wounded on the
ground. The center OF the street seemed ful
Of writhing, groaning men. calling for help. On
der the iron stairway on the northwest cor
ner Of the street two citizens lay, one In
sensible, the other moaning feebly and unable
to rise. Down the basement stairway, unde
them, three men lay. Propped against thu
lamp-post on the corner was wounded man
and at his feet, in the gutter, another. Across
the street, on the northwest corner, three mel
lay In the gutter. At the head Of the basemen
| stairway one iay silently. Another sat up, hold
ing n bleeding leg and begging the officers no
to kill hiH Reclining on the stairs below then
were two suffering men. and in the areacwa,
below, three more. East and west on Randolph
street wounded men lay in doorways. Within
FIVE minutes after the firing had ceased eigh
men Law In the alley, near the wagon betweel
Randolph and Lake streets. No citizens wer
dead that had been found within an hour afte
the riot. For some minutes after the mob hai
dispersed the police kept up frenzied searcl
for any who had taken refuge near by. Thos
who met the officers calmly were allowe
cape were mercilessly dubbed, Tn
work OF gathering the dead. dyine
and wounded was promptly begun. Forty-eigh
policemen were found to be wounded, eight o
ten OF them. It is feared, fatally. The fugitive
from the scene Of the riot poured into Madison
street in an irresistible stream. The ope
stores which here offered the first shelter, wer
besiegcd and instantly occupied by breathles
and terror-stricken crowds. Close in the rea
of this terrified throng the wounded followed a
the best speed their injuries would permit
Men ran at a staggering pace, with tn
blood tricklng through their clothing. Other
rushed frantically through the street, shriekin
with pain. Couples and small groups cam
dragging n wounded friend whom they had tn
. courage 70 rescue. Several fell fainting In tn
streets and we're picked up by sympathetic me-
in the crowds.
Tho General Industrial Situation at Chi