The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-05
Heroic Courage and Pluck Exhibited by
Wounded and Dying officers.
Destruction of Property and Possibly
Bloody Outbreak at Milwaukee Averted
by the Presence of Loaded Muskets
DYNAMITE WARFARE.

The Methods of the Nihilists Brought Into
Use in the Streets of Chicago.
CHICAGO, May The Arbeiter Zeitung, a
German paper edited by Spies. the Socialist,
who was one Of the speakers who melted yester
days riot at McCormicks. announced this after
noon that great meeting of "the people,
will be held tonight on Desplaines street. and
whoever condemns the horrible brutality of
yesterday must be there" The paper further
said:
''Workingmen. the hated police yesterday
murdered four of your brothers and wounded
perhaps twenty-five more, at McCormick's facto
ry Had your brothers, who had nothing but
stones to defend themselves. been armed with
good weapons and few dynamite bombs none
of the murderers would have escaped his we'll
deserved fate. As it was only four Of them (the
policemen were wounded. That Is sad. Yes
terday's massacre occurred that the 10000 strik-
ers in this city might be filed with fear and ter
ror, and that the dissatisfied and rebellious la
borers might be driven back under the yoke of
slavery Will this end be accomplished Has
not miscalculation been made2 The next few
days will answer this question. We will not
speculate on the course Of events"
The paper then goes on to give a detailed re-
port of the trouble, and puts the responsibility
entirely on the police The same paper said
that the police yesterday used their clubs in dis
persing crowd of striking girls, and added: ''In
whose veins does not the blood course faster
when he hears of the shameful acts of these
beasts9 Whoever is man must show it these
days. Men to the 'front.'"
Great were the expectations of the Socialist
leaders regarding the meeting they had called.
AS early as 7:30 had been mentioned as the hour
when the speaking and excitement would begin.
The place chosen was the old hay market, on
Randolph street. capable Of holding from 15, 900
to 10000 men. Touching the square at one
corner is Halsted street, the outlet Of the lum-
ber-yards, packing-houses, and to factories such
as McCormick's. In close proximity to the
opposite side of the hay market is Milwaukee
avenue, leading through wide-spreadng dis
trict, densely populated with Germans and
Poles. Surrounding the square on every hand
are 10-cent lodging-houses, cheap saloons and
many of the lowest dives in the city. tour
around the market about P. NJ showed that
the scattered groups of men lettering in the Vi
cinity would make crowd numbering not to
exceed 1,500.
1887 p. MA report has just been re-
ceived that six policemen have been
killed in the Haymarket, where the An
archists are holding meeting. A police.
man standing in the crowd received pistol-shot
in his thigh, and has just been brought to the
Central station. A squad Of police marched by
the speakers stand, and some one yelled, "Kill
the id dogs!" Almost as soon as the words
were uttered, bombs were thrown from near the
stand into the squad of officers They exploded
Immediately, and FIVE policemen fell. Others
were wounded. and several of the Socialists did
not escape. An officer who has just arrived
from the scene says there is hardly any doubt
that at least Ave officers were killed.
Persons living on the West Side, many squares
from tho scene Of the disturbances, report that