Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-04

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| the trouble.
/ AN EXCITING SCENE.
] The scene at the Mccormick works was
i riotous in the extreme. BY AS, at least
| $50 policemen had arrived at the 9ronnd
and more were coming in patrol gagons
within sight BY this time the WINDOWS of
| the factory bad been riGdled with stones
and bullets. Two of the wagons wbiss on
/ the way TO the scene, were stopped to c:js-
perSe a noisy and demonstratiye crowd .n
the corner of Blue Island avenue and Lil4-
coin street. The mob attacked them wits,
stones, but the officers jumped from the
wagons, and by vigorous use of their
clubs soon sent the rioters flying in all di-
reciions. Fhey then turned and began
driving the noisy crowds out of the saloons
in the neighborhood, using their clubs in.
Discriminatory.
Inside the fence of the Mccormick works
officer Rafferty, had very harrow escape.
A rioter who had got inside came up be-
hind him and was pointing pistol at his
head, not two feet away, when Lieutenant
Shepperd struck him TO the earth with his
club, shivering it to pieces with the vigor
of the blow.
At o'clock the police were forming a
hollow square, inside of which thew intend
to escort McCornick's men bevond the
mob's reach. Soon afterward the police
escorted McCormick's men up beyond
Twenty-second street without trouble ex-
cept from an occasional stone hurled from
safe hiding places.
-Four men were found wounded with bull
lets. Two of them were taken away in a
patrol wagon, and one was shot through
the hip and one through the leg. There
were many badly damaged in the head
ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE
Officer Casey nearly suffered an igno
minious death at the hands of tie infuri-
ated Socialists. After the great mob had
been virtually dispersed, Casey, with three
other policemen, carried Joe Weddick, one
of the wounded strikers, to his home, to-
West Seventeenth street The patrol wagon
was followed by an angry crowd of Bohe-
| mians, who yelled loudly for revenge for
the wounds of their fallen comrades but
when the wagon turned down Center av-
enue TO Seventeenth street the crowd did
not follow. In silence they watched their
countryman borne from the wagon into his
house, and the officers, after laying Weddick
upon bed, left, with the exception Of
Casey. who remained behind to get "a re-
port OF the mans condition. While Casey
was talking to the wounded mans wife.
many OF Neddick's sympathizers had
pressed their way into the house The in
Jnred man was asked who shot him. Evil
IDENTIFY misunderstanding the question,
Weddick raised his hand and pointed at
officer Casey. The crowd inside the house
Went into a frenzy, and seizing officer
Casey, they dragged him out upon the side
walk. Lynch him y Lynch him p
they cried, and several of their num-
Der ran for ropes. Casey, man
OF powerful frame, was like an
infant, hemmed in as he was
In,
struggle he received fearful bruises. and
his clothing was nearly torn from his body.
rope was brought, and one end was
made fast to lamp-post directly in front
OF Weddick's door. At the sight of the
improvised scaffold, the mob shrieked with
delight. Casey fought with the fury of
desperation. As the crowd pressed toward
the gallows, he gathered all his remaining
strength, and dashing headforemost from
his assailants jumped into the street, fol-
lowed by hundreds, who at once began fir
ing at him as he ran As he ran he was
met by a patrol wagon full of
policemen who, having heard the tumult
were hurrying to his assistance. Casey
clambered into the wagon and fell upon
the seat exhausted. The wagon was sur
rounded in moment by his pursuers, but
at sight of the policemens revolvers they
quickly scattered. While this was going
on Casey revived sufficiently to point out
among those who were last to turn one of
the crowd who had been particularly of
ficious in bringing the rope. The man was
arrested, and Immediately driven to the
station. He gave his name as Joseph Hess
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO ARMS.
During the evening the following circu-
lar, printed i'll German and with an English
translation appended, was distributed
broadcast in many sections of the city:
Revenge Workingmen to arms Your mas
tiers sent out their bloodhounds the police and
they killed six of your brothers at McCormick's
because they, like you had the courage to dis.
obey the supreme will of your bosses
They killed them because they dared to
ask for shortening the hours of labor
They killed them TO show you, tree American
citizens" that you must be satisfied and CON
tented with whatever your bosses condescend to
allow You, or you will get killed. You have for
years endured the most abject humiliations
you have for years suffered unreasonable
iniquites; you have worked yourself to
death you have endured the pangs of
hunger; your children you have sacrificed
to the factory lords. In short, you have been
miserable and obedient slaves all these years
Why? To satisfy the Unsuitable greed, to fill the
Golfers of your lazy, thieving master When
you ask him now to lessen your burdens he
sends his bloodhounds ont to shoot YOU, kill
you. To arms, We call you TO arms, your
brothers.
GRAND VICTORY ANNOUNCED.
CHICAGO, May 3d.-The following dis
patch was sent tonight to John Swinton,
New York;
We are securing victory after victory for eight
hours day. To-day the packing-houses of the
Union Stock Yards all yielded ana in many in
stances no reduction of wages. This affects
2QooO men, who are wild with joy at the grand
victory they have gained. We hope to see other
cities stand by Chicago
GEORGE A. scHI1LrG,
Chairman of the Eight-hour Committee of the
Chicago Trades Assembly
IRON WORKS STARTED UP.
ST. LOUIS, May 3d-Aner several months
the Vulcan Iron Works at Carondolet as
sumed operations this morning, giving
employment to about 600 men, The bosses
Of the works prepared a schedule of wages,
which will remain in force until January
LIST. This schedule was presented to the
men yesterday afternoon and they unani-
mously resolved to go to work ON the pro-
posed terms, and this morning the furnaces
are in full blast.
THE SITUATION IN ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS May 3d.-The eight hour agi- |
tation still continues in this city, but the
strikers and lockouts are fewer in number
than were generally anticipated Meiders
TO the number of 100 struck to-day. The !
strikers demand eight hours and pay by
the dag instead of the piece. Five hundred !
employees of the Southern Bagging Com
pany demanded fewer hours and more pay |
and are on a strike. Eighty-five wrappers
in the employ of Leggett & Myers, tobacco |
manufacturers, who struck Saturday for
piecework instead ofpay by the day returned !
to their places, their demand having been |
granted Twenty-Five stemmers working !
for the same firm struck, their demand |
similar to that of the wrappers, not having |
been acceded to. A committee of the !
Brewers Union to-day called upon the /
various brewers of the city and demanded |
the adoption of the eight-hour system. |
The brewers requested that no decisive |
action be taken by the members of the |
Union until after meeting of the Brewers /
Association, which will meet on Wednes- |
day next, when they promise to consider !
the demand and formulate their reply as |
soon afterwards as possible. The brewers /
of this city are all well satisfied with their
wages. receiving So more per month than |
those in Milwaukee, and an amicable ad- |
justment will probably be arrived at soon. !
AT PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, May 3d.-Seven hundred
cabinetmakers in forty-six shops went TO /
work this morning on a new time schedule I,
of eight hours per day, and in some cases
an increase OF wages ranging from 10 to 20 I: