Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-06
q RIOT In CHICAGO
THE AWFUL WORK OF THE aNAR.
CHlSTS.
CowardIy Deeds Equalling the Com.
mune-Twenty-Nine officers shot
Three AssassIns In Jail.


Deeds EquaIIing the Com
mune-rwenty-Nine q Ofiieers shot
Three Assassins In Jail.
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CHICAGO, May 5.--The occurrences
OF Monday and last night are ascribed
In the public mind to the teachings and
recent utterances principally OF three
men--AuRust Spies, the editor of the
Anarchist organ, the Arbeiter Zsitung;
A. X. Parsons, an Anarchist leader who
boldly parades q negro wife, and Sam uel
Fielding, an English Anarchist, all of
whom Addressed their adherents last
night In inoendiary speeches. While
these speeches were being made Captain
bonheld and Captain Ward, with nearly
ZoO policemen. were waiting In the Des-
PLANES street. station for the Anarchists
10 disperse or TO atte mpt some act Of
lawlessness. When the fiicers who had
been sent to minele with the throng 70
turned and reported the temper of the
Anarchists the Captains concluded that
prompt measures only would avert
another serious riot. The order 10 s'fallI
in" was given to the men, and they
jumped into their plaoss with alaeriJy.
There we're Rve com panies In all,
commanded by Lieutenants Bowler,
Stanton, Hubbard, Penzen and Beard
Captains Bonfield and Ward took a
position at Tho head Of the lire, which
was marched to a point almost ICO feet
north OF Randolph street When the
nom column reached the speakers
wagon Captain Bonfeld ordered
halt, and cried: "In the name of the
State OF Illinois | com nand this crowd
10 disperse" AS tho words left his
mouth a splutttriDR spark of FIRE
arched through the air from the open
Ing OF the alley aud over the spsAkers'
wagon. IL was the burning fuse of a
dynamite bomb. IL fell directly in the
middle OF the street and between the
two first double columns of police, and
exploited Men, tearfully wounded and
dying, fell on all sides, the death
dealing contents of the bomb reaching
almost TO the rear rank. Twenty nine
mangled oficsrs were groaning on the
ground. A GatliDg gun could not have
cut wider swsth.
Tue officers we're demoralized and for
an instant broke ranks, but a most I'm.
mediatelY recovered their presence Of
mind. Before, however, they had tim o
TO realize the destruction which had
been wrought In their ranks, the crowd
OF Anarchists gathered in front aud on
either side OF them opened fire with re-
yolvers almost point blank range. This
Volley OF The mob was quite as appalling
IN its ehects as was the explosion of the
bomb, bat the Officers quickly rallied
ana opened fife with their Ievolvers
upon the rioters, who Il I'd a, aliucst the
first onslaught Of the officers. The
cracking OF Tevolvers was iDcesaaut for
hve minutes, but only once was any,
thing like volley fred by either side
This was by the Anarchists when the
BONN exploded In the ranks of the DO
lice, thus showing that they had been
drilled beforehand TO act in concert
When the officers had emptied their
pistols they used them as clubs, and IL
is quite probable that numerous skulls
were fractured. The mob plnnged
away into the darkness with a yell Of
rage and fear. Ii was an indescrible
scram BILE for life, Scores of men were
knocked down by those bahiud them
and trampled upon Ike cattle in y car
unable to rise.
After tae Anarchists had been dis
persed the police SET 70 work TO look
after theiI wounded and dying COM
panions Two of them were found
where The bomb exploded, both 80 des.
peraiely wounded rs TO be past hope of
recovery. About thirty others were
found lying on the pavement in the vi
cinity suffering from pistol shot wounds.
Numbers OF the mob, too, lay around
wounded. hut the officers paid no atten.
ton TO them at first, only thinking of
their fallen Comrades. They picked
them up, and bore those who could not
walk or move to the estation, and assist
ed all with slight wounds TO walk to
their homes. The drug stores and
saloons about the neiRhhorhood were
soon filled with wounded men, but it
was Impossible to get any idea of the
number, and very few Of the wounded
Anarchists would give their names.
Lieutenant Stanton, OF the West Lake
street station, who was taken to the
County Hospital, said:
II have four wounds-one In the leg,
two In the Arm and one In the breast.
The hrst three were made by the bomb
and the last by a bullet fired by some
one In the crowd. | had eighteen men
in my detail. The bomb fell a few
inches from my feet, aud think came
from building. The fuse was lighted.
As had seen service in the navy /
Understood what IL meant and told my
men TO look out. 1t Immediately ex-
ploded. l think the bomb was filled
with scrap iron or balets"
The casualtieg OF the two days in
Chicago, as near as can te s6certaiued,
foot up killed anu s3 wounded, and
several of the officers and rlotere
wounded cannot survive.
ANOTHER OFFICER SHOT.
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