Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-07

order to fall in" went round among the lieu j
tenants with lightning rapidity. 1t was re-
peated to the men and they jumped into their
places with accuracy and precision, prepared
for march on the Anarchists. There were
five companies in all, commanded by the fol-
lowing lieutenants in the order named: Lieuts.
Bowler, Stanton, Hubbard, Penzen and Beard
Capts. Bonfeld and Ward took position at the
head of the line, which was marched to
point almost one hundred feet north of Ran
dolph street. When the front of the column
reached the speakers wagon Capt. Bonfeld
ordered 'Halt! !" and cried: s'In the name of
the State of Illinois, command this crowd
to dispense" AS the words left his mouth a
sputtering spark of fire arched through the
air from the opening of the alley and over the
speakers wagon. 1t was well aimed in its
deadly mission and fell directly in the middle
of the street and between the two first double
columns of police. The instant it struck
the ground it exploded with terrible
sullen roar, seeming to shake the earth. Men,
fearfully wounded and dying, fell on all
sides, the death dealing contents of the bomb
reaching almost to the rear ranks. Twenty
, nine mangled men were groaning on the
ground. Gatling gun could not have cut
wider swath. A scene of horror followed, the
details of which may never be known. The
officers were demoralized, and for an instant
| broke ranks, but almost instantly recovered
their presence of mind. Before, however,
they had time to realise the destruction which
| had been wrought IN their ranks, crowds OF
Anarchists gathered in front and on either
| side of them, opened fire with revolvers at al
| most point blank range. The first volley of
| the mob was quite as fearful in its effect as
was the explosion of the bombs. But the Off
GERS did not lose their presence of mind. Or
ders flew thick and fast from captains and
! lieutenants and within the briefest possible
I space of time they were charging the murder
GUS assassins on every hand, dealing death
| and destruction to them with their revolvers.
| The Anarchists did not sustain the charge an
instant, but fed as soon as they could dis
| tinguish the blue coats and bright buttons of
the officers through the smoke from their re-
| volvers. The cracking of these weapons was
| incessant for five minutes, and only once was
anything like volley fired by either side.-
| This was fired by the Anarchists, when bomb
| exploded in the ranks of the police, thus
showing that they had been carefully drilling
| beforehand to act in concert. When the Off
GERS emptied their pistols they used them as
clubs, and it is quite probable that numerous
skulls were fractured With the revolver
| shots cracking like the tattoo of mighty
drum and the bullets singing in the air, the
| mob plunged away into the darkness with a
yell of rage and fear.
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been arrested.
The list of names of those killed, Or SO bad
| ly wounded as to need treatment in the hos
pitfalls, foots up sixty three, of whom forty one
are policemen. Three policemen are dead,
four are evidently dying, and three others
are likely to die. The wounds from bombs
were frightful. Small pieces of zinc have
been extracted from the wounds of the off
GERS, caused probably by fragments of The
bombs and were shot besides. Some of the
officers had three or four gunshot wounds
| The Socialists obtained their guns from a sa-
| loon used as their headquarters, at the corner
of Lake and Desplaines streets, within one
block of the point where the bombs were
thrown. They fred from behind barrels
| trucks and boxes and from doorways.
At Milwaukee, Wis, Wednesday morning
the Socialists started two riots. After many
efforts to get peace the milit Try and police
fred on them. Two persons were killed.