The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-14

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spark Of fire a-ched through the air from
the opening of an alley aud over the
speakers wagon. 1t was the burning fuse
of dynamite bomb. 1t was we'll aimed
in its deadly u pission aud fell directly
in tho middle of the street aud b.tween
the two first columns of police. The in
slant it struck the ground it exploded with
terrible, sullen roar, seeming to shake
the earth. Then fearfully wounded and
dying fell on NIL sides, the death-dealing
contents of the bomb reaching almost to
the rear ranks. Twenty-nine mangled Of
fcers were grooming on tho ground. A
Gatling gun could not have cut wider
swath.
A scene of horror followed, the details
Of which may never be known. The of.
6cers were demoralized and for an instant
broke ranks, but almost instantly recovered
their presence Of mind. Before, however,
they had time to realize the destruction
which had been wrought in their ranks
the crowds of Anarchists gath cred in front
and on either side of them and opened
fire with revolvers at almost point blank
range. The first volley of the mob was
quite as fearful in its effect as was tho ex-
plosion of the bomb, but the officers did
not lose their presence of mind. Orders
flew thick and fast from captains aud lieu
tenants, and within the briefest possible
space of time they were charging the
murderous 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 distinguish the blue coats and bright
buttons of the officers through the smoke
from their revolvers. The cracking of
these weapons was incessaut for five min
utes, and only once was anything like a
vollsy fired by either side. This was fred
by the Anarchists when the bomb explo-
ded in the ranks Of the police, thus show
ing that they had been carefully drilling
beforehand to act in concert. When the
officers had emptied their pistols they used
them as clubs, aud 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 yell of rage and fear: 1t
was an indescribable scramble for life.
The list of names of killed or so badly
wounded as to need treatment in hospitals
foots up sixty-three, of whom forty-one
are policemen. Three policemen are dead
four are evidently dying and three Others
are very likely to die. The wounds from
the bombs were frightful Small pieces of
zinc, probably fragments Of the bombs,
have been extracted from the wounds of
the officers. Some Of the officers were
hurt by fragments Of bombs and were shot
besides. Some officers had three or four
gunshot wounds. The Socialists obtained
their guns from saloon used as their head
quarters at the corner of Lake and Des-
PLANES streets, within one block of the
point where the bombs were thrown.
They fired from behind barrels, trucks
and boxes, and from doorways. Parsons,
one of the incendiary speakers Of the
night, has negro wife.
Spies, Fielding and Parsons were found
at s o'clock this morning in consultation
at the office of the Arbeiter Zcitung, and
were arrested and locked up at the central
police station. Fielding was suffering
from gunshot wound in the leg. They
were inclined to be ugly when questioned
as to their identity, but few short SEN
tences from the policemen made them per-
fectly submissive. Spiess brother and a
man named Schwab, an assistant editor of
the Arbeiter Zeit,mg, were found with
August Spies, and were also arrested.
CHICAGO, Noon.-The sheriff has not yet
been called on, but the militia are in their
armories ready to turn out at moments 8
notice. Between three and four hundred
of the police have been armed with Spring
field rifles, and every man on the force is
armed with 44.calibre revolver. Three
thousand men employed in the great car
shops at Pullman laid down their tools and
went out this morning, joining the one
thousand who quit yesterday. There arc
no mon working in town to-day except the
men employed in the truck shops, who dc
not number more than five hundred.
The police are rapidly collecting evil