The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-14

condition lower even than that 81 No
Chinamen. In order % prevent this he
advised the prolctariat 20 he prepared for
All emergencies. The Battery was full ~
militia 70 shoot workingmen down. They
had catling guns and munitions Tor which,
~singularly enough. the people paid. They
would be turned upon them tomorrow.
because whenever the lahorer makes =
praxer or petition "a the capitalist Tor
sou,tv the capitalist appealed 10 the Mill
tarv. The people also paid for the police
who shot them down n the order Ot the
capitali~ts. There was = revolution Or
ranixed by q powerful association ~ a
few against the many. Tn Anarchist
closed his remarks by advising the work
IN. people 70 be prepared for all cmersen-
cies.
lowed In a similar incendiary tone. While
Fielden Was talking a dark cloud rolled
out out 81 The northern horizon. II
swert the zenith, and had the appearance
az q cyclone. The great crowd Of So
cisii SIS. fearing that q tornado was ar
rroaching. began TO seek shelter. The
Anarchist leaders urged the men TO AL
;ouru 10 Zerps' Hall. which j. only about
half 4 block away.
The ominous cloud had now passed
over the crowd. The sasl audience was
now encouraged to remain ny flcldrn.
| who said he would dctain them but 4 few
minutes. As il was getting late and
| threatening rain.
s.The air Is nllcd with fear" he said.
with a shrug OF his shoulders and .
trcmor In his voice. ''rhc capitalists
know Il. Martin Foran. 81 Cleveland. .
man chosen 10 legislate for labor, has de-
clarcd that when capitalists are made -
realize that IL is unsafe for them 10 BE- ia
Z place where labor j. dissatisfied. that
Is iabor's only hope. That day viii sure
~ come."
A. the Anarchist concluded a body ~
men we're seen approaching IN measured
tread. 1t appeared like a phalanx ~
Masons returning from a private as
semblv or drill. The stiffness ~ their
approach was ominous and appalling.
The 5000 Anarchists crept closer ~ the
barrels. Then a hundred stars and .
thousand brass-buttons flashed in
horizontal and perpendicular lines at
the street intersection. They were under
command Of Lieutenant Ward, who
Immediately proceeded To read
the rio act % tie
Anarchists. He had hardly concluded
when some one outside ~ the crowd
threw a bomb In close proximity 70 the
policemen. A terrific explosion followed,
and rs II bv a ~prcconccrted arrangement
the mob closed In on the police Win
knives. pistols and frcarm> 81 all dr~crlp-
tions. The police had no alternative hut
Ia NOW them down. The scene that fol-
lowed can not be described Blood
flowed As freely as water aud men dropped
on every hand.
The latest reports state that three po-
liccmen have since died from their IN
iuries. and probably a dozen 81 the mon.
Patrol and ambulance wagons lave been
Z busy picking up dying and wounded
: men and taking them 10 hospitals AZ
K the present writing. martial law prevails
e IN the vicinity OF the conflict. and i y
worth a mans life ~ appear out ~
doors. ANY one caught on The street =.
commanded 10 throw up hi> hands, and
| an immediate search o. his person \
made 20 see II ne has concealed apou'
4 him any dynamite or explosive.
Atl:3O a. m. IL was impossible q %
tain a list Of the casualties. Officers
Henson. O'Day. Mccarthy and Dea.ar
and A striker, a Bohemian. whose name
could not be learned. are known 70 p
dead. A telephone report from the nos
a pital where the injured are being con
viewed says tina, no rioters rough fher'
n have as VET died. althon.h a number IL
in q prccarious conditi on
SCENES Ar II HOSPITAL.
M CurcAoo, May 5.-Thc result OF las
~ nights terrible encounter between M
N Anarchists and police will not be know
for hours. Policeman Joe Dcc-an an
- an unknown Bohemian are dead Police
e men Shcchan. Barrett, Rcddcn, keiie
N and Miller are mansled and diving. Thu
G. tv-fye other policemen are wounded NOR
On or less severely. and nobody knows hoy
~ MANY citizens and rioters are wounded.
nj Oficer Hensen made his way home
n. ward. alone and unaided. n l. proved Y
ut two cifizeue who saw him pa>~in. N
"a corner ~ Union and Lake streets ~
after the explosion, holding one hand \
rs his leg As he went. He was asked whA
he was wrong. but cried ont ''don't stop me
he I'm shot shot full Of holes"
as The scene in the DcsplaincS street ~
st. tion at one o'clock this morning was 7
affecting one. The wives Of MANY ~ N
he wounded officers, who had been ~un
'cr moncd from their homes. hc>iegra NJ
on doors 81 the assembly room y nc--,
NO ~ he admitted. Their pitiful rcqnr>'
could not be granted SURGEONS v'
il. over the bloody forms. probing NJ
he cuttin. into the terrible wounds mAne \
nd The shell and bullets.
IN Reddcn. ~ the Central detail. wnp'
legs were shattered and who's face "
he DESTROYED, kissed the hand of me PRE-
re WHO WAS administering the last ~acn
IN mcnt 10 him.
,ut Another officer. whose body was CIT n
cs- pierced. begged the attendants 70 MI Y.
Is, tn order that he might be out 81 mrs
Ger Upstairs In the Sleeping rooms twcn
nd. officers lay grooming and crying " ar.
led NJ less than seven priests were AZ Y
On. station prepared 70 administer US Y
,ed rites 10 the wounded officers. They NJ
the Fathers Kinsclla. Hickey and tarmc-'
81. ratrick's, and Fathers Walsh, Na'o'
O'Bymc and Coke.
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