Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-06

While the firing was hottest the Twelfth
street patrol wagon, laden with dozen men,
| ratified down the street. The officers ran TO
the rescue OF their comrades, who In many in
stances were In a hand to hand combat. Re :.
nforced by the Twelfth street contingent the
handful of men from Human street raced up
the grade to the road. Here they formed in
line twelve abreast, under desultory fire
from windows, roofs aud sheds, and charged
east on the street car tracks. The rioters at
first made a sullen resistance. They faced
the approaching officers, and the slender, gilt
terlng line of the revolver barrels, held on a
level with their heads, as though 1t was all
play. But when the hurrying officers curled
the index finger of their right hands, and a
streak Of fire as long as a telegraph pole, fash
ed through the air, there was an exciting
hegira aud general go asyou-please race for
cover. During the charge, Officers Pat Kelley
and Kaiser were badly hurt The former was
hit in the head with brick, and the right
hand of Kaiser was crushed by stone. The
patrol wagons of Lake, Twenty second, Har-
rison and Desplaines streets stations followed
each other in quick succession,
Although the rioters had been driven from
the Mccormick works they stu lined Blue
Island avenue from Roby street To Western
avenue As the patrol wagons dashed through
the lines they were made targets for all kinds
OF missiles. The officers were compelled TO
duck their heals to escape injury. When the
last patrol wagon had emptied It's load at the
factory Captain O'Donnell ordered the streets
| cleared. The two hundred officers we're again
drawn up in line and commenced TO make
charge. In the midst of an annoying fire the
men left the yards and plunged right and left.
Royolvers cracked continuously, and OCCASION
ally the loud report of blunderbuss or ancient
shot gun loaded with slugs split the air.
Four strikers dropped during this charge, two
being shot through the groin. They
were picked up and borne away
before the police could overtake
them. One of the victims was n boy. lie was
shot while in the act of throwing stone.
Five men caught him as he fell and bore him
to the car barns where he called for a drink
of water. 1t was given him and then he moan
ed ptcously aud begged to be taken home.
An express Wagon was secured aud the dying
boy placed in it, His comrades would not
give his name. Joseph Doehyk was the 9TH
er striker who was shot in the groin. He was
placed in a patrol wagon and taken to his
home. Officer Casey went into the house To
learn the nature of the mans wounds ana
while he was there between 800 and 400 excit-
ell men aud women surrounded the house de-
handing the officers blood. The men in the
patrol wagon grew nervous and drove the We
hicle nearer the sidewalk When Officer Casey
emerged from the house the crowd surrounded
him and cried, Lynch himl Quarter him y,
Casey ran down the steps of the house and
hurried towara the wagon. One man attempt
ed to throw moose around his-neck and for
ty others discharged revolvers after him. The
bullets whistled all about him and one cut the
skirt of his coat just as the mob was about
to attack the officers in the wagon a second
| patrol wagon came to the rescue joseph Hess
| the man who tried to cast the lasso over Cas-
| ey's head was captured and taken'to the sta
| ton house.
After the streets IN the vicinity of the Me-
Cormick works had been cleared the object
lonable "scabs" employed there were marched
| out into Blue Island avenue and told they
would be escorted 10 their homes by the pol
ice. They were pale and their knees knocked
| together as they walked. One hundred officers
were placed on either side of tic 'scabs," and
in this position they marched toward the city,
AS they passed the nigh board fence near the
entrance to the Mccormick yards, an old man
with gun nearly six feet long, crept to one
corner of the barrier and dropped upon his
knees He then took deliberate aim at one OF
the officers and fired. The charge went wide
OF its mark and tore hole as large as mans
hand in board standing near the street. Tb"
aged anarchist then lunk out OF sight.