Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-05-07
BLOODY WORK IN CHICAGO.

THE SOCIALISTS 1NoITE RIOT AND THEN
SLAUGHTER THE POLICE WITH BOMBS THE
LEADERS ARRESTED STRIKERS AT MuwAu-
KEE SHOT DOWN BY THE MILITIA
The threatened movement for a general strike on
May OF ell laborers In the country for eight hours
There 10000 working people were idle either on ac-
count of lock-outs or strikes. In Boston some coon
carpenters plumbers and painters went out, and
there were minor strikes and demonstrations in va
rlous cities, but in none except Chicago was the
muytmel universal
The exciting demonstration growing out OF the
Chicago strikes eliminated Monday in riots about the
Mccormick reaper works. Several of the mob were
wounded by the police who were called upon to dis-
perse them. police officer who helped one of the
wounded rioters to his home after the affair at the
Mccormick works, was set upon by some of the
friends Of the wounded man, and when police aid
badly beaten.
This riot was followed on Tuesday evening by
bloody affair when, for the fret time in this country
the socialists used dynamite bombs with deadly ef-
feet. Tuesday afternoon a German paper edited by
Spies, socialist, who melted the riot at McCor-
micks, came out with call for an opep.ar meeting
TO condemn the horrible brutality Of the day be-
fore, aud broadly suggested the use Of firearms aud
dynamite, Evening came and the socialists gather
ed. Spies made incendiAry address and finally the
police determined to dispense the crowd which was
growing rotous In its behavior. The officers ad-
Nanced in column, and at first the socialists fell
back slowly, one of the speakers still urging them to
stand firm. Suddenly three bombs were thrown from
near the stand into the midst Of the squad Of officers
The police retorted instantly with volley from their
reyolvers. The rioters answered with theirs. The
mob appeared crazed with frantic depre for blood,
aud holding its ground, poured voley after vOley in
to the midst Of the officers The latter fought gall
hntly and at last dispersed the mob aud cleared the
market-pace. Immediately after the hrst explosion
the officers who were left standing drew their revolv-
and hred round after round into the mob. Large
numbers of these fell and they dropped were i'm
medately carried to the and into the many dark
alley ways by their friends. Two policemen were
burt SO that they died and five are thought to be IA
tally wounded. II is impossible to know how many
Of the mob killed mi ured and the estimates
range from 20 to co.
On Wednesday Spies aud two other anarchists who
melted Tuesday nights riot, arrested and held
without bail on charges of murder. Explosives and
incendiary documents found in Spies's office.
The mayor of Chicago has issued proclamation for
police are heavily armed with rifles and reyolvers
The anarchists destroyed considerable property
Wednesday and exchanged some shots with the po-
lice, who dispersed them.
strikers in Milwaukee Wednesday morning started
for the Bay View mills the outskirts of the city to
attack the militia who were guarding the mills. Their
refusal to obey order to halt when they had nearly
reached the mills was followed by vOey from the
militia. Two men were killed, four fatally
wounded and others more or less injured taken
away by their friends. The mob then dispersed.
There great excitement in Milwaukee all day
Chicago was comparatively quiet all day Thursday
and the people are regainng confidence. Two OFF,
died during the day, making four deaths among
the policemen injured during Tuesday nights riot.
The report from the county hospital is that three Off
GERS are beyond hope Of recovery. The remainder of
the wounded men will probably recover. One Of the
citizens shot is dying. Meanwhile the police in
creasingy viglan and is believed that they have
their eyes about every retreat of the anarchists in
the city. The man who threw the fatal dynamite
bomb Tuesday night is thought to be in custody.