The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05

CHICAGO, MAY O.--klz.zQ d. HJ-1HoRcotVf
Bonfeld has just been seen at the Desplaines
street station, and says concerning tonights
trouble in the old Haymarket, that after Parsons
had concluded his speech, Sam Fielding another
notorious Socialist, mounted a wagon and began
to address the crowd, and his address WAS of the
most inHammatory description. He called on the
men to arm themselves and assert their rights
He finally became so violent that word was sent
to the station, which was only block distant
and Inspector Bonfeld at the head Of 125 men,
marched to the place where the meeting was in
progress. Bonfield called on the crowd to dis
perse, and Fielding shouted to them from the wagon
'sTo arms" The officer once more called on them
todisperse, when suddenly from behind the wagon
which was not Is feet from the front rank of the
police, bombs were thrown in between the second
and third ranks of the men, with the effect as al
ready stated.
The second firing, which was heard about an
hour ago, proved to be nothing of consequence
and no one was hurt.
On the table in the station house where the
wounded policemen, are one poor fellow lies
stretched with terrible bullet wounds in his
breast A few feet distant man with tattered
clothes and mortal wound in his side is lying in
sensible on a cot The following named
Socialists, all of whom are wounded, have Ibeen
placed unuer arrest:
Joe Kucher, Emil Lotze,
John Ueland, Peter Lay,
John Frazer, August Iakea,
John Lachmann, Robert Schultz,
FraZ Wroch, b. Leplant,
Charles Schumacher.
CHICAGO, May Aye witnesses of the strug
giles between the police and socialists yesterday
place the number of the latter who were wounded
as being as high as IL. 1t is not thought that
any were killed outright, but the rapidity with
which the wounded were carried away by their
friends and the secrecy maintained in regard to
any connection with the affair makes its difficult
to obtain reliable information. Joe Vaseck Is
probably mortally wounded and may not survive
through the night. During the evening the fol
lowing circular printed in Germain and with an
English translation appended was distributed
broadcast in many sections:
Revenge! Workingmen to arms! Your mas
ters have sent out their bloOdhounds, the police,
who KILLED six of your brothers at Mccormick Is
this afternoon They killed the poor wretchcs
because they, like you, had courage to disobey
the supreme will Of your bosses. They killed
them becanse they dared ask for shortening OF
the hours of toll They killed them to show you
'sfree American citizens" that you must be salts
descend to allow you or you will get killed. You
have for years endured the most abject humia-
tions. You have for years suffered immeaSurable
miseres. You have worked yourself to death
You have endured every pang OF want and hung
er. Your children you have sacriHced to factory
lords In short you have been miserable and
obedient slaves all these years. Why? To salts
fly the Unsuitable greed to fill their Golfers Of your
lazy, thieving masters. When you ask them now
to lessen your burden he sends his bloodhOunds
out to shoot and kill you Ii you are men, if you
are the sons of your grandsires who have shed
their blood to free you, then rise in your might
and destroy the hdeous monsterthat Seeks to des-
troy you. To arms We call you! To arms''
(Signed) YOUR BROTHERS.
Toward noon a crowd of anarchists and their
friends assembled at the corner of 18th and Nor
gan streets for the purpose of holding meeting.
1t was also said they intended to renew the at
tack on the Mccormick reaper works and the po-
lice who had been notified of the affair kept a
close watch upon the proceeding. Hostilitiss
cannot be learned A number of detectives in cit
izens clothes mixed with the crowd which at this
hour numbered nearly one thousand persons.
Detective Mike Granger of the Central station at
tempted to arrest one of the disorderly men but
was Immediately set upon and before he could es-
cape he was struck in the forehead by brick and
very badly injured Then revolvers were drawn
and an indiscriminate shooting began, during
which officer John Strong was shot in the hand.
A number of the rioters were also injured. The
police charged the crowd and made seven arrests
capturing the man who threw the brick at Graz
| ger. Police reinforcements soon arrived and the
mob was scattered,
CHICAGO, May Am armed and uniformed
sentry passed up and down in front OF the First
Regiment armOry all last night were inside the
building a special detail of men and on guard to
Illustrate any attempt at Sacking the armory of
its store of arms and ammunition
CHICAGO, May 4-Haying been driven from
the prairie this fornoon, the ideTs and strikers
melted by their leaders proceeded southeast pres,
strong They directed theirmarch toward large
glue factory near the crossing OF the river at 36th
Street, with the intention OF closing down the