Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-05-06
RIOT AT CHICAGO.
Six Thousand Mon Attack tho
Workmon at the Mccormick
Reaper Works.
several Persons Are shot la tn. s.h...
anent Encounter with tn. Police.

CHICAGO, May 3.--After listening Co an
,hnammatory harangue ON the prairie AZ
hoo"y street large crowd began To throw
s'onss NJ the surrounding buildings. Then,
a. II moved by one spirit, the six thousand
men started toward Mccormick reaper
works, half mile west. IL was about 10
Uviook when the crowd arrived there.
Nith yelis aud fierce imprccations tho now
,r"htlc mon attacked tho building with
ooN uners and stones that lined the ra ilroad
u"ch thht extends past the works Reaching
'he McO O"rmick gates the bowling mob mot
'ne workmen coming from their benche.
carrying their lunch pals Immediately
'hey began an attack ON the Mccormick
ehll pNes applying vile epithets and ston.
lhs them without mercy There we're oniv
vMo poh.cmch ON the scene. several rs.
NoiNcr shots were fired but 80 far :. n.
known no one was shot MANY W-erc s,,,,cL
WIN stones. The Mccormick crowd then
Iclieated within the gates, but one of their
n.h'pcI, VINO was 80 unfortunate as To be
@ett @ pehlnd Toll into the hands OF the as
asallants "a aud was nearly beaten 10 death
Ihs attacking party now entered the gates
shu peited the windows and walls of the
lsV'"iN, whittier the employees had retreat.
W, - niue later some OF the imprisoned
Morkmcn attempted 20 escape bv the rear
hut were met and baffiod In tho at
Tempt They were compelled To GO within
the works again for safety. Superintend.
tht ANerili OF the Mccormick Works im-
,nodi1'ely teiephoned for the police. A
Patroi wagon full OF officers responded
from the HinmRn street station On ar
fiNlng at the scene of the riot the polIro
charged upon the strikers, using their clubs
nlu hIlhg Few shots i'm the air The
crown scattered, hut soon reorganiycd i,,
iorce aud moved once more toward Nc
SoImick =. The police telcphoned TO
Lieutenant Crook. OF the West Thirteenth
street District He soon appeared ON the
scene with "A wagon lond az officers In
ineuln,elN after the arrival OF the wagon
the MOB again attacked the factory. biirl-
ing stones and sticks, shouting and carry
ing on IN the widest manner possible An.
ptncI 1etnchment OF police came up almost
I,HilVhihtcly ana opened "a brisk lire with
.noI ivNolVers, apparently shooting high
"hd without noticeable effect The mob
seeing That none of their number were in
luicd' simply 1eered at the officers. hut
Napthln " Donnol and squad Of twenty
SIX men from Twelfth street appearing
on the scene gave promise OF more SORT
Gus bus ness. Firing then began from
the mobs side. Another detail of six
Teen ohcers at this time came down
Blue Island avenue at "A double oulck and
the police then numbering over ATTY
began hiring ia earnest, and the mob began
10 scatteF. They ran in all directions for
Two or three blocks, and then turned aud
,hrcntlngiy, regarded the situation.
Al O'Clock the police formed a hollow
square, inside OF which they escorted tho
Mccormick men up beyond Twentysec-
ond street, without trouble, except from
an occasional stone, hurled from safe hid
ing.piaccs. -Four men were found wounded
with bullets Two OF them were taken
away iu wagon, one shot through the hin
aud one through the leg IL Il expected
that several more wounded will be found
tonight There were many badly dam
aged heads officer Casey. taking n
wounded man 10 his home, was seized bv
the mob and narrowly escaped being hung
10 lamp-post