The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-03
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Tho PrOtestnnts aud Catholics Come To.
getller With Disastrous Results.
BRLFAsT, August 2.-Ths riotous spirit
which has been at high pressure in Bel
iaOt for many weeks again manifested itself
on Saturday night. A band OF music
marched through the streets about 7
o'clock on tls way to meet several hun.
dred children belonging to the Protestant
Sunday schools, who were returning from
an excursion. The band was followed by
large crowd, which greeted an assem-
blage OF Catholics, who were waiting on
Oarrick Hill to see the procession, with
series OF groans mingled with taunts and
eers. The Catholics replied to this
obnoxious salutation with shower OF
stones, and the mob accompanying
The band retaliated In kind.
Wild iumors quickly spread and
big mob OF 0rangemen collected
In q aurprlslpgly brief space Of time. The
police were soon upon the ground and en-
ieayored to disperse the crowd. but the
number OF 0rangemen rapidly increased
and forced the Catholics from the hill.
They then turned their attention TO a big
tavern kept by a Catholic named McKen.
na, which they completely gutted, leaving
dot pane Of glass unbroken nor an ar
lCle OF furniture intact. The police made
frequent charges upon the rioters, but
were in every case rspulsed by showers OF
stones, and many OF them were severely
hurt, Leaving McKenna's Hotel wreck,
the rioters attacked q number Of houses
believed to- be inhabited by Catholics,
batterlng down doors, smashing win
iows, and tearing up fences and
lhtubbery. The police again charged
the crowd, but the mob tore UP the
pavsments and hurled voley after volley
Of stones thus obtained Rt the officers,
driving them from the scene. The police
rallied, and were ordered to Gre into the
mob, which they did with guns loaded
with buckshot. The rioters then fell back
suddenly, disclosing the fact that many
Of them had been bit and some seriously
wounded. The police followed up their
advantage, although they did not fire
again, and drove the rioters from the
ground, compelling them gradually to dis
pe'se. A boy named Knox, who was
going on an errand, was shot dead, bat
none OF the rioters were killed. Quiet
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the rioters made their reappeArRnce on
tho streets at an early hour to-day, con.
sregating about the corners and their
numbera gradually increasing. They
finally became so formidable that the po.
lice ordered them away, when they again
attacked the officers with stones. The po.
lice poured volley Of buckshot into the
crowd, wounding q large number OF them,
but this only had the effect 10 enrage
che mob, and they threw themselves upon
the police with desperate fury. While q
hand.to.hRnd fight was going on between
the police and portion OF the mob, an
other, q larger department Of the rioterp,
devoted themselves to wrecki1g buildings
occupied by Catholics. In this occupation,
as well as that ot waRing battle with the
police, the mob was suddenly and elIectu.
ally interrupted by the arrival Of the mill.
tafy, whose appearance on the scene was
the signal for general stampede. The
military pursued the crowd, and with the
assistance Of the police, arrested forty-eix
Of the rioters, who were put In jail. The
police fought with terrific bravery and at
fearful oddp, scarcely one engaged In the
lght escaping injury. Many OF them were
badly cut with knives and pieces OF glass
in the hands OF the rioters, and some OF
thcm were almost entirely stripped Of
their clothing.
No further attempts OF rioting were
made during the night, and the city to-day
10 quiet. Two Of the men injured during
the disturbances Of Saturday and Sunday
are In critical condition. The police and
military are In foil control, and allow no
crowds 10 assemble, 'f.