Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-20

ty-ninth street, and plumber all the jewelry
and drygoods stores near it. About dark
the advance of the mob reached The Tribune
office, forced an entrance, made a heap Of
papers on the counting room floor and set
them on fire, but n brave police captain led
in his squad and drove out the rioters, laying
many of their carcasses stiff on the pave
ment Horace Greeley straightwny put his
office on a war footing. The taaks were kept
full of boiling water, with the hose and pipes
arranged to Turn it on an attacking mob;
the employees sore well armed and Upply
of hand grenades was secured of Commander
Paulding, of the navy yard. The mob came
ON subsequent days. but could not bring their
courage to the attacking point. The general
course OF plumber and robbery continued on
Monday evening till near midnight, then
heavy rain dispersed the criminals.
Tuesday morning brought shower of pro
camations-one from Mayor George Opdyke,
commanding all good citizens to enroll as
special policemen and designating the rem
dezvous another by Maj. Gen. John E.
Wool, asking all old soldiers to enlist for or
der; still another from Gen. Sanford, direct
ing the militia, and various orders and
announcements. But the citizens did not
rally, all the militia were absent but one
regiment, there were but few United States
troops on Governors Island, and so, except
as the police could oppose, the rioters went
unchecked for another day. And the action
of the police was worthy of all praise Again
and again did small squads of them meet and
defeat masses of rioters, laying dozens dead
or wounded on the street, but while this was
going on there would be burning, murder
and pluudering in dozen other places.
Besides the usual outrages and murders of
colored people the great event of this day
TUESDAY, the ltth was the inhuman murder
Of ',1 l,,ip, Of hn NnNy
York state troops. After serving against
the mob he rashly returned to his house
alone, in the disturbed district. En-
countering there small but not very
turbulent mob, he upbraded them in the
most pronounced manner, They moved to
wards him, he drew his revolver and fired
hitting n woman in the knee. She fell and
his fate was sealed. Every one in the crowd
was frantic to strike or kick him. He lay
for hours on the pavement, after they had
dragged him into the gutter snd rolled him
in the mud and every time he moved enough
to show that life was in him he was again
stamped or beaten. In vain did Father
Clowrey beg for leave to take the colonel
home and bcstow the last rites for the dying.
You have killed him; let me give him the
rites" said the priest.
"You can give the rites here, if you like"
replied the mob; You can't take him away"
SO the priest knelt in the muddy street and
administered the extreme unction. He re-
NAMED by the colonel till dark, when death
occurred.
tuesday night an awful calm prevailed,
but the glow of burning buildings showed
wLore the rioters had done their latest work.
Wednesday morning showed that the forces
of law and order were organized, and the
desperate closing struggle began. 1t is I'M
necessary to detail the proclamationS, orders
and movements, except to say that from
Governors Island, the Brooklyn barracks
1. -. 1 1 1
corps and one regiment of militia, which was
stopped just as it WAS ready to take the cars
for Pennsylvania, enough soldiers were
gathered to guard all the arsenals and public
buildings and leave "A few hundred to back
the police in clubbing the rioters. And the
clubbing was done to the queens taste" In
one brief combat thirty rioters were killed
or mortauy wounded. In another a howtzer
was fired into a mob killing twenty two
And still the mob held on, and seemed to
grow more tendish-
Some very curious incidents occurred, il
Illustrating the hatred of soldiers and negroes.
Many houses were broken open on suspicion
that wounded soldiers were concealed in
them; and in one instance esnvalescent
colonel, wounded at Charlottesville was
saved only by getting upon the top Of the
house and lying behind a chimney while the
rioters searched the rooms below. a soldier
who ventured out to see If the coast was clear
was captured at the nearest corner and
beaten to death. The stories of personal ad
venture during the riot would fill large
volume. At one time the Sixteenth Ward
school house was regularly besieged because
it contained two colored women, the scrub
bers. The plucky teachers barred the doors
and baflled the mob till the police arrived
The rioters in mere blind fury tore up the
railroad tracks in the north end of town and
sought to destroy the stone bridge over the
Harlem. Mayor Opdykes house was sacked.
Horace Greeley's old boarding house on
Twenty street was destroyed. But
rather strangest of all was q riot within n
riot, in this wise: A Mrs Miller, of No lO7
Rivington street had harbored German
girl, for immoral purposes, as supposed, and
the case against her had failed in tho courts
the girls father and his friends, concluding
that the reign Of law was suspended, organ
lied a little mob of their own and DESTROYED
the house
Thursday morning dawned on city in
which general business was completely sus-
pended. The worst was over, but on that
day and until midnight there were local dis
turbances attended with fearful slaughter of
the rioters. Thirty were shot and bayonet-
ted in one encounter Three militia regi-
ments arrived from Pennsy lvania that day,
and soon cleared most of the streets. Friday
morning all the street cars and onnibuSeS
were running again, and the riot was Off
cially declared at an end Then the arrests
began, and behold, the great anti-war, anti
negro agitator, John u. Andrews, was cap
tured i'll room with his colored mistress
lie was native of Virginia, about 81 years
Old ana during his stay in New York had
| lived habitually with colored women acting
as their legal adviser and procuring bail
| when they were arrested Not one in ten OF
the arrested were native Americans.