The Dickinson press., 1888-08-04

PEELED oil the laborerS Mt the shops and mills
TO cease worl; and join them Then tho cry
was raised, Down with the rich men-the
500 excmpts!' and while ono part of the
mob fell on every we'll dressed man whom
curiosity had drawn to the scene, the othcr
attacked the elegant houses on Lexington
avenle and in that vicinity. First fine
u.arsion at Forty seventh street and Lexing
ton avenue was "gutted" and burned Then
the Bulls Head hotel shared the same fute
by this time the professional thieves and
plunderers We're out and managed to turn the
mob toward Broadway, breaking in and
robbing us they went. For one or two
uocks this continued. The splinterng
rash of broken doors and the jingle of shat
tered plate glass delighted the drunken mis-
oreauts, while above the roar of the MOI,
Quill now and then be heard tho shrli
,'rcans Of frightened women and children
The mob now took a panic and rushed
back least warN to First avenue. And here
,lr Andrews, of Virginia, as he announced
himself, first appeared upon tho scene He
'4aransued the mob in opposition to the var
and the wealthy, the soldiers and the negroes.
and urged systematic organization and ac
ton. But the original cause of the trouble
vas now ignored, and new element had the
from all the dark garrets, out Of all the low
resorts, brothes, "kennes and dives
came the night providers and habitual Grim
mails; and with them as the active spirits the
terrible mass roared up First avenue. Every
well dressed man they met was robbed and
every negro beaten; the saloons and liquor
stores were patronized without price, while
!oors and windows were broken. And so the
nph want on frrpyvjDn till nipht
In the meantime the mysterious "Mr. An
drews' got the lead again and directed the
mob fury against the negroes and The
Tribune Office And soon after occurred
the most atrocious incidents of the
list Every negro in sight was chased,
beaten and sometimes killed. A col
ored boy 10 ye.rs old was beaten to in
eosibility. A negro man was hanged and
lis legs slashed with knives while he was
struggling in the agonies of death. Still an
other was hanged and his clothes set on fire
as he was dying. The thin varuish Of Amer
can civilization was quickly scraped OFT
and the innate wolf or hyena showed in look
aud act. Just before night occurred the at
tack on the colored orphan asylum, spa
cious and beautiful building at the corner Of
Fifth avenue and Forty sixth street, in which
some 2C0 colored orphans were cared for Ly
an association Of ladies. Giving the inmates
barely time to escape, the rioters destroyed
or carried off all the furniture injurilg
several of their Owl party in their haste. a
little girl vas killed by q heavy chair,
thrown from an upper window The build
ing was then fired and burned
by sort of unanimous instinct the rioters
then began to move down toward The rrb
inc Office, pausing on tie way to destroy an.
other enrolling office at Broadway and Twen-
tyninth street, and plunder all the jewelry
and drygoods stores near it. About dark
the advance OF the mob reached The Tribune
oiiico forced an entrance, made heap Of
papers on the counting room floor aud set
them on fire, but brave police captain led
In his squad and drove out the rioters, laying
many OF their carcasses stiff on the pave
ment Horace Greeley straightway put his
Office on war footing. The tanks were kept
full Of boiling water with the hose and pipes
arranged to turn it on an attacking mob.
the employees we're well armed, aud supply
OF hand grenades W'as secured of Commander
Paulding, of the navy yard. The lnoD caIne
on subsequent days, but could not bring their
courage to the attacking point. The general
course of plunder and robbery continued on
Monday evening till near midnight, then
heavy rain dispersed the criminals.
Tuesday morning broughta shower of pro
amations-one from Mayor George Opdyke
commanding all good citizens to enroll as
special policemen and designating the ren
devious; another by Maj Cen John E
Wool, asking all old soldiers to enlist for or
der. still another from Gen. Sandford. direct
ing the militia, and various orders and
announcements. But the citizens did not
rally, all the militia were absent but one
rprimerlt there yyere h,,t fe,y IIpited StoteS
troops on Governors Island, and so. except
the police could oppose, the rioters went
n:!checked for another day And the action
pt the police was worthy of all praise Again
and again did small squads of them meet and
IT wounded on the street. but while this was
going on there would be burning. murder
and piundering in dozen other places
Besides the usual cutrages and murders of
colored people the great event of this day