The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-12
.DULUTH'S GREAT RIOT
Strikers and Police Engage I'm
a Terribly Deadly
Fusilade.
Two Persons Killed and Many Others
Wounded, Some of Them
Fatally.
A Supply OF Needle Guns, RevOlvers
aud Ammunition Sent From.
st. Paul.

DULUTH, Mimi, July GA riot such
as has hardly parallel in the Northwest
occurred here last Saturday afternoon.
Last Tuesday 1870 street laborers went
on a strike for $1.7o q day, and ever
since they have been spelling for the
police, because the latter has hindered
them from stopping other more favored
laborers. Friday there was brush be-
tween the strikers and the police, but no
harm was done. Saturday two were
killed outright and three more injured
fatally, while fully fifteen others were
quite seriously injured. The police were
expecting further trouble and squad
numbering twenty-three were patrolling
the streets.
THE FIRST ASSAULT
Occurred at about half past o'clock,
when the strikers began throwing stones
at the officers. The officers. who had
formed in two squad in front of the
Peterson and knights of Labor blocks,
commenced firing with revolvers right
and left. This volley was returned by a
fusilade of shots from the strikers. Shots
continued to be exchanged for fully
thirty minutes, showing that the
STRIKERS WERE WELL ARMED.
The police stood their ground, but their
opponents were scattered and fired
from all directions. A band of nearly 100
were fortified behind the breastworks OF
dirt which had been thrown up from the
sewer, and at every opportunity they
would jump up and fire at the police,
who made a good target and at very
short range. The police kept up a con.
slant fire toward the strikers who were
on Superior street, and with deadly
effect. One man, named George Peter
son, who was standing near the police
on Michigan street, was endeavoring to
make short work of officer Hayden,
when blow from the latter's club
SAVED ITS OWNERS LIFE
and laid low the striker. Many
who were nothing more than spec
tators received serious injuries. A boy
of eighteen, named Tom Fitzsimmons,
was shot in the abdomen. He was
picked up by another spectator, and in
another moment the latter had a finger
shot off. Ed johnson, who came here
from Michigan just six days ago, had
run forward from Superior street to
throw stones at the police. He turned
and when nearly block away was shot
through the brain by a bullet from a
rifle in officer Benson's hands. Houses
for two blocks were simply riddled with
stances having a half-dozen holes. The
off xx,l,f inf
Company X. state militia, which did
good work in clearing the streets.
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The dead are:
George Peterson, fatally dubbed by
police.
Ed Johnson, shot through the brain
from the rear by an officer with a rifle.
The injured are:
Tom Fitzsimmons, shot in the small
of the back.
Mat Mack, fatally; bullet through
right thigh bone and left groin.
Louis Nelson, bullet wound in the
right lower leg.
Severine Nelson, bullet under the scalp,
taking circular course around frontal
bone for six inches.
Mike Olson, bullet wounds, quite
ocIloue, III tHiSH, WTlSC ana scalp.
George Costin, selious bullet wound in
the right shoulder; just arrived from
Dakota two hours before the riot.
John Shay, one finger shot off.
Edward Cummings, bayonet wound
in groin; not fatal.
Officer Wolkoviak, bullet wound i'm
the hip.
Officer Donovan. serious wound in the
hip.
Captain Mclaughlin, wound in the
hip.
Sergeant Clements. slight wound on
the hand.
Officer Kilgore, bullet through the
shoulder: quite serious.
George Costin, street car driver. bull
let through the scalp; will recover.
No further trouble has occurred since
Saturday, but the air is full of rumors,
one being to the effect that the strikers
were preparing to blow up buildings
with dynamite. It was said to be stored
near the street car barns, but careful
search failed to discover any trace of
the explosive.