Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-12
FIRED UPON STRIKERS
Fifteen Hundred Street Employees
Grow Violent at Duluth.
They Attack a Few Policemen With
Stones and Clubs.
The Police Fire Killing Two Strikers
and WOunding Several.

DULUTH July 6.-The laboring mems
strike, which has been in progress for
several days, eliminated this afternoon
in bloody var between the strikers and
| policemen. Thirty determined police
| men were pitted against 5000 desperate
strikers, armed with pistols, stones and
clubs. L our thousand men were en-
ployed or street and sewer improvement
at 81 50 per day until last Tues
day, WI en- 1900 men struck for
an advance of 25 cents per day. The
| contractors refused to acceed to the de-
manJ. The strikers had many recruits
each day and the mob finally increased
to nearly three thousand. There has
been ugly romors, determined by the at
tltude of the strikers all day, and pre-
parations have been made by the police
department for an emergency. All day
long men have been at work at the 5th
street contract, but about O'Clock the
strikers compelled them to desist. At
3 O'Clock the crowd of strikers reached
3rd street and 10th Avenue west, where
the shade of the trees and the known de-
termination of the police at Garfield Ave.
decided them to halt. About 4:30 O'Clock
the mob headed by a number of not
headei men rallied and started back for
the sewer trench. They were infuriated
by the presence OF the police and their
control of the situation. Half an hour
later they made rush for the police.
The police drew clubs and revolvers.
Seeing there was no use to bother with
clubs they fired into the angry mob.
They fired volley and one striker lay
dead, while seven more were wounded,
some most seriously. One policeman was
shot in return through the jaw. Three
men are dead and twelve or fifteen
wounded. The strikers started from 10th
avenue, while another body came
down from Ord street by 18th
avenue and made a mad rush with
clubs and rocks. The pCl1ce
stood their ground. Who did the first
firing is not known. AS the strikers
made rush single shot was fred, then
crack, crack, went the rifles of the police
followed by a fusilade from the strikers
revolvers. After the first fire came an
awful hush as though the combatants
were appalled, at the awful result of their
work. On the walk in front lay man
shot through the head Several more
were bleeding from CHASTITY wounds. The
strikers then stationed themselves
around the buildings in different
pdIlS VI buS DiOCh UtbWtbu udr-
field and 18th avenue poured
iu steady fire on the police, who were
stationed near the sewer ditch. From
O'Clock until horrible work went on and
the BATTLE did not with hold its fury long
enough for the wounded to leave the field.
1t was after O'Clock when the last shot
was fired, and terrible indeed has been
the result. Over 35 are known to be
NJ dAH fat oil lu txu.,
killed.
At 4:35, Co. K, of the state militia ar
rived and with bayonets drove the
crowds from Michigan street. The
mayor then make a speech ordering the
crowd to disPerse. The police and mil
itia then drove the crowds from all the
streets. At O'Clock the strikers had dis
persed. Following is list of dead and
wounded:
One striker shot through the heart.
Tom Fitzsimmons shot through back,
died tonight.
Alfred Anderson, striker, shot in chest,
will probably die.
George PelIitier, street car driver, shot
in head.
groin with bayonet.
York Castlgan, striker, dangerously
shot in shoulder.
Hoken Beson, striker, shot n upper
leg, may die.
OF the police force the following are
wounded:
Captain Thomas Mclaughlin, shot in
the hip.
Sergt. Clemens, in hand.
Officer O'Donneli, in the abdo-
men.
Smollet, foot.
Aarrigen, thigh.
Hayden, arm.
Donovan, face and hip.
WalkOvlah, face and thigh.
klgore, shoulder.