Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-12

and the wounding OF score OF others.
The dead man is Francsisoa Il. j ankovszky,
. Pole. The injured are: Owen Lavender
aged 2S, stabbed about Ia times about
head, shoulders and body; James
Hawkins, two long gashts on the head
about four and two inches long respect
lively; James Jordan, head out with q
club; Thomas Rogers, cut on head with
some blunt instrument; John Wsllipg,
cnt on head; Andres Kosois, Hungarian,
breast riddled with shot; Alice Stopker,
hit in face and neck with few stray
shot. Numerous other HungsriRns were
struck with shot or bruised and beaten
about the face and body, but their names
oould not be asoertained.
The dead man was the Innocent victim
of the drunken fury OF others, az the in
dioations go to prove That he was not i'm
piicated in the distur Dances which led up
to the riot and consequent bloodshed and
murder.
Dobbinsyille, the scene of the trouble,
Is situated about half mile below the
neart Of New Castle, near the river shore,
And Is inhabited almost solely by the
employees of the Delaware Iron Com.
pRny's works, otherwise known as Tas-
ker's works. The village is divided into
three streets called upper, lower and
middle alleys and it was in the last.
named that the trouble occurred. ALI
but one or two OF the houses In the
middle row are occupied by the for
eigners. comprising Poles and Hungar-
ians. The latter first made their ap.
pesrsnoe there about two years ago when
handful Of them began to work at the
mills. Gradually their numbers in
CREASED until the colony numbered about
115 souls, Of whom over half were
Poles. There were few women among
them. The foreigners designated all
the other residents as "Amerioans.
The latter could tolerate the Poles
who eeemed stage above their
other foreign companions, but ever since
their arrival the Hungarians have been
the marks for constant abuse, annoyance
and imposition. They are q dirty, un.
kempt crowd, whose morals are in keep
ing with their physical appearance They
lived apart from all their neighbors, and
working hard and long all week, they
INDUCED their beStial appetites to tho
fullest extent on Saturdays and Sundays.
They usually came to Wilmington, where
they procured three or four kegs Of beer
and several gallons OF whisky, which was
the inspiration for their weekly orgies
until the last drop had disappeared.
They were noisy, boisterous and quarrel
some among themselves when in this con-
dition, but beyond that they never an
noyed their american" neighbors, as
the latter insisted on DIGGING and i'm
posing on them.
II was this very lack of resentment on
the part the foreigners that induced the
has al rf No la IN ~
fest its hatred of them by frequently at
lacking and beating stray HUNGARIAN
whenever favorable opportunity offered
The blavs seldom appeared on the street
but what they were the subjects OF abuse
and annoyance. Leading residents of
New Castle affirm that the foreigners
were ordinarily peaceful and that they
were the victims and not the aggressors
IN the riots on Saturday night That The
hatred Of the "Amerioana" was partially
due to the labor question, there seems
but little doubt, as the latter regarded
the arrival Of each Slav at the mills as a
direct ont Of their own labor. These
foreigners received about the same wages
as other laborers OF the mills, from SO go
TO ALSO, and some of the more intelli
gent who can speak English as high as
$14, II is said. Nevertheless, the other
workmen never lost an opportunity to
chow that the regarded the Slavs and
Poles as interlopers and the riots were
but the logical result of this deed hatred
which had been formented by an indulg
ence In liquor by both sidts.
On last Saturday night the Slavs had
begun their regular Saturday night
carousala as usual while the "Americans'
who frequent Martin Leonardo saloon
had imbibed freely Of bad whisky were
Just spelling for fight. On several
occasions parties of Slavs who went tc
Leonardo to get gles OF beer were at
tackled by the crowd of drunken rongh'
who had congregated in front OF the ga
loon. 1t was in one of these fights tha
Owen Oavsnaugh received the stab
which have since laid him up. On an
other occasion in the early evening q!
Alice Nemiok and her husband were go
Ing to the grocery store, one of tht
drunken touGhs approached the woman
and attempted to embrace her, fo
which insult the woman's husband
kicked him and promptly knocke,
him down. 1t was o series of quarrel
such as these that aroused the hatred o.
the "Americans" to vent their fury OF
the Slavs who were becoming somswha
holder under the repeated attacks
Finally, about 10 O'Clock, the crowd o
roughs conceived the idea OF cleanin.
out the Hungarian quarters entirely ant
in their drunken and excited condition
they would undoubtedly have killed NOR
of the foreigners il the opportunity hat
offered. When the first disturbances
occurred Mayor Hanson accompanied b.
his two polio: men and citizen went Il
Dobbinsville and arrested eight of tn
Hungarians which he brought to tn
lookup. He thought the trouble hat
been quelled when news reached him o
the later and more serious riot. II |
difficult to ascertain the exact state Of fact
asthe Hupgarians cannot make themselye
understood and the others who were i
the FIGHT are guarded in their remark
and will tell nothing to impicate them
Helves. Enough was learned TO sho'
that the Americans" began the last an
most serious riot as the foreigners wer
all rudely attacked in their homes wher
many of them had already retired an
others were preparing to do so. Tho o.
taokirg mob numbered 80 to 40 mer
who were armed with shot-guns, pistols
clubs axes, stones and what
ever implements they could lay thei
hands on. They marched through th
middle alley and began "to clean out
the Slavs by attacking the house in who
they lived. Bricks and stones wei
thrown at them and with heavy olut
and axes they battered in the doors an
windows and then attacked the frigh
,ened inmates, men. women and ohildrer
The Slsvs grahped anything within reac
for self-protection and defended then