Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-08
Bloody Riot at Duluth
Strikers and Police Exchange
Hot FusiIIade.
ONE MAN DEAD AND FIFTY INJURED

wounds-A Handful of Officers Attacked
by 1000 Rioting Laborers-An Attempt
to Assault the Non-Strii1ers the Inn
mediate Cause of the Trouble-Names
of the Dead and a Number of the
Wounded.
DULUTH, Mimi, July S.-A strike was be-
gun in this city on July 2 which on Satur-
day gave Duluth her first baptism of blood.
The trouble was first with the gas and water
company's employees, who demanded 81 IS
per day for labor instead of 81 so, which
they had been &c tting They were Joined as
the week went on by nearly all the other la
borers in town There were, however, a
few who would not quit work, and the po-
lice have been guarding these men from at
tack by the strikers, who were eager to get
at them. The police protection was suf-
ficient until Saturday afternoon, but the
chances of riot were so good that Governor
Merriam had ordered Company X of the
state militia to be in readiness for a sudden
call
The strikers Gather Mob.
About 1870 p. IN. Saturday mob of strik
Prs, headed by number of hot blooded men,
rallied and started for sewer trench where
about seventy laborers were at work guarded
by about thirty policemen, and made a rush
for the Gordon of police. The police drew
clubs and revolvers Seeing that there was
no use TO bother with clubs, they fired into
the angry mob, who also carried clubs,
pistols and stones. a volley was fired and
one striker lay dead while seven more were
wounded. some most seriously. One police
man was shot in return through the jaw.
How the Fight Began.
The strikers started from Twentieth ave-
nue., while another body came down from
Third street by Fifth avenue, and made a
rush with clubs and stones. The police
stood their ground, and then the carnage
began. Who did the firing first is not known.
As the strikers made rush II single shot was
fired Then crack, crack, crack went the
rifles of the police, followed by fusillade
from the strikers revolvers. After the first
fire came an awful hush, as though the COM
batants were appalled, at the awful result
of their work. On the walk in front of Pied
mont, as it joins Garfield avenue, lay man,
shot through the heart; several more were
bleeding from EbaStly wounds.
An Hour of FusiHade.
The fight broke loose again, and the strik
ers, stationing themselves around the build
ings III different parts of the block between
Garfield and Eighteenth avenues, poured in
a steady fire on the police, who were sta
toned near the sewer ditch From O'Clock
until after 5 the horrible work went on, and
the battle did not withhold It's fury 10 ng
.I,1. - I T.
was after ) o'clock when the last shot was
fired and terrible indeed had been the result
Over thirty were known TO have been
wounded, and two innocent victims, who
Were there only out of curiosity, paid for
their temerity with their lives
The Dead and Wounded.
Following is partial list OF the victims:
George Peterson, died in hospital; Edward
johnson, dead, shot through the brain; two
unknown, shot dead; Thomas Fitzsimmons,
dead, shot through the back and kidney !;
Mat Maxson, fatally wounded, shot through
right thigh aud groin; Lewis Nelson, shot in
leg; SEVERN Nelson, shot in head. not fatal;
Michael Olsen, seriously, several bullet
wounds; George Costen street-car driver,
serious, bullet wounds in shoulder: John
Shay, slightly, one finger shot Off Edward
Cummings, will recover, three bayonet
wounds in pit OF stomach; Police Capt.
Mclaughlin, not serious, bullet through hip;
Officer Walkoviak, shot in hip; Officer Dono-
van, shot through hip and face; Police
Sergeant Clements, wounds in wrist and
hand; Officer Kilgore, shot through shoulder;
Miltiaman Farrell slight breast wound by
bursting gun; Officer Force, wounded by
stone; Officer Nee, shot in side slight
The Militia at the Scene.
The militia being ready and waiting il did
not take long to bring them to the scene of
the fight, hut from 6ne cause or another they
did not get there for an hour after it began.
The angry mob was still in position in the
side streets AMI houses when the soldiers,
taken TO the field in furiously driven We
hicles, made their appearance. Dismount-
ing, an order was given to load with ball
cartridges, and bayonets were fixed. A
and various missnds and In the face of stones
the streets One man named EDWARD Cum.
mings was pierced through the stomach by
bayonet thrust
The Police Stood Like Heroes.
The wounded had been taken away to their
homes and it is impossible To get names aud
accurate lists The policemen stood
their ground like heroes and poured n steady
and CALLING fire into the ranks of the strikers,
who numbered 1000 or 5000 men Between
the ranks OF police and strikers DuIuths in
trepid mayor, John b. Suthpin, pushed his
way aud the firing ceased. He told the
strikers to clear the streets and go to their
homes. Friday night the police received word
that a number of strikers had secured fire
arms, but no attention was paid to the warn
ing, the officers believing it to b. a wildcat
rumor
Ringleaders Arrested.
The following ringleaders have been ar
rested: Frank Lundgren, Joseph Frank,
Carl Car lson, Swan Hendblom, Adolph
Phick. Everything was in an unsettled state
Saturday night; police and militia and scores
OF specials were patroling thewest end
streets All saloons were closed in that end
of town