St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-10
Laborers on Strike at West
Superior Engage in a
Riot.
Two ofthe Mob Shot and Seri-
iously Wounded by aso5 ui i
Contractor. G iIs / {
South Dakota Changers Gath
err at Huron to Name a
State Ticket. a ssa'.r
Canadian Indians in the Peace
River District Dying OF .
Starvation. ..3iI

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WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 9.-The
storm which has been gathering, for.
some time broke to-day. when the labor
erS who recently struck for an advance
in wages from Sl.75 to 50 per day were
fired upon by Contractor j. Anderson,
American Steel Barge works. Andres
Severson, one of the strikers leaders,
was struck on the head by bullet.
which glanced and lodged in the neck
OF another striker, whose name could
not be learned, as he was spirited away
by the crowd. Severson was removed
at once to st. Francis hospital, where
it was found that his wound, while
serious in the extreme, was not neees-
Sarily fatal. AS soon as the strikers
saw Severson drop, rush was made
for Anderson, who was backed
up by the police. Matters assumed
serious phase at this juncture, and
Mayor Patterson, whom laborilig men
swear by, was sent for. He came in
haste, accompanied by Chief of Police
Evans and squad of police. The
crowd was wild with excitement when
MayorP atterson reached the scene of the
shooting, and but for his interference
Contractor Anderson would have been
lynehed. AS it was, he had narrow
escape. Anderson was taken IN charge
by police and lodged in the central
police station. In a few minutes big
crowd of strikers surrounded the police
station and demanded that Anderson
be turned over to them. The mayor
made hot address urging the men to
refrain from violence. He said he
deprecated the shooting and eonsid-
cred it
Wholly UncaHed For.
This Gained the crowd, which re-
treated from the shipyard. This even
ing council of city officials was held.
and it was decided to remove Anderson
to Duluth. the fear being that unless
taken out of the city he might be lynched
during the night. The trouble began
yesterday morning, when crowds of
the strikers went about the streets
pulling the workmen from the trenches
and using threats and even violence in
inducing them to quit work. When
they reached the shipyard, where Con-
tractor Luton had forty men at work,
Luton warned them away, saying he
did not propose to have his men inter-,
fered with. A young striker, named
NelS Peterson, essayed to catch hold of
the shovel held by Mr.. Luton,
and the latter let drive at him.
The fellow lodged the shovel
which was aimed at his head, but his
left arm caught the blow, cutting a
deep triangular cash. Enraged beyond
measure by effective resistance, the
mob attempted to close in upon MIR.
Luton. and he was dubbed right and
left. He quickly discovered that discre-=
ton was the better part of valor, and
turning ran across and down Tower
avenue to Simons' hardware store. The
mob followed, beating him with clubs.
Upon getting int the store Luton Sc
cured two reyolvers, and again made
his appearance with the expressed de-
termination of being bluffed no further.
The mob retired at this point. Dur
ing the morning an attack was made On.
Mr.. Anderson, who did the shooting.
In the afternoon he stood Off the Strik-
ers with revolver and swore he would
shoot the first man who crossed the
dead line. Tonight matters look squally
and it is not at all certain that there
will not be riOting here before daylight.
The strikers are itching for trouble, and
the general Impression is that it will
come.
At mass meeting at the city hall to-
night, at which all the leading citizens
were present, the course OF the strikers
was denounced in unmeaSured terms.
The action of Mr.. Anderson in shooting
down one of the strikers was indorSed,
and sixty prominent men were sworn in
as deputy sheriffs to protect life and
property and to give protection to all
men who desire to go to work.