Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-18
FOUR PERSONS SHOT.
PinkertOn's Detectives 0peD
 Fire at Albany.
A RIOT NARROWLY INVERTED.
The Shooting Seems to Have Been UnprO'
 voked and Much Trouble Feared.

The MursI-rOas Guards Roughly Han
 dIsd by thr InfurIAred ssrik"rs-TwO
 Mon, Two Ioys and One Woman the
 Victims - One Boy Probably Fatally
 I"Jurrd-A Policeman AssAuItod.
 ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 1S.--The most disastrous day in the history of the New York Central Railr oad strike clos es to-day. Fifteen Fullerton men are under the care of surgeons, and five citizens are so badly wounded that there are fears for their recovery. Three Pinkerton men were arrested, and one was so severely handled by the mob that the police surgeon had to drsSs his wounds.
 The trouble is at the Van Wosrt street crossing, a few blocks west of the pas senger depot, and where the freight trains runs on to the bridge.
 Early in the morning crowds began to gather, and by noon there was @ huge crowd. Everything was quiet until l:10 o'clock . freight train came down from West Albany. On the top of each car were two PinkertOn men armed with repeating rifles, and as the cars passed by they hourished them. one of the men fired, and Richard Dwyer, a boy of 12 years, fell shot in the thigh.
 The excitementmAnt was intense and & rush was made for tho train, and so successful was it, that James HattoR, who fired the shot, was caught. The police charged the mob and rescued the man inst as they had him up against 8 tree ready to hang him. He was badly battered when locked up.
 few minutes after, John Houck, a lumber handler, aged g years, was arrested for stoning & train. At ? o'clock a freight train bound west came over the bridge guarded by Pinkerton men. When it reached the city, several of the Pinkerton men, without provo cation, opened fire. Mrs. Thomas +. Hogan was slot through the leg and 6 small boy was shot through the thigh. The crowd by this time was wrought up to a fearful pitch of excitement, and only by the efficiency of the local police, aided by committees from the strikers, were they kept back.
 W hen the excitement had begun to cool down another freight train came through and the Pinkerton men again fired into the crowd, boy named Frank Parks, receiving the bullet in his arm. Officer Dunn jumped on the train and tried to find the man, but was unsuc- cessful. He was carried back to East Albany on another train and there was assaulted by the Pinkerton men, al though he was in full uniform. All the police of the city are masssd at this point and trouble is expected.
 Robert Pinkerton asked for the re- lease of Thomas Burke, who was ar rested under arms, but Chief Willard refused, saying that the men were in citing the people to violence. MT. Pink erton said that it was simply a matter of protecting the new brakemen and was necessary.
 Five Fullerton men arrested last night were arraigned in the police court in the morning and four wore ad- mitted to bail for further examination, ex-State Senator Russell and Depot Master Foster going on their bonds. One man was released.
 The only freight train moved during the day has been refrigerator and | empty cars. The blockade at West AL bany is almost as bad Ss on the first day of the strike.