Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
UGLY RIOT.
Pinkerton Specials Fire Into q
Crowd at Albany, r. z.
4 PASSIONATE OUTBURST FOLLOVNI
Several Pinkertons Mauled and On, .Seaelx
Kllled-Twc BOys and Yomaa
wounded-fInkertonS
Condemned.


disastrous day IN the history Of The
New York Central railroad strike closed
last night Several Pinkerton men are
under the care Of surgeons and some
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 dress his
| wounds. The first trouble occurred at
the Van Wort street crossing. a few
blocks west of the passenger depot and
where the freight trains run on the
bridge.
In the morning early crowds began to
gather, and by noon there was huge
crowd.
Nearly all of the Pinkerton men were
withdrawn from duty at crossings with
in the city limits, as their presence
served to excite the throng of onlook-
ers- The police took their place, and
the stoning Of the Pinkerton men was
continued up to noon with no serious
results
About one o'clock James Hatton, Of
New York, Pinkerton man, was patrol
ing the tracks in the vicinity of Van
Wort street. He claims to have been
struck by stone in the chest while his
companion, who was on duty at that
point was knocked down and severely
hurt by gang of roughs. Then he
fired his revolver into the crowd, the
ball striking Richard Dwyer, boy aged
fifteen years. on the hip and he is now
in the hospital, but will recover.
Hatton had no time to fire another
shot The crowd surged around him
and before the police could interfere
his clothes were torn of his back and be
was struck with fists and clubs and pre-
sented pitiable spectacle when rescued
from the angry crowd by the police, who
were obliged to draw their revolvers to
stem the crowding mass Of people. One
policeman had his coat torn of in the
fight
Hatton was taken to the station house
when, after his wounds were dressed by
the police surgeon, he was looked up on
the charge of assault in the second de-
gree. He would surely have suffered
death had not the police come to his as
sistance when they did.
4ASSO LQ6 pas
sions of the pectators-mostly roughs
and hoOdlums-as nothing else has since
the strike was declared. Their number
increased and the chief Of police, fear
ing further trouble, established his
headquarters in the station house near
by and placed all the reserves at that
point.
At intervals after this freight trains
came down from West Albany past the
crowd on their way to New York.
About three o'clock one of these trains
passed through the city and the Pinker-
tons say it was stoned. The police
claim that such was not the case.
When the train reached the Broad
way viaduct the Pinkertons on top of
the freight cars carrying Winchester
rifles began reckless firing on the
crowd standing in that vicinity. Four
or five shots were fired without any pro-
vocation and resulted in the injury Of
an innocent party. Mrs Thomas Hogan
was standing on the stoop of her resi-
dence on a near by corner when shot
struck her in the right thigh. The train
went on. Mrs. Hogan was carried to
her apartments, where the ball was ex-
tracted, and the physicians say she will
recover.
After this incident Robert Pinkerton,
who has charge Of his forces here in
person, called on Chief Willard He
said his men had been assaulted con-
tinually and that the firearms had been
put in their possession only the day be-
haf frh< hn
necessary in self-defense and in the
work Of protecting the company's prop
erty, which task had been allotted to
him He declared his readiness to turn
over to the police any of his men who
had committed crime and promised to
investigate the shooting of Mrs Hogan.
He was sorry innocent parties had suf-
fered and added that It generally hap
pened that way. Still he would stand
by his men against the wanton attacks
of the roughs.
Chief Willard expressed the belief
that If the Pinkerton men had never
been brought here the local police would
have been able TO cope with the situa-
ton. AS it is he fears he will have
further trouble if these men stay here,
and says that in that event the local
authorities can not be held responsible
as he has repeatedly informed Superin-
tendent Bissell that the company's
property would be well guarded BY his
own men If no outside forces were
brought here to inflame the passions Of
the sympathizers Of the strikers.
While the two chiefs were talking
third victim was brought into the sta
ton house. He was Frank Parks, aged
Is, and had been shot in the right arm
above the elbow by one of the Pinker-
ton men on a freight train which passed
through at four o'clock. His sssailant
escaped, the train continuing on its way.
The boy claims to have been sitting on
a post near canal boat lying in little
basin, on which he was an employe-
A Pinkerton man who fired into the
crowd at the Van Wort street crossing
was pursued up the tracks to West
Albany by Officer Dunn and captured.
The officer brought his prisoner back to
he city by train on the understanding
hat the engineer would stop and let
hem of at tie station house, The
rain was not stopped, but continued to
Cast Albany, where crowd Of Pinker-
on men rescued the prisoner and han
lied the officer roughly. Captain David
on arrested boy who was in the act OF
toning a train and later was arrested
or the same ofense.
The Pinkerton men claim that the
rowd stoned them before they fred
shota The statement however, IL