, 1890-08-21
THE CENTRAL STRIKE.
Pinkerton Riots in Albany
Sunday.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HURT
Mr.. Webb Refuses to Submit to
the Arbitration Of tho
Question.


disastrous day in the history of the
New York Central strike closed to-
night. Fifteen Pinkerton men are in
the care of surgeons, and five citizens
are so badly wounded that there are
fears for their recovery. Three Pinker-
ton men were cut and another severely
handled by the mob. Tho police sur
geon had to dress his wounds. Nearly
all the Pinkerton men have been with
drawn from duty at the crossings with
in the city limits. rs their presence
serves to excite the onlookers and strk-
ers, and police have taken their places.
About 1 o'clock James r. Hatton, a
Pinkerton man. was patroling the tracks
in the vicinity of Van Vert street. He
claims to have been struck with n stone
in the chest, while his companion was
knocked down and severely hurt by a
gang of roughs. Then he fired his re-
volver into the crowd, seriously wound
ing Richard Dwyer aged 10. Hatton
had no time to fire another
shot. The crowd surged around him,
and before the police could interfere
his clothes were torn from his back. He
was struck with flsts and clubs, and pre-
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cued from the angry crowd by the police,
who were obliged to draw their revolvers
to stop the crowding mass of people.
This occurrence aroused the passions Of
the spectators, mostly roughs and hood
lums, and their number increased, and
the chief of police, fearing further trou-
bic. established his headquarters in the
station-house near by.
About o'clock a freight train passed
through the city, and the Pinkertons
say 1t was stoned. The police claim that
such was not the case. At any event,
when the train reached the Broadway
viaduct, the Pinkertons began reckless
iusillade on the crowd standing in the
vicinity. Four or five shots were iired
without any provocation. Mrs. Thomas
Hogan, who was standing on the steps
of her residence, was shot through thu
leg, and small boy was shot in the
thigh. The crowd this time were
ment, and only by the efficiency OF the
local police, aided by a committee from
the strikers, were they kept back.
After this incident Roberts, the Pink
erton who had charge Of the forces here,
called on Chief Willard. lie said that
his men had been assaulted, and that
firearms had been put into their posses
| sion only yesterday that they might be
used when necessary in self-defense in
the work of protecting the company's
property. He was sorry that innocent
parties had suffered, and added that 1t
generally happened that way. Still he
would stand by his men against the
wanton attacks of roughs. Chief VIII
| lard expressed his belief that IL the Pink
erton men had never been brought the
local police would have been able to cops
with the situation. As it is, he fears
that there will be further trouble If these
men stay, and says that in that event
the local authorities could not be held
responsible, as he had repeatedly in
formed Superintendent BIssell that the
company's property would be guarded
by his own men, If no other forces were
brought here to inflame the passions of
the sympathizers of the strikers.
| At o'clock another freight train
came through, and the Pinkerton men
again fired into the crowd, a boy named
Frank Parks receiving bullet in the
arm.
The Pinkerton man who fired into the
crowd at the Van Vert street crossing
was pursued up the tracks by an officer
and captured. AS the policeman WAS
bringing the prisoner back he was as
saulted by crowd of Pinkerton men,
who rescued the prisoner and severely
beat the officer. All the police are
marshaled at this point, and trouble is
expected tonight.
The blockade at West Albany Is
almost as bad as the first day of the
strike.
ALL PASSENGER TRAINS ON TIME.
New YORK, Aug. 17.-All the regular
passenger trains on the New York Cen
tral ran on schedule time to-day. The
incoming trains also came in without
any delay. No freight trains were run
out to-day, but the railroad officials say
they will be run regularly Tomorrow.