Evening journal., 1890-08-18
BL00DSHED AT ALBANY.
Pinkerton Men Fire Into a
Crowd Without Cause.
THREE BOYS AND A WOMAN SHOT.

teen Pinkerton Mon Laid Up.
ALBANY, n. ", Aug. 1s.-1he spectacle
OF Pinkerton men armed with Winchester
rifles firing unprovoked into a miscellane.
GUS crowd of people and shooting down
women and children caused riot of un-
usual fierceness in this city Sunday after
noon. Blood flowed freely and fifteen
Pinkerton men and 1--WE citizens, all
severely wounded, were under the care Of
physicians before nightfall, Three Pinker-
ton men were arrested, and one was so
severely handled by the mob that the DO
lice surgeon had to dress his wounds. The
trouble was at the Van Woert street cross
ing, a few blocks west OF the passenger
depot. and where the freight trains run on
TO the bridge. Early Sunday morning
crowds began to gather at the crossing,
and by noon there was huge assemblage.
Everything was quiet until at 1:I0 O'Clock
freight train came down from West AL
bany
Fired Into the Crowd.
On the top of each car were two Pinker-
ton men armed with repeating rifles, and
as the cars passed by they fiourished them.
utulOHSiEAiIDn
turn, but suddenly and without the slight
| est proyooation, it is said, ono of the
) Pinkerton men, James Hatton by name
raised his rifle and fired into the great
crowd Of men, women and children. With
a scream of pain little Richard Dwyer,
; lad of twelve years, fell writhing in the
dust, shot through the thigh
The Moving Train stornrod.
torch hnplad into a ,,,r,-,I -.
could have produced no more startling
effect than did this wanton act upon the
hitherto peaceful crowd In an instant the
quiet spectators became as frenzied a mob
as that which stormed the French bastile.
With wild yells of rage hundreds of men
dashed toward the moving freight train.
Some of the more agile were upon the cars
IN tr1ce, all intent upon the capture of
the man who fired the shot.
In an incredibly short time he was drag
ged from the train, while cries of Lynch
himP' arose from hundreds of throats. The
pallid faced and trembling wretch was
quickly hurried to the nearest tree and
hasty preparations were made to string
him up.
Rescued by tho Police.
Az this juncture a squad Of police charg-
cd the crowd, and after a liberal use OF the
locust succeeded in tearing Hatton from
the clutches Of his would be lynchers.
During the melee his clothing was nearly
all torn from him and he was bleeding
from score Of cuts and bruises. He was
at once locked mp for safekeepinC and To
await the result Of the boys injuries. The
crowd was now ready for further violence.
and few moments after Hattons rescue
John Houch, lumber handler aged %
years, was arrested for stoning a train.
Two Boys and Woman shot.
AT 3 o'clock a freight train bound west
came over the bridge guarded by Pinker-
ton men. When it reached the citv sev-
eral OF the PinkertOn men. without proyo-
cation it is said, again opened fire. Mrs
Thomas K. Hogan was shot through the
leg and small boy was shot in 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. At o'clock, when the excite
ment had begun to cool down, another
freight train came through and the Pink
erton men again fired into the crowd.
boy named Frank Parks receiving bullet
in his arm.
Detectives Assault an Officer.
Officer Dunn jumped on the train and
tried to find the man, but was unsuecess-
ful. He was carried back to East Albany
on another train and was there assaulted
by Pinkerton men, although he was in uni
form.
All the police Of the city were then
massed at the crossing, as further trouble
was expected.
Robert Pinkerton asked for the release
of Thomas Burke, who was arrested for
being under arms, but Chief Willard re-
fused, saying that the men were melting
the people TO vic ence. Mr.. Pinker5on said
that it was simply matter of protecting
the new brakemen, and was necessary.
Five Pinkerton men who were arrested
Saturday night were arraigned in the police
court, and four were admitted to bail for
further examination, eK-State Senator
Russell and Depot Master Foster going on
their bonds. One mah was released. The
only freight train moved Sunday was A |
refrigerator aud empty osr train. The
blockade at West Albany is almost as bad |
as on the first day OF the strike
without Prop0cation, He Says.
a United Press reporter was an eye wit |
ness of the firing from the first train, and |
to the best Of his knowledge the shooting |
was done wholly without proyocation. Mr.. |
of Police Willard, and he said that the /
men only fired in self defense. Capt Sher-
idan, Of the Third precinct, where the row
took place, said to the United Press re-
porter today: ut is true that a few women
and children threw stones at the men on /
the freight trains early in the afternoon,
but / saw the Pinkerton men fire at the
groups of people on the street who had
nothing to do with it whatever and with
out provocation. told Mr.. Pinkerton of
this, but he simply said it was in self de-
Tense"
Pinkerton Defends His Men.
During the melee over Hatton one police
man had his coat torn of. Hatton would
surely have suffered death had the police
not come to his assistance when they did.
Mrs Thomas Hogan was standing on the
stoop of her residence on a nearby corner
when the shot struck her in the right
leg. The train went right on and the
niscreant escaped. Mrs. Hogan was car
ried to her apartments, where the ball was
readily extracted, and the physician says
she will recover Robert Pinkerton said
he was sorry innocent people had suffered,
and added that it generally happened that
way.
Still he would stand by his men against
ihe wanton attacks of the roughs. Chief |
Willard expressed the belief that if the
Pinkerton men had never been brought
iere the local police would have been
lbundantiy able to cope with the situa-
ION. As it is, he fears there will be fur