Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-10

SPOKANE, WASH, December "a terri
BILE riot occurred at Wenatchee last night,
and for three hours the town was in coa'
troll Of mob of frenzied graders.
Wenatchee is town about one hundred
miles west on the Great Northern rail
road. The trouble was started oy the luck
of drunken gambler named Tom GULL
and. He worked on the Great Northern
grade at intervals through the summer
About once in six weeks he would quit
work and come to Wenatchee to spend al
his money on wild carousal.
So long as he had money he would ire
uuent French Annie's place, one Of the
toughest dives in the town, and spend
nearly all Of his time with one OF lts In
mates known as Susette. For the last
month she had been living with Giuseppe
Waco, a faro dealer who is sort OF. King
among the Italians here.
Guilland quit work week ago and
came to Wenatchee, getting drunk the
first night In two days his money was
gone, and he has been loafng since.
Last night he was paid an old debt OF
SIS, hand about o'clock began To
play craps and drink whisky. He played
in luck and quit the game with $40. He
next played poker, and about IL O'Clock
started for Vaco's faro bank with nearly
g, 900 in his pockets. Here he continued to
play recklessly. Finally Guilland threw
all his money on the table in heap and
bet on the Queen and Ace. When his pile
was counted it was found to contain S5,OS0.
Waco took the bet. Guilland won. Waco
paid, but it broke the bank.
Susette heard the news and started to
the gambling room, saying she was going
10 the man who had luck. Waco met her
and would not let her pass. Guilland
pushed him aside, walking of with the
woman.
Before they had gone block dozen
Italians, led by Waco, surrounded them,
and while some attacked Guilland, the
rest tried to carry away the woman. Gull
land fought like tiger, knocking down
two or three with his fist before he could
draw his gun. The screams Of the woman
brought crowd Of men from all sides and
bands of graders rushed TO their comrades
rescue.
Waco gave peculiar whistle, and in a
moment the street was filled with Italians,
some Of them but half dressed and armed
with knives, clubs and stones. The rail-
road men gathered in q group with Gull
land and the woman in the centre and
began to retreat slowly, firing as they
went and calling for help as they fell back.
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a st and in front Of a saloon. The Italians
pressed them closely at first and many
fights occurred, but when the graders
opened fire they gave way, until there was
a space of twenty feet between the two
parties. Across this space stones, clubs
and brickbats few in a regular cloud,
those who were knocked down being car
ried to the rear of the mob. Three graders
who had been stabbed with long knives
were carried into the saloon and the woman
was spirited away in the darkness.
About ten minutes after the graders had
made their stand, band of twenty Italians
charged on them from the rear and those on
the other side closed in at the same time.
For a moment it seemed as if the railroad
ers would be wiped out but the hot fire
forced the Italians to fall back in confusion.
Before they could rally, the railroad men
were reinforced by nearly fifty men who
came down q side street on the run. The
Italians fell back several blocks carrying
their wounded.
Both parties gradually broke up into
small bands and scattered through the
town. Whenever opposite factions met
there was a skirmlsh, generally ending in
the defeat of the Italians, but there were
no more general engagements. The feud
continued until dawn, when both parties
scattered and got out Of sight.