Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-10
American Blood Is the Stuff
to Win.
A MULTITUDE OF THE MALTA
But knives and rreaehen Couldn't Stand The
AnalO-Sason WaY-A Mighty Inter.
osllnu Story From Tho Far West
Naughty, but Rich.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. GA terrible
riot occurred az Wcnatchc last night
aud for three hours the town was IN
control OF u mob Of frcnzied graders.
McnRtcho Is town 100 miles west OF
hero ON the Great Northern railroad,
The trouble started by the luck OF u
drunken gnmhlor named Tom Guillnnd.
He worked ON tho Great Northern grade
az intervals through the summer and
about once In six weeks he would quit
work aud come 10 town to spend bis
money on n Wild carousnl, SO long as lie
had money he would frequent frenclfA
place ono Of the toughest In town ana
spend nearly all his lime with one OF
its Inmates, known here 0s Snsette. For
the last month she has been living with
Gui@cppc Waco. faro dealer, Who Is a
sort of king among the Italians here aud
Is said 10 have boon driven from New
Orleans for his part 10 tho Malta muf'
/ ders Guillnnd quit work a wcok ago
/ and came to Wenatche, getting drunk
| the first night.
In two days his money was gone and
he has leon lonliug since. Last hlslt
he was paid nm old debt Of Sl2 and
about = o'clock hngan 90 play craps nhl
drink whisky lilo played In luck AMI
quit the game with $40, Tic noNt
| PLAYED poker aud about II o'clock
/ started for Naco's faro bunk with nearly
5000 IN his pocket. Here he continued
10 play rcclslcssly, FINELY Guillard thr,w
| all hil money on thu mhlo IN q hear
and bet on the queen and ace. and when
the pile was counted It was found So
contain S0OS0, Waco took the bet aud
Gulllard won. Waco paid it, but II brohe
the bank
suscttc hoard the news and started
10 the gambling room, snying hhc waa
going 10 the man who bad the lues.
Waco met her Hnd would not let her
page- Guillanl pushed him aside anu
walked of with tho wonnn, Beiore
they had gone n block u dozen ltalihnAi
led by Nuco, lsurrounded thcm, aud
while some attacked Guillnrd the rest
tried to carry away the woman.
Gulliard fought Ike tiger knocking
down two or three with hts fist hofuro
he could draw his gun. Tho soreHma
of the woman brought crowd Of men
from nll sides, and bands Of graders
rushed TO their comrades rescue
Waco gave n peculiar whistle aud In Z
moment tho street was filled with linl
iana some hut hnlf dressed and nrinpd
with knives, clubs and stones, The rnil
road men gathered In y group with Hnii
began to retreat hlowly, firing enc
calling for hcln. Others joinoi
them aud finally they nude n stand u
front Of "A saloon, The Italians preNirl
them closely ut fret aud many iight
= occurred, but when the graders opcne'
: space OF twenty feet between the wv
y parties, across which pioneu. clubs an
? briclhniR dew IN regular cloud. Thos
4 who we're knocked down being carries
! TO tho rear Of the mob. lhroc grudota
who had been stabbed with long kniyra
: were carried into saloon and ill'
' woman was aplrlted away In tue dark
/. ness,
! About ten minutes after the grader
u made their stand band Of Italian
charged ON them FROM the rear and th0s
4 on The other side closed IN NJ the sam
y time For moment II seemed AA
q the rnilroaders would be wiped out, hr
hot Gre forced The Italians TO "a
p back Va confusion. Before thoy ooul
] rnlly the railroad men We're reinforce
y by nearly city men, who came dow
side streets on run, The Italians ic
bnck AcycrHl blooke, carrying the
wounded Roth parties gradually broh
M into small bnuda aud acatiero
through tn town Whenever the 81
9 posing fnctions met thore WIS skirn
lab. generally ending In the defont OF III
Italians, but there were no more 81
(, gngomphts Tho fcud continued unit
y, dawn, when both parties scattered an
" got out of slight,