The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-09

] tlElf tuAEEt ana sworn 10 90 Lnelr duty.
! but that they should not fire upon the
! crowd unless forced TO do so in their own
| defense or in defense of the men under
| their protection.
BAY STREET TuRONGED.
! An immense crowd had gathered on
| Bay street by this time, and the march
/ down TO the ship was witnessed by several
| thousand people. There was no attempt
| at Interference, and no demonstration
| along the line Of march. The sidewalks
at Bay and Houston streets were blocked
| with people as the line passed that point.
! The men were taken down gas house hill
| 10 the alley leading to The press
! wharf. a crowd followed on the
| way TO the wharf. but two police
men were stationed at the end of the
| alley with instructions to allow no one to
| pass except those having business there.
| Two policemen were also stationed at the
other end Of the wharf with similar in
structions. Lieut.. Reilly then returned
| with the rest Of his squad TO Bay and
| Houston streets, where eight men were
stationed in charge of Sergt Baughn by
/ the mayors Instructions This neigh Dor
| hood remained very quiet during the re-
mainder of the day.
Col Harmon got his men to work about
! II O'Clock. Eight gangs of five men each
were put to work slowing cotton in the
two forward holds of the vessel There
| was only small supply of cotton on hand
ready to be slowed, and this was all put
away by o'clock. The men were fur
| nished dinner at the wharf.
FOREMAN GAINS WOUNDS.
Foreman Gains wounds while not fatal
are very severe. DR. Dunn, the attending
physician at the Inhrmary, said that
Cain had nine wounds besides several
bruises The largest wound is four
inch cash on the top of the head evil
| IDENTIFY made by a blow from stick, or a
very dull knife The most painful wound
is large triangular cash in the chin,
which appears TO have been made by a
blow from the heel of a boot. There are
two other triangular wounds in the head
evidently made by blunt instruments, and
the face is badly bruised There is also a
heavy bruise on the shoulder made either
by kick or blow from a heavy stick.
DR.. Dunn declined to allow Cain to be
seen, so his side Of the story could not be
obtained. The doctor said that Cain
would be very sore from his wounds to-
day, ana that he would probably be con
fined to the hospital for several days
Cain landed in Savannah about a month
ago from ship and was engaged by Col.
Harmon as foreman. He put in his
time up to yesterday in organizing labor
IN preparation for loading the ships The
feelings OF the lOngshoremen toward
Gain were very bitter, and the fact that
the attack was confined almost entirely
to him is significant
Cain was resident of Savannah twenty
years ago, and was a member of the long
shoremen's union. There was trouble Of
some kind, resulting in a row, in which
several men were shot, and Cain was &C
cused Of doing the shooting He left the
city, and was absent until his return, a
month ago. The old trouble may &C
count in part for the bitterness Of the
longshoremen toward him.
SHOT IN THE CHEEK.
Williams and Adams, the two colored
fOremen, had their wounds dressed bv
DR.. Nichols. Williams was the most
seriously wounded of the two He was
struck in the right cheek by a ball which
knocked out two of his molars and drove
in his Jaw bone The wound is one which
will probably give him trouble for some
time to come. He also came near shoot
ing of the first joint of his left forefnger
bullet passing through it at the Joint.
DIR. Nichols thinks that Williams did
this himself in his excitement, as the
wound was powder-burned. The finger
may require amputation. This John
Williams should not be COMPOUNDED with
big John Williams, better known as
Rolling John, prominent union man.
Adams received four wounds, none of
them serious One ball passed through
the iieshy part of his right thigh. The ball
struck knife in his pocket as it went in,
causing a welt on the flesh. Another bull
let struck the shinbone of the left leg.
making a slight wound Another bullet
struck and passed through the fatty por-
ton Of the outside of the left hand, and
another one scraped the knuckle of the
little finger of the left hand. The wounds
appeared to have been made by 32-caliber
bullets.
BULLET IN HIS THIGH.
The only union negro wounded, so far as
known, was Robert Prley, who received
a slight flesh wound on the inside of the
left thigh. Priley had a very narrow
escape, as, had the bullet penetrated any
depth, it would have pierced the main
artery, and he would have bled to death
in few minutes.
1t was impossible to get a circumstan-
tial account of the riots. All of Col Har-
mons men ran away so fast that thew
could hardly tell how II began much
less how IL ended, with the
exception of the three foremen, all OF
whom were placed hors de combat. ON
the other side il was impossible to tina a
man who would confess to having partici-
pated in the row. and only partial ac-
counts could be obtained from witnesses.
Mr.. y. II. Cotton, the tiusmiuh of
No q Bay street. was the only man
who was able and willing to give
a full account OF the difficulty He
said there was a large crowd Of the union
negroes i'm Lanes place the night before
who were discussing their grievances and
making violent threats Of what they pro-
posed 70 do. Pat Carney, Thomas Oakes
and other white men present MIR. Cotton
said, Couuseled them to abstain from vio-
lence and await the result of the confer
ence called by the mayor.
Az EYEWITNESS STORY.
81 was standing NJ my door this morn.
ing" said MIR. Cotton, when ! saw
large gang of HarmOn's men coming down
the Bay. They were all negroes cxceut
Cain, who was al the head. He had a
pistol In his hand. There were about
seventy-tye union negroes gathered on
tue green on tho opposite side of the
street. AS soon as the two
gangs met almost the fight began.
I could not say who fired the first shot.
but ! think Cain did Uarmou's
men all seemed 10 be armed with pistols.
but turned and ran. firing behind them as
they ran. The union men did not appear
TO be armed until the row started. and
then every one of them seemed TO have
stick The all was full of clubs in a sec
ond. ] only saw TWO or three Of the union
men with pistols ! think there were
fifty or sixty shots fired ! saw Cain fan
and then get up and walk 10 the bench
ba IN, In, a.