The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-19
BLOODY RIOT
At DETROIT
Two Rioters Killed and Many Others Seriously
Wounded.
The Sheriff FATALLY WOUNDED
Officials of a Water Company Attacked
by a Gang of Polish Laborers.
Foreman Cathey Narrowly Escapes
Death-The Skull of Sheriff Collins
Opened with an iron Shovel.
Numerous Rioters and Deputies
Are Seriously Wounded.
DFTRoIr Mich. April Il

DETROIT, Mich, April Is.
IN fight which occurred about noon
today in Crosse Point township,
lust over the easterly county line,
u between force of Polish laborers
seeking employment on city water
works extension, Sheriff Collins was
probably fatally injured, two Polish
rioters were shot dead, half dozen
uors were seriously injured. and at
least three fatally. A police officer was
badly hurt. Gnd as a result, the county
i,il is tonight filed with fifty OF the
rioiors The list Of the dead and in-
jured is as follows;
DEAD.
ANDREW KARNoTsL
JOHN PIELAT.
JosEpB CRABowSKI, shot through breast,
will die
ANDREW ESKI bullet in throat and two
10 stomach, will die.
JoHS KAPPscHMIDT, shot in the thlgn
and arm. will probably die.
Tony GARECEowIAK, shot in the thigh
LAURENs KULwICLI, shot in hip, lall
strlBers.l
SHERIFF COLLINS, badly cut and bruised
will probably die.
DEPUTY W. H. BURCH, badly cut and In
ternslly injured, will recover.
GEORGE CATHEY, water works foreman,
bad scalp wound.
DEPUTY BERsING, badly cut and bruised.
TURNKEY MATT STEYsKAL, cut aud
bruised.
DEPUTY W. E. ERsIE, cut and bruised.
DEPUTY GEORGE ELY, cut and bruised.
DEPUTY THEODORE BoRNMAv, cut and
bruised.
The trouble really began yes sterdGy
when Engineer Williams, of the water
works, sought TO introduce system of
paying the men by the cubic yard OF
excavation instead of q daily wage
rate. The Polish lsborers rebslled at
this aud as a result the water board
decided to suspend operations
This morning Engineer Williams
and small force of men accompanied
BY Sheriff Collins and five deputies,
went to the scene of yesterday dis
turbance to remove the city water
departments tools. There were 500
Polish laborers there who made dem
onstrations of violence on the ar
rival Of Williams and his men.
Sheriff Collins and Deputy Sheriff
Steyskall addressed the men in Eng.
lish and German and advised them not
TO break the peace, when Polander in
the rear of the crowd made some in
hammatory speech and the Polanders,
who had picks and shoVeis made rush
on Foreman Csthey, who had begun 10
remove a pump from Connor's creek,
across which a supply pipe was being
laid.
Cathey was one of those who sympa.
thized most strongly with the demands
which the workingmen had made.
Then somebody struck Cathey blow
ON the head which tellsd him 10 the
bottom Of the excavation.
Sheriff Collins waved his arm wildly
and fairly shrieked to the men to stand
back. but no attention was paid to what
he said and be drew his revolver and
aimed it point blank at the crowd
BROKE HIS SKULL WITH A SHOVEL
One two. three, the shots rang out
from his weapon as rapidly as he could
pull ;he trigger, when long handled
ahovei appraised behind him, descended
swiftly and a corner Of it pierced his
,kull. As he fell another shovel struck
him on the calf Of the right leg
and q stream Of blood spurted
from this new wound. A doz-
Ell gathered around him and
were aiming fresh blows at him, when
a man rushed in under the uplifted
shovels and cried out: He is dead
leave him alone" The attention OF the
crowd was thus turned in another di
rection and while the confusion lasted
the sheriff was carried off by some Of
the friendly workingmen.
Cathey did not escaps with the first
blow Again and again did the sharJ
shovels fall on his head and his uplift
ed hands until conniousness left hin
and he sank downward into the watei
which covered the bottom Of the excs
vation. He would have drowned there
but for James P. Murtagh, reporter
who, with the assistance OF another
man, raised him from bis perilous po
sition and carried him off to place o
safety.
When the sheriff fred Turnke,
Sleyskal and the four po nce officer
who had been deputized followed hi
example, and for n few moments ther
was shower of bullets, all fred q
short range into the dense crowd
There was no time to diserimi
nate. Anybody who happened t,
be IN the way Of bullet wa
struck whether he was taking any par
in tue riot or not. This did not dete
the infuristed laborers Though seyera
OF their number fell they pressed OF
until the muzzles Of the revol
yers were at their breasts ant
moved down everybody who op
posed them EARLY in tho fgh
steJskall was struck on the head am
shoulders. Hc was not badly hurt. q
he succeeded in escaping. Patrolmal
Andrew Bersig was struck severa
times on the head with shovels an,
badly cut. He escaped by runninj
through field. There he was place.
in farmers wagon and hustle
off to the city Many of the Pole
saw him aud were quite clos
to him, but they did not attemp
to DO him any further injury. Anoths
patrolman received bad cash in th
side. He succeeded in escaping to
neighboriNg 1ouse. The remainder o
the deputies fed towards the river, an
in the shelter OF the woods and bushe
near the bank. managed to elude pur