Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-07-11
FIRED BY STATE TROOPS.
HOstilities Opened and the Militia Poured
Lead into the Mob.

| ON ID IROUfS.
| Hostilities Opened and the Militia Poures
Lead into the Mob.
CHICAGO, July THE cause of thu
fight at Forty-ninth and LOOMS streets
was an attack on a wrecking train
made by the mob. The Western In
diana workmen had partially succeed
ed in clearing away an obstruction
when the mob drove them away.
The firing on the mob was done by
State troops: thirty-eight men strong
not by Federal troops.
some time, and Captain Maher con
cluded it was about to beat a retreat
His company, accompanied by six
policemen and twenty deputy sheriffs,
began to move slowly off, guarding the
train. Lieutenant Reed was struck
down, and suddenly Yardmaster Nc
Kee, of the Grand Trunk, was com
PEELED to fire at several men who made
a rush for him. This opened hostili-
ties, and the militia, deputies, and pc
licemen poured lead into the mob as
fast as they could pull triggers. The
soldiers fired anywhere from two to SIX
rounds apiece, and the others emptied
their revolvers. No firing was done
until Second Lieutenant Reed had
been struck twice on the temple with
stones. He is believed to be danger
ously wounded. The troops, after the
fight, were unable to cope with the
mob, and took train back to the city.
They have arrived in badly democrat
lied condition, many of them being
battered and bruised.
Latest advices from the scene of the
shooting are that the following rioters
were shot:
Thomas Jackman, shot in back; will
die. 4.
Henry Williams. shot in left arm.
Tony Gajewski, shot in right arm.
John Koronderg, stabbed with bay
onet; will die.
Unknown woman, shot in right hip.
Unknown man, shot through liver;
will die.
Unknown boy, seventeen years old,
shot through stomach; will die.
LADY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
CHICAGO July 7.-Policemen guard
ing the Northwestern tracks at Six
tenth street and Ashland avenue at
;.
In attempting to drive them away the
police shot over their heads, and a
young lady named Martha Bach, who
was watching the affair from the roof
of a near by house, was killed. A little
ed by a rock. Several freight cars
were fired.
PRESIDENT DEBS ENJOINED.
CHICAGO, July 7.-President Debs
was served to day with the injunction
issued by the United States courts
some days ago. The injunction was
served as Debs was leaving the Sher-
man House after a brief conference
with Grand Master Workman Sover-
eign.
RIOTING AND BURNING.
A Chicago despatch of the Sth says
At Hammond, Ind, adjoining the
city on the southeast. was the theatre
of the days greatest excitement. Here
the rioting of last night was resumed
and finally became SO serious that a
company of United States troops went
out there. They preserved peace for
several hours, but the mob increased
in size and finally became demonstra-
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them by the troops, with the result
that one man was killed, two badly
wounded and a number of others re-
ceived serious injuries.
LOSS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD.
Up to Saturday night 667 of it's
freight cars had been burned, besides
many signal towers, oil and tool houses
and other property. Of The burned
cars more than one hundred were
loaded, about fifty with coal and Gin
ders and the remainder with merchan-
disc. No attempt at an accurate esti-
mate of the damage has yet been made,
but it will reach an enormous figure.
DEPOT AND Box CARS BURNED
Huntington, w. Va, July S.--A disas-
trous fire occurred at North Kenora,
Ohio, five miles below here at 10 O.,
clock last night Incendiaries set fire
to box cars, loaded with coke, lying on
the Norfolk and Western tracks and
ten of them were burned. The flames
communicated to the depot and de
stroyed that also.