Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
DISORDER DURING SUNDAY.
The Centre Of Dinicuity Mt Hammond,
Indiana-Loss Of Life.


IndiRna-Loss of Life.
The centre OF the strike during Sunday
was at Hammond. Ind, Just across the
line from Illinois, and some fifteen
miles southeast Of the centre Of Chicago.
Here a mob OF nearly three thousand were
in possession, and no troops In sight. They
sacked the Western Union telegraph Of
flee. overturned freight-cars, and com
mitted all sorts OF depredations. Five
railroad employees were wounded at the
hands Of the mob and one fatally.
The Sunday passenger train from Chi-
cago on the Monon railway was brought
TO q halt by the mob. engineer and hre-
man made to dismount, and the locomotive
was quickly KILLED" by opening valve
and allowing the water to run out OF the
boiler.
The active leaders of the mob were not
local strikers, nor known to the Hammond
people. Under their leadership. however,
the town was terrorized throughout Sat
urday night, and railway traffic para
lyzed.
Boldly operating right in the centre OF
town. the mob had everything nearly its
own way. At 3 A. NJ. In a skirmish with
railway employees, three men were laid
low In a bunch. Two other railroad men
were badly injured in other encounters.
The man whose wounds are supposed to
be mortal is II. Il. Miles. an employee OF
the Interiocking Switch Company.
PULLMAN-CARS DESTROYED.
One of the acts of the mob was the burn
ing of two Pullman coaches They were
set on fire In several places simultane-
ously and completely consumed. Fully
twenty-five freight-cars were derailed and
tipped upside down, but the torch was
not applied to these.
An unprecedented proceeding In strike
tactics was the attack on the telegraph
office. The mob became possessed with
the idea that kilograms were about to be
sent to Governor Matthews. at Indiana
polls, asking for troops, and the strike
leaders determined 10 forstall such action
II possible
Entrance to the telegraph office was
effected with scant courtesy, and. in the
expressive language Of an eyewitness,
1.-THE place was cleaned out completely"
REGULARS TAKE A HAND.
The rioting at Hammond culpnated in
the afternoon in a conflict between the
mob and Company b, Fifteenth United
States Infantry, in which Charles F1ei-
scher. a laborer, was killed, Victor Vace-
ter fatally wounded, and William Camp
bell shot through both legs A number
of other people were slightly injured, but
were carried away by their friends and
secreted, and 1t will be impossible TO
learn the exact number wounded.
The trouble began Saturday night as
told In the Dispatches columns. The
rioters kept their work up all night, burn
Afcoh ltpp ON ipae Gaxf1a Y
morning they burned Pullman-car. Most
of this work was done inside the Illinois
State line and as soon as the Illinois
militia arrived on the scene the mob re-
tired into Indiana, and jeered at the
troops. About o'clock Sunday morning
a great crowd again gathered about the
Monon Depot. Several freight-cars were
overturned, and the Michigan Central
track was blockaded. The Sheriff and
Marshaps deputies were powerless to re-
strain the mob, and, as there was no
hope of the Indiana militia arriving be-
fore late Sunday evening, an, appeal was
made to the Federal authorities in Chi
cago Company Is. of the Fifteenth In
fantry, thirty-nve men, was seh' out al
once.
The troops were stationed about the
Monon Depot, as that seemed to be the
centre of the rioters attack, and their
presence quieted things for a while, and
the blockade on the tracks was finally
raised at 1 o'clock In the afternoon and
several passenger trains pulled through
This seemed to anger the mob, ana, win
an increase Of number, its passions grew
to frenzy. The regulars were greeted
with oaths and shouts Of derision. and
vollevs of sticks and stones were showered
upon them. The men stood their ground,
however. and kept the mob for several
hours from approaching the buildings. BY
2 o'clock fully 500 fioters were assembled
They had been aroused by their leaders
to a frenzy that made an encounter win
the soldiers certain. Several times tney
rushed upon the company OF troops. but
were met by fixed bayonets, and driven
back. At last, however, the entire BODY
Of strikers made a determined rush TO-
ward the spot.
ORDER TO FIRE.
make ready, firer' was the command,
and the thirty-fve Springfields rang out
An response. A second volley quickly fol
lowed. The first volley staggered tht
rioters. and the second stopped them as
effectualiy as II they had run against
stone wall
Several men were seen to fall. but they
were taken away by their comrades, and
the extent Of their injuries could not be
learned. Fleischer fell In the front rank
Of the rioters. He was taken TO the hospi'
tai, where he died in short time In
the rush that followed. scores OF women
and children were trampled under foot
and half dozen tainted. The soldiers
then took up position on the track al
the Bushell-street crossing.
The news of the killing spread with re-
markable rapidly, and ten minutes after
wards the streets In the vicinity were
filled with a threatening mob. Major
Harts left his company for few mo-
ments TO assist the fremen and doctors
In placing Vaceter on the patrol wagon
and was Immediately surrounded by a
crowd. xiii him." "shoot him down,
were the cries Of several excited men,
as the mob surged around the major.
Hartz. however, did not pay any attention
10 them and was not molested.
CALL TO ARMS.
The excitement by this time was In
tense. Men ran from house to house. Dor.
rowing shotguns. rifles. apd other fire.
arms. ITO arms!" was The cry heard
on every side, and fully a.00o people re-
sponded. Matters looked 20 threatening
that call was sent to Chi
cago for reinforcements, and two
more companies were sent out on
q special train. These additional troops
were stationed 1T the scene Of trouble
and effsctuaily cowed the rioters for the
time being. Major Harts arrested -four
Of the leadeys Of th~ rsch and took than