The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-10
RIOTING RABBLE.
CLEVELAND TERRORIzED BY A FOR
ElGN-TONGUED MOB.

CLEVELAND TERRORIzED BY A FOR
EIGNTONGUED MOB.
'actorles HombSfded and Quit d-Pollce
DO Good servlce-A Rez,ment Under
Armf-To Resist tho Nib With Dyna-
mite.
CLEVELAND, ONO, May 2-After
the riotOus demonstrations Of Nav dav
the police department awoke to the ne.
cessity Of prompt action, and It was de-
termined to disperse any gathering that
threatened trouble. This attitude on
the part Of the police seemed to anger
tue men, and they were in a very ugly
mood this morning. There was gath
erlnR In the public square, as there has
neen daily for the past two weeks, and
then q start was made out Ontario
street; presumably to Interfere with
squad OF forty street cleaners. Thir-
CJ'hVe officers were sent after the mon
III patrol wagons, and they charged the
mob and scattered 1t. Several heads
were broken in the melee,
n crowd OF several Thousand men
then INVADED the manufacturing dis.
trlcI IN the "Tlats." The workmen
were driven from the Standard Paint
Works, and then an attack with rocks
and clubs was made on the Variety
Iron Works. The building was badly
used up, but the employees escaped.
Then the Upson Nut and Bolt Works
wore attacked. A loaded train of coal
cars was on the track near by. The
crowd mounted upon the coal and
bombarded the Upson Works. For a
time it looked as II these buildings
would be demolished. At this point
tn
and the noise made struck terror
through the entire fats. Most of the
crowd carried clubs, und as body the
men had an ugly appearance. On
scranton avenue, near the Cleveland,
Canton Southern tracks, the crowd
gutted scrapiroK warehouse, some
OF them becoming possessors of dan
| gerous weapons thereby.
| The police, who had charged the mob
on Ontarlo street, went to the Upson
Nut Works, and no sooner had they
TAKEN possession Of the works than an
angry mob numbering thousands sur
rounded 1t and howled for revenge. All
he police of the eighth preceinct we're
called out when it was learned that
, the rioters had penned thirty five po-
ice IN the Upson works. Learning
that reinforcement Of officers were
coming. the crowd turned its attention
+,
scranton avenue, and broke all the
windows. They were about to loot the
place "nen the extra police arrived
and chased them do vn the street. The
, police headed by Capt. English and
= Cap'. turns, chased the crowd dow to
Abbey street bridge. and the crowd
= took possession OF the bridge and be.
gan throwing stones and bricks at the
police. The police, with drawn revolv-
ers backed up by The patrol wagons,
charged, whereupOu the mob fled in ali
directions. The police pursued. and
took In charge all they could get hold
Of.
There are few EOglish speaking peo-
pie In the mob. 1t was u raoble COM
posed almost entirely Of foreigners.
mere were fully four thousand of
them when the crowd was at its great.
est strength. 1t ,dwindled rapidly,
however, when the>police got to work.
Mayor Biee issued proclaim alton dur
Zens TO refrain from assembling TO-
gether for purposes Of riot and disor-
der, and stating that all the powers
vested In the city government will be
USED to enforce the law and maintain
order. The mayor also held consul
tatlon with the officers of the Fifth
lteglment, and as q result six compa.
mes OF IhaC regiment, together with
the Cleveland Grays and the City
Guards, We're ordered to assemble in
their armories, subject to calls for ser.
vice by the mayor.
During the afternoon another mob
visited the works of the Uuited Salt
Company and drove the men from
their work. The rioters then proceeded
TO tho Cleveland Rolling Mills, where
they had conflict with this police
There was about ten minutes Of fierce
clubbing, and then the crowd gave way
ana scattered In every direction. Seven
OF the rioters, all with broken heads,
were arrested.
The Cleveland, Eorain and Wheeling
railway contractors, at work in Brook.
lyn Village, have placed charges of
dynamite in the hills surrounding their
works and connected them with elec.
trio batteries. Dynamite bombs have
also been prepared for the defence Of
their Workmen.
Fearing trouble during the evening,
a squad Of $50 police was stationed in
the public square to prevent any gath.
eIing there. The people Of the city are
lllled with fear tonight that the mob
viii resort to the torch or dynamite
and attempt to destroy factories and
private residences.
Mad NIinerA:
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