Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-12

Chicago, July 9.-The strikers and
the state of Illinois came together Sat
urday afternoon and pitched battle
was the result. The number Of killed
and wounded will never be known,
as the mob carried off u number Of
men who were seen to fall and wheth-
er they were dead or wounded it is
impossible at this time to ascertain
AS far as known the casualties are as
follows:
Dead:
JOHN BURKE, striker, killed by a
bayonet thrust through his abdomen.
Wounded
Lieutenant Reed, company G, sec
ond infantry, |. n. g., struck on the
head by stones. Condition critical.
Thomas Jackman, shot in the back.
viii die.
John kornderg, stabbed with bay
onett. viii die.
Unknown man, shot through the liv-
er. VIII die.
Unknown boy, shot in the abdomen.
Will die.
Tony Gajenski and Henry Williams,
each shot in the arm.
John Kerr and an unknown woman,
each shot in the hip.
Joseph Khineberg, three bayonet
wounds. May die.
Anton Kocminski, shot in the side.
Joseph Sedauski, shot in the Shout
der.
Unknown boy, shot in the leg.
The name OF the woman who was shot
is said to be Annie SleSler. A bone in
her left leg was so badly shattered
that amputation was necessary.
In all, forty-one who were bayonet-
ted and otherwise injured were treated
in Il drug store near %.
The fight occurred ut the interSec-
ton OF torty-ninth street and the
Grand Trunk tracks, u locality which
, has always had an evil name. Serious
trouble was expected there early in the
morning.
Before . o'clock the mob gathered
and made threats to burn the round
house. Aid was asked and company
/ G, second infantry, thirty-eight strong,
commanded by Capt. Mar, was hur-
| ried to the spot. The militia was re,
inforced by Il number OF deputies and
the mob was pressed back from the
round house.
Crowds gathered again at Elftieth
street, and began to turn over freight
cars and tear up the tracks. a squad
of police under Lieutenant buddy, at
tackled the mob and several shots were
! fired on both sides, but nobody was
! injured. The mob then returned to
Forty-eighth street and while poJ~
ton of the crowd, which at this time
was fully 5000 strong, occupied at
tention the others ran Il freight car
! into the pit of the turn table and made
the machine useless Men were put
to work TO remove the obstruction
while the mob stood around bowling
and hooting and occasionally letting fly
stone at the soldiers.
This condition prevailed several
hours, the militia behaving with ex-
cellent spirit. Finally the mob, en-
outraged by the fact that the troops
did not fire, began active hoStilitieS,
The crowd pushed freight car on to
/ the track where the train which
brought the militia was standing with
the evident intention of blocking it.
Capt. MAR conferred with Supt At
water and concluded that it was i'm
/ practicable To clear the track, and that
as the mob was growing wilder the
| best thing to do was to leave the
Mace before the strikers proceeded to
such extremties as would necessitate
opening lire on them. The captain ac-
cordingly detailed half of his company
to move car which blocked the track
and with the balance held back the
crowd, which began to press closer as
it saw signs of the troops retreaing.
Captain MAR drove the men back
slowly several times. turning them TO
confront the crowd when 1t came too
close
Again and again the mob. shouting,
bowling and using the yilest language,
made rush. but each time MAR met
it steadily and the crowd paused be
fore the threatening rifles.
Finally several toughs made a rush
at Yard Master Mckee, one Of them
tiourishing revolver. Mckee drew
his own revolver and fired, but the bull.
let went Wild.