New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-07-11
REGULARS BEGIN TO SHOOT.
United States Troops Finally Compelled
to Fire.
A Mob of Five Thousand Men Take Pos
session of Hammond.
Regulars Attacked With Stones and Fire
.+ Some Shots.
Some Killed and Many are Wounded. "
Some Killed and Many are Wounded.

Some Killed and Many are Wounded.
The rioting at Hammond, a suburb of
Chicago on the Indiana line, eliminated
Sunday afternoon IN conflict between
the mob and Company B. Fifteenth
United States infantry, in which Charles
Fleisher, laborer, was killed; Victor
Vacceter fatally wounded and William
Campbell shot through both legs. A
number of other people were slightly in
jured, but were carried away by their
friends and secreted, and it will be i'm
possible tolearn tie exact number wound
ed.
The trouble began the previous day.
The rioters kept their work up all night,
burning cars and disabling engines.
Sunday morning they burned a Pullman
car. Most of this work was done inside
of the Illinois state line, and as soon as the
Illinois state militia arrived on the scene
the mob retired into Indiana and jeered
the troops. About o'clock great
crowd gathered again about the Monon
depot. Several freight cars were over
turned and the Michigan Central tracks
blockaded. The sheriff and marshal's
deputies were powerless to restrain the
mob, and as there was no hope of the
Indiana militia arriving before late in
the evening, an appeal was made to the
federal authorities at Chicago.
Company B, of the Fifteenth infantry,
thirty-fve men, was sent out at once.
The troops were stationed about the
Monen depot, as that seemed the center
of the rioters attack, and their presence
Quoted things for while. A blockade
on the tracks was finally raised at 1
o'clock in the afternoon and several pas
senger trains pulled Though. This
seemed to anger the mob, and with in
crease of numbers it's passions grew to q
frenzy. The regulars were greeted with
oatbs and shouts of derision, and volleys
of sticks and stones were showered upon
them. The men stood their ground, how-
ever, and kept the mob for several hours
from approaching the buildings. By 8
o'clock fully 5000 rioters were assem-
bled. They had been aroused by their
leaders to frenzy that made an encoun-
ter with the soldiers certain. Several times
they rushed upon the company of troops,
but were met by fixed bayonets and dri-
ven back. At last, however, the entire
body of strikers made determined rush
toward the depot. SNAKE Ready, Fire, :"
was the command, and the thirty live
springfelds rang out in response. A
second volley quickly followed. The
first vollcy staggered the rioters and the
second stopped them as effectually as if
they had run against stone wall. Sever
al men were seen to fall, but they were
taken away by their comrades and the
extent of their injuries could not be
learned. Fleisher fell in the front rank
of the rioters. He was taken to a hos
pital, where he died in short time. In
the rush that followed scores of women
and children were trampled under foot
and half dozen women tainted on the
track at Russell street crossing. The
news Of the killing spread with remark
able rapidity, and ten minutes afterwards
the streets in the vicinity were filled
with threatening mob. Maj. Hartz
lett his company for a few moments to
assist the fremen and doctors in placing
Vaceter on the patrol wagon. and was
Immediately surrounded by crowd.
kill him." '.Shoot him down." were
the cries of several excited men as the
mob surged around the major. Hartz
however, did tpay any attention TIC
them and was not molested. The excite
ment by this time was intense. Men
ran from house to house, borrowing shot.
guns, rifles and other fire arms.
"To arms" was the cry heard on every
side, and fully 5000 people responded.
Matters looked so threatening that &
call was sent to Chicago FOR reinforce.
nlents, and two more companies were
sent out on special train. These add
tional troops were stationed at the scene
of trouble and efectually cowed the rio.
tiers for the time being. Maj. Hartz ar
rested four of the leaders of the mob AND
took them to Chicago with a small de.
tail of troops. While the train was pull
ling out Of the city crowd gathered
and stoned it, but quickly dispersed on
the approach of company Of infantry.