The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-08
FIGHT WITH A MOB.
The Militia Kill and Wound a Num-
ber of Rioters.


CHICAGO, July 1.-THE strikers and the
State of Illinois came together this after
noon, and a pitched battle was the result.
The number of killed and wounded will
never be known, as the mob carried off a
number of men who were seen to fall, and
whether they were dead or wounded, or
how many of them fell, it is impossible at
this time to ascertain AS far as known.
the casualties were as follows:
JOHN BURKE. striker killed by bay
cnet thrust through the abdomen.
The wounded are:
LIEUT.. HARRY REED Company F, Sec
ond Infantry, l. n. Co. struck on the head
by stone; condition critical.
THOMAS JACKMAN, shot in back; will
die.
JOHN KONDER, stabbed with bayonet;
will die.
UNKNOWN MAN, shot through liver;
will die.
UNKNOWN BOY, seventeen years old,
shot through abdomen; will die.
TONY GAJEUSKI. shot in right arm
HENRY WILLIAMS, shot in left arm.
JOHN KERR, shot in hip.
JOSEPH RHINEBERG, three bayonet
wounds; may die.
ANTON KOCMINSKI, shot in right side
JOSEPH SZCEPAUSKI, shot in shoul-
der.
UNKNOWN BOY, shot in left leg.
ANNIE SIEGLER, bone in left leg so
badly shattered that amputation was neces-
sary.
The fight occurred at the intersection
of Forty-ninth street and the Grand Trunk
tracks, locality which has always had an
evil name and which can produce any day
two toughs for every square yard of ter
ritory within a radius of half mile. Ser-
Gus trouble was expected here early this
morning. Before 9 o'clock in the morning
a mob had gathered and made threats of
burning the Grand Trunk roundhouse. Aid
was asked from the authorities, and Com
pany F, of the Second Infantry, thirty
eight strong, commanded by Captain Kel-
ly, was hurried to the spot The militia
was reinforced by number of deputies,
and the mob was pressed back from the
roundhouse. The mob gathered again at
Fiftieth street and began to turn over
freight cars and tear up the track. A squad
of police under Lieutenant Duffy attacked
the mob and several shots were fired on
both sides, but nobody was hurt.
The mob then went back once more to
Forty-ninth street, and while a portion of
the crowd which by this time was fully
eight thousand strong, occupied the militia
into the pit Of turntable and made the
machine useless. Superintendent Atwater
and Yardmaster Mckee, of the Grand
Trunk, with gang Of men set to work 10
remove the obstruction. while the mob,
which had now grown to be very ugly,
stood around bowling and hooting and oc-
casionally letting fly a stone at the soldiers.
This condition of affairs prevailed for two
or three hours, the militia behaving with
excellent spirit and showing good discipline.
Finally the mob. encouraged by the fact
mat the troops did not fire. began active
hostilities crowd of men pushed a
freight car from a siding onto the track,
where the train which had brought the
militia to the scene was standing with
the evident intention of blocking the
tracks so that the militia would have no
line of retreat. Captain Kelly conferred
with Superintendent Atwater and concluded
that il was impracticable to clear the
track, and that the mob was growing
wilder every moment, the best thing to
do was to leave the place before the strik-
necessitate his opening fire on them He
accordingly detailed the half of his COM
pany to move the car which blocked the
track on which the train standing.
and with the remainder held back the