The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-08

I e'rNts--FN+ - &s4EA M2N were seen 10 lAtA.
sud whether they were dead OF Wounded
! or hcw many II them fell Is impossible as
this time - ascertain. As far as known
the casualties are as follows:
Dead: John Burke. striker. killed hy a
vysyeast tATast through the abdomen.
/ wounded, Lieut.. Reed. Company c. Sec
/ ondlnlaniry. /, y. H., hit on the head bv
4 stones. condition critical. Thomas Lack
mano shot IN back, will die: john Kern.
I beFE- stabbed With hayonet, will die. ur-
Sno@a nan. shns through liver. wil die,
+ unAnoNa boy, IL years old shot through
/ ABDOMEN, viii die; Henry Williams. shot
i n ieit arm; gohn Kerr. shot in hip;
annie IefghcF. sett lcg ampufated. IoSeTh
khineeerg. three hayeaet woungts. may
/ dte; Antoa koehminski, shot IN righs
SIDE; Joseph SzcepSuski, shot ia shoulder;
unknown boy, shot IA LETT leg
1 The tight occurred at the intersection OF
| Feriy-ninth street and the Grand Trunk
/ tracks. territory which has always had
4 an evil name, and which can produce any
| day two toughs for every square yard OF
/ territory within a radius of half a mile.
I Serious trouble Was expected here early
/ this morning. Before o'clock in the
morning mob had gathered and made
/ threats Of burning the Grand Trunk round-
| house. Aid was asked from the authors-
tAN0s SA4A N.R.ARAHN l Qi hAN second IN
fantry, sixty strong. commanded by Capt.
| Maher, was hurried 10 the spot. The
militiamen were reinforced by a number
OF deputies, and the mob was pressed back
from the rounihouse. The mob gathered
again At Fiftieth street and began TO turn
over freight cars and tear up the tracks.
A squad Of police under Lieut. Duly at
tackled the mob. and several shots were
fired on both sides. but no one was injured.
The mob then went back once more To
Forty-ninth street. and while portion OF
the crowd, which was by this time fully
$500 strong, occupied the militia and the
deputies, Others ran a freight car into tho
pit of turntable and made the machine
useless. Superintendent Atwater and
Nardmaster Mckee, of the Grand Trunk.
with gang of men set to work 10 remove
the obstruction. while the mob which had
grown ugly. stood around howling and
hooting and occasionally letting fly 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
that the troops did not fire, began active
hostlities. A crowd of men pushed a
freight ear from siding on the track
where the train stood which had brought
tie militia to the scene. with the evident
intention OF blocking the tracks so that
the militia would have no line of retreat
Capt. Maher conferred with Superintcnd-
ent Atwater and concluded that it was inn
practicable to clear the track and that an
the mob was growing wilder every mo-
ment, the best thing to do was 20 leave tha
place before the strikers proceeded to such
extremities as would necessitate his OPEN
ing fire on them. lie accordingly detailed
one-half of his company TO move the car
which blocked the track on which the
train was standing and with the balance
held back the crowd. which began To press
closer and closer as IL saw signs of tho
troops making retreat. He drew his
men back slowly. several times turning
them to confront the crowd when it came
too close. Again and again the mob,
shouting, howling and using the vilest
language. made a rush. but every time
Maher met them steadily with his men,
and the crowd paused before tho threaten
ing rifles. Finally several toughs on the
edge of the mob made a rush at the yard
master. one of them tIourishing revolver.
Mckee drew his own revolver aud fired,
but the bullet few Wild.
BY this time the strikers were fairly
wild with rage and bricks, stones, chunks
| OF coal and coupling pins rained around
| the troops Lieut.. Reed was struck on tho
head twice In quick succession. and fell to
the ground like dead man. Maher then
| concluded the time had come and, wheel
| ing his men, quickly gave the word TO
| charge and the handful of miliamen
sprang forward with leveled bayonets.
| John Burke was standing in the front OF
| the mob throwing coal as fast as he could
move his arms. One OF the first soldiers
in the charge plunged his hayonet through
his body, the point coming out at the
back Burke went down like a log and
| died i'm few minutes The mob broke
before the charge. but quickly rallied. and
after a short pause came on again, send
| ing pattering Of revolver bullets before
il. The troops. the deputies and the
| police waited for no orders. bat the rides
| came to a level, revolvers were drawn and
| a storm of leaden death swept into the
| mob. Men fell right and left, but the
militia, deputies and police pressed for.
ward, rapidly driving the crowd before
| them in the widest confusion. Ii was all
over in three minutes. and the militia
marched into the train and with the
| deputies returned to the city. They
iOOke1 as ihOuEh they hAA pecn through
a battle when they disembarked. Their
uniforms were torn, their hats were gone.
they we're covered with dust and dirt, and
many Of them had been badly bruised by
| dying stones.
al believe" said Superintendent At
water, "that at least a dozen men were
| killed. ! saw men strewn sll over the
tracks, and they were dead men. too. The
mob was not far away when we began 10
| ire. and for about three minutes the mill
| tia aud deputies fought like devils. simply
| pouring lead into the crowd. We were
| close enough and the mob was big enough,
| and I don't think many bullets went
| amisa." The statement Of Superintendene
| Atwater rs 10 the number Of men shot
| down is upheld by the militiamen and
| deputies, many men declaring that they
| had seen strikers carrying away men who
/ were either dead or wounded. The In
| iured men whose names are given we're
| brought 10 the city by the police and
| placed in the hospital
As the train with the militia moved Off
/ fully 5000 people crowded about the
/ handful OF police who were left behind.
I. From all sides came stones and other
/ missiles. Tho men, realizing their posi-
1 ton. drew their revosEers and backed up
4 against each other. prepared for a desper-
/ ate battle The crowd halted for mo-
4 ment. aud Offlcer Ryan hurried 10 patrol
/ box and called = patrol wagon. In the
| meantime the crowd had closed again on
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