The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-14
FIGHT AT HAMMOND.
Two Companies Of United States
Regulars Fire on Mob.
One Man Killed and Two Others Wounded,
One Being u WOman~-Thc Mob Frantic
Sixteen Companies of Indiana
Troops Ordered TO the Scene.

CHICAGO, July 9,--rhe seat of war in
the great railroad strike was trans
ferred Sunday to Hammond, Ind, just
across the border line, where. from an
early hour. mob violence reigned SUI
preme.
Two companies of regulars were dis
patched to the scene. Late Sunday af-
ternoon there was n pitched battle be-
tween the regulars and the mob.
This is the list of casualties:
Charles Fleisher, carpenter, mar
ried, aged 80, n resident of Hammond,
killed instantly, bullet entering his /
abdomen and passing clear through the
body.
w. H. Campbell, shot in right thigh;
probably fatal.
Victor Seitor. also of Hammond, shot
in the knee; amputation of leg neces-
sary; condition critical.
Miss Annie Fleming, of East Chicago,
bullet wound above right knee: not
serious.
Unknown man, ,strangerin Hammond,
shot in right leg; amputation probably
necessary.
Trouble commenced at daylight,
when mob which had been in the
neighborhood since the night before
overturned fifteen freight cars of the
Chicago & Calumet Terminal railroad
between Hammond and east Chicago.
Six of them were thrown crosswise
over the main track of the Michigan
Central, while two others were thrown
across the rails of the Nickel Plate. At
the break of day the rabble set fire to
Pullmgn car that had been run on a
side track A call was sent in and the
fire department responded with alac-
been badly scorched.
Shortly after day-break the north
bound train on the Monon road reached
the depot. Just as soon as it stopped
il was surrounded by crowd of strilS-
ers boys and women, and the engineer
and fireman were peremptorily ordered
to get down from the cab.
Some of the mob were armed with
revolyors. Many more held rocks in
their hands, and as a consequence the
two employees were quick to obey. One
Of the strikers then took possession of
the engine, and the train was side
tracked. A telegram was sent to Chi
cago asking for military assistance to
get the train out.
At 11:30 Company d, of the Fifteenth
infantry, thirty-five strong, arrived in
two coaches. The regulars disem-
barked at the depot and marched to
the sidetrack where the Monon train
was stationed. The mob fell back on
the approach of the military but hoot-
ed and jeered, and the scene was ver-
table bedlam.
One-half of the company took up it's
position in front of the engine, and the
other half in the rear, and prepara-
tions were made to mova the train.
Like flash of lightning, however, the
| crowd increased until it was nearly
two thousand strong, and realizing
that reinforcements were necessary,
detail was sent to the telegraph Of
flee with instructions to wire to Chi
cago for more troops. In the mean
time Maj. Reilly ordered Capt. Hartz
to clear the tracks to the sidewalk
with fixed bayonets. The regulars adj
vanced. the mob retreated, and for the
time being was held at bay.
The mob went to the adjacent prairie
on either side of the tracks for while,
but, becoming emboldened by the app
parent inactivity of the military, again
closed up on the rails, only to be re-
pulsed.
This condition of affairs continued
unremittingly until 4 o'clock, when
the train that had brought the second
detachment of regulars was run into
| hn o,Ic I,,c{
brought to a standstill, several box
cars were dumped on the track block
and a half to the north,
About the same time the Monon mail
train came in from the south carrying
mail matter from indianapolis, Louis
vile. Cincinnati and intermediate
points. A company of regulars was
ordered to the state line, but it had
barely passed the mob assembled at
the state street crossing when a rope
was thrown around a Pullman car
standing on side-track few
yards north, with the evident in.
tention of throwing it over the
main track and preventing the fur.
ther passage of the train. There were
regulars on the engine, regulars on the
IOOl uha-o az UllC CdT WluNlOWS,
all of them waiting for just such con.
dition as was now imminent.
An officer. on the locomotive gave
the word and toward the west and to-
ward the east u volley was poured from
engine. roofs and windows. Some ot
the bullets went overhead, many more
ploughed the ground, few took effect
Without waiting for further orders the
regulars made for solid earth, and with
bayonets fixed made dash for the mol
ON both sides of the track.
This maneuver, however. was hard
ly necessary. Obscured by the smoke
the mob had taken to their heels like
frightened geese. Not few of them
threw themselves headlong on the
prairie, where they lay fiat, sc
Thoroughly scared that it was II matter
of Indifference to them. and there the
soldiers trampled them down in the
charge.
President Cleveland Condemned
CHICAGO, July 0.-President Clevc'
land was arraigned by the Chicago