The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
WOUNDED.

Lieutenant Reed, company F, Second in
fantry, l. \. G., struck on the head by
stones; condition critical
Thomas Jpckman, shot in back: will die.
John Kornberg, stabbed with bayonet;
will die.
Unknown man, shot through liver, will
I die.
Unknown boy, II years old. shot through
abdomen; will die.
Tony Gajewski, shot in right arm.
Henry Williams, shot in left arm.
John Kerr, shot in hip.
Unknown woman, shot in right hip.
Joseph Rhineberg, three bayonet
wounds; may die.
Anton kocminski, shot in right side.
Joseph SZcepauski, shot in shoulder.
Unknown boy, shot in left leg
The name of the woman shot is Annie
Seigler. Bone Of left leg so badly shat
tered that amputation was necessary.
The fight occurred at the intersection of
Forty-ninth street and Grand Trunk
tracks IN locality which has always had
an evil name and which can produce two
toughs for every square yard of territory
within radius of half mile. Serious
trouble was expected here early this morn
ing. Before Q o'clock in the morning a
mob had gathered aud made threats of
burning the Grand Trunk round house.
Aid WIS asked from the authorities and
Company f. of the Second infantry. thirty
eight strong, commanded by Captain Z.
L Kelly, was hurried to the SPOT The
militia was reinforced by number of depu-
ties and the mob was pressed back from
the round house. The mob gathered
again at Fiitieth street and began
to turn over freight cars and tear
up the tracks. A squad of police under
Lieutenant Duffy attacked 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 a portion of the crowd, which by
this time was fully 5000 strong, occupied
the militia and the deputies, others ran
freight car into the pit of turn-table and
made the machine useless. Superinten-
dent Atwater and Yardmaster Mckee of
the Grand Trunk, with gang or men, set
to work to remove the obstruction, while
the mob, which had now grown TO be very
ugly, stood around bowling and hooting
and occasionally letting fly a stone at the
soldiers. This condition of affairs pre-
vailed for two or three hours, the militia
behaving with excellent spirit and show
ing good discipline.
Finally the mob, encouraged by the fact
that the troops did not fire,
BEGAN ACTIVE HoSTILITIEs.
A crowd of men pushed a freight car
from siding onto the track where the
train which had brought the militia to the
scene was standing, with evident intention
of blocking the track so that the militia
would have no line of retreat. Captain
Kelly conferred with Superiu tendent At
water and concluded it was impracticable
to clear the track, and that as the mob was
growing wilder every moment, the best
thing TO do was to leave the place before
the strikers proceeded to such extremities
as would necessitate his opening fire on
them. He accordingly detailed one half OF
his company to move the car which
blocked the track or which the train was
standing, and with the balance held back
the crowd which began to press closer
ard closer as it saw signs of the troops
making retreat. He drew his men back
slowly, several times turning them to CON
front the crowd when II came too close.
Again hHu d8atu tD6 mOO, shouting. !
bowling and using the viest language, |
made a rush, but every time Kelly met
them steadily with his men and the crowd /
paused before the threatening rifles. Fin |
ally, several tOugns on the edge of the |
mos made rush at Yardmaster Mckee, |
one OF them fOurishing a revolver,
Mckee drew mis- revolver and fred. but
the bullet flew wide. The strikers by this |
time were
FAIRLY WILD WITH RAGE,
and bricks, stones, chunks OF coal and |
coupling pins rained around the troops |
Lieutenant Reed was struck twice on The (
head in quick succession by stones and J
fell 10 the ground like dead man. Kelly !
tssn concluded the time had come, and 1
wheeling his men quickly gave the word |
TO charge aud the handful of miiitiameu I
sprung forward with levellei osyonets. |
John Burke was standing in /
the front Uf the mob THROWN. coal /
as fast as be conld move his arm. One of /
the nrst soldiers IN the charge plunged his 4
bayonet clear through his body, the 10, al 1
coming out az the back. Burke went down 4
like leg and died In a few minutes. The |
mob broke before the charge, but quickly |
rallied, aud after short pause came on |
again, sending pattering OF revolver bull |
lets before II. The troops, the deputies
anu the police waited for no orders bat the 4
rifles came 10 a level. reyolvers were drawn 4
and storm or leaden death swept into the 1
mob.
MEN FELL RIGHT AND LEFT.
but the militia, deputies aud police /
pressed forward, rapidly driving the
crowd before them in tae widest confus-
ION. IL was all over in three minutes and /
the militia marched into their train and |
with the deputies returned 10 the CITY.
They looked as though they had teen /
through battle when they olsen barked /
at Dearborn station. Their uniforms
were torn, hats gone; they were covered /
with dust and dirt aud many Of them had
been badly bruised by flying stones.
Il believe said Superintendent A.
water, that at least dozen men wrr- I
killed. l saw men strewn all over a q
tracks aud they were dead mep. toe 7
mob was not Tar away when We began IL
fire aud for about tkTee minutes tie
militia, the deputies and police, who
fought like devils, were simply pouring 4
lead into that crowd. We were els
enough and the mob was big enough. and /