Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-08
SEVERAL KILLED,
A Three Minute Fight Be-
tween the Factions.
A MILITIAMAN INJURED.
He was Struck on the Head
with Stones.
AFTER standing Insults and Rock
Throwing for scverai Hours. the
soldiers Are Forced Into
Fight--List OF woundsd.


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the state OF iihhois V"n"e ''ksN'e' '"''
afternoon and pitched battle was 'he
result The number OF killed and
wounded VIII mover be known gs the
~, -, -, ,,,,r,h.r or men Who
i'"p e"'''e "" i" , ',, ~,
were seen to fan anu whether they
were dead or wounded. or how many
nf them fell. II Ia impossible at this
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N'i'e ~
the casuhlties were US ioio"s'
Dead; ,, .,,. ,.r,.a ,,,, ,
payohet thrust thfoush '"' "NV''
Monnded; p,,,,n co,nnonv
LIEsJTENANr hEr,p, s,',na
I, l. ~ u, struVN v" nV"N ~
co I,gi er', ,'SSaaltty,,AN sho, In hnck
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WI, u'; ,xoNpnpR atahhad with
,',',i, LIN ,lIn
iyySESSovVN MAN shot through
,i,,er VIII die'
tr,luNoNVN nov II yenrs old, shot
,,,ro,,.,h nj dn,ncn WIN dIe
may VAGrsIsi ahot In right arm,
uENp : WILLIAMS. shot In left
arm
John KERR. shot in hip.
JfNKNOWN WOMAN, shot In right
hin.
A Tough Netghborhood.
nh. o,,h, o,currad AZ the interaoction
"a, tSo,tve1nt,th stre.t and the Grand
srrnris sra,,iis IA locality which hns al
,,a,'s a. M, e,l nam, ana which can
49,, - a 49, AN, t,yn iou,,hs Tar every
$1,000 nV. ,.a "a, ~ fsrr,fo,,, w,fhIn n radius
az hais ,nua
Va snr,a,,, trt,,,io ,.,as exrsctad hare
ea,l,, this r,arr,r,, ISefnrc q o.clnef
4, -. ,,,orrin,, ,,oh MA satberna
and ,;oi, th,a,,s ar h,,,,nins, the Grand
Trunk roundhouse. Aid was asked OF
the authorities, and company i. OF the
second regiment, Illinois National
Guards, thirty-eight strong, com
manded by Capt, Kelly, 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 begun TO turn
over freight ears and tear up the
tracks. A squad OF police under
Lieutenant Bufory attached the mob
and several shots were fIud on both
sides, but nobody WAS hurt The mob
then went back once more 60 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
car Into the pit OF n turntable and
made the machine useless
superintendent Atwater and Yard
master Mckee OF the Grand Trunk,
with gang OF men, SCI 20 work TO
remove the obstruction. while the mob,
Whlch hau now grown 70 be very ugly,
STOOD around howling and hooting.
a.. oJSisloHasx Ie.tlns ny stone AZ
tne e9,diers rms condition of Affairs
nt,,Nt19neu .or TWO or thfee hours, the
n,il''lh oIhaVlng win excellent spirit
'N VIE ~, uisvlpNne.
encourage" ny n" FiTinW.
flhhiiy me mob, encouraged by the
taot mat the troops did not Are, be-
gan hNtiNe hostllitiea. n crowd OF men
pushed hlter the car from a siding
I Sad 70 u,e usek, where me train which
n"u pIouEht me inllitia 10 the scene
~, Tas s,s'i'u,ng, WIN the evident inton-
,hn ~ ,i,,,i n.'snlms ue tracks 80 Tint
trao, mum In Woui1 nave no line OF re-
s,,nor,,,talrS nehs conferred with
NM n WAS i,,,, snematel, aHc concluded
track. and tbat as ,ta ~ 70 clear me
ing wilder every nom,nt ~. H'tuM .,
thing to do was TO ieavs ne aV peee
before the strikers proceeded Ia s,,ch
extremitleA as would neoessitate hls
openinfg IRE on them.
He accordingly detailed one-baif or
his company TO remove the car which
blocked the track on which the train
was standing and with the balance
held back the crowd, which began 10
press closer and closer as II saw Irns
OF the troops making n retreat lie
drew his men back slowly. several
times turning them 20 confront the
crowd when II came too close Again
and ngain the mob. shouting. howllnr
and using the viiest Language. made
'1i-f nNt ~verv time Is IN ~ i'a-,
steadily with his men and the crowd
paused before the threatening rifles,
Finally the several tougbs on the edge
OF the mob made rush at Yardmaster
Mckee. one Of them flourlshing a re-
volver Mckee drew his own revolver
and fired, but the bullet flew wide.
The strikers by this time were fairly
Wild with rage and bricks. stones.
chunks OF coal and coupling Minis
raincd around the troops. lieutenant
Reed was struck twice on the bend
In quick succession by stones and foil
20 the ground like dead man,
Charged the Iob.
tse,Iv ,han cn,,ciude,I 49,, ,,,,, So,
come md wheeling ouicl,iv 1av. 80
word 10 chnrra ana tho Il, td,,,, -
military men sprnng forward with