The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

was impracticabie 10 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 extremes and would
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 was standing
and with the balance held back the
crowd, which began to press closer and
closer, as it saw signs of the troops max
ing a retreat. He drew his men back
slowly, several times turning them 10
confront the crowd when IL came too
| close. Again and again the mob, snout-
| ing, bowling and using the vilest Ian
| guage, made a rush. but every time Kelly
met them steadily with his men and the
| crowd paused before the threatening
: rifles. FVually several toughs on the
| edge of the mob made a rush at Yard
/ master Mckee. one of them flOurishing
! a revolver Mckee drew his own re-
| volver and fired, but the bullet flew
| wide.
The order 10 Fire.
The strikers by this time were fairly
! wild with rag and bricks. stones.
chunks Of coal aid coupling pins rained
! around the troops Lieut.. Reed was
| struck twice on the head in quick sue
cessior by stones and fell to the ground
| like a dead man. Kelly then concluded
the time had come and. wheeling his
men quickly. gave the word 20 charge
/ and the handful Of militiamen sprung
\ forward with leveled bayonets. John
! Burke was standing in front Of the mob
! throwing coal fast he could move
! his arm. one Of the first soldiers in the
J charge plunged his bayonet clear through
| his body the point coming out at the
| back Burke went down like a log and
| died in a few minutes.
The mob broke before the charge, but
} quickly rallied and after a short pause
| came on again, sending a pattering of re
| volVer bullets before IT, The troops, the
! deputies and the police waited for no or
| ders, but the rifles came to a level. re
] NolverS were drawn and a storm OF
J leaden death swept into the mob Men
! fell right and left. but the militia and
| deputies and the police pressed forward
| rapidly driving the crowd before them
in the widest confusion. 1t was all over
| in three minutes and the militia marched
| into their train and with the deputies
| returned TO the city.
They looked as though they had been
! through a battle when they disembarked
| at Dearborn station. Their uniforms
| were torn, hats gone. they were covered
! with dust and dirt and many of them
| had been badly bruised by flying stones.
Thinks Il Dozen Were Killed.
"I believe" said superintendent At
! water, that at least dozen men were
| killed. 1 saw men strewn all over the
| tracks and they were dead men, too. The
mob was not far away when we began
| to fire and for about three minutes the
| militia, the deputies and the police, who
| fought like devils. were simply pouring
lead into that crowd. We were close
! enough and the mob was big enough
and | don't think many bullets went
! wide. There We're more killed than we
| will ever know about"
The statements of superintendent At
| water as to the number of men shot
| down are upheld by the militiamen and
! by the deputies, many men declaring that
| they had seen the strikers carrying away
! men who were either dead or wounded.
! The injured men, whose names are given,
| were brought TO the city by the police
and placed in the hospital.
| The report Of the fight Occa stoned great
| excitement at army headquarters and the
| request of Police Inspector Hunt that
| several companies of regulars and a
| Gatling gun be sent out TO the scene,
added to the feeling. The mob became
| quiet at evening. however. and the regu-
| lars and artillery were held at the depot
all night.
At o'clock a mob Of two thousand or
| three thousand people collected at the
scene of this afternoons fight They set
fire to several ears and three or four
were burned before the fire department
reached the scene The flames are now
under control.
In Another SISirmish.
Capt. Kelly and company f, Second
regiment, l. n. c.. were in a second
skirmish at Ashland ave and Forty
ninth-st. The mob of Bohemians and
Poles filed the avenue and the Grand
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along a row of empty box cars and ap-
piled blazing torch to the oil boxes. The
sight of the flames made the people crazy
with delight, and down the avenue a
stream of several thousand began rush
ing. Capt. Kelly's men were met with
stones and their bayonets cleaned
against the thousands fleeing into every
available hole and crevice. Reinforce
ments were quickly summoned and the
crowd dispersed Some of the rioters
were slightly injured.
Joseph WarzOwski was shot and fatally
wounded by United States sold
iers tonight He claims he was merely
a spectator in a crowd that was stoning
a Panhandle freight train at Twenty
frst-st. Martha Beach, a girl seventeen
| years old, while watching mob of Boz
hemians and Italians VINO were trying to
burn cars in the G, B. q Q. freight
| yards. at Ashiand-aVe., was instantly
killed by stray bullet during a police
charge.
Threaten TO Use bombs.
a report was in circulation in the
stock yards late this evening that some
of the socialistic element among the moh
associated with the strikers have proposed
to throw dynamite bombs into the camp
of the militia after the soldiers have re-
tired to rest. This report has created
considerable excitement.
THE SECOND BATTLE.
Police Have - Struggle After the