Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-09
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waru the sgot.
Make ready, FIRE was the command.
and the 35 sprlngliulds rang out In re-.
spouse. second volloy quickly followed.
The lifst yolley staggered the rioters. and
the second stopped them rs effectually as
II they had run against IA stone wall
Several men were seen to fall, but they
were taken away by their comrades, and
the extent Of their injuries could not be
learned Fleischer fell In the front rank
OF the rioters. He was taken to the hos.
pital, where he died in d short time. In
the rush that followed scores Of women
and children were trampled under foot.
and half dozen tainted The pqldiers
then took up position on the track at the
Russell street crossing Tho news OF the
killing spread with remarkable rapidity
and 10 minutes afterward the streets in
the vicinity We're filled with threatening
mob. Major Hartz left his company for a
few moments to assist the fremen and
doctors in placing Nacetor on the patrol
wagon and was Immediately surrounded
by crowd.
XIII himl" Shoot him DOWN. were
the cries Of several excited mon "a the
mob surged around the major He. how
ever, did not pay any attention 20 them
and was not molested.
The excitement by this time was IN.
tense. Men ran from house to house hor.
rowing shotguns rifles and other firearms.
TO armsl" was the cry heard on every
side, and fully 5000 people responded.
Matters looked so threatening that n call
was sent to Chicago for re endorsements
and two more companies We're sent ont on
special train. These additional troops
We're stationed at the scene Of trouble and
eifectually cowed the rioters for the time
being.
Major Hartz arrested four OF the leaders
Of the mob and took them 10 Chicago with
a small detail Of troops. While the train
was pulling out of the city crowd gath.
cred and stoned it, but quickly dispersed
on the approach Of company Of infan.
try.
Many Mobs Scattered.
Comparative quiet prevailed as a rule
within the city, though there wore as
might have been expected, number Of
sporadic instances where little knots Of
malcontents gathered. became boisterous
and were finally scattered by d charge
from the police. A number Of small mobs
formed, went rioting, firing and overturn-
ing cars. Heads were cracked and small
fry brawls, mostly the result Of too much
bad whisky, We're frequently reported at
police headquarters. There was. however.
no concerted effort at incendiarism or VIC.
lence although at u number OF places In.
dividual cars were fired, several Of which
were destroyed. A coal train on the East
ern Illinois was ditched ut Root street by
a switch being misplaced after the engine
and four cars had passed over
The work Of clearing the tracks in the
Grand Trunk yards at Forty ninth and
Ashland, where debris from the hundreds
of burned cars Uttered the tracks, was com
pleted under police and military protec.
tion, the monotony, however, being onliv.
ened by occasional police salhes when the
gatherings Of idlers watching the work
became too large and threatening. When
the finishing touch had been put ON the
work, nearly all the onlookers had disap-
pearcd, and troops, laborers and police
were withdrawn.
No sooner had they got well out Of sight,
however, than gang Of 500 men sudden
~ appeared, and with crowbars, picks and
shoyels tore up about an eighth Of mile
OF the track before word could be got to
the police department They fed before
another charge Of the police, and the work
Of repair is again being pushed forward
Hammond, Ind, adjoining the city on
the southeast, was the theater of the day
greatest excitement Everything at Pull
man was quiet.
Two Hours Of Mob Rule.
Riotous mobs, consisting Of mon, won
en- and children, took possession Of the
freight yards at Ealstead, Morgan and
Meaghcr streets, They burned cars and
had everything their own way for nearly
two hours All Of the reserve force Of DO.
lice officers on the west side had been de-
tailed to the yards Of the Chicago Bur
lington ana Quincy and the Wisconsin
Central roads early in the day, and moth
ing lay in the path Of the frenzied strikes
and their friends.
John NJ Eagan, at the general man.
ayers head quarters, finally sent the fol,
lowing message to Chief Brennan "Is
there no way that we can secure protoc