The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-11

There was cessation In the coal
throwing. as the mob rushed for the
building The gates were all closed.
and not an entrance way was visible.
llowling like demons the men rushed
against the gates, forcing them from
their hinges Enraged 10y this feeble
RESI- stance the mob took vengeance by
tearing the doors and gates TO pieces.
Running mad through the immense
building they took complete posses
sion The men in the works fled from
the shops. leaving their clothes and
dinner baskets 10 their fates. The
molds were destroyed, and everything
that would >uccunb TO clubs welded
bv Infatuated men was wrecked
The mob rushed from the wrecked
building down the railroad track 10
the office OF the company. Rocks were
hurled through the windows. and the
destruction OF the plant seemed proba-
Bile.
rha Bius Coats Take Hand.
At this juncturc. howl went up
from the crowd of police" and before
the words were hardly uttered. the
blue coats were out and at work.
The crowd at first ran, then recover
ing its courage surrounded the police
The mob took possession of the coal
cars and used them a. barriers. Stones
were thrown from time to time at the
police had their clubs in hand and
several times put their hands 10 their
pockets 10 draw their weapons This
only caused the crowd 10 jeer and
laugh. The leaders pushed in among
the rioters. cxhorting them to stand
their ground. The 1900 dwindled
away to half that number. The hand
full of police would have been swept off
the face of the earth if the leaders
could only have gotten the men started.
They stood and faltered and in tina
moment of hesitation they lost their
courage
Presents d a formidable App rarsncs.
Cowed 10y the force ut the Epson
works the mob planned move on the
Faulhaubcr Furniture Co. The rioters
started on run down the ,rac,:s The
police gave chase and arrived just in
tirnc to prevent the scenes OF the Up
son works from being re-enactel.
I,y the time the police had come t.
the l.amrSon Nut and Bolt Co. : plant
their mum beers had been so augmented
that they presented formidable APP
pearanec. The mob lined the hill,
jeering and guying the officers. bu;
made no offensive move until Tom
Moore. the anarchist. again began his
bowling and shouting. crying to the
rioters 10 kill the s. -, ''wring
their necl<s." Two or three officers
started towards the hill and instantly
there was shower of stones and scrar
iron.
rumblsd Ovsr Each Other in Their
Haste to Gst Away.
This was enough for the police. The
word was given. and away they
stared up the hill pell nell. their long
clubs in hand. The rioters did not
wait for them. but tumbled over each
other in their anxiety to get out Of the
way.
The mob scattered quickly wher
they reached the crest of the hill by
Abbey and Davidson streets, but gath
cred soon again in a vacant lot mort h
spring bed factory.
The police. led by Capt English.
were massed on the east end Of the
Abbcy-street bridge. and Capt. English
ordered the mob 10 move on. They
seemed somewhat disinclined 10 do SO
and Capt. English whirled his bator
and yelled: Clean EN- out. boys
And suiting the action TO the word hs
started on dead run for IA great bis
fellow. smashed him across the heae
and kicked him. The police followed
quickly, using their clubs freely OF
anyone who did not move his legs fas
enough.
} Thu Clubbing Went Merriiy On.
For while the clubbing went on
right mcrrly. but the mob made track
and scattered in all directions.
In the meantime the ringleader o
tire whole affair had been arrested
: Tom Moore. the man who has been al
yoca.ing violence from the first of til,
la or troubles When the mob re
! treated from the Epson works he RAJ
up and down the EN- bankment, he
, scechng them to stand their ground
and kill the id policemen.
Bring on your Cuttings" he yelled
, Bring on your police. wei bea
them" Tie then turned to the riotcr
4 and called them towards for not fight
ing. When the fight was going ol
upon Abbey street he rushed up am
down. yelling to the rioters 10 resist
Z until he ran against the club of Pc
|, liceman that broke his scalp. a couple
r Of officers threw him into patrol wag
(. on. in which he was taken to the sta
tion and locked up
The hob Scattered.
The mob by this time having bee
i scattered. Capt English, leaving
small squad on the bridge. put his me-
| into the wagons and started for tn
4 Variety iron works
At this time there must have bee
r sixty policemen on the ground an,
: these were soon joined by the mounte,
, police. The crowd was an ugly one
| On Abbey street, after the fight the
' gathered in groups, discussing it ii
D sullcn and sometimes violent tones
A quickly separating when policeman