The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
BLooDsHED AT HAMMoNn.
One Rioter killed and Number OF PD
pie Wounded

One ES1OteR Killed and a Number OF -
pie Wounded.
CHICAGO, Ju ly1O.-The rioting g
Hammond, Ind, eliminated yesters
day afternoon in conflict between
the mob and Company B, Fifteenth
United States insanity.
Killed
CHARLES FLEIsCHER a laborer
Wounded.
Victor Vacter. fatally,
William Campbell, Shot through both lega
Mrs Fleming, shot in knee
Victor Bite, shot in leg.
Unknown man shot through the waist
A number of other people were
slightly injured, but were carried
away by their friends and secreted
and it will be impossible to learn the
exact numbe of wounded.
The trouble began Saturday night.
The rio4ers kept their work up all
night, burning cars and disabling en-
gines. Yesterday morning they
burned a Pullman car. Most of this
work was done inside the Illinois
state line, and as soon as the Illinois
militia arrived on the scene the mob
retired into Indiana and jeered at the
troops
About 9 o'clock a great crowd
gathered again about the Monon
turned and the Michigan Central
tracks blocked. The sheriff and depu-
ties were powerless to restrain the
naob, and as there was no hope of the
Indiana militia arriving before late
an appeal was made to the federal
authorities in Chicago, and Company
B of the Fifteenth infantry was sent
out at once.
The troops were stationed about
the Monon depot, as that seemed to
be the center of the rioters attack,
and their presence quieted things for
a while, and the blockade on tho
tracks was finally raised at L o'clock
in the afternoon, and several passeRs
ger trains pulled through.
This seemed to anger the mob, and,
with an increase in numbers, its pas
sions grew to a frenzy. The regulars
were greeted with oaths and shouts
of derision, and volleys of sticks and
stones were showered upon them.
The men stood their grounds, how
ever, and kept the mob for sew
eral hours from approaching
the buildings By o'clock fully
5000 rioters were assembled. They
had been aroused by their leaders to
a frenzy that made an encounter with
the soldiers certain. Several times
Choy IuSu0u upon GH0 company VI
troops, but were met by fixed bayo-
nets and driven back. At last, how
ever, the entire body of strikers made
a determined rush towards the depot.
MAKE ready, frer' was the COM
mand, and the tllirty-fve Springfelds
rang out in response. A second vol
ley quickly followed the surging
crowd. The first volley staggered
them sAd the second stopped them as
effectually as if they had run against
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.
The officer commanding the United
States forces made public the follow
ing telegram received by him from
General Miles:
Commander Of1cer United States Troops:
General Schofield wires that Governor Mat
theWs Of Indiana has asked the president that
three companies of United States troops be
Sent to Hammond to dispense the mob OF
rioters. This makes your duty and that OF
the troops plain You to fire upon any
mob or men obstructinE the line Of road and
hold the place until further orders.
Nv nr0rn and of ainr ara1