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

was fixed by ordering down the engineer
and fireman while the engine of the
other was killed" by letting out the
water.
Excitement was at fever heat a little
later when a special train with thirty
five United States soldiers arrived.
These, with b3yonets. forced back the
crowd the captain giving orders 10 shoot
TO kill' any man touching a car. After
hours of delay they succeeded in escort
ing the train out of the city. The strik-
ers afterward blocked the track down .n
the yards with a fiat car
When the mixed train arrived from the
south at 4 O'Clock this afternoon the
troops on the special train guarded the
incoming engine While il butJed the fiat
car from the tracks. While this was go
ing on great crowd gathered at the
partially burned Pullman and began 20
try to overIurn il on the main track. II
was very heavy and resisted their efforts
BY some signal the special train with
troops was called back The crowd scat
tered as if by magic when the troops be-
gun TO fire vOlley after volley
At first no balls took effect. but as they
neared the scene a horrible event oc-
cured. Charles MyZiski was hit by a
ball which plowed a gaping hole through
his left leg. Another man received a
head Of many an innocent spectator. As
the troops reached the Pullman Charles
Fletcher. who lives near. was peeping
about the cars on the Erie siding look
ing for a little son VINO had left the
house. A soldier saw him. stepped of
the pilot of the engine. took deliberate
aim and fired. Fletcher received the ball
in the side and was fatally Ounded
Not one of the parties shot is a rail-
road man. Not one of them has been in
any way connected with the railroad
troubles here. y storm Of iudignat ton
arose from every citizen 0f the cicy.
Many wept, some from pity. bur more
from anger. The crowd was at least
1880 strong. and why no more were
wounded is beyond comprehension.
BlOOdshed is sure TO follow if the troops
remain here tonight.
The whole city viii be armed and peo-
pie have become maddened by the con-
duct of the troops.
The a. r. L. has used every effort 10
prevent depradations, but could not con-
troll some hot-he4ds. and these We're
urged on by agitatOrs who have come
here from other points.
Later-Three additional companies OF
United States troops arrived this after
nOOn
Mayor Reilly has received word that
800 more are en- route and that every
man is provided with forty rounds of
ammunition. The mayor has asked that
all law-abidiag citizens retire to their
homes and remain there. He appealed
to the crowd TO dispense, but in vain.
Five hundred guns have been collected
and will be ready for use.
A second vOlley was fired at the crowd
tonight, but no one was injured.
The mayor has called a mass-meeting
to meet to discuss the situation.
1t is reported that six companies Of
state militia is also en- route here.
CHICAGO, July S.-(Associated Press
report.)-The rioting at Hammond cul-
minated this afternoon in a conflict be-
tween the mob and company d, Fifteenth
United States infantry, in which Charles
Fleisher, a labOrer, was killed, Victor
Vaceter fatally wounded and William
Campbell shot through both legs. a num-
Der Of other people were slightly injured
but were carried away by their friends
and secreted, and it will be impossible
TO learn the exact number wounded.
The trouble began last night, as told
in these dispatches.
The rioters kept their work up all
night, burning cars and disabling engines.
This morning they burned a Pullman
car.
Most of this work was done inside of
the Illinois state line, and as soon as the
Illinois militia. arrived on the scene the
mob retired into Indiana and jerred at
the troops.
About Q o'clock this morning a great
crowd gathered again about the MOnon
depot Several freight cars were over
turned and the Michigan Central tracks
blockaded. The sheriff and marshals
deputies were powerless to restrain the
mob, and as there was no hope of the
Indiana militia arriving before late this
evening appeal was made to the fed
eral authorities in Chicago. Company B,
of the Fifteenth infantry, thirty-five
men, 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 quoted
things for a while and the blockade
on the tracks was finally raised at
o'clock in the afternoon and several pas
senger trains pulled through. This
seemed TO anger the mob and, with an
increase of number, its passions 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 ground how
ever. and kept the mob for several hours
from approaching the buildings. BY 3
o'clock fully five thousand rioters were
assembled They had been aroused by
their leaders TO a frenzy that made an
encounter with the soldiers certain.
Several times they rushed upon the
conpanv of troops, but were met by
fixed bayonets and driven back AT
last. however. the entire body of strik-
ers made a determined rush toward the
spot.
make ready Fire. was the COM
n.and. and thirty-five Springfields rang
out in response.
A second volley quickly followed. The
first volley staggered the rioters and the
second stopped them as effectually as il
they had run against a stone wall.
Several men were seen to fall, but
they were taken away by their COM
rades. and the extent Of their injuries
could not be learned.
F'leischer fell in the front rank Of the
rioters He was taken to the hospital,
where he died in a short time
In the rush that followed scores Of
women and children were trampled upon
and half dozen women tainted on the
tracks.
The soldiers then took up a position
on the tracks at the Russell-st. crossing.
The news Of the killing spread with
remarkable rapidity and ten minutes aft
erward the streets i'm the vicinity were
filled with a threatening mob. Maj.
Hartz left his company for a few mo-
ments to assist the firemen and doctors
in placing Vaceter on the patrol wagon
and was Immediately surrounded by a
crowd. Kill him. "shoOt him DOWN.
were the cries of several excited men. as
the mob surged around the major.
HartZ. however, did not pay any atten-
ton to them and was not molested.
The excitement by this time was in
tense At this point the excitement was
at its hight Men ran from house TO
house borrowing shotguns, rifles and
other firearms. ITO arms" was the cry
heard on every side and fully 5000 people
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