The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-09
WORK OF THE REGULARS.
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They Open Fire.
Chicago, July S.-The riotfng at Ham
mond, Ind, eliminated this afternoon in
a conflict between the mob and Company
B, Fifteenth United States infantry, in
which Charles Fleishman was killed,
Victor Vacter fatally wounded and Will
lam Campbell shot through both legs.
A number of other people were slightly
injured, but were carried away by their
friends and secreted, and it will be inn
possible 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 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 8 o'clock this morning a great
crowd gathered about the Monon depot:
Several freight cars were overturned ana
the Michigan Central tracks blocked.
The sheriff and deputies were powerless
to restrain the mob, and as there was no
hope of the Indiana militia arriving be-
fore late this evening, an appeal was
made to the federal authorities in chi
cago.
Company B, of the Fifteenth infantry,
was sent out at once. Their presence
quieted things for a while and the block
ade on the tracks was finally raised at
o'clock in the afternoon and seVerdl
passenger trains pulled through.
This seemed to anger the mob, ana
with increased numbers its passions grew
to a frenzy. The regulars were. greeted
with oaths and shouts of derislon, ana
volleys of sticks and stones We're snow now.
cred upon them. The men stood their
ground, however, and kept the mop Ior
several hours from approaching the
buildings.
sembled They had been aroused by their
leaders to frenzy that made an en-
counter with the soldiers certain.
Several times they rushed upon t ne
company Of troops, but were met ny
fixed bayonets and driven back,
AT last. however, the entire body Oh
strikers made a determined rush To-
" ssMal t readv![Firer' was the command
ard the thirty-five Springflelds rang out IN
re = Second volley quickly followed the
u The he'll first voiley staggered them and the
second stopped them as effectively as Ii
they had run against stone wan. -
Several men were seen to fall, put lney
were taken away by their comrades, ano
the extent of their injuries could MOI
be learned F'leishman fell in the fronl
rank of the strikers he was taks tir 10
In the rush that followed, scores OF Wo-
men and children were trampled undei
foot and half q dozen women Idlllleu vi
the tracks The soldiers then took up a
position on the tracks at the Russell stree
crossing.
The news of the killing spread with re
markable rapidity and ten minutes after:
ward the street in the vicinity was f1lleo
with a threatening mob.
Major HartZ left his company for few
moments tc assist the firemen and doctor;
in placing Vacter in the patrol Wagon
and was Immediately surrounded by q
crowd.
xiii him; shoot him down." we're tbs
cries of several excited men as the moi
surged around the major. Hartz, how
ever, did not pay any attention to then
and was not molested.
The excitement by this time was in
tense
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 responded.
Matters looked 50 threatening that g
call was sent to Chicago for reinforce.
mentS, and two more companies Werl
sent out on a special train. These ad
! of the trouble and effectually cowed the
rioters for the timebeing.
| Major HartZ arrested four of the lead
ers of the mob, and took them to Chi
cago with small detail of troops. While
| the train was pulling out of the city. &
! crowd gathered and stoned it, but quickly
disappeared on the approach of a company
| of infantry.