St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
DAY OF ZIG RIOTS,
Continued From first Page.

attempting to pass through the line, re-
ceived a similar wound by guardsman
whose bay0net was pointed into the di-
rection of the fleeing crowd. The mill
tia drove the rioters down Alabama and
Georgia avenues several times, chasing
them from the stables as far as four
blocks distant on Atlantic avenue.
The situation at this point IS a serious
one. Several ambulances have been
sent to the scene OF the riot.
IL D. H. 1t is rumored that man has
been killed by the militia in East New
York. The strikers are still rioting
there. The militia. under command of
Mai. Cochran, of the Thirteenth regi-
ment, charged the strikers several
times. One hundred mounted police
have been sent to the scene Of the riot.
Soldiers are charging the mob in all
directions. Fifteen ambulance calls
have been sent out.
A squad of 100 policemen has also
been sent to the spot.
The strikers in East New York have
become somewhat Quieter, but it is
feared they will again become turbu-
lent soon. The officers have closed all
saloons. The military charges lasted
from 9 D. m. to II p. III. The pos
llCG ubuCA 'SRpk' JOA kiloL hONh q
hand in the outbreak and used their
clubs to most excellent effect. The
statement that man was killed proves
to be not true. When the struggle was
at its height number of men assem-
bled on the tracks and ShOWered bricks,
stones and bottles at the heads of the
guardSmen.
Mai. Cochran, who IS in command of
the troops, says that ohe-haif of The men
in Companies and have been
Disabled by the Flying Missiles
thrown by the strikers. Private Martin
Wood, of Company |, is believed to
have had his skull fractured by brick.
He was taken to a hospital At mid
night the Second battalion of the Forty
seventh regiment arrived at the East
New York stables. under COM
mand of Mai. Quick, to act
as reinfOrcements to the detachment
of the Thirteenth regim ent. AS a mat
ter of fact the attitude Of the strikers at
this hour is mnre tire atening than it
has been since the inaug uration OF the
trOnbie. The two most serious con-
fiicts tonight between the strikers and
the militia occurred in East New York.
The first was at Jamaica and Alabama
avenues, and the soldiers under Col. Eddy
charged the h0Oting mob several timess
considerably bruiSing a number OF the.
rioters and bayoneting two or three
others. About 10 o'clock the militia
was compelled to again charge the
strikers, who had gathered in great
mum bers about the car stables in East
New York. Showers of stones and
other missiles greeted the soldiers, who
drove the crowd before them. Private
Malcomb Wood was struck on the head
by a brick, and it is feared that he
is seriously injured. A score of others
were more or less bruised by
the flying rocks and bottles. A guard
of mounted police reinforced the militia
and many OF the rioters were severely
dubbed. Major Cochran, who is in com.
mand OF this section of the city, reported
the situation to headquarters, and the
second battalion of the Forty-seventh
regiment was at once dispatched to the
scene of the trouble to reinforce the
first battalion Of the Thirteenth, sta
toned there