The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31
A Mob Let Loose Hartford City
Three People Are Shot and Twenty
Fights Take Place.
SHERMAN'S REPLY TO RIDPATH
THE PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORIAN
GUILTY OF MEASUREMENTS.
Mount ana Wallace Greeted by $4,000
at Tipfon-GeOrge w. Coopers
Columbus Meeting.
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Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Oct. 30.-It re-
manned for the Popocrats to provoke the
first bloodshed in the campaign in Black
ford county. Hon. Benjamin f. Shiveiy.
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
spoke here to-day and great crowds came
from the country The Democrats We're
locking for trouf-e. They learned that the
Republicans int shded wearing yelo badg-
es on the street, and they came prepared
for riot. Many were armed, and as u re-
suit Of the days festivities may be counted
twenty fights and no less than three men
wounded, two of whom were tie riotous
Democrats i'm the parade. Democrats car
ried heavy hickory clubs. and by o'clock
in the afternoon they were tramping up
and down and fiourishing their clubs in the
faces of Republicans who wore yellow
badges. There was fight every few min
utes. for the drunken mob on the streets
only wanted a chance to make trouble.
Women and children fled in fright and men
were kept running to take in all the fights
Soon the word started that a Republican
had struck Democrat, and several Demo-
Gratis shouted:
''Startsa revolution. Start a revolution
right now."
AT ) o'clock this evening pitched battle
took place between a delegation from Eaton
and the glass workers the South Side.
AS the delegation moved by the glass work
ers' district they cheered long and loud for
Bryan and the glass workers did the same
for Mckinley. The delegation became
abusive and shot was fired which struck
Gus Weary who was standing in his own
dooryard. Some one then secured a shot
gun and fired into wagon loaded with
people in the parade. Two men are known
to have been badly injured. Word then
reached town that effort was beinS
made by the Democrats to tear down the
glass workers Mckinley and Hobart pole,
and two thousand people started on a run
down Jefferson street for the South Side,
where more trouble was expected. The
police had quoted the trouble and started
the Eaton delegation home when Samuel
Blake a free-silver restaurant keeper
came down the road and was promptly
a man of the Anarchist type, came tear
ing down the road and was promptly
stopped by the police. He wheeled his horse
around and rode at break-neck speed for
town, and at the corner of Water and JEFF
incite mob to cause more trouble. He
made the following rabid harangue:
"A foreigner has she's into a wagonload
of Democrats, and l want to ask you
of foreigners commit such an outrage
He was answered by a lot of drunken
men thus: No, nor
He then said they would get up a mob
and see if the foreigners would rule this
country. The affair is the disgrace
full and u1-Alnerican since the days of the
knights of the Golden Circle and the mill
tia had to be sent here to protect those
who favored the Union. Those who took
part here to-day are the most active de-
This affair has made many Republican
votes.