The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10
utRO FIGHTING AT HAMBURG.
.,,.o WEN KILLED AND 10 SERIOUS
LY WOUNDED.

..,.,,c.Ie Between Strikers and
,..o-Tbe Trouble Opens With n
,,...h+ between the Men Them
- But on the Arrival of the
,.,i.e they Join Hands and At
a,- Tbem-The Police Outnum-
n.red and Obliged to Call For Re-
inforcemcnts.
r1,o,burg. Feb. 9.-Ever since the de-
I'm of a majority of the men VINO TOOK
-, in the great strike here of dock labor
p. and others employed in the shipping
- IN return to work there has been
,,1b aiscontent among the men, ana
80 who watched the situation closely
lid see that trouble was brewing. The
lefoat Of the strikers was due mainly to
Io.l, of funds, and they felt very bitter
hat fhey were compelled to return to
work. without having in the least bene-
fted their condition.
To-nigbt the bad feeling among the
mon eliminated in bitter fight between
a large number of men who had been on
.rike and the police, who, for several
5avs past. had anticipating trouble. BE
tore tbe disturbance was quelled two men
wore killed and nineteen seriously wound
,d Among the latter are five policemen.
II * moi known exactly how the fighting
s,arted hut one report has it that 1t orlgl-
mated in a dispute between some men, wno
we're arguing as to the correctness OF tnS
decision 70 return TO work, ana VINO Hnally
came to blows When the police attempt
81 to intervene the men abandoned thelr
ann nnarrel and combined to thrash the
poicemen, the fighting soon. assuming
Another story is that the police, were
me agpressors However, this may be the
dghting became very serious, feVolVefs
md sabres being freely used.
The police were rapidly getting the worst
of the contest. they being greatly outnum-
bered by the raging mob OF rioters, WHO'S
numbers were quickly sWelled, not only pS
genuine Workingmen. but by the hordes Oh
Tieious idlers about the harbor, VINO We're
onv too anxious under the circumstances
10 engage with their natural enemies, the
poice The latter at first attempted 70
Get the mob to disperse by the use OF mlIu
means but. these proving unavailing, sa-
bres we're drawn and orders given 70
charge the mob. The rioters, some OF Wnom
were armed with revolvers, whlle otheIs
had bmdgeonS and stones as weapons,
held their ground tenaciously ana mace
desperate resistance, when the ponce
were unable to overcome.
EventIalIv. re-inforcements were hurried
IN the scene in response to the urgent can
Of the Ofilcer IN cOHllhdIu VI lilo ~ IN u
finally the rioters were dispersed with
great difficulty. .,, :.
Later, crowds of workingmen gathered in
Cancti PAUL., Williamsburg and Altoona.
all of which places are practically parts OIL
hamburg, and threatened vengeance on
lie police The latter fearing that there
would DC another outbreak went in strong
force 70 the places named and compelled
obedience TO their orders that the streets
he cleared. They also cleared the streets
in the region of the harbor. 1t is gener-
a'iy believed that if the rioters had been
better armed the police would not have
been able to handle them and it would
have been necessary to cali upon the mil
iary for assistance. Most of the injured
we've removed to the pospitals. Ninety
on. Of The motors We're arrested