The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-14
Pitched Battle Between Fulton
and Rock Island.
MANY PERSONS BADLY INJURED
Legal Victory Of Rock Island for
headquarters Of Modern Wood
men Causes an Invasion OF Fulten
To Capture the Records-rui,on-
ifes Tear Up Track and Make
stoat Resistanee. hut the Records
Are Captarcd.

SLitN. III. AGE- sS.~-Tke forg-xta-i-
aag hs.' ott tween this town ard Rock ISL
Sna. III. fer the location OF the head1uar-
tsrs * the Modern wooSrnen Of America
sa.nii''ated today III a hand-to-hand fight
between scores OF partisaas OF the respec-
use tcTas. IN which a number OF persons
were seriously injured
Al TIE recent convention OF the order
Eeid al Dubuque. Ia. Il was decided 10
move tae Offices and books Of Head Clerk
hawes 10 Rock Island Citizens of fulton
thefeapon applied 20 the court for an or
Ger restraining the removal The tenspo-
sAg injunction was granted, ard the ,,erl-
iFosefsJ went ever until the fall tsrni OK
eoar,. The slow process of law was not
satisfactory 10 the Rock Islanders how
ever. and they deter mined 10 take matters
into their own hands
looay party e as made up in the city
by the Mississippi. and plans were made
Tor raid on the Fulton headquarters
with the object of forc.hiy taking posses
SION OK the books. records. etc. of the or
Ger and removing the Office OF Head Clerk
daWes 10 Rock Island. A train was char
tered consisting OF three coaches. a bag
gage car and Two box ears, and the invad-
sEs were soon on their way to FultGn.
Prepared for the Snxaders.
The Inhabitants OF the latter town were
foreWarned, however. and made ready TO
give the unlimited guests a cordial recep-
ton. A IRE alarm was sounded and lines
of hose Were laid 10 the points where IL
was thought the Rock Islanders would be
most likely 10 stop. The arrival of the
special train was the signal for hossiiities
to begin, and the scrimmage which fol-
lowed resulted in the following casualties:
List Of the Injured.
VIII Bennett. city marshal of Fulton.
head cut: believed 10 he fatally injured
". Fl. Flanagan, head badly cut
james Carrier. head cut.
Ed Barre. head and arms injured.
Charles Miller. Lyons, Ia. head cut
p J. Casey. Moline, ILL.,, head badly in
Jured
Cornelius O'Brien, Rock Island. injured
In arms.
Albert Spencer. Rock Island. face cut
Walter Fowler. Fulton. head cut.
Charles Weyburger. Rock Island. head
cut.
T. Burns. Rock Island. head cut,
X Winter, Rock Island. cut over right
eye
G. ". Sample. Rock Island. head and
face cut.
James Mulcshy. Rock Island. head cut.
condition serious.
Andrew Lunhelm. Fulton, head injured.
condition serious
l.. v. Eickhart. Rock Island. head cut.
Battle for Over an Hour.
A score OF others We're more or less
bruised and cut. The free fight lasted for
an hour or more. Rocks. clubs and mis-
siles Of every description were welded in
dustriousiy by the opposing forces The
Fnltonites finally got the better of the
fight and Deputy Sheriff Farley effected
The arrest of Head Attorney johnson. az
the Modern Woodmen. one OF the Rock
Island party, and a number OF his com
panions. The railroad track on each side
NJ ha hat hres
ers was torn up by the Fultonites. the lat-
ter evidently aiming to cut off the retreat
OF their enemies
The scene OF the fighting bears every ev,-
dence o: the iivelless warfare and as there
were n number Of firearms IN both parties.
II IS wonder the affair did not result more
seriously than II did. 4 large force OF Of
ficers has been svorn IN, and as the IN
vaders. or most Of them. are stin In Full
ion. there is difficulty IN preventing q re-
newal of the trouble.
The action OF the Rock Island people
was prompted by a decision Of Judge
Cast. rendered at Cambridge today. dis
vented the removal of the headquarters
from Fulton.
The Rock Island delegation arrived at
go with 5z5 men. and Immediately pro-
ceeded to the Offices OF the woodmen's
order. Though they met with desperate
resistance from the start. the Cock ISL
anders succeeded in getting the bulk OF
the records out 90 the train.
Tore Up the Railroad Track,
The Fultonites, In the meantime. had
called out the FIRE department, sounded
4 general alarm, and, with the augment
ed crowd. succeeded in tearing up the
track in front of the locomotive. II was
then attempted TO back the train. where
upon the Fulton people tore UP the track
In the rear.
BY this time the Fultonltes were re-
tnforced by crowds from Clinton and
Lyons. and having this advantage. and
with X the use Of arms Of the Lyons
company OF the Illinois state militia a
guard was formed about the train. In
the meantime two additional master In
chancery in1uncfions were secured ana
the sheriff swore in 2o1 deputies 70 assist
I'm enforcing them. The Fulton people
showed fight from the moment the Rock
Island crowd arrived They began has-
tilities by tearing UP the walks about
the depot and assauiting the invaders
with the loose pianks.
The Records Captured.
At ihe door of the head Office the vii
lsge marshal. william Bennett. stood
with 4 drawn revolver. 4 brick from
one Of the invaders felled him to the
ground The Rock Islanders then made
a rush Into the Office and captured the
records At the depot. which is half a
block distant the fgat was renewed ard
here IL took the nature OF a riot. during
which lSe 81 the Rock Island people were
placed under arrest. X was 81 this time
a large number on both sides were In
ture6.
SPRINGFIELD. IL. Aug. i3-Gov.
Tanner received dispatch from Fulton
asking thar troops he sent there ir-rle-
aiately 20 quell the riot among TIE men,
bers u the Modern WooCrnen OF Ameri-
ca The governor decided not 20 order
out the troops before morning. st least.
BY hat time he will have received further
a5yicss frorz2 Fulton.