Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-27
FULTON AGAIN IN RIOT
Looking for Trouble as Soon
as Their Injunction Is
Dissolved.
TAKE THE LAW IN THEIR HANDS.

Lock the Head o.. rk's Employss In the
Bl ldinE and Hold Toem r isoness-Has-
ter In Ohanossy SHOWS Further DisFs-
spsot for the Cooro-0.veraor soould
Declare Marital Law In the Town Of
Rooolams.
Fulton was riotous again last
night. When the remedies at law
sought by the anti-Wo odmen ele-
ment-which element mbraces the
entire population Of the place. to-
ge,her with large portion of that
Of the adjoining cities OF Clinton and
Lyons on the Iowa de-fsil for lack
Of merit, Fulton with her Iowa allies
takes the law into her own hands,
and with the company she has armed
without the authority Of the state,
she holds things her own way until
the master in chancery in the county
comes to her relief. THE master
never fails in an emergency, al
though his course has been pro-
nounced by the courts to be without
foundation, and whose repeated de-
lance of the order of court should
stand him in contempt.
Before Judge CAST had given his
decision in the third master in chan.
Gerry Injunction at the Rock Island
court house yesterday. George An
DIRE rs, Of Clinton, Iowa. one Of the
compliments. slipped out and teie
phoned up TO Fulton what was com.
ing. Therehpon Fulton took the la "
into her hands again, and before
thu news reached there of Judge
Costs dispo-ition Of the Case the ar.
rsng-ments we're mpleted to defy
minute it was known. and when the
advices of the courts actions rea C bed
the 9 the alarm was at once sounded
and 200 armed men responded and
took practical poss ssion of the head
clerks office. The Wnodmen en-
ployes were locked in the building
where the Offices are. and q guart
put around the structure. A rope
was fastened to the stair way at the
rear of the building with which to
wreck the stairs should any atsemp
be made to remove the books. Th,
mail clerk. coming down to mai
some letters at O'Clock. was or
dered back upstairs, and all wer'
kept there until the train had lef
1.-The CT y. This unheard-of outrag,
in a civilized community was con
tinued until the master in chancery
could have time to issue fourth in
Junction, which he did at 6:4(
To- lock.
| Here is the way the Fulton repre-
sentative OF the Chicago RECORD
l-psnks OF the perform -nce: "Judg,
Gest at Rock Island today dissolved
the Injunction against the remova
OF Head Clerk Hawes' Office of tn,
Modern Woodmen of America from
Fulton. Acting upon inform atior
received and apprehending another
Rock Island invasion. the riot alar u
was turned in and Fulton's gun bri
lgade Of $50 special police turned on,
at once. Hundreds OF excited people
Including many from Iowa, throngeC
the streets. and the excitement wal
only partially allayed when Maste
in Chancery McPherran granted an.
other Injunction at GAO p. m. The
town is on guard tonight"
The report that the seal and char
ter had been taken from Fulton OF
the news Of the dissolution OF the in
Junction was without foundation
No one about the head clerk's offic
Contemplated any such q course, an,
the story had its origin doubtless IL
the rattieheaded antics of the Fulton
ties.
Bold Up the rrslo.
Two hundred Of the Fulton mol
fully armed boarded the O'Clock T.
b. 4 Q train from Dubuque ant
searched it thoroughly. in order tina
no one might escape from the tow
With any Of the properly Of the or
dsr-the seals, charter. records, etc
Conductor Lemons story Of the hold
up was tn It the men we're not par.
ticularly disorderly. but his version
is mild in comparison with that o
passengers, who declared on reachin,
Rock Island. that the Fulton train in
vaders acted Ike a lot of wild eyec
desPerados and Indians, and that ,
lg.Dg o. them went clear through t
Clinton on the train, the state o
Iowa doubtless guaranteeing then
lProtection in return for the indiffer
fence the state OF illinois exhibits tc
the invasion of Illinois with low,
arms. The c., B & z. train which
came through Fulton early thi
morning was likewise greeted by /,
mob at the depot. but it was not en-
tered. 1t would be q wise policy for
the c.. B. & Q. to get some of Wey
ler's armsred cars for the protect o
its passengers going through Fulton
hereafter if they want to be protected
from the outrsges of the brigand
Who have entrenched themselves I'M
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