The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
RIOT AND BLOODSnED
IN STREETS OF AKRON
Continued from Page one.)

(COntlnueu from rage One.J
hours, the impossibility Of getting q
written order from him Is apparent.
The arrival of the Canton militia
was a surprise, as nobody knew 1t had
been sent for. As the men marched UP
the street they were the object of much
interest. At the site on which the city
hall once stood q crowd Of about 500
people surrounded the smouldering
ruins Of the building. Captain Fisher
ordered his men to proceed and the
crowd fell back. The soldiers were not
molested. The crowd did not seem to
be in a bad humor, but good naturedly
rallied the boys and jeered them, tell
ing them they were too late to be of
any service.
Captain Fishers company fixed bayo-
nets and guard line was thrown out.
The firemen were the only people on
guard at that time.
The riot last night was the result of
an insane desire to get even with some-
body or something because a negro, that
the mob couldn't find. had assaulted a
little girl. If the negro had been in
town his fate can easily be conjectured.
The mayor and the police took refuge
in the city hall but the crowd belieyed
the negro was there also as the off,
GERS were making such an effort to
preserve the place from attack, and the
result was that at o'clock dynamite
was procured. the building dynamited
and set on fire. Mayor Young and the
police were smoked out and made their
escape.
Firemen attempted to put the fire
out, but did not succeed. They were
the real heroes Of the occasion. Their
duty, to preserve the property Of citl-
zens, was plain to them and they were
there for duty. They could not, how
ever, overcome the great mob Of peo-
pie. Guns were showed in their faces.
others rifles and revolvers. They
threatened the firemen with the weap-
ons and three of the firemen were shot,
while disregarding the orders Of the
mob leaders. Their names are William
Roepke, A. L. Manchester and David
Phillips. They are not seriously hurt.
The fremen finally got a line to the
building, but it was quickly cut by the
mob. Another line Of hose was laid
and it met the same fate.
Three firernen, not at first reported.
were found to be injured. Their names
are Minor Fritz, John Denious and A..
Eberly. The latter was shot in the
chest and was the only one seriously
hurt.
The others injured are w. H. Dussell,
Frank Sair, John z. Washer, Arthur
E. Sprague, John Ahern, e. Chnelitzki,
Albert Grant and Frank Sours.
Three police officers in the city build
ing were hit with brickbats during the
evening and more or less bruised but
not seriously hurt.
At o'clock in the morning the mob
broke into the Standard hardware store
and appropriated all the
RIFLES AND AMMUNITION
they could find. There were about 40
Remington rifles and quantity Of dyn-
amite. Dynamite was used on the city
building and rifles were used promiscu-
ously.
This was after the Columbia hall was
In flames and partially destroyed. The
mob got possession Of the ammunition
and proceeded to blow up the city hall.
About / o'clock the mayor and some
eight policemen who were holding the
fort there escaped through rear win
down and ran down the tow path OF
the canal. The police were not seer
until about o'clock this morning. The
mob got trace Of three Of four Of the
officers and chased them for some dis
tance down the tow path. None was
hurt so far as known.
The mob continued to
/ FIRE ON THE FIREMEN
Of the hose company until the build.
ing was so thoroughly in flames thai
1t was impossible to save 1t. The hose
was cut three or four times but finally
after the entire building was mass
Of flames the mob retired across tn,
viaduct and allowed the firemen to figh
the fire. The first fireman to attemp
to put stream on the fire was Alonz,
Manchester. AS he was attempting I,
attach the hose to hydrant he wa,
shot In the neck and rather seriousl.
| hurt The other firemen followed nj