The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-11
FIERCE RIOT IN THE
STREETSO DETROIT
Ten Thousand Men and Bows
Battle With Police.
STONES AND CLUBS USED
RESULT OF EFFORT no PREVENT
PUBLIC SPEAKING.


Detroit, Mich, Nay 10.-Fully 10000
men and boys ran riot in the main
streets of this city for more than three
hours tonight, and continual running
night with policemen, both mounted and
on foot. caused great excitement in
tllea heart Of The city The net result
as far as known is twelve citizens and
i've policemen injured. The names of
bur two citizens are known at present.
They are Michael Maidlu and Lor1fs
Cabin. Both had their heads bruised
py being Trampled. on by horses. ridden
by the mounted police In a charge on
the crowd The Ofhcers injured are:
James Iuomey. scalp cut by brick
henry Scott Int on head with cObble-
Thomas Murphy, cheek cut open with
brick
George Moore badly cut about head
Dy brick; taken home in ambulance
Barney sROQnan, hit with a brick
The beginning OF the raSt was last
night, when Director of Police An
crews. who recently superseded the old
police board through the T1assaee of the
Ripper bill@ by the legislature. ISSUED
an order TO the police to allow no one
10 stand about the wa gOn of Tom
BawdeH. a local single tax exhorter
Who had incurred the iiI-Will of the
ponce director by the extFaordinary
nature of his remarks on so-ca1led
wealthy rtax-dodgers'
When .BaWden began his exhortatf6n
crowd quickly gathered Director
Andrews supervised the work OF the
ponce IN keeping the. people moving.
The crowd good natUredly hooted at
the police and no violence was done.
Crowd in Bad Temper
Tonight, however. the temper of the
crowd changed when twas announced
arlf FNrr W.
reserve otflcers 20 assist in keeping the
campus mart1us clear The single tax
eNhorter came with his was on and
Io0nd the campus jammed with people.
t1le ponce refused 70 allow him to 10
cate at any particular point and he
drove from one spot to another fbe
1 crowd Following. The mob frequently
blocked the traffic and the police at
tempted 10 Glsperse them Itawas but
q tnlenent before stones began to fly
through the air, and q general nix-71n
LoboWed, IN 1vhlcn the foot police used
thelr clubs ard the mounted men
charged The policemen hred their
guns IN the air and the mob returned
IRe1 tuslllade with bricks and oobble-
stones At one TIME when the. mob had
gathered about the central police STA
non at Forc ana Randolph streets.
bricks were thrown through the win
dows
In charge made by the mounted DO
- ~ Ems AOAlAL 1AAGIdel ~ alAln was
kn9cked down and three horses tramp
lea over him, cuJting his head SO badly
that be was taken to Emergency hos
,spital- Policeman George Moore was hii
with a stone in this charge and his
cheek laid open. The other policemen
we've not hurt
AT one stage OF the riot a section Of
hose was secured By order OF the 10
lice director and the stream turned on
the crowd burt the hose was cut and the
man who welded the nozzle was driv-
en- into a saloon and pounded on the
head with an iron euspidor
Mayor Maybury was down town
watching the crowd. and al one time
made speech 10 the people from the
postcfffee steps, eautioning them to do
no violence, but stated that he was not
IN sympathy with the order Of Police
Director Andrews denying free speech
AT II O'ci5ck tonight the mob bad
gradually dwindled to q mere handful
aud The city was quiet