The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-05-16
A RIOT In DETROIT.
Multitude of Men and Boys Clash
with Police.

Detroit, Mich, May 11.-Fully 10000
men and boys ran riot in the main
streets of this city for more than
three hours, and a continual running
fight with police, both mounted and
on foot, made an exciting night in the
heart of the city Friday night. The
net result so far as known is IL citi-
zens and five policemen injured. The
names of but two of the citizens are
known at present. They are Mike
Waldin and Louis Caplin. Both men
had their heads crushed by being
trampled on by horses ridden by the
mounted police in a charge on the
crowd. The officers injured are:
James Tuomey, scalp cut by brick;
Henry Scott, hit on head with eobble-
stone; Thomas Murphy, cheek cut
open with brick; George Moore, badly
cut about head by brick and taken
home in an ambulance; Barney
Rooney, hit with brick.
Cause of the Riot.
The beginning of the riot was on
Thursday night, when Director of Po-
lice Frank Il. Andrews, who recently
superseded the old police board
through the passage of the ripper bill
by the legislature, issued an order to
the police to allow no one to stand
about the wagon of one TON" Baw-
den, a local single tax eXhorter, who
had incurred the i'll will of the police
director by the extraordinary nature
of his remarks on so-called wealthy
"tax dodgers" When Bawden began
his exhortation crowd quickly gath
cred. Director Andrews supervised
the work of the police in keeping the
people moving. The crowd good-na-
turedly hooted at the police and no
violence was done.
Trouble Renewed.
Friday night, however, the temper
of the crowd changed whenit was an
nounced that Director Andrews had
called on reserve officers to assist in
keeping the campus martius clear.
The single-tax eXhorter came with his
wagon and found the campus jammed
with people. The police refused to al
low him to locate at any particular
point, and he drove from one street
to another, the crowd following. The
mob frequently blocked traffic, and
the police attempted to dispense them.
1t was but for moment before stones
began to fly through the air, and
general mix-up followed, in which the
foot police used their clubs and the
mounted men charged. The officers
fired their guns in the air, and the
mob returned the fusillade with bricks
and cobblestones. At one time, when
the mob had gathered about the Cen
trail police station at Fort and Ran
dolph streets, bricks were thrown
through the windows.
The Victims.
In charge made by the mounted
police at this point Mike Waldin was
knocked down and three horses
trampled over him, cutting his head
so badly that. he was taken to Elmer
gency hospital. Officer George Moore
was hit with a stone in this charge
and his cheek was laid open. He was
taken to his home in an ambulance.
The other officers were not seriously
hurt. At one stage of the riot a sec
ton of hose was secured by order of
the police director and the stream
turned on the crowd, but the hose
was cut and the man who welded the
nozzle was driven into saloon and
pounded over the head with an iron
cuspidOr.
Mayor Maybury was downtown
Watching the crowd and at one time
made a speech to the people from the
post office steps cautioning them to
do no violence but stated that he
was not in sympathy with the order
of Police Director Andrews denying
free speech on the public streets.