Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-11
BOYS and MEN RAN RIOT
IN STREETS OF DETROIT.
AN ORDER ny THE NEW POLICE
DIRECTOR AGAINST A SIN
GLE TAXER,
BROUGHT ON THE TROUBLE.
TEN THOUSAND TOOK PART. AND
A DOZENS CITIZENS AND FIVE
POLICEMEN WERE HURT.

DETROIT, Mich, May 10.-Fully
10000 men and boys ran riot in the
main streets of this city for mere than
three hours and a continued running
fight with police. both mounted and on
foot. made an exciting night in the
heart of the city tonight. The net re-
suit so far as known, is twelve citizens
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 cobblestone:
Thomas Murphy, cheek cut open with
brick; George Moore, badly cut about
head by brick and taken to home in an
ambulance; Barney Roonan, hit with
a brick
The beginning of the riot was last
night, when director OF the police, Crank
r. Andrews, who recently superseded
the old police board through the pas
sage OF the Ripper bill by the legisla-
ture, issued an order To the police to
allow no one to stand about the wagon
Of one Tom Bawden." a local single
tax exhorter, who had incurred the ill
Will Of the police director by the extra
ordinary nature OF his remarks on So
called wealthy tax dodgers"
When Bawden began his exhortaton
a crowd quickly gathered. Director An
drews supervised the work of the po-
lice in keeping the people moving. The
crowd gocdnaturedly hooted at the Do-
lice and no violence was done.
Tonight, however, the temper OF the
crowd changed when 1t was announced
that Director Andrews had called on
reserve officers TO assist in keeping the
campus martins clear The single tax
exhorter came with his wagon and
found the campus damned with people.
The police refused to allow him to 10
cate at any particular point and he
drove from one street to another, the
crowd following. The mob finally
blocked traffic and the police attempted
TO disperse them. It was but a mo-
ment before stones began to fly through
the air and general mix-up followed
III NHASu tut iOJL VU4stP ukEa LGezf
clubs and the mounted men charged.
The officers fired their guns in the air
and the mob returned the fusilade with
sticks and conble stones. At one time
when the crowd had gathered about the
central police station at Fort ard Ran
solph streets. srieks were thrown
through windows.
In charge made by the mounted police
az this point Mike Waldin was knocked
down and three horses trampled over him.
cutting his head so badly that he was tax
en- to the emergency hospital. Officer
George Moore was bit with a stone IN this
charge and his cheek was laid open. He
was taken to his home. The other officers
were not seriously hurt
At one stage Of the riot section u hose
was secured by order OF the police direct
or and the stream turned on the crowd
but the hose was cut and the man VIII,
welded the nezzle was driven into a ss-
loon and pounded oyer the head with an
iron cHsptd0r
Mayor Aaybnry was down town watch
ing the crowd and at one fime made
speech to the people from the postofflee
steps, eautionsng them to do no violence.
but stated that he was not In sympathy
with the order OF Police Director Andrews.
deriving free speech or the public streets
A. Il O'Clock tonight the crowd had
gradually dwindled 10 a mere hendful ana
the city IS quiet