The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-11
UNDER HORSES HOOPS
DETROIT MOB Is CHARGED by
MOUNTED POLICE AND MANY
INJURED
BRICKS THROWN AT POLICE
TEN THOUSAND RIOTERS ON MAIN
STREETS FOUGHT OFFICERS
FOR THREE HOURS
FREE SPEECH IS SUPPRESSED

DETROIT, Mich, May 1o.-Fully 1000
men and boys ran riot in the main
streets of this city for more than three
hours tonight, and a continual running
fight with police, 10th mauutel an on
foot, created wild excitement on the
Campus Martius, in the heart of the CITY
The result, SO far az known. is twelve
citizens and five policemen injured The
names OF the only two citizers known al
present are Mike Waldea and Louis ca .
lin. Both men had their heads cru he'd
by being trampled on b. horses idden
by mounted police IN a charge on the
crowd.
The officers injured are.
James Thomey scalp CUT by brick;
Henry Scott, hit on head with cobble-
stone; Thomas Murphy, cheek cut open
with brick; George Moore badly cut
about head by brick and taken honna ia
an ambulance; Barney Roonan, hit with
brick.
STREET SPEAKING BARRED.
: The riot began last night, VIII Super
lntendent of Police Frank c. Andre Ws,
who recently superseded the old police
board through the passage of the Rip.
per bill by the legislature, issued an
order to the police to allow no one to
stand about the wag of one Tom
Rawden, local singh tax eNhorter. who
had incurred the ill-wil of the police
dlrectoc by the extraordinary nature of
his remarks on so-called wealthy 'taS
dodgers" When BaW den began his ex-
hortat1on a crowd quickly gathered.
MIR. Andrews supervised the work Of
the police In keeping the people moving
The crowd good-naturedly hooted at the
police and no violence was done. To
night. however, the temper of the crowd
changed when it was announced THAI
A 1f Il II
hcers to assist In keeping the Campus
Martius clear. The single tax exhor1 1er
came with his wagon and found the
campus jammed with people. The police
refused to allow him to locate at any
particular point and he drove from one
street to another, the>scI owd following
The mob frequently blocked traffic al d
the police attempted to disperse them.
GENERAL MIX-UP.
1t was but moment before stones be-
gan to fly through the air and a gem
eral 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
fusilade with bricks and cobblestones.
At one time, when ths mob had gathered
about central police station at Foyt and
Randolph streets, bricks were thrown
through windows
In charge made by the mount d po-
lice at this point Mike Wal1en was
Knocked down and three horses trampled
over him, cutting his head so badly that
he was taken to Emergency hospital.
Officer George Moore was hit with
stone in this charge and his cl eek was
laid open. He was taken to his home in
an ambulance The other officers were
not seriously hurt
At one stage of the 1ibt q S, con 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 'overy the heal with
an iron cuspidor. Mayor Maybury was
down town watching the crowd ana at
one time made speech 10 the people
from the postoff1ce steps, cautioning them
to do no violence: but he stated that he
was not in Sympathy with the orde Of
Police Director Andrews deriving free
speech on the pubic sire is AT Il
o'clock tonight the mob had dwindled to
a mere handful and the city is quiet