The National tribune., 1908-12-03

| catarrh, rheumatism, anemla, nervous
| ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole system.
| Monday parties OF rodgh-appearing
| men went from yard to yard. and from
| shop to shop, compelling the workmen
| to leave their employment and fall into
professions, all of>which moved toward
the drafting Offices The draft officers
were resuming their work when large
| paving-stone crashed thru the window,
knocking over several persons Others
| followed, the officers and reporters were
stampeded. the crowd at once became
/ wild, vengeful mob, which destroyed
| the draft machinery and furniture of
| the offices. The next step was to pour
/ camphene over the wreckage and set
fire to it, regardless of the women and
1 children in the building In a few sec
| onds the great block was in flames.
| The fire department rushed to the res
| cue, but was not allowed access to the
| hydrants The Chief of Police was dis
| covered in plain clothes and nearly
| killed. Word was sent to the other dis
| affected parts of the city, and the most
exaggerated reports were afioat as TO
the uncomfortable wildness of the peo-
pie. This was time for all the thieves,
| thugs ard robbers of New York to come
out of their hiding places and join in
! the saturnalia of murder arson and
! robbery. All of the State Militia regi-
| ments were absent in Pennsylvania and
| Maryland, and the Regular troops in
| the harbor had been reduced to small
| detachments of raw recruits and worn
| out veterans. the police were active
and well-handled. but could do little
| against such an uprising. The thieves
| and robbers had such a harvest as rare
| ly comes to criminals. They wandered
at will thru the crowd, robbing right
| and left. When they came to weli-
| dressed man it was sufficient to shout,
| "Abolitionistt" when all fell upon
him. and he was lucky if he got away
with no other loss than his watch or
| jeweIry and money Many were pound
ed and stamped to death. simply be-
cause some one had yelled "Abolition-
! ist' at them. All the troops that could
| be spared from the Navy Yard was a
/ squad of so marines under Lieuten-
| ant, who made the signal mistake, and
generally a fatal one, of ordering his
/ men to use blank cartridges. The Lieu
! tenant attempted to disperse the mob
| against which he had been sent and
/ not being successful in this, ordered his
men to fire. The blank cartridges, of
course, excited the contempt of the
mob. which rushed upon the marines,
| beat them down, killed number. and
nearly pounded the life out of the re-
| mainder This was taste of blood
which set the mob everywhere wild.
! The police We're swept from the streets,
and every black workingman that
could be found was hunted down with
| tigerish vengeance. The hotels and
4 restaurants that employed negros were
wrecked, and the guests terribly NAL
( treated. The negros were so particu-
! iarly offensive that some one suggested
| the destruction of the Cofored Half
| Orphan Asvlun, a magnificent monu-
ment to the charity and philanthropy
of New York The asvIurn was a sub
stantial. comfortable building on Fifth
avenue. between 23d and 3Ath streets.
and cared for between 700 and 500
colored children. The mob rushed to
the building. beat the attendants and
nurses. flung the children thru the win
dows and set fire to the building.
The Attack Upon the Armory.
| About the same time the mob as
sailed the arrnory on Second avenue to
obtain the arms which the Government
| had in store there SQUAD of police
was on guard. and made gallant resist
ance to the 1000 or 1000 men who at
| tackled them Several of the rioters
we're killed, but the doors were beaten
| in by sledge hammers. and the police
| driven out and the building burned to
the ground. Several hotels and many
| fine residences of men who were OBJ
II.
| The only thing that checked the mob
We're some succeesful resistances bv thu
police and finallv a heavy rain. which
came on about midnight and drove the
Tarauders TO seek shelter. The second
| iav onered ns WicI.e5Iv as th;, night
| had closed F,varvwhere negros were
| hunted down. killed or manned, stores
| broken into and fires started In the
meantime the authorities were gathers
| ing themselves to~ether for resistance,
| and Gen. Wool called uoon fhe veterans
| in the State who bad recently been dis
| charged to rally again for another tour
Of fiurv. and this was cutie numnrous1v
'osrou1e7 to wiz, several Colonels TAX
! ing command of large portions of their
| former Te~imeuts. Lieut. Wood was
Tent M from Fort LAFAYETTE with 1EO
| REGULAR soldiers. and in the lower part
| nf the citv encountered on angry mob
which he ordered to CfisOersa receiy-ino
| \ vollev of stones in renlv. He ordered
| his men 70 fire above the heads of the
crowd. which brought another voIIev of
| stones, and then Wool ordered his mon
| 70 fire directlv into the rioters, with the
result that - Of those were stretched
! dead unon the cobhIestonos This ended
| that mob. The law-ahiding citizens
were armine themselves to protect their
property, and the rioters were now re-
ceiving most discoura ging volleys
where the dav before there was no re-
sistance to their depredations One of
the many 1amentahle incidents of the
occasion was the brutal murder of Col
O'Rrien. who had called his former SOL
diers together AGAIN to help restore
peace. He led his men in decisive
charge upon the mob and dispersed
them, but he sprained his ankle in the
rush. He stepped into a drug store to
get some liniment. while his command
rushed on. Starting out to refoin it. he
was knocked down from behind, then
beaten to death. and his bleeding body
drawn IN and down the streets, amid
the fiendish elee of the rioters until
priest interfered secured the body, read
the service of his Church over it, and
had 1t taken into house.
The Militia Come Back.
The Secretary of War ordered the
New York Militia regiments home at all
speed, and these began to arrive by
every train. The citizens took heart,
and began to make head everywhere
against the rioters. Many of the lead
ers were arrested and locked up, and
the spirit of the insurrection began to
die. The Mayor recommended the citi
zens to form associations to patrol their
coz nd hot,