Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
not TINES IN OLD HADES
Exclusive Account of a Ruction that
Was a Hummer.
SILLY QUESTION STARTS TROUBLE
Famous Rin EIeaders I'm the Row Em-
phasize Dislike for n Person
who Asked, "Is ~ Hot
Enough for YOut"

Who Asked is ~ ~"
Enough for YOut"
renorter for the Baltimore Sun who
honn.ped to be "in on the ground floor
when the ruction began. pulled off for his
paper an exclusive first hand account OF
the terrible riots which lately deluged with
rore the furnace district Of hades. The
primary cause OF the outbreak simmered
sown 10 the eternal midsummer query. rs
II hot enough for your Then the 70"
began. Detailing subsequent proceedings
the writer saws:
II is said that the question was put TO a
group Of toiling laborers at the big Dante
smeiter by a newly arrived shade with an
open countenance and four gold teeth.
The Thermometer at the time registered
1000 degrees Fahrenheit, and the shades
employed at the furnace felt 1t keenly,
being worked overtime on a rush order.
As soon as the fool shade asked his irri-
tsting question a fight, whicf soon swelled
10 the proportions Of a riot, ensued. The
furnace employees were the first to become
involved, but pedestrians from neighboring
t~horoughfares rushed up, and. learning the
provocation, Immediately Joined In the
rough house. At the height of the riot It
IL stimate that at least 1900 shades were
participating.
The Rendarmes on duty in the Central
district soon saw that the disturbance was
beyond their control. and a hurry call for
the reserves was sent in. Chief Of Police
William r. Beelzebub responded by send
ing every available man from headquarters
and calling in the police from outlying dis
tri. ,. These were rushed to the scene and
were later reinforced by the suburban
mounted police. The latter. mounted on
their fire splitting dragons. were effective
in forcing back the surg1ng, tumultuous
crowds.
Who the RinRIeaders Were.
After order had been restored and the
ambulances had completed their work, a
search was made for the shade who had
started the fight by asking his foolish ques-
ton. The search continued until a late
hour, but the only remnants of him so far
found are one of his gold teeth and a sec
tlon of eyebrow. A greasy spot on the cob
bles in front of the smelter leads the
police to believe that the shade never got
any farther than that spot.
The eight ringleaders were arrested and
are now in the Internal calaboose, having
been remanded without bail by Magistrate
Daniel j. Mephistopheles. The prisoners
gave their names and addresses as follows:
Charles w. Nero, music teacher, LAS
Birthstone place
Julius Caesar, stoker, 6s Dante avenue.
Brain Boru, manager Of a scheutzen
halle, Sulphur Lake Park.
Louis XIV, clerk, Sic Fahrenheit street.
The Duke Of Alva, architect, Rough
House lane and Paprika place.
Henry VIII, iron molder, PA Worcester
shire avenue.
Lord Marmion. driver, a Pesthouse alley.
Peter the Great, butcher, 1906 Vitrol
street.
Up to a late hour tonight the prisoners
were unable to get bail, but It is under
stood that they will be released on their
own recognizance tomorrow.
An examination of the records of recently
arrived shades determined the Identity Of
the man who was lynched, the police hav-
ing located all the others who have ar
rived in the last week. The name recorded
on the books is that OF SieEmund Ployzhim-
melski, alias George the Brute, Of High
landtown, Baltimore county, Maryland.
United States Of America, Earth. The
description set down also tallies with that
furnished the police by the prisoners.
That Siegmund started in to make
trouble as soon as he set foot on the
steamer Lost Hope OF the River styx and
Hades Ferry and Navigation company, is
evidenced by Of officers Of the
vessel and fellow passengers.
How the Row BeEsn.
II is said that as soon as he was on
board and felt the hot winds blowing over
the styx he said to a group of shades who
were suffering with the heat: Amt It
warm?' They did not answer, except bv
disguised grunts, and the Brute moved on
to another group.
Amt 1t warmT' he remarked again.
and one shade smote him on the nose
Others prevented a fight, however, and
the shade continued his promenade of the
deck.
He accosted other groups until finally
the entire passenger list jumped on him.
and IT was only by the valiant efforts Of
the Officers and crew OF Lost Hope that
ne was saved from humiliation. He con-
tinued the trip locked in the pantry.
1t is apparent that Siegmund did not
appreciate the lesson handed him, for. as
several other shades explained, he came
from Highlandtown. The police are look
ing for other Highlandtown shades, and
any that are found viii be kept under
rigid surveillance by the detective bureau
As soon as ~Siegmund arrived in Hades
and was registered, measured by a Ber
tllon bureau and his portrait filed away
he was assigned to work In the furnace
district and told to go to the Dante smelter
and report to the foreman in charge for
duty as a laborer, He is thought TO have
lost his way looking for a brewery, and
by the time he reached the smelter he must
have had his mind unbalanced.
Entering the gate Of the yard at the
Dante smelter. he is said to have gone
up 10 the nearest group of laborers, who
were working hard unloading a car load
of ore preparatory TO treating it with the
birthstone and PHOSPHORUS process thai
makes the metal Of which pitchforks are
manufactured
The heat was intense and the labor
heavy. Siegmund stood by looking on, and
when the car was unloaded and one OF the
laborers looked up he smiled his openfaced
smile, showing distinctly his four gold
teeth, and asked pleasantly:
Warm enough for your"
The Limit Reached.
A loud yell heard for blocks away was
the answer, and half a dozen OF the la,
borers went for him. 1t is said that he