Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-03
FIGHT TERRIFIC BATTLE.
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The police and the guards repeated
ly attempted to storm the house, but
as often were repulsed, and each
time some of them were wounded.
Houses for blocks around were de-
serted Bullets whistled everywhere.
Winston Churchill Takes Hand.
Plan after plan of capture was
tried but to no effect. Finally the
police succeeded in getting into a
house adjoining, from which they
kept up merciless fire at the win
dows of the fortress" This silenced
the fire from within for while, but
any attempt to rush the building re-
opened it.
While the battle was at it's height
Secretary Churchill's automobile
poked its way through the mob. A
wild cheer greeted Churchilps ap-
pearance. Churchill, taking as many
risks as any of his men, assumed per-
sonal supervision of the attack.
Standing in a doorway directly oppo-
site the refugees retreat, Churchill
ordered the machine guns to cover
rush by 1900 of his men.
The rush was made, but the house
took fire and the attacking party was
forced to fall back Covered with
blood, the hunted men were seen
from time to time as they rushed to
the windows, gasping for breath and
then climbed onto the roof, where
they resumed firing.
General COnfIagratiOn Threatened.
1t was believed that dynamite was
stored in the building, and Secretary
Churchill directed his men to retreat
out of reach of the possible explosion,
The flames spread to adjoining
buildings, and for a while a general
conflagration was threatened, but fin
ally the spread of the fire was
checked.
The firemen were careful as they
fought the flames to keep as far as
possible from the house in which the
anarchists were hiding, fearing the
fusillade poured from the roof, and
the danger of an explosion Of stored
dynamite.
The house, which had been the re-
treat of the anarchists and stood next
door to a building known in the
neighborhood as the Anarchists club,
burned fiercely. The heat on the
roof must have been. Intense, and as
the men fought, occasionally they
gould be seen trying to clear their
eyes from the pungent smoke and
shield their faces from the fierce heat
below. ~. e~
Went Down With the Roof.
The police shouted exultantlyrwhen
It was seen that the escape of the
anarchists was cut off. The answer
ng spat of bullets was punctuated by
defiant yell from the roof as the
men, crowded close to the cave gut
.ers, fired their last few volleys.
At last, with a crash, the roof gave
way and fell inward, the flames
shooting skyward Nothing could be
seen of the men, and it was believed
hat they must have fallen into the
ire. There was no possible chance
If escape over the roofs of adjoining
houses, the police say.
Although the battle was over when
he roof gave way, the police were
cautious The bodies Of
.wo firemen, killed as they endeav-
'red to rush the hose, lay at the en-
rance of the building and it was not \
or some minutes after the final crash.
hat the police yentured forward to
'ecover them.
Among the fatally injured near the
lose of the fight was a sergeant of
he Scots Guards, struck by a flying
,ullet.
Men Killed Themselves.
When the fire had subsided, the po-
ice entered the anarchists house.
Fhey reported finding the bodies of