Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-28
ROCK ISLAND RIOT /
CALLS OUT TROOPS
MAYOR ATTACKED.
Three Killed in Assault On the
Police Station Last Might
Mob of 5000 Or
ganized.
NEWSPAPER ATTACK CAUSE
Today, Chief Executive of City
Narrowly Misses Death
While Standing in
His Office.
NEWSPAPER ATTACK CAUSE

Springfield, March 27---Govern-
nr Deneen today ordered the en-
tire Sixth regiment of the Hi
nois National Guard to proceed to
Rock Island to assist in preser
wing orders there.
Governor Deneen was asked by
Sheriff Bruner, of Rock Island, to
declare martial law in Rock ISL
and, and referred the request to
Attorney General Stead for an
opinion on the governors pow
ers. He will await also the report
of .Adjntant General Dixon from
Rock Island tonight before he will
decide on whether martial law
will be proclaimed there.
Rock Island. ILL.,. March q. An
unsuccessful attempt to assassl-
nate Mayor Schriver at the city
hall was. made today by an 'ln-
identified person. who fired a rifle
! bullet through the mayors office
window from the top of build
ing several squares distant. The
bullet missed Mayor Schriver,
who was standing in front of the
window and buried itself IN the
wall of the office
Sheriff O. L. Brnncr. of Rock island
county. today telegraphed Gov. Gharles
S Deneen for "a regiment of soldiers 70
use in placing the city OF Rock Island
under martial law as result of last
nights fatal riot and threatened
repetition of the mob violence.
The sheriff's action was taken after
Mayor II. NJ. Schriver and the other
municipal commissioners had held a
long conference with leading cit1zens
~ all political affiliations.
martial regulation" said Sheriff
Primer. lis the only thing that VIII
check the rising tide OF violence. WIN
ont soldiers in sufficient force and uh-
der rigid orders to put down the nrs'
attempt to renew last nights attack
an the 1olict. results tonight Will he ex-
tromnlr grave. am not an alarmist,
mt the situation now is beyond all or
.iinary control A few companies OF
militia, Il Year will not be enough.
Despita ssteming quiet III all quarters
Of the city this morning. sterlh. po-
lice and militia are prepared '" resis'
!, resumption tonight nf the r1otlnt
which resulted I'm three deaths and the
wounding of nine persons last nlRht
Sheriff q. L.. Bruner 81 lh'::1
"Al1hough everything looks peaceful
now. there is an undercurrent OF vicious
feeling against the police, and J. ex
fk1G.
the mob tonight. My deputies repor'
that a lunlber of desperate characters
in Davenport Moline and Rock island
are to-day carrying around the Wort
that they will run the militia into Tho
Mississippi river tonight This feeling
in my opinion. VIII get stronger az 'he
day goes on
Riot Runs Three Hours
las, nights rioting continued prac-
Iically unchecked for three hours Th'
police said there we're more than 3.OO'
persons il. the mob. which surget
through the downtown streets. pullint
car trollcys from the Wire, ovcrturnint
wagons and In other ways seeking Il
block public thoroughfares.
After the attack on the police sta
tion had been repulscd by the wolfe,
from the weapons ot the officers thu
authorities found dozen dead Oh
wounded men in the street Two o.
the three persons killed We're identlhe'
early today as j. G. Kelly. BLACK
smith, of Silvis, village q few mile:
up the river. and l.. III. Ornan. q sho'
merchant of this city
Kelly is said TO have been one o
many who came to Rock Island from
leighboring communities bent on mis-
chief.
1t is stated even that the riotous con
di.ions here may be repeated in Mo
line, where local politics reflect mucl
the same status as caused the out
breaks against Mayor III. M. Schriver
of Rock Island. There is to be a po
litical meeting in Moline tonight an,
the outcome is awaited with some ap
prehension.
Troops On Every Hand.
Three companies of Illinois nationa
guard. ordered here by Governor Den
cen to quell the riot last night. hal
control Of the situation early.
The mob attacked the city jail las
night in an attempt to release symp
athizers with John Looney, publishe
Of a weekly paper. which had severel.
criticised Mayor III. NJ. Schriyer
Mayor Sctriver. who was directing
the police, ordered the officers to fir
on the mob. One man was Instant.
killed and about y dozen were wound
cd.
uC IlitO dISpCISSl, Out ieIoIIbcu nA
ter an hour and attempted to procur
arms from a hardware store. The po
lice surrounded the store and wer
able to drive back the mob.
The sheriff, shortly before midnight
asked Governor Deneen for state troop
to assist the police in preserving order
The local militia company and
company from Moline, five miles away
reached here before daylight and
company from iialesburg arrived earl,
today.
Sheriff Bruner, after an investigation
declared the shot had been accidental,
fired by deputy sheriff. who was load
ing a riot gun, but local paper de
clares an attempt had been made on th
mayors life.
Riot Last Night.
Three persons we're shot to death an,
nine We're severely wounded last nigh
when TIE police under orders of Mayo
H. IL. Srh.rivcr. Ircd from the win