New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

charge of the state militia. had calico
@ meeting Of citizens for Mondav night
in the eth Regiment Armorv TO lay
plans for the protection OF the city the
following day At this gathering steps
were taken for the immediate forma-
tion Of volunteer regiment to fight
the rioters The few soldiers already
in the city were cooped in the CITY Ar
senal. at White and Elm streets. and IN
the General Arsenal, in Central Park.
Police Commiss ioners Acton and Bei
gen we're on duty all night al Head
quarters. laying their plans for the next
days campaign
Colonel O'Brien's Home Looted
The mobs resumed their work carly
Tuesday. Learning that Colonel IL. /.
O'Brien Of the nth New York Nolun
teers. was cooperating actively IN the
plans TO put down the riot, moo
marched to his house, on Second Ave
rue. between Thirty-fourth and Thirty
NTH streets. and sacked and looted u.
As they were finishing their work three
hundred policemen. under inspector
Carpenter, charged the mob emptying
their rcvolyers as they advanced. AIter
few moments Of battle the rioters tled,
taking refuge in nearby houses and on
roofs. from which they stoned the pc
lice.
While tho battle was still under way
Colonel O'Brien appeared with de,
tachment Of his regiment and two held
pieces. in spite Of the re'nforccments.
however. the mob rallied and attacked
again. The soldiers fired. and IN the
resulting battle seven persons we're
killed and scores were wounded many
fatally.
Bitter lighting ensued Tuesday after
noon about the building of the Union
Steam Works. at Twenty-second street
end Second Avenue. which was held
alternately by the police and soldiers
and by the rioters Volley after volley
was fred into the ranks Of the mob by
the soldiers. who followed their fusil-
ladies' several times with bayonet
charges. During this battle At least a
score were killed or fatally wounded
and the number Of those less seriously
hurt was never known.
The mob sought especially 70 vent ITS
bitterness against The Tribune and
Horace Greeley, though no now attack
was ATTEMPTED on the Tribune Build
ing. which WAS strongly guarded. f.
loaded howitzcr being stationed AZ the
corner Of Spruce Street IN charge OF a
marine. A house IN Twcnty-ninth
Street. between Eighth and Ninth ave
MUGS, was wrecked and looted. because,
IT was reported. Horace Greeley
boarded there" A young man sus-
pected Of being Tribune reporter was
beaten almost 10 death.
81 10, e ~ sh
ceeded i'm wreaking IFS delayed VEN
geance on Colonel O'Brien. IA he was
entering his home he was captured by
the crowd and literally beaten to death.
Many negroes were hanged.
Business in all parts Of the city was
suspended on Wednesday. The reign
Of terror continued, with tho Staying OF
more negroes. dozens Of incendiary
fires and numerous bloody combats be
tween the rioters and the police and
soldiery.
Authorities Rout Rioters
on Thursday the situation was some
what relieved. The arrival of the 'th,
Goth and 7ith regiments and a battery
Of the Sth Regiment gave the authorl-
ties a Grmor grin on the situation, ana
the rioters were routed whenever they
cssaycd fight in numbers. a battery OF
artillery was stationed before The
Tribune Office 70 protect IT, The
sevcrest~combat occurred Thursday az
D. m. at Twenty-hrst street and
Third Avenue. when thirteen rioters
we're killed, eighteen wounded and
twenty-four taken prisoners In the
afternoon fifteen soldiers OF the an
Regiment were killed IN battle al
nd
happening on thursday that
bolncd 70 take the heart out Of the
rioters WAS the arrest Of John lrh-
bardt Andrews, an agltatOr VINO nhd
boor ono Of the ringlcadcrs OF the
mob and had frequently harangued H.
urging II on 10 further violence. 81,
nv Friday the situation was so wen
T., hand that Mayor Opdykc issued a
proclamation declaring the IIo.,ns
ended and urging citizens 10 RESUME
me normal course OF their business
At Least -Four Hundred hilied
Tho total casualties Of the week OF
,;o,;no we're never actually known y
49, conservat:vely estimated that NJ
ioae. 400 or 500 were killed. and some
cstin,ates ran as high as l,OOO. &C
corGing TO police reports many houles
NJ Lain rioters were hurried on ana
hurled secretly. The deaths OF many
wbo subsequently succumbed to their
wounds were attributed to other
causes. Approximately fifty buildings
wcre burned by the mobs. twenty OF
The rioters were indicted and tried
o,d nineteen were convicted. recelv-
ing sentences aggrcgating nearly lou
gears. :.;,,, L.
You YORK there were similar disturb
onccg in Boston. Jersey CITY Troy
and Jamaica. although none ap'
rroacbcd in seriousness the troubles
hero. There also was foreible resist,
once 10 the draft in several counties
of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
eporadic outbreaks in various othct
placcs ceased as soon as the Ne" io'"
riots subsidized. a.
Among the most prominent OF w
MANY law-abiding opponents OF Z.
u n was Governor Horatio seynloD
who made numerous protests 10 Irct
den, Lincoln against its execution
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