Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-07-07


when the draft would begin was given
it is alleged to General Wool, in com
mand of the military of the New lorl
department. to Mayor George Opdyke
to Governor Horatio Seymour or Il
the police department. The drawing
of names was begun most unexpected
w by Provost Marshal Jenkins In wha
was then the Twenty ward
Ninth congressional district.
Mob In Ugly Mood.
Before the drawing of names was re
sumed at ca Third avenue at IL
o'clock Monday morning the spirit OF
mob resistance bad already developed
far. There was an ugly tone to the
murmurings of the crowd that gath
cred outside the provost marshals Of
flee. There were few IN the office when
the drawing began aside from the pro-
vost marshal. his clerks and assistants
and representatives of the press For
half an hour the wheel spun quietly.
About seventy-fve names had been
added to the list, when suddenly there
came the report of pistol, the sound
that marked the beginning of the five
days reign of disorder. AS If at a sig
nal a shower of bricks and stones de-
scended on the marshals office. In one
second every window had been smash
! ed and the room was filed with flying
missiles. The mob then charged the
! office The clerks carried the wheel to
the top floor of the brick building the
upper floors of which were used as
dwellings, Hiding it in a corner, they
escaped from the building, as fire start
ed by the mob in the Office below began
to eat its way upward. Climbing a
fence in the rear Of the building, Pro
vost Marshal Jenkins sought safety In
an adjoining house, where he lay In
hiding while the mob howled for his
life
For two hours and half the mob
held sway in the blocks about Forty
sixth street and Third avenue. Hand
fuls of police sent against them proved
poWerless.
Superintendent Kennedy, In charge
of the police force. ventured among the
crowd in citizens clothes during the
first stages OF the riot. He was recog-
nized and set upon by score of men.
! Fleeing for his life, he was pursued
! for blocks, finally intercepted by an
other band and beaten into insensibil
ity.
At l o'clock, after three buildings
! had been burned, six families rendered
homeless and the entire block endan-
gered, sudden whimsy of the mob
caused 1t to rush away down Third
avenue. This gave the fire department
its first opportunity to check the
spreading flames
Hand to Hand Battle.
At Thirty-fourth street and Third
avenue the mob came face to face with
their way to the scene of the original
riot. A hand to hand battle followed
up to Forty-fourth street. When al
last the showers of stones, bricks and
clubs descending on the guard begai
to deplete its ranks Lieutenant Reed
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mob rushed the guard, overpoweret
them and took away their guns. Dis
armed, the handful of soldiers fed
pursued by the mob as far as Tween
tieth street
For the rest of the day the mol
ruled the city, with little resistance
Spasmodic efforts OF the police t
check the riot resulted IN frequent com
bats, in which both rioters and officer
were killed or injured Boards bear
ing the. newly painted words IN
Draft" were the banners under whic
the mobs marched the city's streets
House after house, the homes of draf
officials. Abolitionists and others VIII
had incurred the enmity of the mol
was sacked and burned. Stores wer
looted and the streets piled high wit
plumber waiting to be carried off. TIE
eSraph poles were cut down and pile
across the tracks of the Third Avenu
railway, which ceased to run early
the afternoon, as did the omnibuses.
Negro Asylum Burned.
One of the atrocious acts of the mo
came at 8 o'clock on Monday afte
noon, when 1t descended upon the Co
ored Orphan asylum, on Fifth avenu
near Forty-siXth street, intent upon II
dieting reprisals upon the negro chi
dren. The children We're removed
place of safety before the mob arri'
ed The asylum building was burned
Next the mob turned its attention
the downtown district of the cit
Their first stop was at the building ,
Twenty ninth street and Broadwa
where the enrolment for draft Ia
taken place. The lower part Of Il
building was occupied by large jewe
ry store. Within five minutes afl
the arrival of the mob not an artic
of value was left In the place, viii
diamonds and rubies cleaned In Il
light of flaring torches IN the sire
as the looters examined their prize
A few moments later the building W,
in danes.
1t was at o'clock that night tn