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

which it was put into operation at an
nOpportune time No notification OF
when the draft would begin was given
IL is alleged, TO General Wool. in com
mand of the military Of the New York
Department; 20 Mayor George Opdyke
TO Governor Horatio Selmour, or to the
Police Department. The drawing OF
names was begun most unexpectedly by
Provost Marshal jenkins, in what was
then the 22d Ward. 9th Congressional
District.
Mob in Ugly Mood
Before the drawing of names was re.
sumed. at 677 Third Avenue. at lC
o'clock Monday morning, the spirit oil
mob resistance had already developed
far. There was an ugly tone 70 the
murmUrings of the crowd that gath
cred outside the Provost Marshals Of
fee. 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. FoI
half an hour the wheel spun quietly
About scventy-ivc 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 slg-
nal. a shower OF bricks and stones de-
seconded on the marShals office. In one
second every window had been smashed
and the room was filled with flying
missiles. The mob then charged the
office. The clerks carried the wheel "a
the TOP floor of the brick building. the
uppcr floors Of which were used as
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escaped from the building, as fire start
ed bv the mob in the Office below began
10 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 a half the mob
held sway in the blocks ABOUT rory
sixth Street and Third Avenue. Hand
fuls of police sent against them proved
powerless.
Superintendent Kennedy. in charge
OF the police force, ventured among tne
crowd i'm 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 insensI-
biity. 90.
At I o'clock. after three buildings
had been burned. SIX families rendered
homeless and the entire block cndan-
gered. a sudden whimsy OF the mon
caused it 10 rush away down Ihird
Avenue. This gave the Fire DEPART
ment its first opportunity TO check the
spreading flames.
Hand-to-Hand Battle
At Thirty-fourth Street and Third
Avenue the mob came face 10 face with
a detachment of the Provost Guard on
their way TO the scene Of the original
riot. 4 hand-to-hand battle followed
IN 10 Forty-fourth Street When al
last the showers Of stones. bricks and
clubs descending on the guard began
to depletc its ranks, Lieutenant Reed
gave the order to fire. Instantly INC
mob rushed the guard. oyerpowereo
them and took away their guns. DIS
armed. the handful Of soldiers He'd pui
sued by the mob as far as twentieth
Street.
For the rest OF the day the mob ruled
the city. with little resistance. spas
modic efforts Of the police to check th'
riot resulted in frequent combatS, IT
which both rioters and Off ;crs were
killed or injured. Boards bearing tn
rudeIv painted words ono draft were
tho banners under which the mob'
marched the citys streets. House aitei
house. the homes OF draft officials
Abolitionsts and others who had m
CURED the enmity OF the MOB, Wa
sacked and burned. Stores were looted
and the streets piled high with plumber
waiting to be carried off. Telegraph
poles were cut down and piled acros.
the tracks of the Third Avenue Rail
way. which ceased 10 run carly IN tho
afternoon, as did tho omnibuses.
Negro Asylum Burned
One Of the atrocious acts Of the mot
came Al 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon
when il descended upon the Colorec
Orphan Asylum, on Fifth Avenue, neal
Forty-sixth Street, intent upon lnnict
F ing reprisals upon the negro chlldIen
The children were removed 20 place
OF safety before the mob arrived. M
asylum building was burned.
EcY, tho mob turned it's attention t.
tho downtown district o. the city
Their frat stop was At the building a
Twentv-ninth street and Broadway
wbcrc the enrolment for draft nae
takcn place. The lower part OF tht
building WAS occupied by large Je"
CRY store. within five minutes aitf Sl
fbc arrival Of the mob not an arhcl'
~ yaIue was left IN the place, whil'
diamonds and rubics cleaned IN th'
iiobt Of Aaring torches ~ the street
a. tho looters examined their prizes
A few moments later the ouIdIhg wa
IN flames.
Attack on The Tribune
T, was a 3 o'clock that night thai
tho bi.toric attack on the Office Of The
Ncy, York Tribune occurred. The mot
gathered quickly in Printing HOUSE
eouare. In spite Of the spasmodic Ell
forts Of handfuls Of police 70 dispers'
+, The attack began with the hurline
~ stones through The Tribune's WIN
dows. Then, with sudden rush. inc
,,ob invaded the counting room on tn'
o,ound floor, nut 70 fight the Single
Slsrk in charge and proceeded 70 sacF
,be Mace. Their work, az usual cui
minated with the kindling OF names
The mob had barely finished rs wort
end the FIRE had not yet gained giea'
Roadway when police reinforcement
rushed up Nassau street. under Gap.
,ains Warlow and Thorne. While par'
~ The officers beat back the mob from
The Tribuns Building, Captain war
iov,s men ehtinguished the flames be
tore grea, damage had been done. But
moi until SCORES Of heads had been
erackcd did the crowd retreat before
the officers onslaught. $50,
Monday night. was one OF ,err9t
,b,nrgbnut the city. MSrauding bands
beld yndlsputed sway, while the ny
Diayed win the glare Of burning build
,egs and The night echoed with the r''
ports 81 firearms. n, 81.