New-York tribune., 1922-08-08
Sheriff Shot.
Two Killed in
Joliet RaiIRiot
Troops Rpshed to the scea.
After Mob Engages in !
Gun Battle With Officers
Who Tried TO Disperss !, !.
Leader One of Victims
500 Gather in Front Of III.
Home of Foreman wlo
Refused 10 Join ssp;l.
Fpecfal Dtsp4toh 10 The ry.s,,,,


CHICAGO, Aug. Long amooldsx
ing trouble over the strike Of rs;imae
shopmeh broke out in Joliet to.dss :.
sulting in several skirmjsbo, =, =
minor ARRAYS, and finally in a 0nn s.4 sau
tie, in which two men we're kil,sd -.
the Sheriff shot. Authorities ,,as a
notified Acting Governor Sterliro M ~
the situation was beyond theis CONT,
and troops were rushed from chicsss
Order was speedily restored after ~ -
troops had placed machine e,s. ~ -
strategic points and Commenced ra..',
ing The trouble district. P"''''-
The riot started when ro, :.
strikers attempted 70 burn the -, "
Of Fred Nelson, a paint shou forsns.se ,,se
who remained At work whea The s,,;hs $50,
vas called. Sheriff James NewIjrL ~ .se
compsnied BY three deputies drar.. -. u
the place in an aUtom obile. Thev fo,s9 ~
about FIVE hundred strikers ,s;ninu nu
around the Nelson hoa4e, ealing .,,,,s ,nns
him to come oat. NpOH
Ordered Mob to Disosrss
The Sheriff called to Nelson to enr,. ~.
out. He led hlm to the crowd sns
asked if any one had anything so ssg
TO him. There vas nc resoonss sns
the Sheriff eaen ordered the ndh "a
disperse and go about its business
Nelson s wife called to him to return a
the house, and ae vas just entering
the door when some one in the crowd
began firing. The first shot struck ths
Sheriff and knocked him into a djtrb
Philip Reltz, chief special agent of taa
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. was
the next victim. being shot thyouos
the heart, The three deputies r..
turned the fire after the Sheriff tell
Frank Levere, 2 striker. was shet
through the langs and killed. It Il
said he was the leader Of the mob.
In their official report the deputies
said the mob gave no warning wlateysr
and shot down Sheriff Newkirk and
Special agent Reitz in cold blood.
Levere med the shot that killed Restz
and imme distely was shot down in turp
by Deputy Stockard
After ten minutes shooting the mem.
bers Of the mob ran for shelter. Small.
er groups continued to ASSEMBLE
around the railway yards after tae hat.
tie, but they disappeared Immediately
when word came that troops wers or
their way to the city.
This is the second fatal sffray over
the shipments strike. Sunday Philip
McCarty, q shopworker, was murdered
by band CT strikers.
Shariff's Condition Critical
Sheriff Newkirk's condition is critical
The bullet entered under has right era
ard is still lodged in his head It
tsnpts to probe have been unsgeeess-
1al and doctors believe that his dsssh
is only z matter Of hours -
Scattered Incidents Of disor1sr
marked the early part OF the ski
week Of the shopmen's strike. 4 pss.
senger train on the Western & As.
bama, en- route from Atlanta TO Moas.
gomery, was fred on by alleged striks
sympathizers.
". s. McLana, car foreman ID The
Illinois Central shops at Birminghsn,
Ala. was kidnapped by armed men
blindfolded and taken by automobls
to the woods near Cardiff, Ala, who're
he was badly beaten.