Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1895 — BOATMEN IN BATTLE. [ARTICLE]

BOATMEN IN BATTLE.

RIOT AT THE TONAWANDA, N. .' : y. t docks. ; Lake Captain Tried to Load His Yeneel Out of Turn—Train Robbers Get 85 Cents—Bad Wreck in BelginmBold Chicago Bandits. Capt. Phillips Killed. At Tonawanda, N. Y., one man was killed and another fatally wounded in a riot among boatmen. About one hundred and fifty men were involved in the riot, and several pistol shots were fired. Captain Phillips, owner of the boats. John Graft and May, was shot in the head as he stood upon his boat, and died Boon afterward. Phillips’ son was struck on the head with a club and knocked Insensible. His death is feared. Captain Phillips sought to load out of turn. The boatmen objected and gathered early at the dock to prevent him. A quarrel arose and soon shooting began. The Tonawanda boatmen say that Phillips began It. However that may be, Phillips was the first to fall. His son then cut the lines and the boat drifted down stream out of range of the pistols. Eleven arrests have been made. Turks Given Warning. The representatives of the six powers —have sent a collective note to the Turkish Government calling attention to the inadequate measures taken by the police authorities to maintain public tranquility in Constantinople and its suburbs, and demanding the prompt institution of a rigorous inquiry into the recent rioting and bloodshed, and wholesale imprisonment —of Armenians. In addition, -the powers demand the release of- all prisoners who are innocent of wrongdoing and the cessation of arrests. Said Pasha, the new Turkish minister for foreign affairs, has called at the different embassies in Constantinopleandhaspresenteiltotherep- « resentatives of the powers a communication from the Turkish Government repeating the assurance that a plan for reform In Armenia has been accepted by the porte. It is not believed, however, that this will satisfy the powers. There have been no further excesses, although a feeling of great disquiet still prevails, and fresh demonstrations upon the part of Armenians are feared. Many quarters of Stamboul have been placarded with notices inciting the populace against ‘‘the infidels.” Eighteen Are Dead. Dispatches received in Brussels from Wavre, where the collision between a crowded passenger train and an engine occurred, show that eighteen instead of ten persons were killed and that 100 persons, and not forty, were injured. Several of the wounded are so seriously injured that their lives are despaired of. There are no Americans among the dead or injured. The passenger train was just.passing the railroad station at Mousty when an engine coming from Ottiguies at full speed collided with it and telethree - -of gangs and medical assistance were promptly sent to the scene from all neighboring points and everything possible was done to succor the wounded, at least thirty of whom were in need of prompt anee. Bandits Hold Up a Train. The north-bound ’Frisco passenger train was robbed at Caston, I. T. Six men did the work. The express car was cut loose from the train and run up the track. The robbers failed to open the through safe, and got only 85 cents from the local safe. The passengers were not molested. The train was permitted to pull out after the bandits failed to open the big safe. It is thought to have been the work of the Christian brothers gang.