The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-08
OF ADVERTISING.
THE CHICAGO LABOR RIOTS.
and the Mob spirit--.
The Rioters turned IncendiarIes.

Dle "OEk III luls CITY -uestIOlluB l1Iee
lives, and property valued at one-half u
An account ofthe Inauguration of the
terrible destruction, and the burning Of
the Merchants' Hotel, / have already
sent you. This was succeeded on the
evening of Sunday, by the destruction
of the, tive story brick i store No. SO
SoufthNaters street Involving the loss OF
three lives, and damage to the adjoin-
ing stores, Sos, 81 rna 9l. ~ 49, - !.
The store destroyed, No. 50, belonged
to Jason McCord, and was valued al
fifteen thousand dollars and insured for
thirteen thousand. go
The occupants were as follows: .
Basement and first story-Slossons d.
Cos, dealers in" cheese. Loss, S5 600.
Fully insured.
Secoud story George A. Connor,
spring beds mattresses. and step-lad-
ders. Loss, IS 900. Insured.
Third floor IL Watson, no
tions.s Loss 50 900. INSURED. ~ ZOO
Fourth and nth stories-Germnn
trunk makers. Loss small. iiE
No 9liwas owned by, f. Ii. Hadduck.
Loss 10000. insured. geN Ea1
First story-Bard IL Wells, commis-
sion merchants! Loss. 50, 900, 20, y !. -
Second tioor-Parker IL Webster, liq-
uors. Loss not heavy. No insurance.
Third and fourth 1loOrs-ThOmas d
Co., canned fruits. Loss $4,000. In
sured. 'ls II - "H p1=d - na- -fs5 N
The loss to No. 81 was but small and
fully covered by insurance.. .Ii -EL
Ihe total loss is about S65, 900, with
an insurance nearly reaching that
amount; all in New York and Hartford
with the exception of s., GOO.
After the fire had been extinguished
six liremen who were ut work on the
building, were buried in the ruins by
the falling of the rear walls of No. 50,
After strenuous efforts, which CON
tinued for six, or eight hours, three Of
the men were rescued alive, and three
taken out dead. The names of the latter
are James Held, John Gels and Nicho-
las Barth.
The fire was succeeded on the follow
ing morning by the burning of Arr
mour, Dole & Co.'s elevator, located on
the south branch of the Chicago river,
at. Sixteenth street. This was an im-
mense structure, lS0 by 90 feet, and
100 feet high, with a capacity of eight
hundred thousand bushels of grain,
valued at.two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. H1 Fial ~ s-7sl- 20 80 90
Elevator B, near at hand, and nearly
full OF grain, had q narrow escape, but
was saved by the indomitable ene:gy
OF the firemen.
This fire. With scarcely a doubt, had
its origin in incendiaTism, as 1t had
been lying idle for several weeks, with
no fire i'll it. Who the incendiaries are
is not yet known, but IL is feared that
they may be traced ito the gangs of
rowdies who have maintained Il reign
of terror In our city for the past four
6ays. In confirmation of this suppost-
ton, 1 may state that large numbers of
these roughs were in the immediate
vicinity during the progress OF the fire.
u ntr ntno O..
ure at the destruction before them. r
Fortunately there was but small
otgrain inthe elevator burned,
but exactly how much is not known.
The total loss by this fire will reach
about S3O0,000. Exactly how much In
surance there was on the property 1
have been unable ito ascertain, but 1t
offices in Chicago, Cincinnati, New
York, Hartford, Providence, SPRING
field, London, and elsewhere.
The fourth and last fire occurred
about IL o'clock last night, resulting
in the almost complete destruction of
Hoffman sdS weiss' machine shop on
Adams street. 49,
This fire. like that at the elevator, was
no doubt the work of incendiaries.
The workmen had refused to join in the
movement, andethereby in
CURED the hatred of the mobocrats, and
the latter probably employ ed this means
of revenge. -
The loss is about q, 900. ~ 5y.lrJ
Mayor Rice has issued the following
proclamation: ...
"The police report that many bad
and wicked men throughout the city,
still persist IN committing acts of law
less violence against the persons and
property of law abiding citizens. =
snow this Is to warn all such persons,
that the strong arm of the law will be
brought to bear against them. and that
any person, from this date, who shall
be found, within the city OF Chicago,
in any way with the peace,
quiet or labor OF others, will at once
be arrested and punished. The mill
tary power of the city and State, the
police force, together with the entire
special police engaged. for this pur-
pose. will be combined to enforce the
law.V u.s. hn f'''l ~ g. ~ ~ ~,
The efglit-hour disturbances appear
to be subsidiDg. Either from want
of determination on the part of the
rioters, or a conviction that thereiis
danger ahead, or by reason of the hea-
Wv and continuous rain, there was no
renewal on Saturday OF The violent pro-
ceedings of the two previous days.
As 1 haveintimated above, the burn
ing of Armour, Dole IL. Co.'S, Grain
Elevator, is attributable by those best
10 some of the cowardl Y par
Gcipators in the eight hour riots, and
the Mayor, under these circumstances,
has deemed il his duty to issue sec
ond proclamation couched- in more
positive Language than the first.
Many threatening notices nave peen
sent to the railroad offices and to pro-
prietors of planning mills and lumber
wards. warming them against yiola-
lion OF the Eight Hour Law, under the
palms and penaIties OF the indignation
of the mobocrats. Yet everything
wears a smoothed surface; but then it
must not be supposed by this that the
differences between the employers and
employees are reconciled, except par
italy. ~ 81 LIlr5 3 o5l : ,7r --,lfI sil.57
The proclamation of the Mayor and
the greatly augmented police force has
probably had more to do with the res
toration OF quiet, than any prickinss OF
conscience on the part of the rioters.
The result of this aInoptrule ior the
past three or four days has been disas-
irons 10 the material as we'll as the
moral interests OF Chicago. Counting
the loss by fire pretty certainly traeeable
10 this mob and it is safe 10 say that
Chicago has suffered during the past
week TO the extent of nearly Sl,0OO,oOt
from this cause. This is 4. feariulIe-
cord. y
Inc Sentret f3SecutlSe sjla :, :, y, "
the Trades Union met yesterday alter
noon; and, passed resolutions In con-
demnatiop of the mob violence which
has prevailed during the week
During yesterday aud to-day the
railroad companies have brought Q
large number of men from other parts
of the country to this city, and will sci
them at work in their shops and depots
10 morrow. The rioters discovered this
fact this afternoon, and IL Is generally
understood that they are maturing ar.
rangemeuts to renew their violent pro.
ceedings tomorrow.