, 1877-07-25
Cenekal Strike Among the
Chicago Railroad
Operatives.
Where It Began, and How
Carried from Place
to Place.
Demands Of the Illinois Central,
Rock Island, anu Other
Employees.
Gangs Of Ha1f-Grown Boys
Closing Up All the
Factories,
Soaring Women, Intimidating Men,
Soaking Brewery, and
Making it Lively
Generally.
Starting . Fire for fuu..Stopplag tho
Vest Sidc Cars-0ther Cheer.
ful Etcentricitits.
Mass-Meetings In the Evening
at Maske!l Hall and on
Market Street.
The Obstruotionists at the Latter Place
Gently Removed by the
Police.
One OF tho Work1ngmen's Leaders 1las q
Talk with the Mayor..-Sccncs at
tho City-liail.
The Militia Called Under Arms-A Visit
to the Armorios-All Quiet
at Night
A f.rra rorca ~ TrniAad 9tatAa Trnaua
The Obstruotionists at tho Latter Place
Gently Removed by tha
Police.
One Of tho WorkIngmen's Leaders Has O
Talk with the Mayor-.-Sccncs at
tho City-Iiail.
The Militia Called Under Arms--A Visit
to the Armorics Quiet
at Night.
a Large Force Of United States Troop
VIII Arrivs Here To-day.

With The taurc Of yesterday the Danger OF mob
4ulo In Chicago has passcd. That thcro was an
effort 10 institute riot cannot bo denied, but tho
ladicroua ending Of Tho cndeavor Is most impor.
tant ~ showing tho utter mpTaet!cabll!ty Of estat
1lehtng anarchy in this civ.
Early In tho morning tho 4wischmcn Of the Mich
isan Central, who had struck tho night before, on.
tered upon tho enterprise Of making trouble. They
sccurcd tho sympathy pt other employees 0f the
same Road, and succeeded In rntstng force. Tho
frat object of nttack was tho Illinois Central, whose
workmcn they induced to Join them. Those cn.
ploycd on tho Chicago, burlington i Quincy eamo
next, and subsequently, the Mleblgan Southern and
Rock Island foil In.
At this time tho crowd, not yct raised to tho dig
nifty Of 4 mob, amounted in numbers to about 800
workingmcn. The lumder district came next and
With the rtlntorcemonts from that loca1ty ths out
1t managed 10 reach Showing Of batreen 700 and
800. Then came tho Commuasts, ragged in ap-
pcarancc, hungry Of aspect, and llultod in num-
bars. Roping In battalion Of small boys, they
1otnod tho crowd OF wofkngmen and began their
incendiasy urg!ngs toward carrying tho city by
storm. To tho credit Of the railroad mou It Il to
recorded lbat they refused to ako any action fur
rights.
Tho railway employees stuck to their roads. and
used cvery endeaxor TO make the stEke general.
Tho Communlsts, on tho other hand. marched In a
rabbls through tho cslcrn limo OF tho Wcat
Sidc, attacking all tho n1,nufactorlcs, compelling
the operatives to abandon work. This wan at
about noon. For oycry workinEman they secured,
this foEco was augmented by score Of boys. until
the crowd reached about !, coo In number. Wher.
eyer they found A mas At work they made him
stop. In nlno cases ont Of ten he went homs. In
tho tenth case he followcd through curiosity.
II was clear that coalition would defeat Tho OBJ
iects Of tho Communism. There wero too many
leaders. They could not agtco. So the crowd
separated into sulal'or crowds taking different d.
rcctions, all bent upon AugmentIn9 thslr numbers
until! enough should have bosn. won 10 theF ranks
10 Insutp the sUctcas OF rut In this they failed
Though work was scnernlly suspended throughout
tho city, still tho only rainfnrccmeuts came from
tho rznks Of tho juvenile hoodlums.
:la'etock II was clear that tho Commune had
been defeated by it, own ignorance and want Ut
organization. The small boys wess growing tired
Tho curoatty seekers weso becoming hungty. Tho
rank and nlo Of tho olnmunlstle element wsra be-
ginning 10 lose faith. There was lack at support
on tho part Of tho worktugmcn, 10 whom they had
looked for material aid IN doing The aghting whisz
tho members OF Tho Commune should do tho steal
Ing, In this they were disappointed. Tho stsik'
ers worc contenicd with striking. They owod nc
grudxt dgs'nst society. They declined 10 hold cit
ixcna responsible for tho acts Of the railway cor
poratiuns. 1t was enough for thcm when ihcl
compell9d The stpppa9a of tftflc on their roads,