The New York herald., 1877-07-30
CHICAGO A TRAMP CENTRE.
yAuABoNDs FLoCKING INTO THE CITY LIKE
vULTUBEs TO A FEAsr.

yAuABoNDs BLOCKING INTO THE CITY LIKE
vULTUBEs TO FEAsr.
[From the Chicago Times, July 27l
The promptness with which tramps, vagrants, high
waymon, thieves and all other bers OF The
class cuphcmistcay termed IN The poiitest language
o the world cheraiiers dindurte have learned OF the
present disorders in this city warrants the belief not
ony that they read the newspapers with avidty but
that they have telegraph line tSo ot their The
information that the police this city massed IN
part oi the town subduins organized mob, aud
are, Therefore. Withdrawn from those oil
city where tnero is property TO De soien has rcscll
the class whose natural enemies policener IA auu
has not been lost on ,hem In the thieves Vocabulary
order only mems WORK or starvation: disorder, r.ol,
anurchy are mighty words that conjuro up IA the Jail
BIRDS maginaen VISIONS Oi no work and high living.
Tho few trains tnat are running are bringing loads o
thieves. who are stealing rides no tho city IRON all a.
But the trains DO not furnish all the trans
portation required, and mos, Of these harpics who
10 glut themselves OH the corpse Of p 0sperity
and to ruin what they cannot use are arriving on foot
gentleman who arr ed here on terday from Joliet
says that the roads are lined with rascas marching on
Chicago, whcn II justice had sli her due they would
be going IN precisely the opposite direction. These
tho men VINO prowl about the country seeing what
lucy may steal They make pretense of looking for
work. but sooner DO they got an iukng oil a chance
piase than they iorsske tho brond OF the
country aud the farmers houses where they ask ioP
food ana seek for chances to roo aud Ear without de-
lay, Wy sucn means OF transport as circumstances
Afford for the CITY. These mon, II inch thoy may be
called, WHO nave all the cunning OF man and the
meuts OF onin0us dimensions are constantly arriving
they feel confident that they hold The iort Al least
until they Can feed tat the ancient Rrudgo they bear
against AL people who work ana accumulate property.
Iuesc are tho rulans who OIL yesterday threatened 70
nre the town as soon AS night lel These the val
liant WARRIORS not N any struggle between labor and
capital but between Idenoss and Labor barbarism and
civilization.
All day yesterday awossness reignod supreme In all
the outlying portions Of the city, aud stealing
RED on with perfect Indifference TO publicity that al
most transferred u INTO conhscaton. Nor this
thing limited to the outlying PORTIONS OF the CITY, It
Is vast mistake 10 suppose that all the trouble Is at
the Hastcd street vIaduct The trouble IS uil
over the city, ana u ISN'T spread out very
Thin either. On yesterday, about noon, small crowd
Of armed roughs Tbroop street, near Adams,
surrounded farmer coming INTO town with bis wagon
aud compelled hun TO give up his valuablea Tho
highwaymen then withdrew TO the sidewalk and IN
the most public manner divided the money taken. A
number OF citizens stood by aud Witnessed this inter-
cstng performances out beng ubarmed could do moth
ing. About the same time man was knocked down
and robbed Cen avenue, near Harrison street,
and another robbed on Van Buren, street,
Throop All thus done In broad daylight Ia Y
tbcky settled quiet and hgnly respectable Residence
section OF the city. During tho afternoon a woman
had her pockctbook taken IRON her pocket on Adams
street bridgo without any effort at c0ncoalmcnt
Gangs OF SIX eight and ten young rascas, armed with
revoIvers are going about tho city robbing with i'm,
puny, u the ciizens' patrols shoot lew oi
them they Will deserve pubic gratitude.