The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
STRIKE VARIETIES.

4 gentleman who happened to be in Pitts
burg during the riot, gives in the Cincinnati
Commercial of July 2Sth the following descrip-
ton Of the scenes he witnessed:
a stranger sight than that at the Union de-
pot and vicinity at $ p. IN. on Sunday night
cannot be imagncd-nOt stranger from the ter
| ribe scenes of carnage and rapnc than from
the general dcmcanOr of the thousands ana
thousands of spectators CrOwding around the
scenes The Union Depot smoldcrs, mass OF
ruins. \ long line Of blazing timbcrs and iron
columns at white heat marked the site OF the Adj
ans Express Company's transfer depot ana the
Pan Handle shops; the elevator and IFS thou
sands OF bushels Of grain still blazcd ticrcely
rOtOus crowds of drunken men and women
recled here and there under loads of stolen
merchandise of all sorts; kegs of beer and
whisky were rolled or carried in every dlreC-
| ton the heads knocked out and the contents
swilcd down the threats of the mob, Carclcssy
| kicked over, on else set under some car or
truck and torch thrown into them. Here,
some drunken brute, tired of his load, would
dash Il kcg of liquor down into the crowd he
was passing through; there, halfcraZcd wo-
man, with hair tangled and matted ana cloth
ing half gone, would push through the masses
of people. carrying in her arms or trailing az
y
Iindiscriminatcly from plundcrcd freight car.
Boys, aye, and girls, too, of twelve and fiji,
teen wears of are, would dodge into Il car and
out again 10 the crowd of spectators offering a
silk umbrella Il SET of silvcrpacd harness, a
bundle of whips, a box Of Cutlery-anything
their hands had happened 10 clutch in the
wild scramblc-fOr twenty-five cents. ! no.
ticcd boy of probably thirteen years dash in
to passenger car on the siding, near the east
end of the tunnel, rip open the cushion OF n
seat, strike Il match and touch oil the padding
A gentleman beside me cried ont Hold
there, YOU Young scoundrcl," and the boy lccr-
ed up into his face and yelled out, Go to HI
YOU - --- - this Is o,u day and Pc
lliceman behind us muttercd, 81 It., better 10 Jet
'cm alone; they'll 90 amy lengths now
All Of this time through every phase ofdcs
lpcratc reckless crime, the vast Cpncour'c OF
people looked calmly on, with an apathctt
Indifference that was simply astounding
Hundreds OF young and middc-aged men,
with ladies on their arms, some of them lead
ing little children, grouped around, STANDING
lon ANYTHING that would enable them tn look
over the heads of the crowd in front, gazing
Icalmly but CuIiously ON the scenes and laugh
inr rs heartily at any funny or ludicrous Incl
dent in the terrible scene rs if the whole thing
was gigantic farce OF pantomimc, proyidcdiol
their special amusement
\ fine looking, mddlca@cd man, with iron
gray beard, and n martial look generally
mounted goods box, calmly looked over III,
scene. got down. lighted his cigar, and coolly
remarked "Wtll, rs the parrot said To the
monkey, we're having a hell of a time" DIR
Slattcrly showed mo IN ounce minnie bail, re
marking, cut that from the shattered thigh
bones OF Charles White and came near having
to cut one from myself See" holding up the
Del f4rhF t
lmuskct ball had torn an ugly rent \ dead
man Was carried through the crowd on Liberty
street. and q blcarcycd woman brutality r.
marked "We'S got enough of il anyhow All
ScnSibilitv and human feeling seemed dead
and not till the mob had carried their atroC.
tiles 10 their extreme length, ard burned every
thing from Twcntythird street Ia the east end
of the Panhandle tunnel, and threatened "a
20 on and destroy the railroad bridge. did the
alarm oi the people take shape in any definite
action toward opposing the sway of the mob
With cooler thought came Il general rcyusion
of feeling and men who yesterday rather sided
with the rioters today bitterly denouncc their
lwork. But the feeling comes too late. and moi
10 the diSapprobation or opposition of The PEG
Iple,gcncrally can DC accredited the final ccssa
tion of plumber and arson. The mob only
Leased when their atrocities pallcd upon ihrul
and their utter abandon had tired them out.
\ dirty, ragged rlilien, that last week begged
or stole his way through the country, yeStcS
day would raise the sensational yell Bread
or blood; We cannot starvci" and az the sam,
r instant apply the torch 90 Il thousand pounds
Of -four or meat
The pebple generally place crcdencc ~ IN,
(, statement of the strikers that not they but Ia,
d roughs and ramps Of the two cities arr respun
sible for the fearful havoc
I'll The local Of Tho TnI;.f g.. ,-;,-c. fl,s foi
? lowing fascinating picture Of the Brentwood
women