, 1879-04-29
The Union Seamen Charged with
Acts of Violence.
Statements from Boil, Sides Con-
corning tho Mnttcr.
Lively Preparations Of tho
Grain Fleet.
Traights on Change, Navigation
Notes, Etc.


tho former, tic inter assumed he!ilgerent at-
tttudc ahd committed acts Of violence. Last
evening, about $3.50 o'clock, the MD III the po-
l1co was called for to assist The Captain Of the
schr II. e. Richards IN shipping crcw, which
wns Batl 10 haya been engaged at Sl.5O
per day per inau. The vessel was moor-
I'd in Illinois Central Slip G, near the
entrance to the l,arbur, nilu about Gfty sailors
gathered about her for tllc cvilCnt pilrposo of
pcrsualIn9 the employed mcn to leave. Tile
crew was taken down In u tug. placed OIL board
the vesAel without interference from l!la crowd
On the ocls, and the craft was lowed outst,n
Capt. Join Freer, Of tho sctr 8. g. Andrews,
informed TH1nuNR reporter, Yesterday
Of two instances where VIOLENCE had
e ef eevra rf1efSs 5 ID un to s, a MI c two wS% @
sailors wcre badly injured by them. The cap"
thin stated that tho Andrews was lying nt tic
dock licar tile stono warehouse, on ttlc north
sllu Of tho tnRn river, Suntlay evening, and he
name Is Lev[, to keep slip. .On his return
Capt. Freer futlnd Tint le had been seyc,elY
beaieu, particularly nboue the RIBS, the t1cslI
covrrIli! Which bore bLnck.antt-buc mnsks. Tile
rnnn informed him that eighteen men boarded
thu vessel, nlld several OF them ordered him
tu pick up his bag and lcavr the schooner liu
rcfusrd to do 80, Mud onc Of more besct him
apsl gave him most lnrnerctful tslrnehg, nn1
recognized Among the crowd us Il former slip
mate, he believed lie would have bgen unngcr-
ouBty, II not fatally, injured. lie was 4uttu
poa!ttve the nssaulsg party were Union men.
RodGrtcE Carr, ar old Baiinr uf about 6U Or Is
ycars, wns 1,punecd upon IN RolstGr's saloon,
at tue foot of Michigan street, Sunday, ty sea.
men who were sud 10 DO tuc,npers Ut lie Unol,,
simply bccnuse they thought he was going to
Bhlp nGa!u with Capt. Frcer ut $1.50 Jay, Hc
rcrciyrl d eeyerc| cut oycr til. cyu, niul wns
otherwise serctely injured. Tic would have
been acriously hurt but for the lntssierencc Of
at tic time. Carr was III fear OF ano,hcr attack,
anu informed Cant, Frurr ,!lut lc would rctur1'
to Michigan City, whence llo came.
The snt.le CaDtain also suited that a man
compass, n,,I pretended to ineasuro II With .nt
Of thu Andrews Hu wna not Dottcct nj frat.
but When ihc Captain lbscntcst Himself iron,
the vessel st,ost tmc, he endcayorcd to pcr-
nsccr,aincd il,at Ile was 'sputter'' for tus Sca
nuns linton.
Eap,. Waiter Bu]lcp. of the scl,r G, C. I'ror.
briirc. rc,!ortet tat bc n received M T IN ouonym"ms
scamcu at si.W a day, mud also that sailors
CAME around h;s ypsscl, yl,lr!, lies ncar MaIIso
street bridge ni,l1 rnyu him to understand lint
they would make Il hot for lin. liz Informed
tho Hboysn that he WIS there, md wouIt RI.
matn as long us lie could. 1iIe TrowIrldce Ia
1oatltug supplies for lumbcrnicn ut ChcboyEap,
1n{ Ia not rcaIly ia Rnil
Tic ycsscl.owpcrs wrrc considerable exercised
,,a. In rn,.,r,s ,,,I .e,,s." tt. fi .'n." h.
W. ~ ~ INV ~. @s iase!st out
H. IT, r,s ,let neun H., w. anrI' aHtH u1sssc
Union ~as broken, 80 far as thu demand for ~
4 day was eHncctneQ and believed titAt 1t would
aoon cone ~ tlIcir iurms
rrsside''t i, p1sera , Of the scanens Union, was
stated liint ho was not aware oi a.s s'si! M out.
raEcs US tll0se complained Uf. 1lu sud Lie