, 1880-09-16

m Twelfth. Taylor, Polk, and Harrison
Streets streets p preparatory TO laying rails across
the!n' at first they attracted t,o Intention, as
the streets; but, wien It was seen tliat Their
efforts. were directed to o,,e st,t nboit twelve
is!a it..et wl,o M running from curb to curb, people
brgan mgg o, 10 sfnp p, and IIna',ire w!at was e.
'lrrs.", But their object was tliyincti, ard
s'tsi.elo'! i icSa!ne ,; certainty when trucks
collected Oh the sidewalks aiui discussed tic
supreme f Court titelslo'i, sustaining tho
sistal'ce;, that II would be futile 10 attempt
| to stop tho work. as the Co1npany had ti,o
Try Try on lts side, an.. by provoking trouble.
+: 70 the work went quetly OH until the
Trucks were down ucross all the STREETS but
Harrison. The blocks 11nd been torn Up
twt,.tl''Itls Of the why across tfe street there,
n'ong mid stopped thc workmci,. ''' ~''''0
Eil1rts to Interview thu forcmcn as to their
iltentfs''ls-whethcr they were going IN do
nnyt,l1g more tl,an ctoss The streets-were
| tl,e nb1ect WINS simply to preserve the fran
chisr l1aMte,l by lilo Council. Tl,e ordinance
required the trucks to be lnlti across the
;t streG;ts within Within ynar after It's passage. un-
iGSs liz position before tho expiration OF the
tline, they cat,s0t he PIT fuwli. Tlie impress
%t niW ".S r.ra.. aHs !lu Ie;iF ,a qni Mn!aynlgt
tot and lie renIiei thnt t1,e HIM In, "5 nnt ~
! yet expirei. All examination of lie records
t!lsGIt,s.a tslat the ordinance was fassed ortg-
tnai'S tn Hcn!: & l5.: seloe9! ~ tfe Maypr 9tl
oh,t III nnrE 81 ,',i,t 'S 'ttS = ~ III e iu'
I der the Company was il, n hurry IN Inv t,e
| trucks acrnss tho four strcets. Still they
haa tin'G ~ spare, NJ t!'c weeks Of delay
<ntets nj, ~ ~ ~, ,c m.Ssgs ~ t!ie lower
~'N''0 ~o"'" NV ~ e."neea Al '''e seas'
TyyEr;rr15 AR, ,rAyrou
The eanr of ialmrcrs hayinrr t|,o n,oet I'm.
! portont part Of tha york In rhnren hrunr
operations north of Sixteenth, strcct 1T anu,' ..
ntut l,y pcock Ind uottr, tho .rnri: mi, ~,
to the southern boundary uc T'wrlftl strcnt
They tlen returned and filled in the ne,yir.
]nt,l traci for n,,nut twn b,tn,lreh fnut xn,,th
of twelfth Street. This did not tai; take Io l9,,'r
and It was only n few pini,toa n,st i
O'Clock When tl,ey bceatl layjue thc
track across tl,e street. Tha cnnr
numbered flfty men. nud thu wnr|r
of digging n trench ncross the s,rcct xas
rnun ot ,v;fI, n ,viIj mi In ,."r,, .i,ar ~ ,t,,,
.,,a.s I., -. a'. ~ re15 "Lott u"le
, ttey oesa'l " aaslhk tne 1les. lhese were put
NohA ~ HhJA oslhI'S AtN t1lctl ll!G THIS "cFE
spiked down. Tile truck was laid without
t,lterfercnce frnn, the rrow,l ,rh,rl, hoI 1,tl.
cre1t hnt ,ha xorl. ~ nln"E,n, +, 81, ~ :" 81,
.leu: pus 1ie "osk ol pi''nk'lg It So as 10 Ill
low 1he passage OF teams over the rails was
only hulf accomplished when the police a,,-
pearcI mld ordered the workmcn to dcstst
and take up tho track which, they Ind lall.
The Invitation nut being COMPLIED with, one
0f the police, BY All ln}udfcious remark
to tic effect tint tic crowd coul1
10 better employed tearing up tie
,1. tracK f., 1l,nn IN Standing Idle md watch.
lI'g tho obstruction OF their property, Tired
tho Heart Of the mol. which by this time
numbered some :oo, a,,dcausel them to make
removed III very short order. The railroad
gang, evidently acting under Instructions,
submitted to the mob rule enforced under
wLtlr thc rcsmlt NJ +ha,r ,n',or ,yoa h",,,, ~
n,'. mn,:e .s fesu't ~ o'e't '"oof was oe1ng ac-
''gi.shc.. t,,a ,, :
"opn nr ntrus, ,i'is 1Sstea uaasF Me a o.
no.,"na r ~, nm, ,aa, ~ ,,' Mus isol'Sa. "s
"SIHplsu tS', " aeMh;ster WHO WofSs lor 1he
intended to defend Its Cace fro,lj Invasion uml
that l.e would ertn!nl!y. XII the irst n!a,,
however, nnl lie was permitted to 70 to l,is
rest without having lind MI opportunity to
pot Il Railroad laborer. l}y. o'elock III tic
1 syenS y ~ %ns ast a on %e}f street; ts
s,ter sal r mid secre 11cneee r.st hi IL 1Ii tc
freiehs-lnuse which runs parallel to lie
traek Of the: Western Indiana ltoad froln
who lad secondu,i Tie efforts Of The police to
prevent tho traek-aylng.
Operations wcre begun at about IT, III. on