The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-18
CRIMINAL VARIETIES.
Chilled Hero and There from the Columns OF
the Daily Press.
Labor Troubles mt Omaha


smelling works and other establishments at
Omaha employing numerous laborers' Inc
common price paid was from $50 to Sl.6o
per day, and the strike was Tor Si''o' Inc
strike included several hundred laborers EN-
ployed on the new freight houses, dump, NC,
Of the b. & NJ. railroad, which undertook 10
supply the place of the strikers by bringing
laborers from other portions OF the line In
the Omaha Smelling Works and other estao-
lishments like efforts were made to supply the
rlace Of the strikers, who numbered several
thousand. The latter naturally resisted these
attempts, by gathering In vast crowds and
driving off the hands. Application was made
to the Governor of Nebraska for military aid,
and he ordered nine militia companies to
Omaha, besides procuring three companies OF
u. 8. regulars, all of whom, since Saturday.
have been guarding the various establishments
where men have gone to work in defiance OF
the strikers. Meantime the strikers are hold
ing daily meetings, marching in huge process
sions, making all sorts of threats OF violence
and annoying the militia by abusive language,
H,nging stones and mud at them, DC.
On Monday, while the usual mob was gath,
cred around the militia, haunting and insult
ing them, two or three different parties in bug,
ries had driven across the line and were slight
ly prigged with bayOnets. soon a.lerwaru
man named Schlecht was rather roughly nan
died by the militia. Then man named u.
p, Armstrong crossed the line and got into a
vrange with the militia, when he was pricked
with q bayonet His son came to his rescue,
but was held back at the point OF bayonets
Others rushed up when miliiaman drew
his musket apparently intending to fire on the
crowd, which immediately scattered. There
spon four militamen assisted Armstrong to
their quarters near by, IN an old school house
and he soon aiterward died.
Armstrong was an old and respected citizen
peaceably inclined, but somewhat addicted to
drink. He was in no way connected with the
Iabor.union movement, but was around thu
military camp merely out of curiosity. Oh
course his death greatly intensified the excite
ment At a meeting of the strikers and theil
nounced for having surrendered the reins o.
government to the military, and now the labor
unionists are doubly severe IN their denounce
rnents, and say that the authorities are respon
sible for Armstrong; death. The citizens
generally have but little TO say, other than tina
Armstrong came to his death by his own fault
Warning had been repeatedly given through
the newspapers and handbills to all persons t.
keep away from the Burlington and Missouri
dump, as there was danger there, bu, thes'
warnings have not been needed The town
Of course, continues in the highest state OF eX
element and apprehension and no one cal
fOretell what the end Will be
Cold BIOoded Murder at Lisbon, Ill.
On Friday of last week Gordon Lord
farmer at Lisbon, Ill.,, took his wife to Sand
wlch, as he says, to meet the train Tor Earl
vile, where she was going. Returning home
on Sunday, he seized hired boy IN his EN-
ploy, 12 years old, named Sccrah Hall, ant
cutting his throat with a razor, then firing
from pistol two bullets in his head, nuns
him up by a rope in the barn. The mother o
the boy, living with Lord, on returning from
church. and searching for her boy, found hin
in the barn hanging by the neck dead Sh
ran screaming to the neighbors, number
whom soon gathered and the deed was AT once
charged upon Lord He acted AZ If insane
commenced crying, and said he had dreamed
his wife was dead and rs she was teegraphet
70 at Earvile and could not be found there
there is strong Suspicion now tina, Lord, in
stead of taking her to Sandwich To meet TIT
train, has also murdered her. The who'll
neighborhood is intensely Mortified and cx
cited over the matter
Case of Abduction YET
Plano, IN this state, Is excited over case o
abduction that occurred there last Friday.
dispatch says:
About a year ago Mr.. and Mrs. Walter AT
kins, of Newark, H., took diverse paths. Thu
Kendall county court granted the wife a dl
vorce but gave the custody OF an only child,
years old, to the father The infant has since
lived with its grandmother. Mrs. Harriet A,
kins, OF this place About 3 O'Clock, while al
tho family aycont the feeble old lady were ah