The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-06-16
4 RAILROAD TRAIN ATTACKED
STRIKERS.

employees ~ the -IoIIrf Iron =
Works Attacked On Chirarr 4
Trsin - brighten PARA Three =.
Takes frosn the Cars and ssrnfAil.
en--sndgr a'liisbnry shat and >ss..
Wounded.
striking dpck hands lately IN ihe cmr.
me Jci|et ln,n steel Company ,oan
train ~ thr Chicago. Alton -. Is.u~
r'ai ~ brighton station. about I'VE nsll.-
this city. last evening shortly f~.fur
o'clock. and attacked 4 gang ~ '-scnf
crS white ana roiOred. who were III m.
70 Joiict imm Bridgeport wharf. JUDY.
bury. ~ the "a District Arp .ilat. 60 srr
shot seriously. II not fatally. ia the \ ~ \
three nrrpr~ and one white la.x,rnr ~.
terribly beaten With irnn inr- ana ., II
the recovery - a. least TWO IN them y
ful
The attack was planned ana excrnrei
eonsusnmaic skill born a. % place AnI
The spot chosen r. ~h.rc the AIr.n.ss..d
= The Panhandle Linz. All trims ~.
PEELED - halt there until fhe -nIl.firhr
has bccn given ~ me fnrinnn. ON
right - q y. ON which ~fock-,ari trains "A
ends. From Western avenue ii IT, ~
station. perhaps 80 ynri< distant. the r.a
through an avenue of trees thick ..rc,.
o;~trucfa view ~ the track fnum the
cent houses. Moreover the Rad s.,n
short curve there. The y Laid ~. <
four feet shove the BOTTOM ~ fhe .iIrch
y believed that the cnn-pirafnrs hi
selves ia 4 awaiting the approach ~ fnfi
tins. Atall events. the Telegraph nre
switchfnan and fiagfnan AZ the a.. - sif.
thcf Noticed no unusual number ~
around until mot more than me- minu-
forc the Dw rhf accommodation fraln.
leaves the depot a. Van Burcn arl
streets. was due.
A. the train came N sight around rh+ W
the nssd-bI In moment swarnlt.d
rough-Iookinx fellows. who. ~ the rrxin
"a. jumped upon thc engine and ~. =.
pistols az the heads ~ Jonc<. the enr ,s....,
the FIREMAN and ordered them - hrlrr
train a. 4 dead halt. Others took f.ASlrl.
the rear u the tender. and provided ~
inc possibility 81 the train running avs,
them b. drawing out the coupling~psn.
obnoxious scab- were known 4, ic in rne
car. which has been attached AZ HrIs..
since fhr strikers have i.ccn rt.nrfinx M
icnec. Into this chr. ~ way ~ both slr.nr
iec;ed parties ~ thf mob poured. armed
irun bars. stones and pistols The work
were attacked AMI t.-afcn without ~.
some who endeasort~l 70 ESCAPE rhr0nxf
windows ana doors we're a<sailcl IS rhh
trs. who held the track on hrh -d..
cars stones and clui< we're ralnei III, n I
a. they ran the gauntlet aronni the cur
vain efforts % break through the llnes.
amy ~ them passed through rhe orsifnl X
most wonderful part ~ n Judge Pili-t
who had gonc into the car with . rAf
friends. and was playing encher wheni hs
entered. arose % ser ~hat the rIef wn- =
and had just rct clear Of hi seal uht
heari the sound Of fha pistol an1 ffli
bullet. His injury was 40 cewiIderinr "a
and % bis friends that they lot ariou
what was xuinr - inside the car. rrnHs
Ing only the iirrce wells ~ thc nfurinf,
sallant-. md the terrified ~ w nixssl 10
~ the assaulted and injured mlen HHw
fhf assault lasted no one could reasonably
recily estimate. b, the time fhr pass.
IN the forward cars hAd tcran ~ raIIze
fhr confusion outside meant Inc striker
satisfied their thirst fpr revenge ana -Aff
iirinx their pistols IN the AIR ~ way a ~
salute.
Th. terrified wurkinrncn could hari
rallied nfter the moh mad iefr. Th~r hMi
terrell among tn gardens nnd hs....-
ylririrr. hilin. ~ nhi.,ct tcrrnr Th4 =.
~ wounded were hurr chiefly about III.
three ~ lrast hAsinr their -kuli4 Iaisi ~.
the vicious i,lnws. n they hni b.en
men the stroke. would unAuutrrilr
proved fatal. The three seriously muti
hind their hurt washed ana .ir...-..i W. y
the rnn1 n surgery III flr NJ. c,,lAfr NV. 49, :.
~as nblt to,lu. JUDY. Plll.hurr uas carr
the station and laif ~ 4 cnf. IN. va.
rrsrfrnfeA Is the shrek nnd c|sntsiMin
nmmi,n..-. III NJ arm and ler III ri,s \
when ~ wns shof. IDr. cannrssn. M AG
n. 81. happened ~ ~ I'm thp train. 4s.si II
fnr him fhnt was Il. 80 ,,le under III. ss
etnn~S Conductor Cs Adams trlnr s,h
police Headquarters. ana n.so W nv r.f,r
hls c0mpany A frNirht train irAf IN.
r|vel- nni The catp,~r MA d..sehf in
train and The swiich-cnxne VI dnty At
rr,Ssing attached 20 u. IN This MAr y
fillss'ury VA brought N Chicago " y
~ ~ Washington hvfri o. ~ k'sRn Ani
ny streets
lffopk the train hands forty minute n
All ine wurkmrn f'TNthrr agtin An4 rsr
toward Joliet few minutes AFTER fhN
resumed ~ Journey Lieut. Ani birsit
waEon-ioMi ~ Second frrrinrt Fpl.cr nrr
TUT AZ they cnuitip was ~ tAke nrtf
hl'cd ~pNfs. win which ihN -'d ~ INN
we're literally spnt'er-d, nnd ny an Nrasr \
..|H 49, a go.