Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-02
LABOR TROUBLES.
The Chicago Westside street-0ar Com
pany Attempts to Run It's Cars and
Riot Ensues.
rhe Police Powsrless--A General De-
s,ructiOu Of Property-several People
Badly Hurt.
The Day Closes With Victory for the
Strikers Further Trouble Almost
Inevitable.
A CHICAGO mon.

CHICAGO, ILL, July 1.-The West
side Street Car company sent out three
cars on Its Madison street line early
this morning. but the drivers were
compelled TO return TO the barns,
Fully 1000 strikers and citizens were
assembled near the barns aud when
the cars came they We're met
with volley OF stones which shivered
the cars and caused wreck about the
place. Several drivers aud conductors
were struck 10y flying missiles. A dep
uty sheriff was on the platform
OF each car, and In the excitement one
OF the off ,ers threatened to shoot, but
desisted. IL IL claimed that the COM
pany will endeavor To start the cars
under the protection OF police and
trouble is feared.
A SERIOUS RIOT.
AT 1880 O'clock tnls morning
Westside street-car, with eight police
men and reporter rs the sole passen-
gers, started from the barn ON Western
avenue down town on the Madison
street tracks. The car got through
without any difficulty, excepting
occasional hootings. Trouble was ex-
peeted at Halstead street, but there
was none. This car was followed by
two others also with police and deputy
sherifls. No passengers We're taken.
The cars went over the route without
molestaiion. On the return trip, how
ever, the ears were
MET by A MOB
Of four or five thousand at Jefferson
street. They followed the cars with
boots and yells TO Union street. From
there on to Halstesd the scene WAC
one OF the most riotous description.
The crowd hurled beer barrels,
bricks, stones and all sorts Of
missiles at the cars, smashing the
windows aud nearly wrecking them.
Several arrests were made but the
POLICE WE'RE ALMOST P0wERLEss
to check the mob. AT Union street
all sorts of distractions were thrown on
the track and several Of the ringlead-
ers were arrested and shot WINS
fired at one OF the supposed leaders.
Missiles even were thrown from the
| buildings on the street at the cars IA
they moved along slowly, with grea5
crowd following and utter
ing threats. Proceeding further
west, an enormous crowd OF the threat.
ening men had assembled near Ann
street and the air was
FILLED WITH STONES
as the cars tried to make their way
through. The policemen were hit and
injured aud the cars badly
wrecked, resulting in their being
thrown of the track and over
turned near the sidewalk line.
The authorities are now massing the
entire reserve police force along Madi-
son street and are making u number
of arrests The police have been pa
tient and with the exception OF the
one shot fired near the corner of Tn
ion street the revolvers were not used !.
A LuLL IN THE BATTLE.
The three cars badly wrecked under
n heavy guard OF police were finally
taken To the company's barn on West
ern avenue, and the riotous demon
STATIONS have for n time ceased I,
although great crowds OF
excited men still throng
Madison street. What the street-cur
company now contemplates doing, OF
whether il will make any further ef
| fort TO move its cars, appears now TO
be uncertain. No further trouble IL
expected except In the event OF nm
other attempt to stsrt the cars. XIX
IRON MEN oNiA STRIKE.
| CLEVELAND, ONO. July List
night notices OF general reduction
were posted In the iron mills at New
berg, signed by General Manager
Chisholm Of the Cleveland Rolling
| Mil company. The notice
stated that the reduction
would go into effect to-day. II IL un-
derstood that 10 per cent. Is the
amount OF the reduction. During the
night the men expressed much indig-
nation, and after consulting the
Booth mill employees gave notice
at O'Clock that unless the reduction
was declared void they would strike.
No arrangements could be made at
that early hour, and after working the
last change" all the men left the
building. Their course proved an
incentive to the employees OF
| the nail, hoop, puddle, bar,
guide, blooming and the butt mills
and the Siemen's Martin steel-works
were shut down and the workmen de-
parted TO their homes In body. The
only departments which continued
operations were the Bessimer steel
mill Later the boileT-makers and
| YdTu UIAhtiuCh bUuths
| Chisholm had consultation with the
brakemen at s o. M, and promised 10
restore their wages. They then re-
turned TO work.
At $3.50 am, the Bessimer steel
wofBmen decided TO follow out and
| the works were shut down Fully
500 men were idle. AT this time the
rail mill men were told at about 10
o'clock that II they would return 10
work their wages would not be re-
duced. Their success was received by
cheers from the men still QUIZ lhy
3iler-maRere, who also n eesved ano-
lice ef reduction, struck nj about
o'clock With the exception Of lhe
rail and blooming mile, no CONCESSIONS
have been made, aud all the other de-
pariments Of the mills have heen
clleed.
= Rev. DR. Walsh, recently appointed
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