The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
THE RIOTING AT CHICAGO.
West Division Cars, Strongly Guarded
by Police, Make Three Trips.
One Hundred Arrests Made During the Day
No Further Attempt Will BE Made
TO Run Cars Until Monday.

western avenue aS early as - y C4OCh thIo LlOIA-
Ing. 1t had been reported that large reinforce
ments were on their way from the stockyards to
aid ia resisting the officers in their attempt to
get cars started, and there was no little talk of
possible bloodshed. Soon, however, a striking
conductor appeared with the information that
the president of the association had accepted
scheme for settling the differences BY arbitration
and that no attempt would at present be made
to start cars out. The arbitration committee,
he said, would be composed of citizens, of which
two members would be chosen by the strikers,
two by the company, and Mayor Harrison to be
the fifth.
At 4:30 there was no indication Of trouble, and
less than twenty five men were about the barns.
At o'clock few cars were started from the
barns at Western avenue. About one block
from the starting point they found their prog
ress barricaded by lumber and pipes piled
upon the track, which the police are cleared
away. unmolested by the strikers. Fifteen
patrol wagons, loaded with police are placed
along the way. and every street corner on Madi
son street has its strong force of police, Madison
street bridge being douby guarded.
Ga M-The street cars have just reached
Ashland avenue. At Hoyne avenue the strikers
or sympathzers had gained access to a lot of
shovels, which had been used by gas company
trench diggers and piled huge bark of dirt on
the track. The foreman Of the gas company
gang finding the shovels left by the strikers,
had taken possession of and locked them up,
so that when the police arrived they found only
the workmen present, minhs their shovels.
The police captain, it is reported, asked the
YnAn for tbair shovalS nd THAR oixir
the foreman had locked them up, it is stated,
that the police commenced using their clubs
the gas-works employees, and several men
were terribly beaten, some having their heads
split open.
Under the protection Of the entire reserve po-
lice force of the city, six cars sent out by the
West Division railway finally succeeded in
making their way into the business part of the
city, and encountered no opposition beyond that
mentioned on Hoyne street, which proved not
to be very serious The cars were filled with
policemen, and in fact the entire thoroughfare
is lined with policemen. West of Ashland
avenue vehicles of any kind allowed upon
the street. The police have made already more
than one hundred arrests of persons suspected
Of an inclination to impede the progress of the
cars, or who refused to obey the injunction of
the police to quit the Thoroughbred These were
carted off rapidly in patrol wagons to the police
stations. The cars made their way on their
journey to Western avenue without any en-
counter, and were started east again for an
other trip. Madison street. along its entire
length, is filled with excited strikers, and their
sympathizers and curious spectators. The win
dows of the buildings overlooking the street are
also filled with people Outside of this
street, however there is no sembance of excite
ment, and business is being pursued without any
apparent reference to the strike or its conse-
quences.
Ills A. M.-The street-cars in their second
trip down town, made the journey safely. The
police. however, assumed the offensive, and
arrested everybody making the least sign of
desiring to create disturbance. The favorite
cry Of the on-lookers, as the cars were passing,
appeared to be Rats, but every body indulging
in a jeering cry. and detected in it, was immedl-
ateiy placed under arrest. 1t was generally
understood that the police had orders to shoot,
which made the crowd, if it had any intention
Of becoming unruly. hesitate about attacking
She cars When the cars began their return trip
Mayor Harrison appeared on the scene at the
gray charger, where he drew his horse to a stand
still, in the middle of the street. and, waving his
hand to the crowd, began to make speech.
The police have only been compelled to make
one serious rush, so far, this morning At Hoyne
avenue, while clearing away the barricade erect
ed there, the crowd became very noisy and ag-
gressive. Lumber, gas-pipes, huge powders,
barrels, beerkegs dirt and every available sort
of Nebris were used in obstructing the track
The situation became alarming that the
newly employed drivers began to fee from
the cars, and the strikers began to close
in upon them. The police ran to their defense
and Captain Bonfield dubbed two of the strikers
severely over the head. One of the injured men,
Pat Conway, is supposed to have had his skull
crushed. Immediately after this incident,
Captain Bonfeld cried, ''Shoot the first man
that throws stone; that's the order
There were scenes of excitement all-along the
route or both trips made by the cars Six men
were sighted on a one-story blacksmith shop,
whose appearance was deemed threatening, and
the police charged through the building, carry
ing them off to man, although they claimed to
be merely spectators.
Great crowds had gathered at the various
street corners, but by simply making show the
streets were cleared by the police without using
their clubs At Leavitt street, Lieutenant
Laughn with about twenty men, made de-
tour on patrol wagons and surprised a lot of
active sympathizers placing distractions on the
car tracks. These busy people, however caught
sight OF the blue coats just in time to make their
escape. Some excitement occurred at the Des-
PLANES street station, where the prisoners were
locked up. Bail was refused in all instances,
and nothing respecting the prisoners could be
learned
The cars made third trip without moesta-
tion. The crowds are not quite so dense, and
the excitement appears to have, in a measure,
subsidized. Nobody but policemen however, are
riding upon the cars and the company is not
sending out any cars except when thoroughly
guarded and it is not attempting to run cars on
any street except Madison.
The situation as affecting the street-car strike
remains unchanged up to this hour (230 p. M
Madison street is still densely crowded, and the
car company has made no practical progress to-