St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-04
Attempts by the Company to Resume
Business Meet with Opposition
from the Conductors.
Policemen and Detectives Guard the
Moving Cars and Line the
Various Streets
Large Crowds Barricade the Railway
Tracks with Articles OF Every
Conceivable Kind.
Patrick Connolly, Clubbed by Capt.
Bonfield's Officers, Reported
TO be Dead.
Chicago,s Great Strike.

CHICAGO, July Sup to noon to-day
there has been no serious trouble with the
striking street car conductors. AT 6 a. IN.
the West Division Railway company started
out lew cars from their barns at Western
avenue. About one block from the start
ing point they found their progress bar
ricaded by lumber and gas pipes piled
upon the track, which the police
elearp' away unmoleSted by the strikers.
Fifteen patrol wagons loaded with police
were placed along the street, and every
street corner on Madison street has strong
guard of police. Madison street bridge be-
ing double guarded. When the cars reached
Ashland avenue and HOyne avenue the
strikers or sSmpathiZerS had gained
access to a lot of shovels which
had been used by the Gas COM
pany's trench diggerS, and piled huge
bank Of dirt on the track. The foreman of
the gas company'S gang, finding the shovels
left by the strikers, had taken possession of
and locked them up. so that when the pO-
lice arrived they found only the workmen,
minus their shOvelS. The police captain, it
is reported, asked the men for their shovels,
and on their replying that the foreman had
locked them up, it is stated the police COM
meneed using their clubs on the gas works
employees. and several were terribly beaten,
some having their heads split open.
Under the protection of the entire reserve
police force the West Division railway sue
Gee ed in making their way INTO the busi-
ness part of the city. and encountered no
opposition beyond that mentioned at Hoyne
avenue, which proved not very serious.
The cars were filled with policemen, and in
fact the entire thOroughfare
Is LINED WITH POLICEMEN,
and west of Ashland avenue no vehicles of
any kind are allowed on the street The
police have already made more than 100
arrests.
The cars made their return journey to
Western avenue without any encounter,
and were started east again for another
trip. Madison street. along its entire
length, is filled with excited strikers and
their sympathiZers and curious spectators.
THE SECOND TRIP.
The street cars on their second trip down
town made the journey safely. 1he police,
however, assumed the offensive, and arrested
everybody making the first sign of de-
/ string 10 create a disturbance. The favor
( ite cry of the Onlookers as the cars
were passing appeared to be ''rats," but
| Everybody indulging in a jeering cry, and
detected in it, was Immediately placed un-
der arrest 1t was generally understood
that the police had orders to shoot, which
made the crowd, if they had any intention
lof becoming unruly TO hesitate
about attacking the cars. When the cars
hsyan their return trip Mayor Harrison 'ap-
ared on the scene at the corner of Hal
stead and Madison street on his gray
charger, where he drew his horse to a
sJand-stil in the middle of the street, and
waving his hat to the crowd began to make
! speech. The police have only been COM
| PEELED to make one serious rush so far this
morning. AT Hoyne avenue, while clearing
| away the baHicade erected there, the crowd
became very noisy and aggressive. Lum-
Der, gas pipes, huge bOulderS, barrels, beer
kegs, dirt, and every available sort of de
bris were used in ObStructing the track.
The applause became so great that the
newly-employed drivers began to flee from
the cars and the strikers began to close in
upon them. The police ran to their de-
fense, and Capt Bonfield
'CLUBBED TWO OF THE STRIKERS
severely over the head. One of the injured
men, Pat Connolly, is supposed to have had
| his skull crushed. Immediately after this
| incident Capt. Bonfield cried, ''ShOOt
the first man that throws a
stone; that's the order" There
were scenes of excitement all along
the route on both trips made by the ears.
| Six men were sighted in a one-stOry black
smith shop. whose appearance was deemed
! threatening. and the police charged through
! the building, carrying them off TO a man,
although they claimed to be merely specta-
tors. Great crowds had gathered at vari-
Gus points On-the street corners, but by sim
ply making 4 show the streets were cleared
by the police without using their clubs. At
Leayett street Lieut.. Laughlin, with about
twenty men, made detOur in the patrol
wagon and surprised a lot of active sympa-
thizerS placing distractions on the car
tracks. These busy people, however,
caught sight of the blue coats Just in time
/ 10 make their escape. Some excitement
! occurred at Desplaines street station where
the prisoners were locked up. Bail was re-
fused i'm all instances and nothing respect
ing the prisoners would be youchsafed.
At l:30 p. IN. the street cars had made a
third trip without mOlestatiOn. The crowds
are not quite so dense.
EXCITEMENT sUBsIDTNG.
The excitement appears to have in
measure subsidized. Nobody but policemen,
however, are riding upon the cars. The
company is not sending out any cars except
when thoroughly guarded and is not attempt
ing TO run cars on any street except Madi
on. =
The West Division Street Car company
has taken all its cars from the track and it
is announced will make no further effort to
run them before Monday. The company
has taken this action. il is understood, in
view of the fact that tomorrow being a
holiday, the streets will be crowded
with people, making the conse-
Quences of a possible riot so much
more serious, and the greatly augmented
number of the idle synpathiZers tending to
add to the likelihood Of disturbance. The
cars having been withdrawn all is quiet and
no further disturbance is anticipated for to-
night
LATEST BULLETIN.
At tan open-air meeting of upward of 8, 900
strikers and sympathizers which was still In
progress at I1:30 o'clock tonight. it was
announced that Patrick Connolly, an aged
engineer, who was severely dubbed
by Capt. Bon6eld's police this
morning, had died of his injuries.
Though the meeting was an orderly one
great indignation was expressed, some
speakers going SO far as TO say that lynch
ing was the proper punishment for Mayor
Harrison and members Of the police force,
who, acting under his orders, were offer
ing such brutal treatment to inoffensiye
persons.
About $50 persons arrested to-day on ac-
count of disturbances incidental to the
strike have been released in $500 bail. The
balance were unable to furnish bail on short
notice, and viii probably remain under ar
rest some days.