St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
Employees of the Chicago West Division
Street Car Company Displaying
Their Muscle.
Aided by Thousands of Sympathizing
Friends. They Make Their Strike
Very Effective.
The italian Murderers at Chicago to
be Hanged--Mackfn Heavily
Sentenced.
An Incendiary Fire in Cleveland
Causes the Death of Three
Persons.
yuccessguI strikers.

CHICAGO. July 1.-The West Division
Street Car company sent out three cars on
the Madison street line early this morning,
but the drivers were compelled to return TO
the barn. Fully 1000 strikers and citizens
were assembled near the car barns. and
when the cars came out they were met with
a volley OF bricks and stones, which shat
tered the windows and caused other wreck
age about the cars. Several Of the drivers
and conductors We're struck by the flying
missiles. A deputy sheriff was on the plat
form of each car, and i'll the excitement one
of the officers drew a revolver and
threatened to shoot but deslsted.
at 11:3O o'clock car with eight policemen
and a reporter as the only passengers
started from the barn on Western avenue
down town on the Madison street track.
The car got through without any difficulty,
except occasional hootings.
TROUBLE WAS EXPECTED
at Halsted street, but there was none. This
car was followed by two others, also with
police and deputy sheriffs. No passengers
were taken. The cars went over the route
without molestation. On the return trip.
however. they were met by mob OF four
five thousand at Jefferson street.
They followed the cars with
boots and yellS to Union street.
From there on to HalSted street the scene
was Of the most riOtous description. The
crowd hurled beer barrels, bricks, stones
and all sorts of missiles at the cars, smash
ing the windows and nearly wrecking them.
Several arrests were made, but the police
We're almost powerless to handle the mob.
AT Union street all sorts of distractions
were thrown on the track and several ring
leaders arrested, while a shot was fired at
one of the leaders. Missiles were thrown
from the buildings on the street at the ears.
The cars were moving along slowly with
A GREAT CROWD
following and uttering threats Proceed
ing further west. an enormous crowd of
threatening men had assembled near Ann
street, and the air was filled with stones as
the cars tried to make their way through.
Police were hit and injured and cars badly
wrecked, resulting in their finally being
thrown off the track, and overturned near
the sidewalk line. The three cars, badly
wrecked, under the heavy guard OF police
were finally taken to the company's barn
Oh Western avenue, and the riotou's demon
strations have for a time. ceased. Great
crowds of excited men still$hrong Madison
street. What the street car company now
cOntemplates doing, or whether it will
make any further effort to move, its cars
appears now to be uncertain. No further
trouble is expected except in the event of
another attempt to start the cars.
Midnight-As the street car company
has made no further effort to start cars out
all is quiet about the barns and principal
thoroughfares leading west. However, it
is certain there is plenty of evidence
that the strike is still on.
The car tracks are kept warm by
an endless string of express wagons and
other vehicles, all loaded with passengers
to their fullest capacity. Express wagons
are popular cOnveyances. Each is con-
spicu0usly labeled: 10 Gents to Webster
Avenuer' and their drivers confess to being
coming money. One enUerprising tea firm
to-day started a free bus, labeled For
ladies only" intending to catch the tea
drinkers. At u o'clock there We're no re-
ports i'll circulation indicating any likelihood
of a change in the situation before morn
inc.