New-York tribune., 1885-07-04
CLUBBING A CHICAGO MOB.
STREET RAILWAY RIOTERS ARRESTED.
vouR HUNDRED POLICEMEN GUARD THE
CARs-CARTER HARRISON ON ho"sHo
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-. CARs-CARTER HARRisoN oN
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c,,,o.oo Julv 3.-The municipal authori-
<,e finally made an attempt to-day to restore quie'
- en-, IA order which has followed the street car s'rho'
~. accommodated little beyond demonstrating tEe ,'n
,,otencv Of their efforts The police were c"''0 .
DO SOME fighting before any cars coud oo "o,. ,,s
. guard of 400 patrolmen, ofhcercd py All 'no f nv
captains in the city, led byCapain bohnei'' ,,son
tanks protected by all the pa'ioi ""e"'
st cars were kept running. - u
Mayor Harrison appeared on the street. ihouh'oo' "
attenpted 20 mako several speeches. bnt inc P"'po' "a
them was not understood by the crowd JIG was N' 80,
with shouts of rats" tarrier." scat shoo. 'no
borse. and like exclamations which seemed 10 os'ao
his equaiimty considerably his fPrcsen'0 "ff
hamper the police In their work u....
The report that the company would endeaVor 70 ,''
cars early this morning attracted an Immense 'i" ~
tbe stables IN Wes.ern-ave. The rdmor was oon"'
Mt o'clock when the patrol wagons. drove up e"'u
twenty five officers aboard The ten cars "ero i'i'
x drivers and conductors and the avenue was c'e'o
r.. ,,roo leading cars were loaded with policemen
aud dozsn or more were In each OF the others. mo
crowd composed chiefly OF men from ou'siue i"o
organizations and strong hoodium eleihehi "e 'o ~
they saw the cars to start made rush ior
st and began to blockade the street by png up iron ee
,nes heavy tmbers AMI all the building stones prcA
nnd other material that could be found IL was accom-
,l,shed I'm few minutes. and whe1 the procession VI
cars turned into Madison st. the track was
Mt intervals OF few yards FOR distance vi n'o o'
The police drove back tho crowd and threw OH tne oo
structions This done slowly andt TOOK long
to get through At Ogden large pie Oh pu'uns
material was found At Green-st- large force OF
strikers was found. They made rush at the cars p"
the officers used their clubs effectively ana arres.eo
about forty men. On the way down ABOUT ooAen o'1
toughcuking Oafers had been arrested anu all Holo
taken to Despaines ST. where they were transferred 70
the patrol wagons and to the station Al haseo
ntara huf demonstration was
made about fifty officers having been placed there 10
keep order Whenever striker OF any othcr sympa'nl0
cried scabs "rats. he would be at once arreste e
and put on board Sar rSs No paying
eengers were any Of the cars but az sS ~
two ladies jumped aboard & o 'e ooS free ride down
town ryovna.re Chief nj
Police Dove gave the order to clear street Drawing
their clubs the officers charged the CROWD on tne
Walking Sticks The crowd in every direction, up
alleys across vacant lots. into doorways ana pd
vars Those who ran escaped injury but tue hu
most received crack clnb the arm or mead na'
brought many OF them to the ground rev & oa an .e
some stones at the advancing policemen Out ~ was
fighting crowd and the Leaders sr,g sSon n were arrested
The officers began tue task OF clearing tne
The aSOr maSs be made
for the bockadng tactlcs OF the Original oneeeI
last after half hours delay clear se'cn oi 'r"'A
Trouble was in store the at Hastedst In an.
with ten officers each placed at important corners
Tbs one at Ogden and Madison-st i0und tnat 'ne
crowd had piled up heap OF heavy paving stones;
supplemented with building timber. In the middle OF
the track. The work OF clearing this away was ot I'M
ished when the turned the corner ana sbor
stop was made At Greenst the hardest looking cr1wI %
had assembled that had yet been encountered AFTER
clubbing OF heads the crowd fell back t tbs
and beaten. fifteen men were hifesteu a. VI !,
point and put board the prisoners cars osS anu
499 and taken Desplanes ST. where an were trans
feed patrol and taken to the poGs saspn
The return trip uneventfn except at iaisteu-sa
Ashland.ave and Roby-st. where crowds had congre.
gated and stops were made clear the corners About
forty men arrested the trip back TO the stables
The remaining trips mild repetition pf tue scenes
of the morning. The crowds remained In the street anu
the police continued to make arrests Consideraoe
was expres sed AS outcome Tomorrow Inc ponce
had demonstrated their ability 10 guard rev cars put
tie street remained full OF excited people anu II was
conceded that substantial result had been achieved
Owing to the supineress OF the authorities ~ was
rupored this afternoon that the Governor wold DC
called upon aid. The state troops nave received an
iudirect intmaiion their services may be needed
but Tonight il is hoped that this may be avoided The
street car officials say that they will not consent TO ie-
employ tie discharged men, and will stand out III any