The Portland daily press., 1886-10-20
THE CHICAGO STRIKE
Ends In BIoodshed and Probable
Loss of Life.
Trouble Ensues and the Strikers and
Pinkerton's Men Exchange
Shots.
The officers Wound TWO Men, Prob
ably Fatally.

CHICAGO, Oct 19.-The stock yards strike,
which promised to pass into history as a
bloodless one, has been attended by sacrifice
of human life. Terry Begley and another
man were mortally wounded by Pinkerton
men this afternoon, and some $50 of the lat
ter were arrested to await disposition on a
charge of murder. All but six were after
ward released.
Armour & Co.'S imported workmen, 800 or
400 in number, went out this morning, as
they did not care to remain any longer if the
old hands were to come back, believing the
other butchers would ultimately make it too
unpleasant for them to remain, and they
concluded they had better go at once. A
train was telegraphed for, and before IL
o'clock the last non-union man had left the
premises The men were on the Lake Shore
train, the butchers in the front cars and the
guards in the three rear ones. The guards
had their rifle muZZles pointing out of the
windows. There was a stop at Halsted and
Fortieth streets to attach other cars, and the
train was switched back little distance.
Quite crowd of curious people, had assem-
bled, and as the inmates of the train were
recognized some jeering remarks were made.
As the train repassed this point, Pinkerton
man pushed his rifle out, aimed at the crowd
and fred, and Terry Begley fell mortaly
wounded. The noise of the explosion caused
excitement outside of the cars. In moment
it was followed by q regular, volley from
largely composed of school children, fled in
panic In the flight a man fell and was
hastily carried away by his friends. He
was also wounded. The train steamed on.
Capt. Markey of the Town of Lake police
was at hand with few men and would
have arrested the man he saw fire the shot,
but feared to step the train, as a riot might
have resulted. He telephoned to the Twen-
ty-second street station, however, and when
the train reached there it was boarded by a
detachment of Chicago police, who placed
all the specials under arrest. When the
train reached the terminal station at Van
Buren, station there was another squad OF
police from Harrison street station, rein
forced by detectives, and the whole crowd
was marched to the armory.
Begley, who was taken to his home at
Emerald avenue and Forty-second street.
was still living late this afternoon, but his
death was almost momentarily expected
He is a teamster, engaged about the yards,
and has wife and family he took no part
in the strike.
The Pinkerton men say the strikers made
an assault first with stones and then with
revolvers, and that they did not retaliate
until they. had been fired upon; Captain
Markey said, however, that the Pinkerton
men did the first shooting and without any
provocation.
When the specials were lodged in Harrison
street station the city police began picking
out the ones who did The shooting. Joseph
Hill and Walter Andrews are two of the
men who were identified as among those
who did shooting. Richard Ladies, Guy
Sievere, Robert j. Partram and Stephen
Peyner confessed to having shot into the
crowd of strikers. These six men are held
at the armory The remainder of the Pin
kerton men and the workmen who were on
the train were set free. Capt. Joy was in
charge of the Pinkerton men when the shoot
ing occurred and stood on the rear platform.
He said the men picked out by the city
police were not the guilty parties He said
also that 400 strikers gathered about the cars
just as they we're about to start and began
pelting the men with stones. Some of the
crowd also shot at them. When some of his
men were fired upon, they returned the
shots, thinking perhaps that the lives of the
employees who were in their charge were in
danger. He rushed into the train and
ordered them to stop firing. Pinkerton says
he has ample proof that his men did not fire
upon the crowd until they had been fired
upon. Mr.. Pinkerton says the men had
been subjects of constant assaults and
abuse while in the yards, and two of them
are now laid up with wounds that may
prove fatal.