Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-20
WORK TO BE RESUMED
In The Chicago Packing Houses-Tras-
edy Comes at the End of the Strike
Two Man Wounded.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.

CHICAGO, Oct 10.
This morning it looked as though everv
locked out man in the STOCK yards was ready
to 90 o work. All around the larger houses
hundreds of men were waiting for An oppor-
tunlty to talk with the bosses. Owing to the
scarcity of hogs, however, verv fw men
were being engaged Armour & Co. will
start tomorrow but will not be ready to cut
up hogs until Friday, and it will probably be
Monday before a full force of men is reauir-
ed. The Chicago Packing & Provision Co
are little behind Armour aud they have verv
few hogs on hand Fowler Brothers will
probably begin killing tomorrow or next day
and other houses as soon as thev can get
hogs. The price of hogs in Chicago at the
yards advanced 20 ceuts per 100 pounds this
morning.
Shortly after noon today, special train
was made up at the stock yards to convey 100
discharged Pinkerton men back to Chicago,
AS the men marched into the cars thev
were greeted with wells of derision by crowds
of strlk RS and their sympathizers that sur
rounded the tracks. As the train started the
crowd yelled and groaned and threw stones at
the cars The same scene was repeated at
Fortleth street where the crowd was very
large and abusive.
AT this point one of the Pinkerton men, ex-
asperated by the jeers, pushed his Winchester
rifle through the window and fired into the
crowd. His shot struck Dennis Bagley, and
1t is believed he is fatally wounded
The CROW d made a desperate rush for the
ram, which, however, started off at a high
rate OF speed and has now reached Chicago.
Bulletln-From a later account it tran
spires that fully thirty shots were fired into
the crowd by Pinkerton men. Great excite
ment prevails
Word was Immediately sent to the Chicago
authorities and upon the arrival of the train
here the entire lot Of Pinkerton men together
with some 40 non union workmen, Who were
also in the train, were arrested and they were
all locked up in Harrison street station.
From later accounts 1t appears that the
shooting was not confined to one man but all
of Pinkerton's men joined in the fusilade.
When the train passed through the crowd at
Halstead street, the men were again greeted
with jeers, where large, stout man, with
red face and clothed in a Pinkerton uniform,
stepped out on the back platform and fired
his revolver into the crowd. This was the
signal for a general volley and fifteen or
twenty Pinkerton men began to fire through
car windows. Fully 80 shots were fired.
Fences and shanties along the track were
marked with bullets.
The stock wards strike which promised to
pass into history AS a bloodless one has been
attended by the sacrifice of human life.
Terry Begley and another man were NOR
tally wounded by the Pinkerton men this af-
ternoon and some $50 of the latter were ar
rested to await disposition on the charge of
murder. All but six were atterward reless
ed. Armour & Cos imported workmen,
three or tour hundred IN number went out
this morning as thev did not care to remain
anv longer il the old hands were to come
back, believing that other butchers would
ultimately make it too unpleasant for them
to remain and they concluded they had better
go at once.
train was telegraphed for aud before l2,
the last non union man had left the premises.
The men were on Lake Shore train, butchers
in the front cars and guards 10 the three rear
ones The guards had their rifle muzzles
pointing out the windows. There was a stop
at Halstesd and Fortieth streets to attach
other cars and the train switchedback a little
distance. Quite crowd of curious people
assembled and as the train repassed this point
Pinkerton man pushed his rifle out, aimed
at the crowd and fired
The noise of the explosion caused excite
men in and out lde of the cars. Capt. Mar
key of the town of Lake police, was at hand
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man he fire the shot, but he feared to
stop the tiain as a riot might have resulted
Be- cv, no wa. taken to bis home on
Emerald avenue on 42nd street, was still lIv-
Irg late this afternoon but his death was
almost momentarily expected. He is team
ster engaged about the yards, has a wife and
family and took no part in the strike
Pipkerton men say that the strikers made an
assault first with stones and then with revol
vers, and that they didn't retaliate uotil they
had been fred upon.
Capt. Markey said that the Pinkerton men
did the first shooting and without any provo
cation. When the specials we're lodged in
Harris street station. the city police began
picking the ones who did the shooting. Jos.
Hill and Walter Andrews are two men iden-
titled. Among those who did the shooting
are Richard Ladies, Guy Sievere, Robert j.
Partram and Stephen Peyner confessed to
having shot into a crowd of strikers
These six men were held at the armory. The
remainder of the Pinkerton men and work
men who were on the train were set free
Capt. Joy was in charge of the Pinkerton
men when the shooting 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 strik-
ers ga hered about the cars just as they were
about to start and began pelting stones.
Some of the crowd also shot at them. When
some of his men were fred upon they re-
turned the shots, thinking perhaps the lives
of the employees who were in their charge
were in danger. He rushed into the train
and ordered them stop firing.
VIM. A. Pinkerton says he has abundant
proof that his men didn't fire upon the crowd