The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-12
Serious Labor Riots

Chicago, May 3.-Shortly after 3
o'clock the crowd ofSoeialists and others
worked themselves into frenzy, and
excitedly started, yelling, toward the
/ Mccormick reaper works, half a mile
distant. The police were Immediately
telephoned for, and soon arrived, and
drawing reYolvers trad Unfortunately
into the crowd. The crowed scattered
in all directions, five of whom were
wounded, being carried from the scene.
No one was reported killed. The entire
reserve force of the city's police has been
ordered to preserve order in the vicinity
Of the trouble. The scene at Mccormick g
works was riOtous in the extreme. By
4:25 at least $50 policeman had arrived
on the ground and were coming in patrol
wagons. By this time the windows of
the factory had beed riddled with stones
and bullets. Two of the wagons, while
on the way to the scene, stopped to
disperse noisy and demonstrative crowd
The mob attacked them with stones, but
the officers jumred from the wagons, and
by vigorous use of clubs soon sent the
rioters flying in all directions. They
then turned and began driving the noisy
crowds out Of saloons in the neighbor-
hood, using their clubs Unfortunately.
Inside the fence of McCormicks works
an officer had very narrow escare A
rioter who had got inside came up be-
hind him and was pointing a pistol at
his head, not two feet away, when Lieut..
Sheppard struck him to the earth with
his club, shivering it to pieces with the
yigor of the blow ) o'clock the
police were forming a hollow square, in
side of which they intend to escort Me-
Cormick's men beyondthe mob's reach.
Soon afterward the police escorted Nc
Cormick's men up beyond Twenty Sec
ond street without trouble except from
an occasional stone hurled from some
safe hiding place. Four men were found
wounded with bullets. Two of them
were taken away in the partrol wagon.
One was shot through the hip and
one through the leg. There were many
badly damaged heads.
Chicago, May 4.-Eye witnesses of the
strugglers between police and socialists
placed the number of the latter who
were wounded at twelve. 1t is not
thought any were killed outright, but
the rapidity with which the wounded
were carried away by their friends and
the secrecy maintained in regard to any
connection with the affair make the facts
difficulty to obtain. During the evening
following circular printed in German,
and with an English translation append
ed, was distributed broadcast in many
sections of the city: Revenge Working
men, to arms Your masters sent out
their bloOdhounds, the police, and they
killed six of your brothers at McCor-
mick's this afternoon. They killed the
poor wretches because they, like you,
had courage to disobey the supreme will
of your bosses, They killed them be
cause they dare ask for shortening hours,
They killed them 10 show you, free
American citizens, that you must be
and contented with whatever
your bosses condescend to allow you, or
you will get killed. You have for wears
endured the most abject humiliation;
you have for years suffered unmeasnrabln |
niquities; you have worked yourselves
70 death; You have endured the pangs
If hunger; your children you have
'acritied to factory lords. In short, YOU
nave been misable and obedient slaves
Ill these years. Why? To satisfy thu
nsatisfiable greed and to ill the Golfers
# your lazy, tnleving master. When
'on ask them now or lessen your burden
lie sends his bloodhounds out to shoot
'ou, kill you. To arms We call you, to
rms. YoCR BRoTBERs.r
A injecting to discuss the labor situation
vas held to-day, at which there were
representatives of every packing house
n the city. The meeting decided to
low every packer to do as he pleased
nth reference to the employment and
ay of his laborers in every department.
.fter the meeting adjourned Mr.. Armour
nd Mr.. Michael Cudahy said they had
ivan Instructions N kba;y fororoon -
otify all their employs that they
Mould receive ten hours pay for eight
ours work. 1t was also decided that
Il other packing houses should adopt
he same rule at once.
Managers of all railroads centering in
hicago held meeting at the Burlin.-
IN general Office to consider the strike
freight handlers. An informal in
rchange ofideas relative to the situa-
on finally eliminated in the adoption
resolution to the effect that the
resent condition of business did not
arrant and advance in the wages now
nd employees. The roads pledge them
Ives to act in until in the matter and
resist all demands for shorter hours
advance in wages, agreeing not to
eat individually or make concessions
t approved by all.
Since the proclamation of Mayor Har-
Ion, in which he ordered the mobs to
sperse and his police to arrest all who
j not, the city has been comparatively
lite. A great many of the anarchists
We been arrested.
The great Southwestern Railroad
ike, has been ended.
The eight hour movement has reached =
Louis and Milwaukee. The latter
ICE was inflicted with mob for a few
urs, but since the troops have APP
ared upon the scene all il quiet.
A strike among the brakeman of the
ZION Pacific was inaugrated on Wednes- i
y. Gev. Hauser telegraphed the 4
eriff of Silver Bow county to use every y
ans to preserve order among the strik- d
and to prevent any interference with y
lrOad property assuring him of suD- | Of