The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-20
The Officers Claim that Stones We're Thrown
and Shots Fired at Them. and They Retail
ated by Using Their Winchester Rifles.
Six of the Pinkerton Men Placed Under
Arrest, Charged with the Shooting.
The Knights of Labor General Assembly Raises
Mr.. PoWderly's Salary to $5,0O0-The
Strike of Switchmen at Minneapolis.
BLooDsHED AT CHICAGO.
PinkertOn's Police Fire Into Crowd, Nor
tally Wounding Two Men.

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| tally Wounding Two Men.
CHICAGO Oct. 19.-The stockyards strike,
which promised to pass into history as a blood
less one has been attended by sacrifice of hu-
man life. Terry Begley and another man were
mortally wounded by Pinkerton men this after
noon, and some $50 of the latter were arrested TO
await disposition a charge of murder All
but six were afterwards released.
Armour & Co. g imported workmen, 800 or 400
| in number, went out this morning They had
made up their minds that they did not care to
remain any longer if the old hands were to come
back. The report of their fears was communi-
Gated to Mr.. Cudahy, who assured them protec-
| tion if they desired to stay. They had con-
| cluded, however that while protection might
| protect for while, the other butchers would u-
| timately make it SO unpleasant for them that
they would be unable to work there long, and
that they had better quit at once A train was
telegraphed for, and before IL o'clock the last
non-union man had left the premises. AS they
were being loaded on the train the chief clerk at
| Armour's main office told the men to remember
their numbers on the rolls, and assured them if
at any timo within the next two years they
wanted work they would be given the preference.
| The men the Lake Shore train-the
butchers in the front cars the guards in the three
| at the rear end. The latter had their rifle muz-
| zles pointing out of the windows There was
| stop at Halsted and Fortieth streets to attach
other cars and the train was switched back some
little distance. Quite crowd of curious people
had assembled, and as the inmates of the train
were recognized there were some jeering re-
marks made AS the train repassed this point
| Pinkerton man pushed his rife out, aiming at
the crowd ana raising the hammer. The man
fred his weapon, and Terry Begley fell, mortally
wounded. The noise of the explosion caused
excitement in and outside of the cars. In mo-
ment it was followed by a regular volley from
the other rifenen, and the crowd, which was
largely composed of school children fed in
panic. In the fight man fell and was hastily
carried away by his friends lie, also was
wounded. The train steamed on.
Captain 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 stop the tran as riot might have resulted.
| Ho telephoned to the Twenty second street sta
| ton. however, and when the train reached there
it was boarded BY o detachment of Chicago po-
lice, who placed all the specials under arrest
| When the train reached the terminal station at
Van Buren street, there was another squad of po-
lice from the Harrison street station, reinforced
| by detectives, and the whole crowd was marched
| to the Armory Captain Markey telephoned
that he could identify the man who shot Beeley,
and his presence was anxiously awaited Begley,
| who was taken to his home at Emerald avenue
and Forty second street, was still living late this
| aft hut al,
expected. He is an employing teamster, engaged
about the yards, has wife and family, and took
no part in the strike. The Pinkerton
men say that the strikers made the
assault first with stones and then with revolvers,
and that they had made no attack until they had
been fired upon Captain Markey said, however,
that the Pnkerton men did the first shooting,
| and without any proyocation. When the spe-
cials were lodged i'll the Harrson-street station
| the police began the work of asserting out the
ones who did the shooting. Captain Markey,
three boys and man who were present all de-
clared they could identify the man who shot
| Begley. The specials were made to march be-
fore them, and two were picked out as partici-
pators in the shooting. The weapons of the spe-
cials we're seized by the police. When the work of
the shooting began the non union men were sat
Free They marched out of the station into the
street. but seemed afraid to go far without the
protection of the Winchesters, and some of them
loitered about the station for some time.
After the boys had picked out two men the
whole force was fled back into the court room,
| where Lieutenant Kpley and a Central station
detective examined their rifles and revolvers to
| see if there were any empty shells to indicate
that they had been recently discharged. One
was found to have empty shell in it, and the
bearer was told to stand inside the court railing
After all the men had filed into the benches,
| VIM. A. Pinkerton said: Those of you who
| fred out of the car. step here"
One young fellow with blonde mustache
arose and walked up to his chief. No one else
moved
'Be as manly as this brave fellow here" cried
] Pinkerton, and the man within the railing said:
| II shot, No others volunteered The TWO men
| who had first been picked out by the boys stood
| under guard of two policemen in the outer entry
| of the courtroom. Joseph Hill and Walter A.
| Andrews are the two men identified as two of
the men who did the shooting Richard Ladies,
| Guy Severe. 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 Pinkerton men
and the workmen who were on the train were
| let CO.
Captain Joy was in charge of the Finkerton
men when the shooting occurred He was stand
! ing on the rear platform. He said that the men
picked out by the city police were not the guilty
| parties. He said also that the strikers gathered
about the car four hundred strong just as they
were about to start, and began peltlng them with
| stones, and some of them shot also I'VE were
sent down here" said Captain Joy. ITO preserve
| the peace not to disturb it; but when some of
| my mon were fred upon, they returned the
icha h.rlix Rhat khn1 onfth tha
| ployes who were in their charge were in danger.
was standing on the rear platform of the train