Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-27
BLOOD Split.
Sacrifice of Human Life at
Chicago.
PmItertOn's Men Use their Rifles Firing
Into u Crowd OF strikers.

PinkcrtOn's Men Use their Rifles Firing
Into Crowd of strikers.
CHICAGO, H., Oct 10,-Tho stockynrds
strike, which promised to pass into history as
bloollc one, has been attended by u sacri-
iic, Of human life. Terry Bsgley and an
o her man were mortally wounded by Pink
crton men this Afternoon, and some 100 OF
the latter were arrested to awnt disposition
on charge of murder. All but six were
afterward released.
Armour IL Co. $ imported workmen three
or fou' hundred in number, went out this
morning. as they did not care to remain
any longer il the old hands were to come
back. Mr. Cudahy assured them of protcc,
ton If they desired to stay, but they had
concluded that, while protection m ght pro-
ultimately make it too unpleasant for them
TO remain, and they had better
go at once A train was teegraphed
for, and before l. o'clock the last mont union
man had left tho premises. AS they
were Icing loaded on tho train tho chief clerk
at Armours main Office tod tho men 10 re-
member heir number on the rolls, AMI as.
sure them If at any time within the next
two years they wanted work, they would be
given the preference The men were on a
Lake Shore train, the butchers in tho front
cars, and the guards in the three rear ones.
The guards had their rifle mu2Zles pointing
out Of the windows. There was q stop az
llalsted and Fortieth streets to attach other
cars, and the train was switched back little
distance Quite crowd of curious poop had
assembled, I'M !, rs the inmates of the train
were recognized some jeering remarks wero
made As the train rcpaSSel this point n
Pinkcrton man pushed Ii rifle out, aimed Mt
the crowd and fired, aud Terry Begloy fell,
mortally wounded. The noise of the explo-
sion caused excitement in and outside of the
cars. In moment it was followed by a
regular volley from the other riflemen, and the
crowd, which was largely composed of school
children, fled in panic In the flight man
teiI, and was haStl ~ carried away, by his
friends He was also wounded. The train
steamed on. Capt. Marley of the town of
Lake police was at hand with n few men,
and would have arrested the man he saw fire
the sho, but feared to stop the train, as a
riot might have resulted. He telephCned
to tho Twenty-seConl street station, how
ever, and when tn tran reached
there, it was boarded by n detachment OF
Chicago police, who placed all the specials
ind 4 arrest. When the train reached the
terminal station at Van Buren, there was
another squad OF pollc, from the Harrison
street sta ION, REINFORCED by detectives, and
the whole crowd was marched to the armory.
Begley, who was taken to his home ut Emer-
Md avenue and Forty.seconl street, was sill
living late tbi, afternoon, but his death was
almost momentarly expected. lie IS an TN
ploying tcam,t.r, 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 did not retail
ME until they had BEEN fired upon. Captain
Marley said, however, that the Pinkerton
men did the first shooting, and without any
provoc ton. When the specials were lodged
in the Harrison street station, the city police
began picking out the ones who did the shoot
ing. Capt. Marley, three boys and u man,
who We're p esont, nil declared they could
identify the man who shot Begley. The
specials were made to march before them,
and two were picked out rs parlicipators in
the shooting. The weapons of the specials
were seized by the police. After the boys
had picked out two men, the whole loyce was
fled back into the court room, where Lieut..
kepler and General station detective cx-
anime their rifles and revo!vers to see if they
contained any empty shells. Ono had an
empty shell in it, and the bearer was told to
stand inside tho court IT ling