Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-30

third Street yards, Chicago, went on q,
strike on the 23d by order of the union.
The matters at issue between the road
and it's switchmen have. apparently
been satisfactorily settled half q dozen
times within the last few days, but are
IN bad shape again-just how bad it.
is difficult TO find out. At the stock
yards the dressed beef shippers were
all notified that trouble was pending
and that they had better send their
goods East by some other line. A
heavy downtown shipper, who want
ed to make arrangementst to send some
goods East was advised to try GONE
other route, as the company was ex-
pectipg it's men to go out. The real ques-
ton at issue now is the terms of
settlement mace two months ago on
the occasion of that strike. The set
Element was made by the Intervention
OF Sheriff Hanchett and Commissioner
Mccarthy. The company now holds
that it's managers did not make the
promise which the men have supposed,
but consented only that the strikers
should return to work. About the
time the sixty-six men quit work the
committee, which bad been in session
down town during tie greater part of
the forenoon, decided to order the men
to 60 on with their work. Messages
were drafted and sent to all the sta
tlons. At some of the stations, how
ever, the messages were either miscon-
strued or not received, and the men at
Forty-third Street refused to return to
work.
The switchmen at Englewood and
all along the line in the city finally
joined the strikers. No trains were
allowed to move. About O'Clock an
effort was made to move train at
Forty-third Street. Suddenly mob
appeared on the scene, the members of
which tried by throwing switch to
ditch the engine and train, and did
succeed in getting the caboose off the
track. Separate sections of the mob
attacked the trainmen, throwing
coupling pins at them, and kicking
and pounding them. The conductor,
Charles Pease, of Elkhart, was badly
injured, being knocked down and kicked
by half a dozen of the assailants.
John Berger, the switchman, was also
hurt. The engineer and fireman
escaped entirely. No arrests were
made. The night switchmen unani-
mously failed to put in an appearance
for duty.
Sheriff Hanchett said in an inter-
view: eff there are any difficulties be-
tween the Lake Shore Road and it's
men, the road is to blame, that is all
have to say. [ cannot give the de-
tails OF the agreement made, because
conferences Of io1
nature, but if the men demand the dis
charge of the eight objectionables and
that Is the cause of the strike, it is
pretty plain that the company has
violated it's pledge"
The Lake Shore strikers still held
the field on the 25th, and the com.
bined exertiOns of the town of Lake
police and the railroad officials failed
to move freight trains until evening.
In the forenoon an attempt was made
to send out g. train of ten cars to
South Bend, but crowd gathered at
the Root Street crossing, overawed
the police, threw the switches open
and derailed the engine and cars Two
OF the most violent of the strikers
were arrested, one of them being a.
member of the executive committee of
the Switchmen's Union. About
twenty-five switchmen were brought
to the city to take the place of the
strikers. Anumber were attacked and
badly injured.
In the evening TT ain of thirteen
hat-cars on the Rock Island tracks,
which are parallel to the Lake Shore
line, was boarded by several hundred
OF the mob. The officers saw nothing
significant about this proceeding, but
it proved to be part of carefully-laid
plan on the part of the strikers. At
Forty sixth Street five fats were un-
coupled and thrown diagonally across
the track over which Lake Shore
freight should pass. At Forty fourth
Street seven box-cars were uncoupled
and likewise thrown over the tracks of
the Lake Shore. This was all done so
quickly and quietly that the fact was
not discovered until sometime later,
and had a. train come along at O.
moderately good rate of speed, it
would Immediately have been wrecked.
The Rock Island officials were finally
telegraphed for, and came on in a.
wrecking engine, with force of clerks
who were put to work clearing the
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the Rock Island refused to come out
and but slow progress was made.
A general meeting of switchmen was
held at night for the purpose ofconsid-
ering the strike of the Lake Shore men
and the concerted measures taken by
the officials of the other roads in re-
gard to forcing the handling of Lake
Shore cars. It is given out that as g
result of the meeting the Switchmen's
Union will take up the cause of the
strikers, and that switchmen through
out the city will refuse to touch cars
consigned to or from the Lake Shore
road. AS the railroad managers have
pledged themselves to act as g. unit.
such a course on the part of the
switchmen causes the greatest appre-
tension
THE FRENCH PRINCES.