The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-28
SATURDAYS RIOTS.
The Strikers PrOTput The movement OF Any
Trains,


Chicago, Ills, June 2G.-First blood on
account Of the Lake Shore troubles was
shed to-day, No one was killed, but
many heads narrowly escaped being
broken, Shortly before noon two locomO-
tiyes emerged from the rNVud house of
the Lake Shore road, and were switched
onto the main track at Root street Cross.
ing. There they were coupled onto two
CaboOses and started on their way to
Englewood, On the engines and cabooses
were grouped,special police, others march,
ing alongside, The whole was irreslstibly
suggestive Of funeral procession.
On moved the cortege, slowly and eau.
tiously, the platoon Of police clearing the
way in front, and the pall.bearers on
either aide keeping back the dense crowd
that surged about It. The speed was in.
creased, and finding 1t impossible to keep
up with the engine the strikers "borrow.
cd" two engines OF the New York Central
road aud chased the Lake Shore train. No
effort seemed TO bs made by the latter to
escape, and just beyond Englewood the
pursuing train caught up with the others.
Before any one on the Lake Shore train
knew how II happened the other engineB
had been coupled on, and the whole train
was being dragged back 10 the city. Sew
eral shots had been fired when the trains
came together, running fight Of fen or
fifteen minutes taking place, but ahower
oil rocks from the Htrikers when the retro
grade movement began was answered by
revolver shots.
STRIKERS AND POLICEMEN WOUNDED.
A general iusilIade OF rocks and pistol
shots was kept up during the slow progress
buck to the starting point, Matt Pinker.
ton, who was on the Lake shoee train,
emptying his revolver into crowd OF
strikers who wero bombarding them with
stones and other missiles. The railroad
party had several members struck by
rocks, and several OF tho strikers were
seriously wounded.
One Lake Shore engine was left behind
at Englewood. II tappears that the shoot
ing commenced upon the pulling police.
man, whose arm was hanging over the
side Of the CAboose, oil the train. He
opened FIRE on the crowd, and eight or ten
shots were fired then WITHOUT apparent
result,
There were Eve strikers aud two police
men wounded. Officer MCGallahan is
said to have been seriously hurt.
Officer MCGallaghan fell of the train
when the collision with the strikers stolen
engine took place. He Is dangerously
hurt. The other officers name Is Kelly.
lie is not seriously injured.
Hard coal, Coupling.pins and rings, and
rocks were thrown ut tho oiHCOrs and rail.
road officials. The PinkertOn men were
ordered by Superintendent Amsdon to re-
main on the ground and await orders.
WARRANTS SWORN OUT.
Fifty warrants charging intimidation
have been sworn out by the General
Superintendent OF the road, and they
have been mostly all served on the strikers.
No arrests have been made.
Five men stood In Superintendent
Wrights Office this morning. Two OF
them were terribly battered up. One Of
them had Il bad cut over his eye, his
cheek was swollen, aud he bore bruises
all over his body. They were demanding
their transportation back home. ave
were taken into u rat-hole yesterday"
said the worat used.up oil the men, land
left 10 be killed. ! was taken, with FIVE
or six others, and left In the round house
yesterday afternoon. There was q fellow
left with us who was called detec.
Tive. About twenty Of the strikers
came In and made a rush at us
The detective skedaddled the frat one.
There was no chance for us, The mob
was armed with monkey-wrenChes, iron
bars, coupling pins, and With iron ore.
They threw me down, hammered me, and
nearly killed me. l finally got away, and
bleedlnR freely. 1 met a policeman, who
stopped int, turned me around, and asked
me II my throat was cut. told him that
| had been fnobbed at Foity.third street.
lie asked me II had takeli the place Of
the strikers. said yes. He kicked me,
and said: i wish they'd kill you.' l am
going TO my home twenty miles the other
side Of Toledo"