St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-29
RUN OFF WITH RIFLES.
The Striking switchmen on the Lake
Shore Road at Chicago Abandon
the Field.
They Were Ready for the Contest Yester-
day Until.Police, Armed WithiVsn-
chesters, Appeared.
The Prospect OF Facing the Bus1nesa
End of Gun Frightened
Thorn,
And the Freight Traffic of the Rail.
way Was Successfully Re-
sumed.
The swItchn,en,s Strike.

ne Chn2cE5S Strike.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO. June 2S.-The Pinkerton Ma.
tlonal Detective agency was called on by
the Lake Shore road to-day and the display
OF Winchester rifles by its police in the
towns OF Cake and Hyde Park was the
signal for a stampede of the striking
sWtchnen and their numerous sympa1
thiZers. and by midday it could have been
SAID the strike was ended" for at that
hour the freight trains of the road were
moving from and into the city under police
protection, but without interference. The
olnclals OF the road had become weary Of
Waiting Tor Sheriff Hanchett to act IN their
behalf, and determined to seek assistance
in another quarter. The uDpleasantpess
between the officials of the sheriff's Office
and those of the railway company seems TO
nave arisen in this way. President
NeWell, acting on the fact that the prop
erty Oh MS company was invaded riotously,
proceeded under the statute to
CALL UPON THE SHERIFF
10 SEND force sufficient to put down the
dlsIuroance and protect the property at
tackled. On the other hand the county Off
cals were informed by the town police that
there were no disturbances in their iurisdic-
ton which they were unable to manage.
which they still claim was the case until
Saturday last. For this reason no action
was taken by the sheriff, as requested by
the railway officials. There was no con-
1lct With the police at any point during the
day, and no occurrences of any moment ex-
cepG occasional arrests at various points of
persons who persisted in remaining on the
railway grounds or insulted the officers
when ordered to move On. When the crowds
mad been driven off and the grounds were
fairly in possession of the police the Lake
Shore officials bestirred themselves to put
tnelr delayed freight trains in motion.
THE DAYS DEVELOPMENTS.
CHICAGO. June 2S.-The chief of polica
OF the Town of Lake appeared at the ex.
tensive switching yards of the Lake Shora
road this morning with a police force of
100 men, including specials, and Pinker.
ton police, and at once began the work Of
attempting to clear the yards of strikers
and idlers. Very few of the latter had en-
tered the yards, but remained in large
groups just beyond the railroad tracks in
tently watching the movements of the
railroad people. Several hundred hen.
however, remained in close vicinity of the
roundhouse and cars of the Lake Shore
road, and refused to obey the order of the
police to move. Clubs were drawn and
several rushes were made at these groups,
the police using their clubs, and in one of
the encounters Detective Finn of the Lake
police knocked one of the men down.
Preparations for determined effort to
move trains were perfected by the officialS
yesterday. They were somewhat elated by
the success attending the efforts of Capt.
Hunt Of the Hyde Park police, in protect
| ing the train which was taken out late Sat-
q or,Hf for hot *
strikers and their sympathizers had been
made. On the other hand the strikers
PRESENTED A BOLD FRONT.
They renewed their determination to stou
| the movement of freight at all hazards,
| Shortly after O'Clock this morning large
number of special police were taken to tho
town of Lake. On their arrival there they
were sworn in as officers. Thirty switchmen,
to take the places of the strikers, were alsd
sent down. About a hundred special polica
arrived in train of three cars at $50 a.
M. and were also taken to Forty third
| street. A dozen OF more imported switch<
| men were also on board. The Town OF
Lake detectives started through the yards
repeating the following formula; s.All you
people must move. Do not congregate in
groups on the tracks or crossing, or we will
be obliged to take means to disperse you,
and we will do it, too" The crowd moved
back surlily. and momentarily increased in
numbers. Some resistance was shown in
moving off Root street. and one man was
severely beaten by policeman. The ex-
citement rapidly increased. Shortly afteI
o'clock the Town of Lake police cleared
1.-THE tracks and streets leading to them Of
the crowd who were on them. Just aftel
this Pinkerton with 1874 of his men APP
peared on the scene. Many of them were
armed with Winchester rifles.
| DEPUTY SHERIFF GLEASON
appeared at Forty-frst street shortly after
10 o'clock, accompanied by six deputies.
| This is the first time since the strike began
| that any of the representatives of the sher-
/! itf have appeared on the ground. The
| chief deputy read the riot act at four points
along the line of the Lake Shore road be<
tween Forty-frst street and Englewood, and
the police and special deputies then began
to clear the tracks. The crowd moved of
quietly after the reading of the riot act. and
up to II o'clock everything remained quiet
i'll the vicinity of the railroad tracks from
the city limits as far south as Englewood.
| The company at last succeeded in getting g
/ freight train started from the yards at Root
street. The blockade was broken at 1918
! O'Clock to-day At that hour the switch
engines, which had been busy in the yards
making up the train, steamed onto the side
tracks and regular engine coupled onts
the train. The special police,
with their Winchester rifles ready.
stood on the alert. The guns were tod
much for the crowds who thronged the
streets in the vicinity, and no effort was
made to interfere with the movement OF
| the train men. When every thing was iB
( readiness for the start, detail of PinkertoH
men, armed with rifles, climbed on to the
| engine and to the tops of the cars. THEFT
appearance gave the scene a warlike ape
pearance. Just before the train was ready
! to start switch engine, to which caboos&
was attached, and also heavily guarded,
steamed out on to tie main track in front OF
| the regular freight. but the conductor only
| had orders to proceed to South Chicago.
| The train reached Englewood at 1920 D.
M, having run the gauntlet Of the strikerl
from Forty-third street without molestatien.
] At the Fifty-first street crossing there was
a large crowd of men and boys, WHO jeered
as the train passed by, but
! OFFERED NO VIOLENCE.
| The train left Englewood at 1920 p. m.
| At 1850 South Chicago was reached, and
! no serious opposition had been encountered.
| There was q crowd in and about the yards,
| but large squad of Hyde Park police pre-
vented even the semblance OF disorder. Ths
train left at 1865 p. nj. and was guarded
! to the Indiana line by the armed specials on
board A second train of twenty y-eght cars
followed the first train, having been made
up at Englewood 1t had about 300 armed
specials and reached South Chicago in
safety. The railroad officials anticipated
no trouble after leaving that point, unle ss
it should be at some place beyond the state
line, and squad of Pinkerton men already
mentioned had gone to that point
to guard against that happening. A third
train was successfully gotten underway and
passed South Chicago without molestation.
A total of six trains OF freight were sue
cessfully forwarded from the city to-day
and several were received from other roads.
This done. the company was content to rest
All morning