The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-02
LAW DEFIED.

The old strike of the switchmen on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad against the employment by the
Company Of Objectionable men was re-
sumed last week. 1t is claimed by the
strikers that the former strike was
brought toa close by the company agree
ing TO fipd other places for the objection
able men, and that they have not done
so. On Friday night the strikers derail-
ed cars and did other damage in the
vicinity Of the round-house at Fcrtieth
street. On Saturday morning the Com
pany sent out an engine and caboose to
Englewood. 1t was guarded by solid
phalanx of police officers and railroad
officials as far as Fcrty.seventh street,
when the officers and railroad officials
boarded them, and the train started for
Englewood alta fast rate. The strikers
stole two engines one belonging to the
Milwaukee and st. Paul road, and the
other to the Nickel Plate and in ten
minutes started in pursuit of the Lake
Shore train. Each of the pursuing loco
motives were manned by about 100
Imen--the strikers and their sympa-
| thizers. Every inch of space on them
was crowded. On they went, until they
reached and passed Englewood, when
the pursued engine hove in sight, and
was soon overtaken. The Milwaukee
engine, which was the foremost of the
two pursuing engines. ran up to and in
Ito the Lake Shore csboose, damaging it
and shaking up and frightening the
crowd of men inside of it. The engine
drawing the caboose put on steam and
ran away from its pursuer, which, how
ever, came near it again. and to prevent
the engine from again running into the
|cab0ose, shots were fired by the police
on the caboose into the crowd on the
pursuing engines. Some of them were
hurt, but how many is not known,
Again the caboose and its engine flew
away from the pursuer, and feeling that
the strikers would not hesitate to run in
to and, destroy the caboose and kill its
occupants, when Grand Crossing was
reached the train slowed up, and about
seventy men, including wheelmen, rail-
road officials and reporters, jumped off
and took up their temporary head
quarters In the depot at Grand Crossing.
The strikers engines continued the pur-
suit until they reached the caboose,
when they boarded and captured the en-
tire outfit, and with triumphant cheers
started back toward Chicago. Immense
crowds had gathered on Fortieth street
to await the result of the daring act of
the switchmen, and when they returned
with the captured engine and caboose
they we're hailed with terrific cheering
The Lake Shore engine was backed into
the round house and the stolen engines
returned to their proper places. On
Monday, under the protection of 124 of
Pinkerton's men, twenty of whom were
armed with Winchester rifles and the
others with revolvers, detachment of
deputy sherifE and the Hyde Park and
townof Lake police, the moving of trains
was carried On without any further in |
terfereace than the derailment of four
cars at Sixteenth street.
On Tuesday evening an unsuccessful |
was made to wreck an empty
stock train. Just as the train had left |
the Lake Shore track and entered the |!
territory of the stock yards, man made
. dash at the switch, threw it, and In an
Instant two of the cars were ditched. |