Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-25
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tBy telegraph 10 tho Dspatch.I
CHICAGO, juno 24.--Ths sitnasion
IN 'he yards Of the Lake Shore railroad
IN IBIS city remains unchanged. The
regular passenger trains are moving as
usual, bat an effectual blockade OF
freight traffic has occurred. No freight
trains have been moved. and up to s
O'Clock no attempt OF any character
has been made to make up any trains.
Incoming freight trains have all been
stopped at Englewood and other sta
tons outside the city. and Judging from
former experience Of the railroad, un.
less the State affords protection,
the company will be powerless
against the strikers. The town
Of Lake, within the precincts
OF which the strike is confined. has Q
very small police force, unable to cope
with the crowd Of strikers and their
adherents. The sheriff Of the county
during a former strike made no seri-
ous.eiiort to disperse the crowd, and in
apublished interview to-day condemns
the railroad company, and declares that
it has not lived up to its agreement,
intimatipg that it offered to discharge
non-union men. What basis he has
for this assertion has not yet
been explained. His attitude, how
ever, taken in connection with the
experience in the former strike, has
occssioned surprise and subjected him
to comment. A few Of the town of
Lake police are at Forty-third street
this morning. where large crowd had
already gathered at 8 o'clock. Shortly
after 8 o'clock an engine in charge of
Engineer Shea pulled out Of the round
house at Forty-frst street. II was i'm
mediately surrounded by strikers, some
Of whom attempted to climb into the
cab, but were beaten and pushed of by
the Lake police. The excitement
became very marked, and the men
for q time were very threatening. The
police arrested one Of the most violent
strikers, and succeeded in taking him
to the town of Lake police-station.
The police succeeded in clearing the
track, after which the engine went up
10 FoIty-third street to the vicinity of
a csboose which was abandoned yes.
terday. THE crowd grew momentarily
greater and more boisterous, and the
courage of the engineer finally desert
ing him, be reversed the lever and took
the engine back to the round-house.
The crowd cheered frantically when
the effort to move the train was aban-
doned.
At various newspaper Offices this eve
ming a committee Of strikers exhibited,
as an-explanation of their course, the
following communication, dated during
the former strike and written in Sheriff
Hanchett's cbirogsphy upon one of his
Official letter. heads
SHEBIFF's OFFICE,
CHICAGO, April Is, 1886.
y. J.. Stahi, Esq, Chairman, Sc:
Sir,-If all the switchmen Of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company in Chicago or Cook
county return to work at once, will
perG onally guarantee that within sixty
days from this date the eight objection
able switchmen viii be furnished other
employment and permanently removed
from their present positions.
lSignedl SETH +. HhNCHETT,
Sheriff.
One Of the papers this morning says
the only attempt at an explanation of the
cause Of the strike appeared in rumor
that it was the result OF preconcerted
stock -jobbing scheme. 1t was alleged
that party of the town Of Lake and
sticky ards spectators had sold short
heavy block Of Lake Shore stock. To
bsar the market in their own interests
ttey negotiated with few Of the leaders
Of he switchmcn in the town Of
Lake TO bring about strike, with the
result that appeared yesterday after
noon. If this be true it is not likely
that the strike will continue for any
length Of time. The engineers and fire.
men express no sympathy with the
strikers, but it is thought by parties in
the nejghborhOod that when they are
called On to take out their engines they
will be as reluctant to respond as they
were during the late trouble.