Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-05-04
Montana Stock Men at St. Paul
Telegraphic Matter.
Laborers and Policemen Fight.


CHICAGO, May 3.-The day, while
filed with exciting episodes, bids fair
to close without any conflict between
the mob aud authorities. A number
of foreign speaking anarchists are ap.
pealing to large crowd of idle men
from the lumber yards. This after
noon, however. they succeeded in
making an assault upon number of
peaceable laboring men and serious
conflict with the police followed. At
o'clock this Afternoon over 5000 men,
lumber showers, planning mill hands
and factorymen assembled on the
prairie at Robin street and Black road,
to hold mass meeting. The meeting
was addressed by socialists. Matters
were entirely in their hands. One
German speaker in the party intiamed
his hearers. He said to the men 'quit
the Knights of Labor, they will never
do you any good. Join the Central
Labor Union, which will help you Il
your rights and freedom, working meI
to breaking the chains of slavery IL
which they are bound by capitalists
1t is your only way to became free
freedom. freedom, / say, with revolve
in one hand and your knife in thu
other, and bombs In your pockets
march on to revelation and freedom ,
After listening to this harangue
the crowd began to throw stones
at surrounding buildings. Then as
If moved by one spirit the 5000 men
started toward the Mccormick reaper
works half mile west. 1t was about
$3.50 o'clock when the crowd arrived
there. With yells and fierce impreca
tions, the now frantic men attacked
the buildings with stones that line
the road track. Reaching McCoi
mick gates the bowling mob met tn
workmen coming from their benche
carrying their lunch pals. Immedi
ately they began the attack, applyin
themselves and stoning them withou
mercy. There were only two poles
men on the scene. Several revolve
shots were fired. No one wa
shot. One man was struck wit
stones. The Mccormick crowd r,
treated but one Of their nun
Der was nearly beaten to death
Superintendent Averill, of the work.
Immediately telephoned for police. =.
patrol wagon full of officers responded
On arriving at the scene the polio
charged upon the strikers, using the
clubs and firing few shots into th
air. The crowd scattered but soon r,
organized in force. The police keI
arriving from various quarters unit
fully $50 were on the ground. TIL
mob renewed the charge again an
again with stones and revolvers. Tn
police fired In the air for the mos
part. At o'clock the police forme'
hollow square, inside of which the.
escorted McCormick's men up beyon'
Twenty-Second street without trouble
except from an occasional stone from
safe hiding places. Four men wer
found wounded with bullets. i
is expected that the men wounded
will be many tonight. Their
are many badly damaged heads
Officer Casey nearly suffered an igno
minious death 1T the hands of the in
furiated socialists. After the grea
mob had been virtually disperse'
Casey, with three other policemen
carried 10 Weddick, one Of the wound
ed strikers, to his home. The patro
wagon was followed by an angr.
crowd of Bohemians. who yelle'
loudly for revenge for the wounds q
their fallen comrade. After Weddicl
had been put In bed Casey remaine'
behind the others TO get report q
his condition. Weddick was a-ked b
the strikers, who followed, who sho
him. Not understanding the questio