Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-01
THE sw1rCmnEx,s srRrKE.
Ths situaties as chicago Yesterday
The Troubles Not Over Yes.
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CHICAGO, June 30.--The usual two
carloads Of Pinkerton's men arrived ct
Root ctreet shortly after 7 o'clock this
morning, and business was immediately
started by the Lake-Shore Company.
The entire Pinkerton force, with the ex-
ception Of half . dozen men. are now
armed with rifles, and guard was sent
out with every train and accompanied 1t
to Colehour. The trouble ct the stock
yards last evening, while not serious in
itself, is looked upon by the officials as
an indication Of . new source OF danger.
The employees Of the packing.houses,
numbering 10000, are in thorough
sympathy with the strikers. and as they
now leave work at 4:30 p. NJ. their
presence in the neighborhood OF
the wreck is thought to be some
what menacing. The switchmen
employed by other roads in the stock
yards are not trusted implicitly by the
Lake-Shore officials, who are of the
opinion that any one Of them would em-
brace an opportunity Of turning switch
under a moving train. From Chicago
to Miller's station, thirty miles, fences,
switch-houses, and telegraph-poles are
decorated with posters offering $500 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction Of
any one violating that section Of the
statutes which prohibits interference
with the property of railroad company
by any outsider. The strikers laugh
at the notice, and think it absurd to
suppose that any Of their number would
turn informer for the sake Of any re-
ward. While there seems to be
no likelihood of any trouble to-day, ex-
cept perhaps at the stock-yards, there
is considerable anxiety manifested on
both sides as to the probable action to
be taken by the Lake Shore switchmen
at other points. The yardmaster Of the
Toledo yards has been in Chicago since
the commencement of the strike, and
Yesterday received dispatches from some
of bis trusted men at home saying his
presence was required there without de-
lay as a strike seemed imminent. He
left for Toledo last night.
1t seems evident from the events OF
yesterday afternoon and evening that
the Lake Shore strikers are determined
to make long and bitter fight. Many
railroad employees sympathize with
the strikers, and express the belief
L. l.. t~,t L.o
that the company will not be able to
hold out with the necessary force OF
deputies as long as the strikers will be
able to annoy them. On the other
hand the officials Of the road declare
their determination to 90 straight for
ward on the present line and fight the
battle to the end if it takes thousand
policemen to accomplish a complete
victory. The whole strength of the
strikers is now evidently directed
toward the transfer business, espe-
cially to thwarting the attempts Of the
Lake Shore Company to deliver freights
to other lines. The shot fired By the
Pinkerton guard at the man who
derailed two cars by throwing
switch under a moving train
last evening caused great excitement
among the switchmen and their friends,
and many threats were made. A morn
ing paper says that in the crowd at
Packerstown last night there we're
dozens who openly declared that the
Lake Shore should not deliver another
train to any line in those yards, and
that if it was attempted to-day blood
would be shed. One man said : That
- loafer who fired into this crowd
will go to Jail tonight, and if he shows
his nose in these parts again I'll make
a pepper-box out Of bis carcass. We
will teach these fellows, with their big
guns, that there are crack shooters in
these parts, and before another twenty
four hours there will be a dead Pinker-
ton man on these tracks, or Pm liar"
Symyathizers with the strikers are very
outspoken. George Dalton, the Pinker-
ton man who did the shooting, was ar
rested and afterwards released on bail.
lie was nearly moSNo1 before aid
reached him after tn ring, although
bis shot went wide Of its mark.