Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-10
RACERS KILLED BY FIRE.
A Destructive Blaze In a Driving Park


| Barn.
OMAHA, August 9.-Lightning struck the
speed barns of the Omaha driving park at
1:30 this morning, setting the buildings on
fire. The shock killed Dick Wild, the three
year old PAGER, worth $4,000, owned by J.
H. McShane and Ed. Pyle; Ida, the three
year old black mare, valued at 81 800; and
Captain P, the three year old trotter, valued
at 81 500. The flames spread rapidly and
most of the grooms were rendered helpless.
The following horses were lost: Mascette,
trotter, record 2:271l; Little Wilkes, trotter,
record 2:30; Ned R, trotter; Legal Tender,
trotter, record three minutes and pacing rec
ord 800; Tucker, the four year old stallion,
owned by Pyle, valued at $4,000, and Al
Potter, two year old trotter. A two year
old colt standing three hundred yards from
the barn was killed by the shock. The
horses were here preparatory for the opening
season.
Fifty Horses Burned to Death.
NEWARK, Aug 9.-The stable of the New
ark and Irvington Steel company was burned
early this morning, also the car sheds and
few tenements. Fifty horses were burned to
death. The total loss is about 5000
BLOODY WORK BY STRIKERS.
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Who Are Anxious to Support Thenl-
selves and Their Families.
PEABODY, Mass, Aug. 9.-Thirty police
men escorted four of Osborne's workmen to
and from their dinner through crowd which
confined its demonstrations to hooting. DIR.
Pike and F. G. Farnsworth, members of the
Law and Order league, became separated
from the police and were surrounded by an
excited mob. who called them scabs and cut
Threats, but offered no physical violence.
The feeling on both sides is intense. Ar
rangements have been made whereby the en-
tire police force of Salem can be summoned
at moments notice and aid may be called
from Boston in case of a serious outbreak.
The Knights of Labor met this morning and
adopted resolutions condemnatory of the
lawless acts of Saturday and pledging
themselves to aid the authorities in main
tanning oder. While all the officers, regu-
lar, special and imported, were guarding the
non-union men from Osborne's factory to
the boarding house a mob gathered
at the factory of Charles Harrington
on Boston street. Some thirty. or
forty men are here employed and to-day
a committee of the Knights went to the shop
to endeavor to see the uon-union men. They
waited outside until the men came out. Two
or three officers, however, had collected and
when the alleged scabs made their appear
ance the crowd set up such a clamor that 1t
was feared the non-union men would be
assaulted. The officers hurried them into
wagons, the horses were whipped up and
away dashed pursuers and pursued. While
the men were coming out of Harrington's
another crowd gathered around Winchester's
tannery on Grove street. James Burke was
the first union man to come out. The
mob ceased their pursuit of the Harrington
men and turned upon him. He and COM
panion ran for their lives through the fields
followed by the crowd. Before they had
gone two hundred yards they were overtaken
and felled to the ground. Then the crowd
kicked and pounded them in an I'M
merciful manner and bruised and bleed
ing they were carried to their boarding
house The news of this outbreak caused
the widest excitement throughout the town.
Louis de Loonberg was going to his work as
usual at " inchester's tannery on Grove
street at 1890, where he was chased into the
tannery beam house and there struck down
from behind horribly beaten and stamped
and trodden upon. His condition is critical
and there are fears of a fatal result. The
selectmen appointed seventy special officers
for duty until the trouble subsidies. If there
are fresh outbreaks, and the indications are
that there will be, Chairman Poor of the Sc
lectmen will call for military protection from
the State. Bowles, the alleged stone throw
er,was arraigned for trespass early this morn
ing and had his case continued till Wednes-
day.