Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-20
skiOling III cE,icann.

| Ihe Chicago stock yards strike, which
promised to pass into history as blooGless
one, has been attended by Il sacrifice Of hu-
man life. Terry Beglcy and another man
were MORALLY wounded by Pinkerton mcu
yesterday afternoon, and some $50 Of tho
latter were arrested 10 await disposition on
charge Di murder. All but six we've after,
wards released.
| Armour & Co.'S Imported wolkmeu, 500
or 400 in number, went cut yesterday ,uorn-
| ing. They had made up their minds that
| they did not care 10 remain any longer if
the old hands were In come back. The re-
! port OF their fears were communicated TO
Mr.. Cudahy, who assured them o! protcc-
tion if they desired to stay. They hud con.
cluded, however, that while protection
might protec! for Il while, the other butchers
would ultimately make it 80 unpleasant for
! them that they would he unable 10 work
there lo1g, and that they had hctter quit at
once. A train was lelegraphCd for, and be.
| fore y o'clock the last non-uuion man had
lciC the premises. As they were being
loaded on the train the chief clerk ut Ar
mour's main Office told tie men 70 ralneIl-
Der their numbers on the rolls. and assured
| them if at any time within the next Two
years they wanted work they would nc CIV
en- !he preference. The men were on a
Lake Shore train, the butchers IN the front
cars, the guards in the three at The rear cnd
| The latter had their rifle muZzIeS pointing
| out OF the windows. There was z
stop at Halstead and Fortictn streets
to attach SOME other cars, and the train
was switched hacl: some little dis
lance. Quite crowd OF curious people had
assembled, and, as the inmates Of the train
were recognized, there we're sorDc eering
remarks made. As the train repassrd this
point IL pinkcrton man pushed his rifle out,
aiming at the crowd, and, rasiDg the ham
mer, the man fired his weapon, aud Terry
Begey fell mortaliy wounded.
The noise of the explosion caused excite
ment in and outside Of the cars. In mo-
ment ii was followed by q regular vollev
from the other ritemcn, and the crowd
fled III panic. In the flight man fell
and was hastily carried away By his friends.
He was also wounded.
AS the train steamed ~ Capt. Mari;cy, of
he town Of Lake police, was a. band with
Il few men, and would haTe arrested the
man &c sau fire the shot, l.ut feared to stop
the train, rs Il riot might have resulted. He
telephoned Ia the Twenty second street sta.
ton, however, and when he train reached
there it was boarded by 4 detachment CT
Chicago police, who placed ali the specials
| under arrest When the train reached the
| terminal station at Van Buren, street there
was another squad OF police from the Har-
ri6on street station, reinforced by detec-
tiye@, nnd the whole crowd was DIAichCd to
the armory. Capt. Mariicy tccphoned
| that he would identify who shot BegIe%, and
his presence was anXiOusv awaited
| ternoon, but his death was almost moment.
| erily expected. He is an employing team
ster, engaged about the yards, mas wife
| and family, and took no part in the strike.
The PinEerton men say that The strikers
made the assault first with stonea and then
with revolvers, and that they made no al
tack until they had been fired llpon. Capt.
| Markey said, however, that the Pinkorton
men did tho first shooting without any
! provocaliOn. When the specials were
| lodged in the Harrison street station The
city police began the work cf asserting the
ones who did the shooting Capt. Markey,
three boys, and man who we're present sll
declared they could identify the man who
shot Begley. The specials were made 10
march before ;hem and two were picked out
as participators in the shooting. The weap-
ons Of the specials were seized by the police.
| When the work Of identifying the men who
were said to be guilty of the shooting began
the non.union men were set free. They
marched out Of the station into the street,
but seemed afraid TO go far without pro-
lection of the Winche3tcrs, and some OF
them loitered about the STATION for some
| time.
After the boys had picked out TWO men
the whole force was filed back into the
court room, where Lieut.. Ripley and 4 cen
| tral station detective examined their rifles
and revolvers to see if there were any empty
shells to indicate that they had been re.
Gently discharged. One was found TO have
an empty she'll in it, and the bearer was
told 10 stand inside the court railing. After
all the men had filed into the benches, VIM.
A. Pnkerton said Those OF you who fired
out of the car step here" One young fell
low, with a blonde mustache arose and
walked up to his chief No one else moved
"Be as manly as this brave fellow here"
cried Pinkerton and the man within the
railing said ~ shot" No others voluu
teered. The two men who had first been
picked out by the boys stood under guard
OF two policemen in the outer entry OF the
court room. Joseph Hill and Walter An
drews are the two men identified as two OF
the men who did the shooting. Richard
Ladies, Guy Sievere, Robert J. Partram, and
Stephen Peyner confessed To having shot
into the crowd of strikers. These SIX men
are held at the armory. The remainder Of
were on the train were let go.
Capt. Joy was in charge of the Pinkertou
men when the shooting occurred He was
standing on the rear platform He said that
the men picked out by the city police were
not the guilty parties He said also that