The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
AN EXCITING CHASE.
The Officers Of the Lake Shore Attempt to
Send Out Freight Train.
The MOB PURSUES WITH TWO ENGINES
A Desperate Race and a Battle Between the
Police and Strikers.
The Latter Beaten and Twenty More
Lodged in Jail-The Train Gets Out
and Another Runs In-Import-
ed Men Battered.

CHICAGO June 26.-In the Superior Court this
morning Judge Shepard issued an injunction
against seventy of the Lake Shore striking switch
men on affidavit signed by p. p. Wright General
superintendent. In his affidavit, Mr.. Wright
charges that April 12, 1886, the defendants
made a request in writing which they presented
10 the company. asking tor the discharge OF eight
men. The company refused 10 grant the request
on the ground that with one exception, the
eight men had been in the employ of the COM
pany from ten TO eighteen years. The only COM
plant made by the defendants against the OBJ
jectiOnable men was that they had remained in
the employ OF the company during the strike of
1871. The affidavit goes on to say that the COM
pany can not discharge the eight men; they can
not take them out of the employ of the road as
switchmen and yard-masters without sending
them out of the state; tt ey are all men who have
families to support, and the company can not put
them in any other line Of employment in which
they can make so much money. 1t is then
charged that the strikers interfering with the
business of the company in its capacity OF COM
mon carriers; that the company is ready to pay
the strikers what money is due them; that they
have no right on the premises Of the company
except to collect what is due them. and that they
can get the amount through the cashier In Chi
cago.
interfering with trains, pulling out coupling
pins or trying to induce the men now at work to
quit the employ of the road.
The railway company was engaged this morn
ing il endeavoring TO clear the tracks south OF
the wrecked trains which remained there over
night. Nearly all the tracks from Forty-third to
Fifty-ffth street were blocked this morning with
partially overturned cars. All traffic on both the
Lake shore and Rock Island roads was delayed in
consequence of the blockade. By 10 O'Clock the
tracks had been pretty thoroughly cleared.
During the night the round house and other
property of the Lake Shore Road were guarded by
Pinkerton's police and members OF the town OF
Lake police force.
1t was the general expectation that the COM
pany would make another determined effort to
move a train to-day, although in the opinion OF
the officers of the Town of Lake police. the train,
even if taken to the town limits at Englewood,
would probably stick there, the strikers have a
committee at that POINT and the town police can
not afford protection beyond the corner of State
and Sixty third streets. AT this point there are
at least thirty tracks abreast, which are connect
ed by switches and constitute the principal yards
of the Lake Shore Company Even if a train
should get through EnglewoOd, trouble is ex-
pected in passing the South Chicago yards, where
the mass OF people are said to be in sympathy
with the strikers.
Five men stood in superintendent wrights
Office this morning. Two OF them were terribly
battered up. One had bad cut over his eye, his
cheek was swollen and he bore bruises all over
his body. They were demanding their transpOr-
tation back home eve were taken into a rat
hole " sterday," said the worst used up of the
men. 'and lett to De killed. l was taken with
five or six others and left in the rOund-hOuse yes
terday afternoon. There was fellow left with
us who was called detective. About twenty OF
the strikers came in and made rush at US. The
detective skedaddled the FIRST one. There was no
chance for us. The mob was armed with monkey
wrenChes iron bars, coupling pins and with iron
ore. They threw me down, hammered and near
1y killed me. finally got away. l met a police
man, who stopped me, turned me round and
asked me If my throat was cut. told him that 1
had been IN Oboed at FOrtv-third street He asked
me If had taken the place of the strikers. I said
yes. He kicked me, and said Il wish they'd kill
you. am going to my home twenty miles the
other side OF Toledo