The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
A FATAL TERMINATION.

Ne Chicago Strike EAds in killing ~
Pinkertoa's Men.
CHICAGO Oct 90.-The stock yasds
strike, which promised to pass into his.
tory - bloodless one. has been attended
BY q sacrifice Of human life. Terry Begley
and another man being MORALLY wounded BY
Pinkerton men yesterday afternoon and
some one hundred and fifty OF the latter
beng arrested to await disposition on
charge Of murder, but all but six were 70
leased. Armour & Co.'S imported work.
men, three or four hundred In number,
went out yesterday morning. They had
made up their minds that they did not care
to remain any longer II the old hands were
to come back. The report Of their fears
was communicated to Mr.. Cudahy, who as
sured them Of protection II they desired to
while protection might protect for awhile.
the other butchers would ultimately make
it 80 unpleasant for them that they would
be unable to work there long and that they
had better quit at once. A train was tele.
graphed for and before twelve o'clock the
last non-uniOn man had left the premises
As they were being loaded on the train the
chief clerk at ArmOur's main Office told the
men to remember their numbers on the
rolls and assured them II at any time within
the next two years they wanted work they
would be given the preference.
The men were put on the Lake Shore
train, the butchers In the front cars, the
PinkertOn guards who had been relieved
from duty in the three at the rear end. The
latter had their rifle muzzles pointing out Of
the windows. There was stop ut Halstead
and FOrtieth streets to attach other cars,
and the train was switched back some little
distance. Quite crowd of curious people
had assembled, and as the inmates of the
train were recognized there were some jeer.
ing remarks made. As the train repassed
this point PinkertOn man pushed HE
rifle out. Aiming at the crowd, and,
raising the hammer. the man fired his
weapon and Terry Begley fell MORALLY
wounded. The noise of the explosion
caused excitement In and out of the cars
In moment It was followed by . regular
volley from the other riflemel, and the
crowd, which was largely composed Of
school children, fled In . panic. In the
flight man fell and was hastily carried
away by his friends He also was wounded.
Tie train steamed on. Captain Marley, of
the Town of Lake police, was at hand with
few men and would have arrested the
man he saw fire the shot, but feared to stop
tho train as riot might have resulted. He
teleph0ned to the Twenty-second street
station, however, and when the train
reached there 1t was boarded by detach-
mont Of Chicago police, who placed
all the specials under arrest Whei
the train reached the terminal poin
at Van Buren, station there was another
squad of police from the Harrison street
station, reinforced by detectives, and the
whole crowd wss marched to the armOry.
Captain Markey teleph0ned in that he
could identify the man who shot Begley
and his presence was anxiOusly awaited.
Begley, who was taken to his home at Elm.
erald avenue and Forty-second street. was
still living late last evening, but his death
was almost monlentarily expected. He
was q weIl-todo employing teamster, ell
gagged about the yards, had wife and fam
lily and took no part In the strike.