Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-01
THREATENING.
A TERRIBLE RIOT ALMOST PRECIPITATED,
YESTERDAY,
At ChlCagO--Srikers and WOrkmsn Of
During Dinner Hour Assault the
Guards With Stones and Clubs.
STRIKERS Arrested.


loads of PinkertOn men arrived at Root
street shortly after o'clock this morning
and business was Immediately started by
the Lake Shore Company. The entire
PinkertOn force, with the exception of
dozen men, are now armed with rifles and
squad is sent out with every train and ac-
companies it to COletown. The trouble at
the stock yards, last evening, while not of
serious nature in itself, is loOkedupOn by
the officials rs an indication Ofa new source
of danger. The employees of the packing
houses, who number in the neighbOrhOOd
of ten thousand, are in thorough sympathy
with the strikers, and, rs they
now leave work at 4:3O o'clock in the
afternoon, their presence in the neighbOr
hood of the track is thought to be some-
what menacing to the company's interests,
The switchmen employed by the other
roads in the stockvardS are not trusted
implicitly by the Lake Shore officials who
are of the opinion that any one of them
would embrace any opportunity Of turning
switch under moving train. From
Chicago to MilIers Station, Indiana. a dis
! tancc of 80 miles, the fences switch houses
and telegraph poles are decorated with
posters in which the Lake Shore Company
offers
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
for the arrest and conviction Of any one
violating that section of the statutes which
prohibits interference with the property of
il railroad company by any outsider. The
strikers laugh a; the notice and think il
absurd to suppose that any of their num-
her would turn inlorner for the sake of
any reward
Ehgino 4GS. escorted by thirty special
policemen, at II o'clock this morning, was
sent into the stock yards. On arriving
near the packing house:
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
prevailed. Every window ot the packing
houses was crowded with workmen who
yelled offensive epithcts at the guards. II
waS feared that there would be trouble
when the wOrkmen went to dinner ut l.
o'clock The Lake Shore engine which
was attached to 4 tool car and c;Ibaosc, was
stopped behind the Chicago Packing and
Provision Co. 5 slaughter house by train
OF ears in front oI the packing house.
When the whistles blew the signal for
the dinner hour, crowd OF at least
two thousand employees gathered
in the vicinity. The windows
of the packing house Immediately
beside the train were thrOngcd with work
men who began to yell ut the officers AMI
ina few moments the widest excitement
prevailed Some oilal was thrown from
the windows aud struck one of the three
Pmkcrton men who were on top Of the car
This WAS the signal for 4
SHOWER OF STONEsAND CLUE5,
which were thrown from the windows and
roofs of the building Officer Bcglcy was
struck on the jaw by one Of the clubs and
was seriously injured. The rinkerton men
raised their rifles to shoot hat were Te-
strained by 7 Deputy Sheriff. 4 shot at
that time world urdouhtcdlv have precipi-.
tatcd serious riot rhc crowd was
finally broken up when the whistles sum
mancd them back to work at 1890 o'clock.
The train was started up and moved be
hind ArmOurs and Murphy's packing
houses amid 4 shower Of missiles, which
did no damage.
Two Pinkcrt0n officers, Gc0rg EdmundS
and man known as ''lIarryG stationed
ut the long Bridge, half a mile from
South Chicago, heard a shot II few hundred
yards up the track at $50 o clock last night.
Harry went mp to see what the trouble
was, leaving Edmunds Ia guard the
bridge. Three mcn were standing on the
track, and when Harry ordered them to
move on, they attacked him. He drew his
revolver aud fired one shot, which mace a
hole through the right leg of one of the
fellows, Just below the knee. The name
of the injured man could not he learned, as
his companions carried him away immc-
diatcly.
FOUR STRIKERS ARRESTED.
Four strikers were arrested at > o'clock
this afternoon. after being fired at 10y a
Pinkerton man. They pushed a flat car
in front ola moving train and attempted to
throw switch.