Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-12
The Strike Situation.
a VERY CRAVE STATE OF AFFAIRS
EXIST.
STRIKERS IN BAD TEMPER.
Many Serious Collisions Occur and a Large
Crop of Broken Heads the Result
Rumors Current that a Settle
ment Is in Progress.

humble of collisions between the police
and the crowds of people surround
ing the car barns, and the temper of the
strikers and their sympathiZers is evil
IDENTIFY becoming more irritable. All day
long the tracks on the North Side were
covered with distractions, which were
renewed as fast as removed, and the po-
lice guarding the cars were forced every
few yards, to charge and dispense the
crowds which gathered in front of the
cars and assailed the ''scab' conductors
and drivers with all sorts of abuse. The
first serious trouble or the North Side
occurred during the fifth trip made by
the Garfield avenue cars. They had
proceeded as far as Indiana street with
out serious difficulty, when they en-
countered a crowd of perhaps one thou
sand people, who had piled distractions
OF the track. A gang of railroad labor
ers were set to work to clear away the
debris when
A FUsILADE w AS COMMENCED
by the crowd. Rocks and clubs and mis-
siles of every description flew through
the air, and when the police, after re-
peated charges, succeeded in dispensing
the crowd it was found that three of the
blaborers were seriously injured. They
were:
Mike Gibbons, cut on the scalp, badly
bruised and seriously injured.
August Anderson, struck with a brick
and face badly smashed.
k Nate Crime, struck in several places
by flying bricks.
They were removed to the hospital.
More trouble was experienced at about
the Same spot at $50. The crowd on the
street had been augmented by persons
returning from work, and at the hour
named probably 5000 people were
packed in the block on Clark street, be-
tween Illinois and Indiana. A.number
OF Garfield avenue cars came along on
their down trip, but were stopped at this
point, where the disorderly element of
the crowd was throwing distractions On
the tracks. Some bold sympathizers of
the strikers got some cedar blocks from
afneighhoring street, and piling them IN
the tracks, poured tar on them. The
mass was then
SET ON FIRE.
1.-THE police endeavored to dispense the
crowd, but the throng was so dense that
their efforts were unavailing. An at
tempt to force the cars through would
probably result in a bloody outbreak.
They were ordered to return to the
UdIlISs mo luIDutE 6uOTGS WGTG tIuaQG "
run cars on the North Side.
On the West Side all was quiet until
about 2 p. M, although large crowds
had gathered around the Western ayenue
barns. AT that hour Messrs. Gubbins
and Carson, two officials of the railway
company, drove out of the barn in a
buggy. Their appearance excited the
wrathiof the crowd, and they were met
by a shower of stones. Both men i'm
mediately =
DREW REyoLyERs AND FIRED
into the crowd, which became excited to
the point of frenzy. The horse became
frightened by the noise and started TO
run, with the strikers in pursuit. The
buggy dashed across Madison street, and
Gubbins and Carson again fired into the
crowd, which fell back and allowed them
to escape. No one was hit by the flying
bullets, but Gubbins and Carson were
captured by the police at Oakley street,
and locked up.
The most stubborn encounter of the
day, however, occurred at A O'Clock,
when an attempt was made to run a car
over the Madison street line. Five thou
sand persons were crowded around the
barn at Western avenue, when the car
was run out and they greeted it's appear
ance with a yell. The crowd had been
thoroughly exasperated by the shooting
affray two hours previous, and it was
evident thatit meant business. The car
had not proceeded ten feet before the
cannonade began, Stores and bricks
rained upon the car fast and furious.
Police Captain Aldrich, who was riding
in his buggy alongside the car, was
struck by a brick and; had his scalp laid
open. The driver of the car, q man
named Hunter, was twice knocked from
the platform by well aimed missiles,
while none of the policemen and report.
ers inside escaped without some bruises
Matters were getting critical. Capt
Aldrieh was covered with blood, SO was
the driver of the car. The mob was yell
ing wildly,