The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-11
HOT FIGHTS AT CHICAGO.
The Temper of the Strikers Growing
Worse


CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-The striking North
Side car men held a secret meeting last
night. The committee which conferred
with President Yerkes reported, and its ac-
tion was approved. 1t was resolved to in
vito no further conference with President
Yerkes. After the secret session there was
public meeting.
| Some of the men who came from Phila-
| delphia and have since gone over To the
! strikers claim that the situation was mis-
| understood they were to be employed on
the new cable line and not that they we're
| to take strikers places They profess to
| have left good places i'll Philadelphia, and
| express themselves as very angry at the
treatment they have received from the COM
pany.
The knights of Labor council, in which
are represented all the knights Of Labor in
Cook county at meeting last evening
adopted resolutions indorsing the action OF
the striking street car men and promising
them moral and financial support. The
officers were instructed to inform the gene
raj executive board ut Philadelphia Of the
trou 10 in tho assembly composed OF the
North Side IN II, aud the executive board Of
the council was authorized TO investigate
the facts aad report on them.
NO SIGNS or A SETTLEMENT.
The strike III the north and west divisions
shows no signs of speedy settlement.
During the night some of the tracks in the
sympathetic districts were obstructed by
being filled with all sorts of household refuse
and such other movable things as came to
hand. II presented the appearance of con-
certed action and was not confined to a
single point, but exteded for considerable
| distance
The barns all remained locked, and the
stablemen, except enough of them TO care
for the horses, have been discharged. The
strikers in the West Side division, who have
been through two or three successful strikes,
exhibit an ugrer disposition than those Of the
North Side. They declare that cars will
not be permitted to run, and that IL the at
temp is made they will be tumbled into the
ditch.
PUT TO FLIGHT BY PISTOL.
On the West Side this afternoon the
strikers surrounded and attacked a man
named Gubbins, who drove one of the cars
yesterday. They seized his horse and
threatened TO drag him from buggy In
which he was riding. He fired revolver
over their heads and frightened them away,
and was compelled to defend himself
second and third time in the same manner.
A serious riot occurred at the same place
later in the afternoon when a car was
pulled out of the western avenue barn,
Rurued by nail dozen pollcefnen. Inc
car and driver were pelted with stones.
Police Captain Aldrich had his scalp cut
open. The police caught one striker In the
act of throwing Il stone. The man was
arrested but in less than a minute 100
strikers had piled on the policemen and
rescued the prisoner. The car proceeded,
the mob following throwing stones. At
Leavitt street n mob rushed out TO the street
and boarded the car attempting to drag
the driver from his position. A patrol
wagon load Of police rode both in front and
behind the car. They dismounted and
charged the crowd. This time the mad
dened strikers held their own and threw
stones at the blue coats.
PLUcKY LIEUTENANT.
One man struck Lieut.. Shea, and the Of
ficer foil wed his man through the crowd.
He pulled his revolver while running and
took deliberate aim, fired, but his bullet
missed, and the strikers scattered in every
direction. From that time on there was
not any missiles thrown. The car advanced
10 the South Side and returned without
further attack.
Everywhere that any attempt was made
TO run cars, the tracks were obstructed
with every conceivable thing. Planks
were laid acsoss the track and spiked at
each end. Paving blocks, building mate
rial and earth from cellar excavations were
piled on the track. Many rails wero torn
up and laid across tue track and boufires
were built on the tracks. There is no ces-
sation Of these demonstrations.