Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-11
THE REDS ARE THERE
Anarchists Nay Take Advantage OF
the Chicago Strike.
SEVERAL SMALL RIOTS.
The Police Use Their Clubs Freely, but
More Trouble Is Feared-The Strik-
ers Indorsed by the knights.
The Signs of the End.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE striking North
Side car men have had a secret meeting.
The committee which conferred with Presi-
dent Yerkes reported, and its action was APP
proved. 1t was resolved TO invite no further
conference with Mr.. Yerkes. After the Sc
cret session there was public meeting
The Chicago Seamen's Benevolent union
has adopted resolutions expressing sympathy
with the strikers and offering aid.
Some of the men who came here from
Philadelphia and have since gone over to the
strikers say that the situation was misrepre-
sented to them; that they understood they
were merely to be employed on a new cable
line. They profess to have left good places
in. Philadelphia and are very angry at the
treatment they have received from President
Yerkes' company.
ddlers who sympathize with the strikers
have already made trouble for the compa-
MES Boys began it by mailing planks across
the tracks ON Garfield avenue. In this way
and by the piling on of debris six cars were
obstructed and a block was caused. The ave-
nue. soon filed up at the junction of Orchard
street with. noisy mob bent ON mischief
I The police made charge and piled their
clubs right and left. Several men got their
heads broken, and one woman, who had been
particularly demonstrative, was hurt. Three
men We're caught spiking rails and were
locked up.
Superintendent Nagel was attacked by a
crowd in the evening He seems to be an OBJ
ject of hatred to the strikers and their friends.
The superintendent was driving car ON a
down town trip. The platform was filled
with policemen. Suddenly the car came to a
full stop, running against wooden wedge
that had been inserted in the Western avenue
switch near Halstead street An ugly crowd
gathered at once, and stones and sticks were
soon flying through the air.
Nagel was struck in the stomach by q brick
He drew pistol, but Police Lieut.. Shea
wrenched it from hins. Nagel then jumped
off the car, and immediately received blow
in tlfc~ja jaw from a nlun in the crowd. The
latter was overpowered by the police and car
ried away in patrol wagon. He was John
Gleason, a Chicago and Northwestern switch
man.
One of the local papers has report that a
meeting of Anarchists was held Tuesday
afternoon to lay plans for taking advantage
of the general turmoil of the strike The idea
of 'terroriziug the capitalists by resort to
dynamite is said to have been discussed
Fourteen persons are reported as being
present at the meeting. One Johann Wulff,
Il IA
by a committee of which Justus Schwab is
chairman, is represented as having been the
leading spirit
The Knights of Labor council, in which are
represented all the Knights of Labor in Cook
county, 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
general executive board, at Philadelphia, of
the trouble III the assembly which is COM
posed of the north side car men, and the ex-
ecutive board of the council was authorized
to investigate the facts and report on them.
A feature of the debate was that although
a majority of the council is composed of the
most conservative among the Knights of
Labor, the only fault they had to find with
the officers of the Garments assembly was that
they did not strike a week ago instead Of
giving three days grace
The strike in the north and west divisions
shows no signs of settlement. During the
night some of the tracks in the north division
were obstructed with all sorts of household
refuse and other movable things. The OBJ
structions extended a considerable distance.
Six cars were run out in this part of the
city in the morning to the usual accompani-
ment of jeers, but no open acts of violence
have been reported since those already men,
toned. The impression prevails, however,
that the police will have much more trouble
in preserving order from this time ON than
they have thus far had.
No attempt has been made as yet to run
cars in the west division. The barns all re-
main locked, and the stablemen, except
enough of them to care for the horses, have
been discharged. The strikers in this divi-
sion, who have been through two or three
successful strikes, exhibit an uglier disposi
tion than those of the North Side
They declare that the cars win not be per-
mitted to run, and that if they are started