Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-11
RIOTOUS STRIKERS
Block Chicago's Street Railways Yes
terdAy.

Block Chicago's Street Railways Yes
terdAy.
CHIAeo, October 1O.-The knights of
Labor Council, in which are represented
all the Knights of Labor in Cook county,
at ameeting last evening adopted resolu-
tions endorsing 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 in
the assembly, composed Of the north side
car men, and tie Executive Board of the
Council was authorized to investigate the
facts and report on them.
The tracks on Centre street in the north
divis on presented peculiar sight this
morning As far as the eye could reach
were piles Of stones, old wagons, great
timbsrs Of all descriptions, and planks laid
aero the tracks and spiked at each end to
the cedar blocks. This condition Of things
extended for nearly mile. At the corntr
Of Orchard and Centre streets last night
were large piles Of stone blocks used in
pSving the streets. This morning they
formed a large pyramid over the tracks
The whole MSS weighs several tons. The
crowd remained on Centre street until
midnight, seemingly filed with f.verish
desire to ipjure on some one or their prop
erty.
Along toward midnight several huge
bon6res were lighted, and around them
collected q dancing, bowling multitude.
Captain Schasck, fearing trouble, ordered
out the police to disperse them. The
squad was soon on the ground. The peo-
pie, with few exceptions, obeyed the order
to 70 home.
This morning men and boys were sgain
at work on Centr tt'est, nerr Orchard,
under the very noses of tie police, WHO
were patrolling the streets in that vicini-
ty, tie curbipg stones were piled on the
tracks. Officers merely laughed at the
work of barricadirg, and joked with the
mea and boys who were at the work. At
Halstead and Centre streets three or four
of the rails of the track were torn mp and
laid crosswise on the track. The same thing
was done at Sedgwick and Centre streets.
Who the perpetrators were or why 1t was
that the police had failed to sse the work
done was not known, and no one seemed
to care. The company put force Of fifty
lsborers on Centre street this morning aud
cleared the stones, boards and other debris
from Il e tracks and relai1 the rails. Cars
were run ont and made their trip down
81, has-o ,Hkarforod Nth hnt
on the return trip the Centre Avenue line
wss found to Re 30 obstructed that it was
decided to 90 up Claybo avenue, and
this was done, no difficulty being encoun-
tered. In anticipation of Q renewal of the
trouble, a large force of new men were
sworn in as spscial officers this morning.
SHOOTING WITHOUT BLooDsHED.
The first trouble Of the day on the West
Side occurrtd this afternoon when man
nsmtd Gubbups, who drove oue Of the cars
Yesterday, drove ont of the Western ave-
nue. bsras. He was at once surrounded
by a crowd of strikers who caught bis
horse by the bride and stopped him with
threats of dragging him from the buggy.
Gubbins drew q revolver and fired one
shot, which caused his sssail ,nts to loost n
their hold and permit him to procte1. He
had proceeded only q short distance when
his buggy was again surrounded and he
sgsin fred two shots, soaring away his
enemies. But they Isiilied again and
third time the occupant of the buggy was
forced 20 use his revolver. This ended the
fia,as, and fortunately without bloodshed.
RIOT ON THE WEST SIDE.
A serious riot WAS prscip;tated on the
West S.dc this afternoon by an attempt to
run car. 1t was attacked with clubs and
stones and several policemen were serious
ly ipinred