The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-11

denly inserted in the Western avenue
switch by one Of the mob. Superin-
tendent Maggie was the driver of the
car and he seemed to be the object of
special dislike from the strikers and
their sympathiZerS. In a moment after
the car stopped the vicinity was pam
demonlum, stones were hurled at the
car, and the
AIR RANG WITH WELLS AND CURSES.
A flying brick caught the superin-
tendent in the stomach, and uttering
an oath he pulled a revolver from his
pocket and turned toward the crowd.
Conductor Harris, who had been dis
charged by the company for cause long
previous to the strike, but re-employed
in the emergency, quickly followed the
example OF the superintendent. The
sharp click as the two cooked their
weapons was the signal for an uneX-
pected incident. Police Lieutenant
Shea was seen to grasp Nagle and by
main strength and force got the pistol
from him. You d--n fool, what do
you mean?" blurted out the lieutenant5
Harris was disarmed with as little GER
emony. Nagle left the car and when
off his guard for moment received
"A STUNNING BLOW IN THE JAW
from heavy built man, who was
under the influence of liquor but none
the less powerful for that. A general
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his aSSailant were roughly handled.
The latter, a Chicago s. Northwestern
switchman named John Gleason, had
to be dubbed and then sat upon in the
patrol wagon bya half dozen policemen
before he could be subdued. Others
were scarcely less determined, and
but for the fact that all appeared to be
unarmed, the fray would scarcely have
been finished without the sacrifice of
M nf fgV.
one on either side was injured danger
Ously.
JOINING THE STRIKERS.
CHICAGO, Oct. IO.-The striking
north side car men had a secret meet
| ing last night. The committee which
conferred with President Yerkes re-
ported and its action was approved.
The men who came here from Phila-
| delphia have since gone over to the
strikers, and claim that the situation
| was misrepresented to them; that they
were to be employed on a new cable
line and not that they were to take the
| strikers places. They profess to have
left good places in Philadelphia and
express themselves as very angry at
the treatment they have received from
the company.
AN INVESTIGATION AUTHORIZED.
The Knights of Labor council in
which are represented all Knights of
Labor in Cook county, at a meeting
last evening adopted resolutions en-
| dOrsing the action of the striking
street car men, and promising them
moral and financial support. The Off
GERS were instructed to inform the
general executive board at Philadel-
phia of the trouble in the assembly
composed of North Side car men. The
executive board of counsel was author
lied to investigate the facts and re.
port on them. The strike in the north
and west divisions show no signs of q
a speedy settlement. During the
night some of the tracks in sympathet-
ic diztricts were DISTRACTED.
oBsTRUCTING THE TRACK.
The tracks on State street in the
nerth division presented a peculiar
sight this mOCniEg. AS far as the eye
could reach were piles of stones, oil
wagons, great timbers of all descrip
tions and planks laid across the rail-
and spiked at each end to cedar blocks
This condition of things extended TO
nearly a mile. AT the corner of Or
| chard and Center streets last night wer
large piles of stone blocks used in paw
ing the streets and this morning the,
formed large pyramid over the tracks
The whole mass weighed several tons
The crowd remained on Center stree
until midnight, seemingly filed with
feverish desire to inflict injury on som
one or their property. Along towart
midnight several huge bonfires Wer
lighted and around them collected
bowling multitude. Captain Schaacl
fearing trouble ordered out the polio
to dispense them and the squad wa
soon on the ground. The people, will
few exceptions, obeyed the order to g
home. This morning men and boy
were again at work on Center and nea
Orchard
UNDER THE VERY NOSES OF THE POLICE
who were patrOlling the streets in tina
vicinity. Curbing stones were pileC
on the tracks. The officers merel,
laughed at the work of barricading anC
joked with the men and boys VIII,
we're at work. at Halstead anC
: Centre streets three or four rods O
track were torn up and laid crosswist
on the track. The same thing wal
done at Sedgewick and Centre streets
The company put a force of fit
laborers on Centre street this morning
and cleared the stones, boards an(
other debris from the tracks and relaiC
the rails. The cars were run out ant
made three trips down town without
being interfered with, but on the re
turn trip the Centre avenue line wa.
found to be so obStructed that it wal
decided to go up Clyburn avenue, M
difficulty being encountered. In antic
ipation of renewal of trouble large
force OF new men were sworn in a:
special officers this morning.
USED HIS REVOLVER.
The first trouble of the day on the
west side occurred this afternoon
when man named Gubbins, whC
drove one of the cars yesterday, drove
; out of the Western avenue barns. He
was at once surrounded by a crowd Of
strikers, who caught his horses by thu
brides and stopped him. with threats
of dragging hun from the buggy. Cub
bins drew his revolver and fired one
shot, which caused the men to let e
and permit him to proceed. He
had proceeded only a short distance
when his buggy was again surrounded
He again fired two shots, soaring away
his enemies, but they rallied up agar
third time and the occupant of the
buggy was forced to use his revolver
This ended the fracas fortunately
without bloodshed.