St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-30
Several Persons Were Badly
Used Up by the Unrea-
SOnable Mob.
Division Superintendent Bees
ley Gets Two Black Eyes
and Other Injuries.
Employees of the st. Paul Quit
WOrk--Other Strike
News.

ouCOullGeT between Tile SyLlpdtIllZcIS VI
the striking Switchmen and the men
who have replaced them, took place at
4:30 this afternoon, when 20" switch
engine and its crew attempted to trans
fer some freight cars to the Northwestern
tracks. A crowd of switchmen of other
roads were about the place and began to
jeer at the new men on the ''Q'' engine.
When the train reached KinZie street
and Western avenue it ran off a switch
that had been turned, and number of
cars were ditched. The mob then set
upon the crew of the engine and train,
and the fireman and engineer took to
their heels, getting numerous cuffs as
they escaped. The new switchmen fol-
lowed suit and were pursued and
roughly used by the crowd, which was
made up of the toughest kind of citi-
Zens. The Pinkerton men, of whom
there were six OF eight on the train, at
tempted to protect the trainmen, but the
mob set upon them with savage glee and
disarmed them in twinkling. They
were powerless, and after making a few
efforts to defend themselves. took to
flight to escape the drubbing they were
receiving at the
HANDS OF THE FURIOUS MOB.
Several of the Pinkerton men were
hurt, and one of them is thought to have
sustained serious injuries. On the same
train was Division Superintendent John
Beesley, of the Burlington. When the
trouble commenced he hurried to the
front and some one in the crowd recOg-
niZed him. The disclosure of his iden-
tity was the signal for the mob to fall
on him and beat him. The attack came
from all sides, and it was only after
having been badly used up that he
escaped and ran to switch house,
where he locked himself in and escaped
further punishment. The riot created
great excitement and the Pinkerton
men and officers flocked to the scene.
The mob quickly dispersed, however,
and only one man was arrested. His
name was William Quirk, and he is
locked up at the West Madison street
police station. Police were ordered to
the scene Of the disturbance from nearly
all the stations. Quirk, who was ar
rested by the police, was Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul sWitchman. His
arrest
PRECIPITATED A STRIKE
of III switchmen, twenty-eight engin-
GERS and twenty-eight tiremen of the
Chicago, Milwaukee e st. Paul road.
When it was known that Quirk was ar
rested, crowd followed him to the
West Madison street station and en-
deavored to get him released. Numer-
Gus offers of bail were made, SIS, 900 surety
for his appearan ce being offered and re-
fused. He was locked up. When the
crowd realized that their cOmrade had
to remain in the police station the Mil
waukee & st. Paul men in their rage,
decided to strike and Immediately de-
serted their engines. The whole yard
force of switchmen, engineers and
firemen, 227 in all, quit work, leaving
twenty-eight engines standing on
the tracks. 1t is rumored
the brakemen of the same road
will go out tonight. The strikers say
particularly friendly to the Burlington
and they have been ready and willing to
quit for some time. Division Superin-
tendent Beesley, who took refuge from
the mob in switch house,
HAD BOTH EYES BLACKED
and was very badly bruised up. The
firemen and engineers of the train
which was attacked were also badly
pounded. When asked about the COM
pany's position in regard to the riot,
Mr.. Morton, of the 90 said: 1T was
an unfortunate affair, but it was not
wholly unexpected, as the company had
anticipated trouble of this kind.
He said, however. that he did
not think it would occur again
as the company would try to prevent
repetition of anything of the kind. An
extra edition of an evening paper says:
A meeting of 500 engineers, firemen and
switchmen was held at Fourth and
Jefferson streets this afternoon. There
were representatives from all the roads
present. and it was resolved that
general boycott be declared against
Burlington freight on all roads. The
sentiment was expressed that the Bur-
lington road had gone too far. There
was no reason why the engineers de-
mandS should not be complied with.
They were reasonable and the time had
come to enforce them.
AGAIN AT WORK.
The strike of the St. Paul men came
to an end as quickly as it had begun.
At $50 p. m. two officials of the St.
Paul company succeeded in having
Quirk released ON bail. He went at
once to where the strikers were in ses-
sion, and was greeted with enthusiasm.
His presence put the men in good
humor, and it was speedily agreed that
resumption of work was the proper
course to pursue. By9p. m. the men
were again at their posts and everything
on the st. Paul was moving along as
smoothly as though nothing untoWard
had happened.