Evening journal., 1888-10-11
STONES AND BULLETS
Frenzied Mobs Running Riot
in Chicago Streets.
ADAY OF WIDEST EXCITEMENT.
strikers obstruet tho Tracks and Pelt the
Cars, Drivers and Police with All sorts
OF Missiles-sIany Heads swollen by 70.
lice Eatons-Etash Company officials.

mrs Drivers ami Eoiice with All sorts
OF missilos-sIany Heads swollen by TO.
lice I;atons--tsash Company officials.
CHICAGO, Oct. lI.-There we're a larp,
number OF collisions between the police and
the crowds Of people Surrounding the cur
barns and on the streets yesterday, and the
temper OF the strikers and their sympathizers
IS evidently hecnming more irritable. All
day long the tracks on the north side were
covered with Instructions which we're re
newed as fast as removed, and the policemen
guarding tho cars were forced, every few
yards, 10 charge and disperae the crowds
which gathered IN front Of the cars and as.
sailed tne "scabN conductors and drivers witt
all sorts of abusa
Ihe lirst serious trot.bla on the north side
occurred during the fifth trip made by The
garfield avenue ocrs. They had proceeded a
tar as Indiana street without serious ditii.
Guilty when they encountered acrowd OF per
haps 900 people VINO had piled obstructions
on the track
A gang Of railroad lahorars were set 4
work to clear away the debris, when a fusi
iade was commenced by the crowd Rocks
clubs aud missiles Of every des ription teN
through the air, and when the police, after
repeated charges, succeeded in dispensing tho
crowd It was found that three Of the lanoren
were seriously injured They were. Mike
Gibbons cut on the scalp and badly bruised
August Anderson, struck with a brick aut
race badly smashed, aud Nate Crime, struck
IN several places by flying bricks. They
were removed 70 the hospital
More trouble was experienced at about tht
same spot AT $50 The crowd on the street
had been augmented by persons returning
from work, and at the hour named probably
5000 paople were PACKED in the block on
Clark street between Illinois aud Iadiana
streets
A number Of Garfield avenue cars came on
their down trip, bat were stopped at thi.
point, where the disorderly element Of the
crowd was throwing distractions on the
tracks. Some bold sympathizers Of the
strikers got some cedar blocks FROM a neigh
boring street and, piling them ON the trucks
poured tar on them. The mass was then sci
ON fire The police ei..leavored 10 disperss
the crowd, but the throng WAS so dense tina;
their efforts were unavailing. and, realizing
that an attempt 70 force the cars through
would probably result in bloody outbreak.
they We're ordered 10 return % the barns
No further efforts were made after this Il
run cars ON the north side.
On the west side all was quiet until about
socioek, although large crowds had gathered
around the Western avenue barns At that
hour Mcssrs Gubbins and Carson. two ntii.
cials nf the railway company, drove out 81
the barn in buggy. Their appearance ex-
cited the wrath IF the crowd and they were
met by shower Of stones. Both men i'm.
mediately drew revolvers and fired into tile
crowd, which became excited to the point ol
frenzy
The horse became frightened by the noise.
and started 70 run, with the strikers IN pur.
suit. The buggy dashed across tho street
and Guhbins and Carson again firel into the
crowd, which fen back and allowed them te
escape. No one was hit 10y the flying bullets,
but Gubbins and Carsoa were captured bv
the police at Oakley street and locked up.
The most stubborn encounter OF the day.
however, occurred at o'clock when an a.
tempt was made 20 run a car over the Mad.
isun street line Five thousand persons weft
crowded around the barn at Western avenue
when the car was run out, and they greeted
its appearance with yell The crowd had
been thoroughly exasperated by the shooting
aifray two hours previous, and Il was evi.
dent that 1t meant business The car har
not proceeded ten feet before the cannonadt
began. Stones AMI bricks rained upon th4
ear fast and furious Police CAPTAIN AID
rich, who was riding in his buggy alongside
the car, was struck by a brick and lad his
scalp laid open. The driver Of the ear. q
man named Huxter, was twice knockef
from the platform by well aimed missiles
and none OF the policemen aud reporters in
side escaped without some bruises.
Matters We're getting critical Cant AID.
rich
driver Of the car. The mob was yelling
wildly, "Knl the scab "Shoot himw .Haue
himm "Siuash his fgcen Bricks and stone
were flying thick and fast The police al,
peared TO be total unequal to tie crowd
and for time there weru reasons why the
attempt 70 take the car down Madison street
might have been prudently abandoned. but
it was not Fighting their way foot hy foot.
the police gradually made way against the
crowd, which fell away by degrees as the cai
proceeded eastward, until by the time Oak
ley street was reached nothing harder than
curses were being hurled at the vehicle ane
its occupants.
The "Trip down town was accomplished
without interruption, bat when Ashland
avenue was reached ON the return trip tn
trouble began again. Tho turbulent GROVE
encountered when the car first started oul
was again met and the mob contested eyery
inch Of the ground. Lieut. Shea had to order
a charge, and the police did some more club
bing Another charge had to be made al
Western avenue, and finally, clubbing righ
and left, the officers succeeded in running Ia
sar into the harm.
The railway officials wanted to run ou
another car but Capt Aldrich, in view 81
the coming darkness and the evident la
temper OF the mob, decided that such an at
Tempt would be unwise, and the barns were
.ocked up for the night A large crop 81
broken heals resulted from the trip, but Il i
not known that any were dangerously hurt
conference was held last night between
Mayor Roche and committees representina
the north and west side strikers, with view
TO a settlement OF tie strike. Mayor Roch.
declined to say what had been done. The
street car men said that they would report
the result of the conference to the meeting
Of the strikers, who were waiting TO heal
from them, but deemed to say anything fol
pubiicatiom
A large number Of extra police have beer
sworn in, and distributed at points where th
greatest trouble is anticipated this afternoon
Another Monument at Gettysburg.
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