, 1888-10-11
RIOT IN CHICAGO.
Serious Collision Between the
Police and Strikers.
A FEW STREET CARS RUNNING.
They Arc Guarded by u Large Detaoh-
nient Of Police---Tho Small hoy
Takes u Hand.

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.--The two great street
car systems of the West and North sides
are now tied up. the strike on the West
side began this morning as soon as the
last night car was run into the barns.
Nearly three.fourths of the city are without
other means of transportation than footing
il or riding on the extemporized carryall
and express wagons. The bitterness OF
feeling toward the management of Che
lines appears to increase and the conta-
gion gives evidence OF spreading to the
outside elements of the population not
under the strikers control. AT Garfield
and Larrabee streets to-day q number OF
boys laid huge plank across the track
and fastened IL securely with. iron spikes.
When six Garfield avenne cars came from
| their downtown trip they were stopped.
/ The police got out of the patrol wagon,
but did not offer to remove the obstruc-
| ton. The strikers Immediately surround.
ed the cars, aud ds result OF their solici'
| tation three of the new men joined their
\ ranks. The success of this action led
others 20 follow the boys example, and
| riot resulted. The streets were jammed
with "A bowling mob and the tracks were
covered with distractions. The employees
of the road endeavored to remove the
debris, but it was replaced as fast as taken
away.
THE POLICE CHARGE.
Finally the mob became so large and
demonstratiye that the sergeant in COM
mand of the police ordered i charge. The
officers, aggravated somewhat at the stub.
borness of the people, responded with al
acrity. They made II rush and used their
clubs freely Men and boys were hit and
even women were not spared, one woman,
who was particularly demonstrative, be.
ing severely wouAsled by Il club blow on
the head. Altogether about fifteen cars
were run at irregular intervals on the
north side during ,the day. Everywhere
new drivers and conductors were greeted
with hl-ses and approbrious epithets from
the crowds which lined the streets, Alder
man Reisch Of the twentl-third ward took
IA prominent part in a delay which oc.
cerred ut u point where an excavation was
being made under the tracks. the police
men in the first car alighted and pushed
the car over and those on the next car
were about to do the same when Reisch
stepped forward and ordered the officers
to keep their hands off, adding 1T was .
shame to have these scabs run the cars.
The strike in the west division was with
out any special incident during the DAY. a
few cars ~yyr- sent cot oven ,., pf'f'lJ1l
lines late in the afternoon under polil
guard.
A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE.
A disturbance, more serious than those
on the north side, marked the ending Of
the trip on Madison street this evening.
Two cars were approaching Western ave.
nue. ON their return, when the crowd
surged around them in such compact
mass that IL was impossible for the horses
to move, A platoon OF police forced n
way for the leading car, but the one fol-
lowing was brought to Il sudden stop 10y
wooden wedge inserted in the switch by
some person in the crowd. In moment
after il stopped, the vicinity was pande.
m0nium. Stones and sticks were hurled
at the car and the air rang with yells and
curses. flying brick caught Assistant
Superintendent Nagel, who was driving
the ear in the stomach. UtterlnR an oath
ne pulled "a revolver from his pocket and
turned menaciugly towards the crowd.
Ills example was quickly followed 10y the
conductor, but the two men were dis
armed with little ceremony 10y the police.
Nagel lett the car and was immediately
attacked by u Northwestern switcher
named Gleason, who was under the lniiu-
ence Of liquor. This man had to be mer-
cilessly dubbed and then sat upon IN tue
patrol wagon by several officers before he
could be subdued. Others were scarcely
less deterninsd. and but Tor the fact that
all appeared TO be unarmed, the fray
would scarcely have been finished without
loss Of li'r
CntcA0o, oct. 10.--The strike of the
street car men in the north and west di-
visions continues this afternoon with no
indication of speedy settlement. Dur
ing last night, some OF the tracks IN the
sympathetic districts of the north division
were obstructed by being fl ed with all
sorts OF ousehold refuse and such other
movable thiDgl rs came TO hand. few
cars were run out in this division to the
usual accompaniment OF jeers. No at
tempt has been made as yet to run the
cara in the west division. Appear
ances indicate that the company will not
make any general effort for resumption OF
traffic until matters are quieted down
somewhat. The strikers in this division,
who have been through two or three sue
cessful strikes, exhibit an uglier dispose
tion than those of the north side. They
declare the cars will not be permitted to
run and that il the attempt Is made they
will be tumbled into the ditch. The
tracks on Central street in the north dl'
vision presented II peculiar sight this
morning, For a mile or more they were
covered with paving stones and every other
kind of debris obtainable. This was done
u
and boys were again at work on Central
street, near Orchard, under the very noses
OF the police. piling curbing stones on the
tracks. The officers merely laughed ut the
work of barricading. At Halstead anu
Center streets four rails were tonrn up and
laid cross wise on the track, and the same
thing was done at Center and Sedgwick
streets. The company put force OF fifty
laborers on the street, who cleared away
the debris and re.laid the tracks. The cars
were then run out and made trip down
town without being interfered with, but
on the return trip, the Center street line
was found to be so obstructed that ii was
decided to 20 up Clsybourne avenue. In
antici alton Of the renewal OF trouble, a
large force of new men were sworn in this
morning as special officers.
An attempt to run car on the west
side this afternoon resulted in serious
riot. As the car was pulled out OF the
Western Avenue barns, guarded by half
dozen policemen, headed by Captain Aid
rich, a crowd stood twenty deep, on both
sides of the car, and the police was ar
ranged on the inside of these lines. A
stone crashed through the window before
the car had proceeded twenty feet. Ata
second shower OF stones, II brick struck
the driver on the temple. Captain Aid
hch was hit and his scalp cut open. The
car advanced to the intersection of Madi-
son stseet, and there the police caught
striker 70 the act of throwing a stone.
The mon sas arrested, but in less than q
minute 100 Srikers had piled on tho po-
liceman and sescued the prisoner. The
| cur now turnedt the corner and started
down Madison stre>t. The infuriated mot