Telegram-herald., 1888-10-11
POLICEMEN CLUBS
wARuke STREET CAS- EMPLOYEES
The GhiesEo strike Becoming ssrious--
fSliosalsn charge the Cro~ds s-stsass
Tbrowa sad Pistols ftrea-
hoFe 9rogbIs Feared.

CHIcsoo. Oct i0.--The tracks Oh Center
at 10 the North Division. presented pc
euliAr sight this morning. As fsf ss ths
eld wagons. great tiH bers OF all desofip-
tons aud plsuks laid across the tracks and
spiked at each end 20 the cedar hiocss-
This condition Of things extended fOr near
ly mile. Al tie corner OF Orchard and
Center sis. last night there were large piles
OF stone blocks used in paving the street
This morning they formed larse pyramid
over the tracks. Tia whole msss weighed
seyersi tons.
a crowd remained on Center-st. until
midnight. seemingly filed With ieyerish
desire 10 iniure some one or BIS properly.
Along toward midnight several huge bon
fires were lighted and around them c0iiec-
ted q dancing, houling multitude. Captain
ShEsck. tearing trouble ordered out the %.
lice TO cispSrss them. squad was sOOn
on the ground. The people. with lev
exceptions obeyed the order 10 60 home.
This morning men aud BOYS were again
al work on CenieT-st., near Orchard.
Under the very noses OF the police, who
were pstfoling TIE ar eets in that vicinity.
stone. were piled upon the tracks. TIE
officers merely laughed at the work Of bar
ricndine and iokrd with the men and boys
who were al WORK Al Hslstesd snd Cen
ter.s.s three or four oi the rails of the track
were torn up aud laid crOsswise on the
track. The same thing was done NJ eedge-
wick and centeT-sts. Who the perpetrators
were, or Why it was that the police Jailed 70
see the work done, is not known asd DO
one seemed 10 care
The company put force Of fifty laborers
on Center-st. this morniug and cleared the
nes, boards and other debris from the
tracks aud relaid The rails. Cars were III
out aud mace the trip down town withou 1
being interfered with. but on the retur
trIp the Centrsl-sve. line Was found TO be 50
obslructed that il was decided 10 20 up CIV
bourne-aye, aud this we done, no difficulty
being encountered.
In anticipation Of the renewal Of trouble.
a lsTge force Of new men were sworn ia a.
special officers this morning.
There were a isrge number OF collisions
between the police and the crowds Of people
surrounding the car barns and on tDe
streets today, and the temper Of the strikers
and their sympzthiEers is evidently becom-
ing more irritable. On the North Side the
tIacks were obstructed al every step. and
the police had frequent occasion to clear
away the crowds which obstructed the pas-
sage of cars. The most serious trouble oc-
Cured about 5 o clock on the North Clark
ST. line near lnaiAna-st, where gang OF
laborers who were clearing the debris from
the tracks were assaulted By a moo who
peted them with all manner Of missiles
until the police chsigso the ciosd Nike
Gibbons, August Anderson aud Nate Crim.
three Of the labOrefs. were carried of
seriously injured. Al $50 the Gsrfeid-sve
oarns. As il was evident that an attempt 10
| force them through the crowd would osase
| q bloody outbreak. No cars were run after
dark.
On the West Side the first trouble oc-
Cured about o'clock, when Nessrs. Glib
| bins and Carson. two ihcisis Of
| the railway company. drove out OF
| Western barns IN buggy aud
| were met with a shower OF stones.
| They at once drew pistols and fired into the
| crowd. which pursued them for several
| blocks. Although 10 one Wa hurt by the
| fving bullets. The crowd was 80 snrsged
| that 6ribsln's aud Carson's lives were prob
| ably ssve3 only by the heetness Of their
horse They we're arrested and locked up
q short time later.
The most stubborn encounter OF the day.
| on either side Of the river, wa 81 o clock,
| when an attempt war made 20 start q cal
| from the Western-sve. barns. The car nc
| sooner appeared outside the barn than =
shower OF stones crushed into IT, breaking
every window aud w0undiDg several OF The
| police who were on board. Lieutenant
| Shea ordered . charge and toe crowd tenn
| porarily driven hack and the police returned
to the car. No sooner bad they done 90
| however than stones BEGAN 10 hy and Z
second charge was made. This time The
| crowd. which Numbered fulv 1000 held itl
| ground and the police hs5 10 hgbt ever
| inch 81 ground Of The way % oakley q
| CAPTAIN hidrich was struck " IA . boz icei
and kDo ted from his buggy. sDd the Other
policemen were more or lsss injured Al
the car struggled down town the Grove
gradually fell svsy, arc by the time Hal
siesd-st vas reschsd there wD ~
stone-thrOwiDg or fighting. Many crack .
heals were lsfi beb nd ss result 81 ib'
frequent cbsrxss By toe police. The ca
went on % stsis-st aDg turned. and aso
| got a. FAR ss Asblsno-svs on the ret9rp
| trip vhen The SAM scenes began 70 % re
pssted and from Asbiand-svs. - the barns
tbs police again bs6 20 Eesp their clubs "
/ constant r,lsy At Western ave. the crovC
hsd 10 - chsrgeo repeatedly IN order =
ges The csr bscE into ihs barn. and vbei
| tbs wss fDsi y accomplished { vas decd
sd - make 10 fBrtssr sttsm pa " run car
t0niehL
The feeling tonight 10 That tomorrow o.
see svsa more serious trouble, unless ksro
| Roche vno mas csilsd for confsrencs 20
tween the "a rosS sfi3csls and the strikers
can sIsof some sort o. compF0niss O
truce