Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-13
THAT CHICAGO STRIKE.
THE SITU gTION GETTING WORSE
AND WORSE EYERY HOUR.

Great Excitement All Day Yesterday il
the City-Considerable Rioting, ant
Several Persons Injured by FLYNN,
Stones and INSTRUMENTATION Places
ON The Tracks, Rails Torn Up.
CHICAGO, October 1O.-The strike OF car
men on the North and West divisions con
tinues with no indication Of speedy settle
ment. During the night some of the tracks
in the sympathetic districts OF the NORTH
division were INSTRUCTED by being filled
with all sorts OF household refuse and such
other movable things as came to hand. A
few cars were run out on this division to
the usual accompaniment OF jeers. Nc
attempt has been made rs yet to run cars
in the West Division. Appearances indi-
cate that the cable company will not make
any general effort for the resumption OF
traffic until matters are Quoted down
somehow. The strikers on this division,
who have been through two or three sue.
cessful strikes, exhibit an uglier disposition
than those of the North side. They declare
cars will not be permitted to run and that
if any attempt is made to run them they
win be tumbled into the ditch.
CHICAGO, October 1O.-The tracks on
Centre street, in the north division, pre-
sented a peculiar sight this morning. For
a mile or more they were covered with paw.
obtainable. This al
DONE DURING THE NIGHT.
This morning men and boys were again at
work on Centre street, near Orchard, and
under the very noses of the police curbing
stones were piled on the tracks. The
officers merely laughed at the work OF
barricading. At Halstead and Centre
streets four rails were torn up and laid
crosswise on the track. The same thing
The company put a force of fifty laborers
on the street, cleared away the debris and
relaid the tracks.
The cars were run out aud made a trip
down town without being interfered with,
but ON the return trip the Center street line
was found SO obstructed hat it was decided
to 60 up Clybourne avenue. In anticipation
of q renewal of the trouble a large force of
new men was sworn in this morning as
special officers. The first trouble OF the
day on the West Side occurred this after
noon when a man named Gubbins, WHO
drove one OF the cars yesterday. drove out
of the Western avenue barns The strikers
stopped him, but
A SHOT FROM HIS
scattered them. Three times he was stopped,
and only succeeded in getting through by
INDUCING in a lively fusilade. Nobody was
hurt.
An attempt to run a car on the west side
this afternoon, resulted in a serious riot.
as the car was pulled out of the Western
avenu barns, guarded by half a dozen
policemen, headed by Captain Aldrich. the
crowd stood twenty deep On both sides OF
the car, and the police were arranged on
the inside of these walls OF frantic men.
A stone crashed through the window he
fore the car had proceeded twenty feet.
At the
sECON SHOWER OF STONES
a brick Istruck the driver on the temple.
Captain Aldrich was hit and his scalp cut
open.
Madison street, and there the poles caught
striker in the act OF throwing ID stone.
The man was arrested, but in less than a
j IL = htp@ iti'' va
the policeman and rescued the prisoner.
The car now turned the corner and
down Madison street.
The Infatuated mob followed, throwing
At Leavitt street the mob rushed
out to the street and boarded the car, at
tempting to drag the driver from his posi-
Patrol wagons loaded with police rode
both in front and behind the CAR. The
police dismounted ard charged on the
This time the maddened strikers
held their own and threw stones at the
policemen. One man struck Lieutenant
Shea, aud the officer, pulling his revolver,
fired, but his bullet missed, and the strikers
scatterel in every direction.
A CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE
in the Mayors office this afternoon which
was attended by his honor and 81 commit
tees Of the strikers OF the north and west
divisions. 1t lasted six hours. 1t is I'M
derstood that they made certain comes
sions, based on contingencies, probably on
the approval OF their associations and the
acceptance of President Yerkes. Steps
n ere taken for an immei iate general meet
ing OF the strikers.
Filed for Record Yesterday.