The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-10
Details of Yesterdays Troubles.

Special 90 the Indianapolis Jousnal
CHICAGO, Oct 9-The first blood in the
street-car strike was drawn to-day, and dozen
barricsdes, score or more Of broken heads and
half dozen arrests aro placed to the credit Of
the fourth day of the strike, while tonight
the feeling not only among the strikers but on
the part of the laboriDg classes generally is SO
decidedly ugly that unless there are develop
ments in the interest Of peace and order within
the next twenty four hours it is more than
probable that the scenes and history Of four
years ago will be more than repeated. In the
main, this condition of affairs is due TO the
action of the management Of the West-side
lines in attempting to resume travel this after
noon. Moro than once or twice between s
o'clock and noon it was stated by
Manager Parsons that no effort
would be made to put the lines
In operation until the trouble On the North ST
had been adjusted. This was all that the
strikers wanted, and they were satisfied.
Within two hours after the last Of these declara-
tions had been made, however, O half dozen
cars, manned by imported men, sent over from
the North Side, were started out of the barns.
The news that this step had been taken.epread
like widfre over the North and South divisions,
and the excitement among the strikers, and the
to fever heat. At every crossing along the
route, OF two miles or 30, large crowds bad
sssemb bed, aud the appearance OF the cars, with
their loads OF police officers, was the signal for
''scab," shame and rats" But the
officers, much 20 their credit, and in
total disregard OF the precedent set
four years ago. bors the attacks
with eauanimity. and simply smiled at the ex-
oerated throngs The cars proceeded down
iatison street amid this unpleasant chorus. but
beyond one arrest. at the corner of Fifth avenue
and Madison street. tho police were not called
on TO act When the cars had reached the West
eru-avenue barns on the return trip. however,
the troubs was resumed. Several hundred
strikers and their adherents had ccngregsted in
the locality, and Superintendent Nagle, who
stood at the barn-doors, ready TO give admission
20 the cars, was singled out as the especial OBJ
~ tho patrol-osx for the police. but he had
hardly dCEs so--~hSn- jack Gisason, n asavy,
muscular switchman on the Northwestern road,
sprang forward and struck him a severe blow in
the face, Telling him the ground
This was the signal for a gen
eral rush OF the strikers to the barns and
. riot seemed imminent Fortunately. at this
moment Captain Aldrich, with a detachment Of
police. appeared on the scene, and Gleason,
meanwhile fighting like q tiger. was dragged
into the barn, the officers clubbing him at every
step.
There was great irritation on the North Side,
where the crowds had been apgered by ths
clubbing OF women and men by the police at
the corner of Garfield avenue and Orchard
street Near the car barns the tracks we're COW
cred with all manner OF obstructions, and the
four cars which were running under police pro-
lection were stopped every few feet until the
track could be cleared. The crowd kept
up a constant rear Of epithets and vitu
peratiou, and the imported men were evidently
greatly relieved when, after few brushes
with the crowd, the police cleared the way to
the barn, and the cars were locked up for the
night During the confusion q man said 10
have been attorney Furthman, the counsel for
the road, had a narrow escape from being
mo5bed. He saw little boy, about ten years
old, bending over the road, and, Jumping to tho
conclusion that he was about to pick up stone,
the man sprang from his buggy, and, after LASH
ing the child with his whip, dragged him into
the buggy and drove off at furious pace, pur-
sued for some distance by the crowd.