Omaha daily bee., 1890-04-26
ANOTHER LIFE SACRIFICED
Thomas Gilmore, a Nom Union Man, Fatally
Injured By Strikers,
MURDBROUs OUTBREAKS REPORTED.
\ Conference Agreed Upon Between
Committees from the Carpenters
and the New and old
BOSSrS.

losses.
Cuc,Go, April -. Special Telegram to
TnE BEE. Reports show thrty-iwo in.
stances of violence on the part of the striNcrs
today in us many different parts OF the city,
and not content with killing nou-unon men
the strikers have now turned their attention
TO the destruction Of property.
Yesterday squads OF strikers paradcd the
outskirts and warned the contractors that any
work executed by non.union men would bc
torn to pieces ou the morrow. The police de-
partmcnt was notified of this threat. but
Mayor Crcgier declined to afford property
owners the requisite protection and the strik-
crs were left free - wrral their will. As u
result, in many parts OF the city today floor
ing porrhcs and other work that
yesterday been done was torn to pieces aud
scattered broadcast by the strikers, after the
non-uuion men had been beaten ana driven
from the place
Another life was sacrificed TO the fury of
the mob today, and Thomas Gilmore, u non
union carpenter. lies ut his home fatally iN-
jurcd Gilmore started from his home this
morning his destination being the house of -
private family, where he intcn dCd making
some necessary repairs on the roofing work
and exactly IN iis line, and he therefore
thought he could perform the work without
being mulCstCd.
Gilmore had no sooner got on the street
than he was spotted hy the "pickct' COM
mittcC of the Carpenters union and followed
by half Il dozen of thrm. They logged the
rnan until he was Within Il hundred wards of
the place he intended working at, when six
of the strikers rushed up from behind. With
out warning or even asking the dcGcnscicss
man whore he was going, the tools We're
knocked from his hands By one. and another
struck him violent blow in the neck, Telling
him TO the ground
The strikers then literally jumped upon
the PROSTATE carpenter, kicking him in the
head and stomach and in the ribs. His face
was badly cut, but the most dangerous
wound was long cut on the scalp inflicted,
presumably by Il billet Of wood. The nssail-
ants after prrsCruting their victim until ne
was inscnsihlc He'd e
Gilmore was picked up bleeding from half
dozen wounds. The case was reported to the
central station and Chief Marsh detailed -
detective To hunt down the HUdCrcrs.
The Carpenters and Builders association
will tomorrow complain to The mayor OF the
alleged mchccHcy Of ihc pOlicrin protecting
men who wish To work, but arc alltdu ui the
strikers The bosses say the police are III
sympathy with the strikers.
Should johnson. the SwEdc, and Gilmore.
who have been assaulted by the strikers. die,
as it is feared, it is probable that warrants
will be sworn out by some of the bosses
against the officers of the Carpenters union
charging them with being responsible for
the murder. 1t is claimed that in such "a
case the principle laid down in the Anarchist
ease that speaker i, liable for actions done
III pursuance of his advice would hold III the
present instance. ...fi..t
! President o. Connell of the strikers said to-
| day that the council deplorcd the occasional
| outbreaks of violence reported of the strikers
! and would discipline amy man found guilty of
doing so.
| But" he said, Eve claim the right TO
peacefully and gcntlcnmly approach and