Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-24
SHOOTING, BUT NOBODY HURT.
Facts Regarding the Disturbances in tho
Yards Monday Might.

Facts Regarding the Disturbances in the
Yards Monday Night.
BUFFALO, Aug. 24.-There was good
deal of shooting yesterday morning early
in the yards here, but it turns out that nc
one was hurt, so far as known. One fusil-
lade wasn't shooting at ALL but the con-
secutive explosions of a large number OF
torpedoes placed on the tracks by some
body. South Michigan street from the
Michigan street bridge to Ganson street is
considered one of the hardest points in the
city for the soldiers to protect. A hundred
rowdies congregated there Monday night,
and they called the Thirteenth regiment
boys dudes and dandies, and taunted them
until finally Colonel Dowd ordered his sol
niers to clear the street of everybody. The
soldiers charged the crowd with bayonets,
and for a few minutes there was lively
scramble. The rowdies were dispersed in
short order.
VoIleys That Were Bloodless.
AT O'Clock yesterday morning the
Thirteenth regiment had an encounter. A
lot of strikers surrounded the Lacka-
wanna trestle that crosses Michigan
street. They started in to annoy the fire.
men by jeering at them, end when pickets
under command of Lieutenant Taylor
ordered them to disperse, the men began
pelting the soldiers with stones and coal
The pickets fired several volleys at them,
but the strikers skulked behind freight
cars and so far as known nobody was
wounded. The military patrol rushed to
the scene and they ,.too, fired at the retreat
ing forms. The shots created considerable
excitement in the neighborhood.
Set Dog the Soldiers
A little later there was a distur bance on
the island. A striker set bull dog on the
Thirteenth soldiers near the Central
freight house. The patrol killed the dog
and fired at the striker, but he escaped.
At the Seneca street crossing Lieutenant
Schumann was in charge. At l O'Clock
his sentries heard men pulling coupling
pins on a train which had been made up
to go out yesterday morning. They charged
it. The pins had been pulled, but the
men had disappeared. They got at it
again and were fired on. They returned
the shower of bullets with stones and
skirmishing was begun in earnest.
Where Most Shooting Was Done.
Captain Boylan of Company K, of the
| Twelfth regiment, was in command at the
| Clinton street crossing. Here is where
| the greatest of amount OF shooting was
done Early Monday evening Captain
Boylan heard there was a meeting in a
saloon near by and that mischief was
brewing. Word was brought to him that
an attack would be made on the sentries
some time during the night. When he
! sent out his night sentries he doubled
them up and kept a SOUND in reserve un-
der arms. Orders were given to the sem
tries in every case to shoot if they were
attacked. "This is business" they were
told "If you are shot at return the fire
and don't trifie." The soldiers obeyed or
ders and there was merry fusillade at in
| tervals throughout the night between
skulkers in the yards and the sentries.
Tactics of the Strikers
| @This strike is different from any other
we have had to contend with,n remarked
a prominent police officer yesterday morn
| ing. You notice the strikers do not as-
semble in riotous crowds where they could
be dispersed by the police and militia. In
stead of this they travel in twos and
threes and overt acts are done on that
policy. 1t makes detection exceedingly
difficult unless, of course, they are caught
in the act"
| Threatening the Women.
| A switchman employed about the New
| Ceutral's main depot said to Superintend-
ent Rossiter, of the Central, upon the sub
| ject: ''Of course they do not trouble us
| here about the depot because they dare
! not, but they have frightened my wife
nearly to death, going to her home and
threatening her. that my house would be
| burned unless / quit work.