The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-11-10

peaab meetings invaded
pie were cubbed that in 1885 there strike at the Mccormick
factory reduction
while on their there booted BY people
when they fired into the crowd and fatally wounded
had taken part disturbances that the
indicted for this grand jury prosecuting
officers apparently took the allowed
nued number Of times until the
end the murderes that after
railway police under the
ersh Capt INDUCED brutality never eoualed be-
standing own
having the were then hustled into
thrown into
petition signed by about 1000 the leading living
West Madison the
ling the dismissal
his political influence say charge
brutality apply policemen Chicago There
able honest and conscientious officers who duty quietly
thoroughly humanely.
AS specimen of the papers fled this
the following the first being the corporation
OF the largest employers in Chicago:
PEOPLES A AND COKE Co.,
CHICAGO Nov a. 1885.
CoMrrrr CHICAGO TRADES AND LABOR As
sR-n response request your information
the received employees
hands OF Captain Bonfed his during
Western Division Railway Company employees in July you
vised follows:
mate arrestng of happened
whether connected with the disturbance engaged
number employees this
street Hoyne opening laying ppe
The tool box OF the employees southeast
they took their shove and tools from the tool box arranged
selves along the trench preparatory going the
should arrive About this time began
work. crowd OF employees of this
the the selling tools of the
less
dirt which before had been taken from the TRENCH
railway About this
the apparently
Among following employees this
Diamond Hussey Dennis
Murray Patrick Brown and Pat had
strike guilty obstructne the cars Of
had arrived at the tool yet
to going to work when he was ad who Nv I
and without resistance
called friend workmen saying of
shovel Thereupon Bonfed him with club
his nfcng serious wound laying his scalp
did Il will shovel Another of
the said employees Edward tool box two
OF the police Selling him. by each being the
third BonAe struck him with
the head severely cutting these men were
seriously and for time disabled attending their business
Both OF these with blood streaming
pcve also all of the others the
locked and their friends had difficulty finding em
they they were found
cation with them denied for Time
sa for hours they kept confinement
Desplaines Street criminals when their desous of
bang them Subsequently brought for trial before
White Upon the hearing the city
himself being present. testimony
that had aforesaid
without had been crn
and without
they all discharged
company are coenant of the
these feel party same were
ted ought not remain responsible upon police
PEOPLES GAS LIGHT COKE Co..
By G. K. Billings, V. P.
CHICAGO, Nov 49, 1885.
ROBERT ELLIS, Madison street: - ~
kept market at 974 West Madison
waiting customers and stepped the
vegetables The first thing step in front
store received blow the shoulders with club
and thrown off the sidewalk into being had nv hack
who struck but reganng
Bonfed who had assaulted Two three
told them not to hit again They said
told them couldn't leave place of business
They asked Bonfed and he said ake him right Then thew
showed into the
in which taken to the Lake street station up there
this time about O'Clock the morning. the even
and then taken to the Despn held there
short time and then bail