The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-07

SnaSsooie ana deputy eheri4s chargeu on
the mob at various places. The st,iksrs'
forces rapidly recruited, and by 1880
O'Clock loo frenied men were bowling
and throwing stones over . stretch Of
track mile In length. AZ that time tho
Illinois Central milk train came steaming
slowly up from the south. Tho mob
charged on II, and In . trics the engine
was detached and the cars overturned.
The train crew Ned. The strikers mount.
Ing the engine carried II back quarter Of
. mile, whom, opening tho throttle, they
jumped from the cab.
The loeomotive, rushing forward at full
speed, crushed into the wreck and tore
through derailed cars until Il was thrown
upon its eide. The crowd mounted tho
wreck with an exultaut cheer and held
high carnival until force OF deputies
prepared TO charge. Az they came on tho
run they were met with shower Of stones
and coupling pins and, halting, fired for
. moment; the mob wavered ~ the bul.
let's cut through their ranks, and thsn
with howl they charged the little force
OF deputies, which retreated to safe dis
tance to await ruinforcements. Police
details were hurried TO the scene and the
rioters continued derailing cars while
waiting for the expected attack, carefully
concsaiins the dead and injured mon.
DURINo THE NIGHT.
During the night freight cars that had
been dumped on the tracks were removed
and tho trains were sent out without trou-
ble. II was announced this morning that
43 soldiers from the regular army would
escort the Lake Shore mail train for New
York out OF tho Van Buren, street depot
with positive orders to see that the train
was permitted to leave the city promptly
the most turbulent district IN tho city aud
pass over Is miles Of tracks that have been
tampsred with.
The mob broke open three cars loaded
with general freight on the Wabash
tracks at 4Sth street. Eleven rioters were
arrested.
The Rock Island oflc,als to-day closed
all offices and locked them up. All clerks
and Office men were sworn In as United
States deputies. Tho Rock Island will
not attempt IN run any trains to-day.
At the stockyards to-day the railways
made no attempt to bring In live stock.
Tho total psceipts consisted Of threc
wagon loads Of lambs and two cows from
adjacent farms.
FREIGHT CARS FIRED.
Between midnight and morning several
freight cars were fired, but no serious
damage WAS done. About midnight tho
rioters cut electric light wires near eth
street and plugged the flro alarm boxes.
While working over the fire at tsth street,
the flremen wero stoned. Patrolman
Burke went TO police box to call officers
and WAS shot at. Before II o. m. to-day.
Notwithstanding the comparative quiet,
an earlier message was sent to General
Miles warning him ofthe situation, which
promised to grow more serious to-day
Eshaa n was yesterday. In the vicinity Of
ed street and Ashland avenue, this fore
noon. cars wore overturned and switches
tampered with. Tho police and deputies
put little restraint upon the lawless
throng. There were no regular troops In
| the ncighborhood.
THREE THOUSAND POLICEMEN.
Chief of Police Lannan sworo In 800 OK.
trs policemen to-day, making total force
Of 1880 men. He expressed the belief that
| the trouble had reached . climax to-day.
STERN BUSINESS OF WAR.
Captain McGunnigls Of Company r,
18th United States Infantry, who came
into the city from Grand Crossing to-day,
said: "This affair has ceased to bo more
lot OF skirmishes. apprshend the time
for argument 10 over. It is stern busi.
mess Of war now."
There are now massed on the lake front
i've companies Of the 18th Infantry. five
OF the various regiments from Fort Leav.
snworth and two from Fort Brady; Troop
X Of the Seventh Cavalry. and Battery T.,
First Artillery, making about 600 officers
and men.
GENERAL NILES IDEAS.
General Miles said to-day: III the
order Of Mayor Hopkins 10 carried out,
there will be, In my opinion. no further
trouble. II 10 plain and unmistakablc
that the duty OF the police Is to suppress
riotinR, disperse mobs and stop destruc.
tion OF property. We are certainly moi
doing police duty for tho city Of Chicago
and until the police fail wo cannot be
expected to dispcrse these mobs except
whom We como in contact with them in
protecting moving trains. Our action
now depends on the railroads. Our troops
are here TO protect them when they arc
ready to move their trains"
Al 2:3O o'clock this afternoon passen-
Ger train on the Baltimore q Ohio which
had been held In South Chicago all nigh,
was started for the city under guard oi
several deputy marshals. At l3d and Ash
streets the mob stood and fired on the
train. Tho trainmen and deputies 70
turned tho fire. and for five minutes a
lively fusillade was kept up. No trainmer
wsre hurt and the train proceeded to tn,
depot without further interruption. II
was reported that at least four striker,
we're killed and several others injured.
The mob attempted this afternoon Il
ovsrturn cars on tho Panhandle road si
Brighton Park. They were resisted b,
deputy sherifis. and Charles Foot, q
striker, Was shot In the mock by deputy.
The wound 10 fatal.
CARS ON PIRE.
Tho B. 4 o. train for New York wal
compelled to stop at 39th street by Ions
line Of blazing cars, which had been fire,
by strikers. Several cars were also throwr
across the track and set on fire. Tn,
train returned to the depot.
At West Pullman this afternoon 20 mer
from Pullman drove tho telegraph opera
tor from the office, turned over 10, o.
box cars and blocked the Panhandle road