Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-07-14

from everywhere in the southern part of
the city. Riot has been running ramp
ant throughout the city-cars have been
overturned, switches broken and tracks
obstructed. The torch has been applied
in numerous instances to cars and
switch towers, and an attempt was made
to nre the great Armour packing plant.
The strikers interfered with the peace
during the numerous fire alarms, and in
some instances the police who were
using the police telephone calls were
stoned. The stoning OF incoming pass
enger trains was a common pastIme for
the mobs, and number of persons were
more or lese injured by flying missiles.
The assaults of the mobs were not met
with passive resistance. On two occa-
| slons these attacks were met with accu-
rately aimed lead.
During riot over an incoming stock
train at Kensington a deputy marshal
shot and killed two strikers, and dur
ing the afternoon the deputies guarding
an incoming Baltimore & Ohio passen-
ger train replied to volley of stones by
turning their revolvers lose, killing four
OF their assailants and wounding num-
ber of others.
CHICAGO, July 6.-The unmarried
men IN the stockyards offices of Armour
q =. have been sworn in as deputy sher-
IFS and are on duty.
Mayor Hopkins has instructed the
chief OF police to suspend all police Of
ticers who were in the Lake Shore &
Michigan yards yesterday and declined
10 interfere with the strikers who over
turned freight cars by the score.
q . NRA l.. =. 81 H.
tective Gregory of the Western Indiana
road, shot two men in the leg who had
made an attempt on his own life; the
shooting was done in self defense. Two
cars loaded with meat were overturned
near the yards. The mob is very rabid
and bent on doing everything to destroy
property. They pay no attention to at
tempts to dissuade them, having become
recklessly daring. There are large
crowds blocking every street and alley
in the stockyard district.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan. July 6.-It is
reported here that two troops of cavalry
at Fort Leavenwcrth have been put un-
der marching orders and will proceed
at once for duty at Kansas City.
SPOKANE, Wash, July GAIL is quiet
here today, though United States Mar
shall Vinson has made an application to
have the city put under martial law.
DULUTH, Mlnn., July 6.-The st. Paul
& Duluth road has been drawn into the
strike here. All the switchmen quit
this morning, and the clerks and other
employees are making up the trains.
Trains are going out of Omaha with
non-union firemen. The Northern Pa
cifio is tied up tonight and nothing is
moving. IL the st. Paul & Duluth is
tied up completely there Will be scar
city of provisions here, as nearly every
thing is coming over that road now.
PULLMAN DECLINED.
New YORK;, July 6.-Gecrge M. Pull
man declined to see the reporters today
or make any statement concerning the
desire of Mayor Hopkins that he return
ty Chicago and arbitrate with the strik-
ers.
OMAHA, July 6.-The general Office
of the Rock Island in this city were
closed today, and all the clerks were sus-
pended without pay until further
notice.
CHICAGO, July 6.-General Andrew
Welcb, commander of the Third brigade,
with headquarters at Auroro, tele-
graphed Mayor Hopkins that three
companies of his troops will reach the
city between 6 and Z o'clock on the
Burlington route. The remainder OF
the 1000 men will be in early this
evening.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
CLEVELAND, o., July Cit is learned
today that the grievance committee or
the locomotive engineers on the Lake
Shore road went to Chicago for the pur-
pose of comforting with President John
Newell. The engineers grievance lies
in connection with rule which virtually
holds engineers responsible for any Pc
cuniary loss resulting from accident
in cases where the company considers
the engineers neglected his duty. The
( engineers ask to have this rule rescind-
ed. The result of the conference may
have an important bearing on the pres
ent strike.
swITCHMAN STONED TO DEATH.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Two hundred
stock cars of the Grand Trunk are now
burning at the stock yards.
n. III. Richie, q watchman on the Fort
Wayne, has been stoned to death by q
mob.
The strike situation in Utah is get
ting serious. A call has been made on
Attorney General Olney for troops.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 6.-One hum
dred and thirty switchmen of the A. Il.
U. struck tonight. No change in the
strike situation today. Two thousand
strikers will be arrested as fast as pos
sible.
OMAHA, July 6.-The Cudahy packing
company has laid off 800 men. Swift
& Co., laid off go.
The Omaha smelter is nearly out OF
ore and must soon close down.
| JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, July 6.-Gov.
Stone has dispatched to President
/ Cleveland a very earnest protest against
| what he terms an arbitrary and unnec-
esssry move of the federal authority IN
this state.