The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-14

was running regular trains and the
Santa Fe's service was improved. The
Rio Grande was still tied up by its
brakemen.
No trains were being run on the
Union Pacific west Of Cheyenne.
The situation in California was un-
changed. At Sacramento the strikers
were reinforced by parties Of sympa-
thizers from outside points. The mi
litia, which had refused to charge the
strikers, were sent home in disgrace.
At Oakland the strikers were in abso-
lutte control. There, too, the state
militia proved of no avail, for the sym
pathy of the militiamen is with the
strikers. Deputy sheriffs seemed pow
erless to prevent the strikers from
taking possession of the yards and
preventing any trains being made up.
The record of Friday show that Chi
cago was in the hands of rioters and
incendiaries They began their work
of outlayry and destruction early and
were continuing it at midnight.
The federal troops had been with
drawn to the Lake Front for several
reasons. They had found themselves
unable to cope successfully with the
great throngs of rioters the day before
and were waiting for the reinforce
ments which arrived before night
General Miles expressed the opinion
that they had better be held near the
center of the city to protect the great
business blocks.
Early in the day thousands of the
rioters gathered at Kensington, where
small force of United States mar
shals were stationed. Very soon
a milk train arrived on its way to Chi
cago and this was the signal for hostili
ties to begin. The mob began an as
sault and were met with great vigor by
the marshals, who began firing almost
instantly. Two of the rioters were
killed outright and number were
wounded. A mad frenzy seized the
people and they rushed in and seized
the milk train and began tipping the
cars over They then detached the
engine and ran it off half mile on the
tracks, stopped it, reversed it, and
opened the throttle wide and drove it
back into the mass of overturned
freight cars, striking the cars with
fearful force. The mob exulted over
their work of destruction.
The work of burning cars then began
and fifty near by were soon in flames.
Several hundred cars were burned dur
ing the day, Some of these were load
ed with merchandise. At two or three
points, men, women and children were
found emptying the cars Of goods and
carrying away the plunder.
Signal towers were burned, and the
heat of burning cars destroyed miles
of track. Telephone, telegraph, cleo
trio and fire alarm wires were torn
down. Fire alarm boxes were plug
ged so that alarms could not be sent
in and the firemen were even attacked
by the mob
While directing the movements Of
the Eleventh battalion at Fifty-tirst
street, Fire Marshal Fitzpatrick was
seized by the thoroughly frenzicd mob
of tire-bugs and thrown into pond,
from which he was rescued by the po-
lice more dead than alive. Everything
at this point will probably be total
loss.
All the cars in the stockyards were
burned before midnight aud toughs of
the worst stamp held high carnival
there No one dare interfere. The
mob showed much method in its in
cendiarism, and hundreds of cars were
rifed and their contents carried away
before the torch was applied.
The loss in the Panhandle yard alone
is estimated at 81, 200, 600
Very few attempts were made to
send out trains during the day and
those which came in had to run the
gauntlet Of the mob. The Baltimore
& Ohio mail train tried to come in
under guard Of party Of deputy mar
shals At Forty-third and Ash streets
it was met by mob which fired on
the train and at the same time poured
in volley after volley Of stones. The
The trainmen and deputies at once
returned the fire and for five minutes
a lively fusillade was kept up. None
Of the train men were hurt and the
train proceeded to the depot without
further interruption. 1t was reported
later that at least four strikers were
killed in the fight and several others
injured.
n n Richie, wat Gilman, was
stoned to death by rioters.
Early in the day Mayor Hopkins
telegraphed Governor Altgeld for
state troops and two brigades were
ordered out.
The police force was also augmented
by swearing in lot Of new men.
President Cleveland is still anxious
about the outcome. He will probably
order no more troops to Chicago from
the West, but send them from North
ern New York. If necessary he will
call on the states for their militia.
Attorney General Olney on Friday
received joint telegram from the
acting governor Of Utah, the judge OF
the supreme court and the United
States marshal stating that the situa-
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