The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-09

mostly the result of too much bad whisky,
were frequently reported at police head
quarters.
There was, however, no concerted effort
at lncendiarism or violence, although at a
number of places, individual cars were
fired, several of which were destroyed.
A coal train on the Eastern Illonois was
detached at Root street by a switch being
misplaced after the engine and four cars
had passed over.
CLEARING THE TRACKS.
The work of clearing the tracks in the
Grand Trunk yards at E'orty-ninth street
ana Ashland avenue, where debris from
the hundreds of burning cars Uttered the
tracks, was completed to-day under police
and military protection, the monot-
ony, however, being enlivened by
by occasional police sallies when the
gathering of idlers watching the work be-
came too large and threatening. At D.
M, when the finishing touches had been
put on the work, nearly all the onlookers
hao disappeared, and the troops. laborers
and police were withdrawn. No sooner
had they got well out of sight,
however, than a gang of 500 men sudden
ly appeared and with crow-bars, picks
ana shove.s tore up about an eighth of
mile of track before word could be gotten
TO the police, and the work of repairing
Is again being pushed forward.
THE TROUBLE AT HAMMOND.
At Hammond, IND. adjoining the city
on the southeast, was the theater of the
days greatest excitement. Here the riot
ing of last night was resumed and finally
became so serious that a company of
United States troops went out there.
They preserved the peace for
several hours, but the mob
increased in size, and finally became so
demonstrative that it necessitated firing
on them by the troops, with the resu 1t
that one man was killed, two badly
wounded, and a number of others re-
ceived serious injuries
Everything at Pullman was quiet to-
day.
Riotous mobs. consisting of men, wo-
men and children, took possession of
the freight yards at Halsted, Morgan and
Meagher streets this afternoon. They
burned cars and had everything their
own way for nearly two hours. All of
the police force on the west side had been
detailed TO the yards of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and the Wisconsin
Central roads early in the day, and moth
ing lay in the path of the frenZied strik-
ers and their friends.
POLICE CLUB A MOB.
Shortly after 3 O'Clock the general man
ayers sent the following message to Chief
Brennan: rs there no way we can Sc
cure protection from the mObs in our
yards} They are burning cars and de-
stroying other property in the yards at
HalsUead, Meagher and Morgan streets,
and not a policeman can be found"
Chief Brennan at once detailed a squad
of thirty officers to the scene. The ar
al Of nod Affn No,
blue coats were hOoted and pelted with
stones. The crowd, which numbered
nearly 1000 and was made up of the
toughest element of the city, had
already burned thirteen cars. Well known
thieves and other desperate characters
who the police have had trouble with,
mingled in the crowd and took active
part in the disturbances. The police
finally routed the mob clubbing the lead
ers freely The police remained on duty
all the afternoon and the strikers were
kept from doing further violence.
GATHERING OF THE MoBs.
The mobs commenced to collect early
this morning in the yards of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and the Wiscon-
sin Central tracks at Seventh and Six
teenth streets. The police, numbering
150, and three companies of the Seventh
regiment were on duty all last night, and
this morning when the crowd began gath
ering, action was at once taken to dis
perse it. The men resisted and the Off
GERS used their clubs with telling effect,
and in short time the mobs were DIS
persed.
The militia were camped in the yards
at Western avenue, and early this morn
ing the men were distributed through
the yards and instructed to deal severely
with any one caught in the act
of burning or uncoupling cars.
Shortly before noon smoke was seen
consin Central tracks. The fire was ex-
tinguishedrwith difficulty, and no sooner
was this fire out than another was
discovered two blocks away, which was
also extinguished. Alarms of this sort
continued throughout the day.
o During the day another mob went to
the yards of the Pan Handle at Rockwell
and Sixteenth streets, and set fire to
number of cars The yards were poorly
guarded. and when the engine company
arrived, its work was hampered by the
mob until the police were REINFORCED.
THE CRISIS PASSED.
81 believe the crisis has been passed,
and that there will be no more serious
trouble" said Mayor Hopkins tonight.
The shooting into the mob by the state
troops Saturday afternoon has shown the
lawless element what it may expect if it
persists in it's outbreaks against law
and order. The thugs and criminals
who have been masquerading as strikers,
evidently believed the soldiers would not
shoot Now they know better and they
will, if l am not greatly mistaken, be
more carful in the future"
During the afternoon Mayor Hopkins
received from Gov Matthews of Indiana
a dispatch authorizing him to send state
troops into the state of Indiana at Ham
mond when necessary. The mayor wired
Gov. Altgeld, and received a reply
saving that Hammond is practically
a part of Chicago. and he may use
the Illinois state troops in accordance
with Gov Matthews permission, when
ever necessary, for the purpose of sup
pressing lawlessnes and restoring order
in Illinois. This plan of cooperation was
necessary on account of the fact that
Hammond is almost on the state line, and
the rioters could, as they did to-day, COM
nit all manner of depredations in the
wards this sideof the line and upon the
appearance of the Illinois militia retreat
into Indiana This is what necessitated
the calling of federal troops to-day
At the headquarters of the General
Managers Association tonight it is
frankly admitted that not railroad in
Chicago is moving any trains except
under heavy military or police guard.
Most of the roads are getting through q
it.;t,d ,uro bat, of DasSenQer trains but