Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-20
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

""ASHINGTON, u. e., july D, 1884.
"Hon. John P. Altgeld, Governor of Illinois
"While 1 am still persuaded that have
neither transcribed my authority or duty in
the emergency that confronts us, it seems to
me that in this hour of danger and public dis
tress discussion may we'll give way to active
effort on the part OF all in authority to restore
obedience to law andto protect life and prop
erty. GROVER CLEVELAND"
Bloodshed. incendiarism, attacks upon
trains and their crews and the destruction of
millions of dollars worth of property, the
result of the great strike, spread terror
through Chicago and its suburbs, on the
ninth day OF the great Pullman boycott
Nor did the strikers direct their firearms
solely upon their opponents, but in one case
turned their weapons against each other.
AS a result of the latter A. r. u. Committee
man Letters was instantly killed by Il striker
named Collins, who in turn was shot to
death by another striker who had wit
messed his act. Pitched battles between
the strikers, deputies AMI railroad
men began early in the day.
Pistols were used on both sides
and several men fell, some MORALLY
wounded. Thousands Of freight cars set on
fire by the rioters were burned with their
contents, AMI the loss for the day was esti-
mated at IS Zoo, 00O The firemen were not
permitted to try to eXtinguish the flames
and the police were utterly powerless to
check the crowd. The incendiary torch was
applied to hundreds of cars and acts of
violence were reported from scores of points.
The tie-up on all the roads was more CON-
plete than on any previous day, and little
effort was made by the rail- roads to resume
traffic. The managers said 1t was folly to
attempt to move trains without more troops
The exciting scenes of the day in the
vicinity of kensington, a suburb OF Chicago,
began when Il nOrth-bOund milk train. on the
Illinois Central was stopped by crowd of
several hundred persons.
An effort was made to persuade
the engineer and fireman to quit their
posts Failing In this the crowd began
to shower stones, clubs, AMI other
missiles at the defenceless trainmen.
Every pane of glass In the cab was broken.
The fireman was chased by the crowd out
over the prairie, but was let go upon prom
isinS not TO so upon another engine while
the strike lasts.
The engine of the milk train was cut loose
by one Of the crowd. who started it and then
jumped from the cab. The wild engine
rapidly increased its speed aud ran in
to derailed freight car, completely de-
molishing the car and everything in its way,
and was stopped only by being derailed. Two
outbound Illinois Central AMI Big Four
trains were saved from a collision with the
wild engine by the freight car. They backed
into the city TO keep out of trouble.
At 10. 30 o'clock the crowd had greatly in
creased and began tunbling box ears across
tnetrackS along the lines between henSlng-
ton and Pullman. While about twenty men
were engaged in this work four shots were
fred into the gang by Detective Stark, en-
plOyed by one OF the railroads.
The first shot hit William Inslie in the tenn
pie Another bullet struck Oily Vanzelline
in the head, and still another in the back
He was placed under the care OF four physi-
clans, who pronounced his condition critical.
The report from Stark's revolver was the
signal for general rush by the Infatuated
strikers, which quickly gathered from all
directions. They were wild with excite
ment, and pursued Stark to the Kensins-
ton Station, where fifty Kensington police
seized him, formed a line in front of him,
and after running fight of a hundred Yards
or mora, succeeded in getting him in patrol
wagon. He was covered with a coat. and
part of the crowd thinking the man in the
wagon might be one OF the injured men of
their party, abandoned the chase. In the