The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-12
FIGHT AT HAMMOND.
Two Companies Of United States
Regulars Fire ON q Hob.
Ono Msn KILLED aud Eve 0tssss Wounded
Ono Betng q Wonaan-The 6cb Frantic
sixteen Companies OF TnAlana
Troops Ordered 60 she scsne.

CHICAGO, July o,-The seat OF way sea
the great railroad strike was trans.
Yerred Sunday to Hammond, Ind, fast
across the border line, where, from an
early hour, mob violence reigned SD.
preme.
Two companies Of regulars were dlS.
patched to the scene. Late Sunday af-
tesnoon there was pitched battle be-
tween the regulars and the mob
This Is the list OF casualties:
Charles Fleisher, carpenter, mar
ried, aged as, o resident of Hammond,
killed instantly, bullet entefing his
abdomen and passing clear through the
body.
W. II. Campbell, shot In right thighs
probably fatal.
Victor Settor, also OF Hammond, shot
In the kuee; amputation of leg neeess
sary; condition critical. q
Miss Annie Fleming, Of East Chicago,
ballet wound above right knee; mos
serious.
Unknown man ,strangerin Hemmend.
shot In right leg; enputasion probably
necessary.
Trouble commenced pt daylight,
when mob which had been in the
neighborhood since the night before
overturned fifteen freight cars Of tho
Chicago & Calumet Terminal railroad
between Hammond and cast Chicago.
Six Of them were thrown croaswise
over the main track of the Michigan
Central, while two others were thrown
across the rails of the Nickel Plate. AZ
the break OF day the rsbble ses FIRE TO
Pullmgn Gag that had been run on o
side track. A call was sent In and tho
FIRE department responded with alaea
rity, but not before four PuJlmans had
been badly scorched.
Shortly after day-break the north.
bound train on the Monon road reached
tho depot. just as soon AS 1t stopped
II was surrounded by crowd OF strik.
ers, boys and women, and the engineer
and fireman were peremptorily ordered
20 get down from the cab.
Some Of the mob were armed with
revolrers. Many more held rocks In
their hands, and as consequence tho
two employees were quick to obey. One
Of the strikers then took possession Of
the engine, and tho train was side.
tracked. A telegram was sent 70 Chi.
cago asking for military assistance 70
get the train out.
AZ 1880 Company D, Of the Fifteenth
infantry, thirty-five strong. arrived In
two coaches. The regulars disem-
barkcd at the depot and marched 20
the sidetrack where che Monon syn4n
was stationed. The mob fell back ON
the approach Of the military. but hoos-
cd and jeered, and the sceno was yer.
table beS.lam,
Onc-half of the company took up IS
position in front OF the engine, and the
other half In the rear, ind prepare
lions were made to move the train.
Like fash of lightning, however, the
crowd increased until " YVES nearly
two THOUSAND stFong, end realizing
that reinforcements were necessary.
o detail was sent to the telegraph Of
ficc with instructions TO wire to chs'
pago for moro troops. IN the mean'
time Mai, Reilly ordered Capt. HsrHG
to clear the tracks to the sidewalk
with fixed bayonets. The regulars 10.
yunced, the mob rctrcnted. and FOR tho
time being was hcld 1T bay.
The mob went to the adjacent prairie
ON either side of the tracks for while.
but, becoming cmboldcned by the APP
parent inactivity of the military, again
closed up on the rails, only to be re-
pulsed.
This condition of affairs continued
unremittinely until ~ o'clock, when
the train that had brought the second
detachment OF regulars was run into
the Monon yards. just Is it was
brought to sfandstill, several bog
cars were dumped on the track block
and q half to the north,
About the same time the Monon mail
train came In from the south carrying
mail matter from indianapolis, Louis.
vile. Cincinnati and intermediate
points. A company Of regulars was
ordered to the state line, but it had
barely passed the mob assembled as
the state street crossing when rope
was thrown around Pullman cap
standing on sidc-traclt few
yards north. with the evident In
tention of throwing it over the
main track and preventing the fur
Their passage of the train. There were
regulars on the engine, reguiSss on the
roof and rcgula - ut the car windows,
NIL Of them waiting for just such conc
dition as was now imminent.
An. officer on the locomotive gave
the word and toward the west and to-
ward the east volley was poured from
engine, roofs and windows Some OF
the bullets went overhead, many more
plouehed the ground, few took effect.
Without waiting for further orders the
regulars made for solid earth. and with
bavonets fixed made . dash for the mob
on both sides Of the track.
81 This 1naneuycr, however, was hard
II necessary. Obseured by the smoke.
the mob had taken TO their heels like
frightened geese. Not . few OF them
threw themselves headlong on the
prairie, whore they lay nat, SO
Thoroughly scared that IL was matter
OF Indifference TO them, and there the
soldiers trsmpied them down In che
charge
President Cleveland Condemned.
CHICAGO, July president Clevc-
land was arraigned by the Chicago
Typographical Union No. 10 Sunday
for sending federal troopsf TO Chicago.
y,raSsaent Griffin uresidcd. und between