St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-09

appeared, and the troops, laborers and
police were withdrawn. No sooner had
they got well out of sight. however, than
gang of 800 men suddenly appeared,
and with crowbars, picks and shovels,
tore up an eighth of mile of the track
before word could be got to the police
department. They fled before another
charge OF the police, and the work of
repair is again being pushed forward
RiOtous mobs, consisting of men women
and children, took possession Of the
freight yards at Halsted, Morgan
and Meagher streets this afternOo
They burned cars and had everything
their own way for nearly two bours.
All of the reserve torce Of police officers
on the West side had been detailed to
the yards Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy and the Wisconsin Central
roads early i'll the day, and nothing lay
in the path of
THE FRENZIED STRIKERS
and their friends. Shortly after 3
o'clock John NJ. Egan, at the general
managers headquarters. sent the fol-
us there no way that we can secure
protection from the mobs in our yards?
They are burning ears and destroying
other property in the yards at Halsted,
Meagher and Morgan streets, and not a
policeman can be found"
Chief Brennan at once transmitted
| the message to Inspector Lewis. who
detailed squad of thirty police officers
to the scene of the disturbance. The
fire department had been called out on
| three different occasions, each time to
eXtinguish flames in freight cars. Thir-
teen cars were burned. The mob
| gathered about the firemen when they
arrived i'll response to an alarm which
had been sent in, and greatly interfered
| in the work Of eXtinguiShing the fires.
| The arrival of the police had but little
| effect. The bluecoats were hooted at
| and
PELTED WITH STONES.
The crowd numbered nearly 1900,
and was made up of the toughest ele-
ment of the city. Well-known thieves
and other desperate men. with whom
the police of the Maxwell street station
| have had considerable trouble. mingled
in the mob and took all active part in
| the disturbance. The police finally
| made a determined charge, and drove
the mob to the adjoining streets and
| from the freight yards, clubbing the
| leaders freely. The police remained on
duty all the afternoon, and the strikers
were kept from doing further violence.
Tn lx
| this morning in the yards of the Chi.
cago, Burlington & Quincy and the
Wisconsin Central tracks at Western
avenue and Sixteenth streets. Threats
against the railroads and denunciation
of the police were heard upon all sides,
and it only required the move of some
| leade: to start up another conflict. The
police, numbering $50, and three CON-
panies of the Second regiment were on
duty all last night, and this morning
| when the
CROWD BEGAN GATHERING
action was at once taken to disperse it {.
| The men were obstinate, and at first
refused to move. The police officers
used their clubs with telling effect, and
in short time the mobs were dispersed.
| The militia were camped in the yards
| at Western avenue, and early
yesterday morning the boys were
distributed through the yards and in
structed to deal severely with any one
caught in the act of burning or uncoup-
ling cars. Shortly before noon smoke
was seen to come from a freight car on
the Wisconsin Central tracks. The
firemen worked under guard of police
officers and had difficulty in extin-
gushing the flames. No sooner was
1 the fire out at that point than another
was discovered two blocks away. This
was soon eXtinguished. Alarms of this
sort continued throughout the day.
During the day another mob went to
the yards of the Pan Handle road at
Rockwell and Sixteenth streets and set
fire to number of cars. The yards
were poorly guarded by the police. and
when the engine company arrived its
work was hampered by the mob until
the police were reinforced.
| THE TIE-UP is COMPLETE.
At the headquarters of the General
Managers association it is admitted that
not railroad in Chicago is moving any
trains except under heavy military or
police guard. Most of the roads are
getting through limited number of
passenger trains, but the tie-up of
freight business is practically complete.
| Among the wounded at Hammond
we're: Mrs. Fleming. shot in knee; Vic
tor Bit, shot in leg; unknown man,
shot through wrist.
| A special train on the Monon arrived
late tonight from Hammond, Ind, bear
ing detail of United States Infantry
under command of Maj. Hartz, having
in scustody four of the ringleaders in
this afternoons disorders there. Mai.
HartZ was seen on arrival by an Asso-
ciated Press representative. and spoke
very tersely of the trouble. observing
very significantly in conclusion:
"Things have Quieted down somewhat
at Hammond since the trouble this aft
ernoon."
HOPKINS is HOPEFUL.
81 believe the crisis has been passed,
and there will be no more serious
trouble" said Mayor Hopkins tonight.
1.-The shooting into the mob by state
troops Saturday noon has shown the
lawless element what it may expect if it
| persists IN its outbreaks against law and
| order. The thugs and criminals who
have been masquerading as striking
workmen evidently believed the soldiers
would not fire OH them. Now they
know better, and they will. if l am not
greatly mistaken, be more careful in the
future.'
During the afternoon Mayor Hopkins
received from Gov. Matthews, of Indi-
ana, dispatch authorizing him to send
Illinois state troops into the state of In
diana at Hammond when necessary.
The mayor wired Gov. Altgeld that, as