Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-07-12
better in running trains but some of them
were doing nothing.

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were doing nothing.
At Trinidad tho sensation of the day was
the arrest of forty-eight Railway Union men,
among were Charles NJ. Melick, president; y.
R. Murtle, vice president, and J. q. Carrig,
| chairman of the strikers executive commit
tee The men were arrested upon orders Of
Judge Hallett for contempt Of court and
| taken 10 Denver for trial. They considered
1t bluff The Denver q Gulf road started
several trains, one of which went south with
q Pullman attached. Tho receiver expected
to receive all freight offered the next day and
to run regular passenger trainA
President Jefiery having found himself un-
able to comba. the strlke successfully, an
nounced his determination to cease all efforts
to run trains until the nremsn get ready to re-
turn to work. The chief trouble centers about
| Salda.
The tie-up at Grand Junction was still
maintained on the 4th.
At Pueblo seven strikers were arrested.
Troops from Fort Russell were on guard.
A good deal of violence was reported from
Chicago on the 9Th. The railroad lines were
tied up as close ~ ever despite the presence
Of the troops from Fort Sheridan. Tho
troops were far too few in number to success
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sought in every way to impede the movement
of trains. The strikers and their sympa-
thizers did not offer resistance to the soldiers
and always retreated when the soldiers
charged upon them, but immediately returned
and on the sly resumed their occupation Of
pulling coupling pins, turning switches,
throwing cars from tracks, and In hundred
other ways making It impossible for tho rail-
roads to move trains. A detachment of cav
airy spent the day in helping stock yards men
to get meat train out of the city, but the
attempt finally had to be abandoned on &C.
count Of the tracks being blocked.
The strikers, while not attacking or re-
sistIng the soldiers, did not hesitate to jeer
at the m and insult them. Under this trying
treatment the soldiers conducted themselves
admirably.
The only conflict Of the day was between
special policemen and strikers on the Lake
Shore tracks. The policemefsdred on the
mob to protect themselves from assault
Mayor Hopkins, after visiting tho turbulent
districts, decided that stronger measures
must be used to maintain order. He issued
an order directing persons to aid him BY
keeping away from the tracks He instructed
the chief to discharge all policemen who
failed to do their duty In trying TO put stop
TO unlawful conduct.
The war department, aware of the INSULT
cheney Of the force of troops at Fort Sheri-
dan, sent six companies from Fort Leaven-
worth and two from Fort Brady, Michigan,
which were expected TO arrive Thursday
night. General Miles thinks that these will
be material aid in enforcing order.
The situation at Denver had not changed
materially. The Gulf road 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 unchanged.
At Sacramento the strikers were reinforced
by parties of sympathizers from outside
points. The militia, which had refused to
charge the strikers, were sent home in dis
grace.
At Oakland the strikers are In absolute
control There, too, the state militia proved
of no avail, for the sympathy Of the militia
men Is with the strikers. Deputy sherIffs
seemed powerless to prevent the strikers
from taking possession Of the yards and pre-
venting any trains being made up.
The record of Friday shows that Chicago
was in the hands Of rioters and incendiaries.
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struction early and were continuing It at mid
night.
The federal troops had been Withdrawn to
the Lake Front for several reasons. They
had found themselves unable to cope sue
cessfuly with the great throngs Of rioters
the day before and were waiting for the REIN
forcements which arrived before night. Cen
eral Miles expressed the opinion that they
/ had hettar he held near the center of the cfty
to protect the great business blocks.
Early in the day thousands Of the rioters
gathered at Ken sington, where small force
of United States marshals were stationed.
Very soon a milk train arrived on its way to
Chicago and this was the signal for hostili-
tiles to begin. The mob began an assault
and were met with great vigor by the mar
shals, who began firing aim ost Instantly. Two
of the rioters were killed outright and num-
ber were wounded. A mad frteizy 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 II of half
mile on the tracks, stopped II, reversed II,
and opened the throttle wide and drove 1t
back into tho 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 during the day.
Some Of these were loaded with merchandise.
At two or three points, men women and child
rem were found emptying the cars of goods
and carrying away the plumber.
Signal towers were burned, and the heat Of
burning cars destroyed miles OF track. Tele-
phone, telegraph, electric and fro alarm wires
were torn down. Fire alarm boxes were
were plugged 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-frst street, Fire
Marshal Fitzpatrick was seized by the thor
oughly frenzied mob of fre-bugs and thrown
into a pond, from which he was rescued BY
the police more dead than alive. Everything
at this point will probably be total loss.
All the cars In the stockya ards were burned
before midnight and toughe Of the worst
stamp held high carnival there. No one dare
interfere. The mob showed much method in
its incendiarism, and hundreds Of cars were
rifled and their contents carried away before
the torch was applied.
The loss In the Panhandle yard alone 10 e.