The evening world., 1894-07-07

NdkD, anu
alone was doing a comparatively unin-
,errupted business. Up TO this morning
suburban traffic remains In a complete
state Of asphyxiation. and there Is no
Immediate prospect OF resumption.
al Fire. in Six Days.
For the twenty-four hours ending this
morning there were sixty-two fire-alarm
nearly all being on the South Side.
This Is a remarkable record. according
to chief Swenie. Several times rail-
road shops were fired. The strain was
great On the Fire Department, and at
the headquarters In the City Hall q
double force of operators were at work.
The number OF alarms from July / 10
10 O'Clock last evening was 34l. the larg-
est ever recorded IN the history OF the
Department in that time. Chief Swenie
said last night it was a question neither
the firemen on the South Side could hold
out IL such wholesale incendiarism con-
;inued
Regulars Maddened by Insults.
Stories are beginning to float into
military headquarters which will IL
lustrate the fury to which the regular
troops have been worked UP by the in
suits OF the crowd. A cavalryman at
the stockyards who had been howled at
by a crowd for three hours, made a
protest to his Captain. One huikins
rioter in particular had planted himself
in front OF the trooper and hurled at
him every epithet he could think Of.
besides daring him to night. The troop
er turned to his superior:
Captain, for heavens sake let me
take my uniform of and lick that fel-
low. III do 1t without any help"
The officer refused. OF course. While
the former never took his eyes off him
Had the order TO fire been given 1t was
quite certain that rioter would not have
been among those who escaped.
An officer said last night: THE troop,
are worked up to frenzy. which ha.
been held back by excellent discipline
II they get an order to fire a good
many OF them will fail to hear the com
mand Cease firing II 1t is given. aftel
the frs; volley. and will get In an extra
shot or two
Accidental Killing.
Richard Zen. Il. and o. employee
also a deputy United States Marshal
vas killed at the Grand Central Depo
last evening by the accidental explos ~
Of a gun. William Martin was seriousi.
wounded at the same time. The &C Il
Ge 1t created great excitement at the gen
era. offices OF the road. which are a Ia
coz, to the rooms where the AFFAIR tool
place It being thought that some o
the rtrikers had gained an entrance int
the room and were responsible for n,
src citing.
Trainmen Well Out of II.
Grand Master Wilkinson. OF tn.
Brotherhood OF Trainmen. In an inter
view last night said: This is ba,
state of affairs and am glad that oul
organization has no part In 1t. We haV'
no grievance with the railroads and arr
under contract for n certain length o.
time. While We sympathize with tn,
men at Pullman. We could not find {
1ustifahle cause to 10 out.
II don't expect to see the A. X. L. mer
win. II they can dictate which kind o.
passenger cars are to be used. what
to prevent them refusing to work 70
, roads hauling freight cars made by som
| car-huilding company that might he i
trouble with its employees? 1t is
! friitless and n hopeless struggle. NJ:
/ Dehs and his people have promised tn
I Pullman strikers certain things ~hlc
they carnot carry out
| Tho brotherhood Position.
! This IS the stand he trainmen take
I Every man Of ours who has gone GU
will be expelled from the Order or tn
charter taken away from any local lodg
/ that refuses to eNpei the men. l am sur
pr!sed n; the position taken by som
OF the engineers III refusing TO worl
when theii tircmen have gone out. |
the tiremen violate their contract Wit
a road. II should nos follow that tn
engineer is JUSTIFIED in violating his. Tn
great strength of the old BrotherhoJd
has been the involability OF contracts
BY taking part H., this strike we forfei
all We hav" gained and secure nothing.
Mob. Gather Again.
Before 10 O'Clock A. NJ the officials o
the Grand Trunk telcphoned the polio
that large mobs Of men were movin
| down their tracks Ia the direction u
! Their shops at III. crossing OF the Pan
handle tracks a Forty-ninth street. The
expressed the belief that the mob w
tended burning the shops. caief OF Pu
lice brennan ordered Inspector Hunt I
the scene with "A force Of men.
Halt an hour later message cam
from the Northern Pacific and Bait
more ard ohio roads that mobs wer
gathering NJ forty-seventh and Fifty
ninth streets, where these companir
have wrecking trains. Fears were eN
pressed that the strikers intended burn
Ing these wreCking trains In order I
prevent the clearing OF the tracks. In
speCtor Hunt was also notified to atten
to this trouble.
Pre- sid-nt Gomp.rs Expected.
President Gompers, OF the America
Federation Of Labor, viii be here pro-,
ably Sunday. The new complication no,
10 be feared Is the calling out OF a
labor organizations. That would max
such a large body ~ unemrlHyey me
as TO vastly increase the crowds and I
greauy "mharras- the handiin. OF IN
. 1iS4rl.tly claimant