The evening world., 1894-07-06


.ouble which he expressed the belle
.ould probably reach Its climax to-day.
" shall go at once 10 the First Pre-
.,,et station on the lake 'front.'" sal,
N, Chief, land swear in 800 more DO
nc,men. That will make the total o.
he police force about $500 men,"
The interference with the fire ant
| ,o,ice alarm system Is a new and dan
,erous feature OF the riot to-day. A.
vat the damage to the wires Is not seri.
Gus.
DestruStion by Rioters.
Fifty empty freight cars were burned
on the Illinois Central tracks at Burn.
side this morning.
The idle mob resumed its work Of de-
struction OF the stock-yards this morn
ing. In the vicinity of Forty-third street
and Ashland avenue cars were overturn-
3D. switch shanties burned and switches
tempered with. The police and deputies
affected little restraint upon the lawiess
throng. There were no Federal troops
in the neighborhood.
Mail Train for New York.
It was announced this morning that
NJ IL -. w. loEty-tHTte SOluleTS from the
regular army would escort the Lake
Shore mail train, bound for New York
and the East, out of the Van Buren,
Street Depot.
I. was understood that they would
have positive orders to see that the
train was permitted to leave the city
promptly and peaceably. To do this the
train would traverse the most turbulent
district in the city and pass over some
fifteen miles of tracks that have been
tempered with and blockaded ever since
the strike began.
Showed n Permit from Debs.
Part of a mob to-day charged a gang
OF workmen engaged in icing meat cars
at Forty-fifth street. under supervision
Of Alderman Carey; He showed the
work to be done, and the rioters left.
This morning three mail trains on .he
Fort Wayne were sent through the dis
'rict between Forty,hrth ana tiity-ntth
terday. During the night the freight
cars that had been dumped on the tracks
we're removed, and the trains were sent
out without trouble.
An Engineers Ribs Broken.
An incoming milk traln was attacked
on the Fort Wayne tracks near Fortieth
street and the stock;yards to-day and na, 1he
turned the tables on the rioters and the
mob was dispersed after several shots
had been fired by the police. report
been stoned to death. Later 1t was
found that he was still living, hut with
several ribs broken.
Two rioters were caught with stones
in their hands and arrested.
The firemen employed in the packing
o. and Armour & Co. struck this morn
ng and were soon followed by the
steam filters in all three. houses.
About the same time Armour & Co.'S
hat they had been assaulted and
threatened so much that they feared to
tane out their teams.
Lake shore Resumes.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
officials at 2 o'clock this afternoon an
nounced the resumption Of the passenger
service on their road. The tracks had
ny police and guarded by the military.
It was thought trains could be put
with safety. Orders were issued
10 make up regular trains and start
them on time.
Looking to n General Strike.
The conference Of labor leaders called
at Unlich's Hall by President Debs to-
day was attended BY representatives
from every union In she city. The. tone
If the talk was strongly in favor Of sup
porting the present strike.
The conference adjourned at / p. NJ.
A committee of three was appointed
with full power to act In the matter of
falling out labor organizations. Meet
ings of all the labor unions in the city
Will be held on Sunday night next to
ratify the action Of the conference.