The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-08

RED a large number Of passengers and
Il special guard Of deputy n,arshals.
!; was reported at the General Man
ayers Association at 1875 J. Nj, that
lnah was burning cars and committing
other derreiations on the Panhandle
tracks at Twenty frat street.
The police were at once notified.
Tho Twenty-iirst greet crossing ia
nearer to the business centre OF the city
than any point al which trouble has
heretofore occurred.
AT 8 O'Clock this afternoon it was
represented thai Il mob Of rioters hGa
resumed work along the Panhandl,
tracks In the vicinity Of Thlrty-frs
street. and that body Of militia ha
been sent to Glspersa the mob. III,
report stated that the iaw.ess e.cmen
6in)ng the strikers were upsettiny freigh
cars and Intending to apply the torch
Ahou. the same hour q report cam,
from the Burlington yards at Western.
avenue that naiefaciors were over;urrinl
am setting fire to cars, spiliinX switches
and pLaing spikes. To that point els,
4 company of militia was despa tched With
haste.
\ mob set fire TO a number Of freight
cars at Rockwell and Sixteenth street,
this forenoon. An alarm was turned in
and cs engine company No. 36 and truck
company No. l2 were responding the,
were met by the frenz.ed mob. Stones.
and bricks were hurled at the firemen
and they were compelled TO come to q
standstill whit their apparatus. The
engine was disabled. but none OF It's
crew was hurt.
Tho truck company halted only for Il
moment. and then the driver, lashing
his team into o furious run, dashed
through rnoh under heavy fire Of
stones and bricks and reached the fire
without further trouble.
Twenty cars standing on the tracks
Of half dozen different roads surround
Ing the packing houses we're destroyed
by Are during the early morning hours.
All night long troops % United States
cavalry and artillery paraded the STREETS
between Thirty-seventh and Fiftieth
ntreets in this district. Later com.
pany OF cavalry pareded slong Michigan
avenue, from Thirty-nfth street, south,
70 Flsty-fifth street, protecting the resi-
t,ence houses on the Boulevard.
A bulletin from the stock yards says
the rioters have gathered in large force
END have wrecked a. train. Preparations
ere being made to raid the yards to-
night and police are being sent there In
large numbers.
While everything vas quiet after mid
night and for an hour or 60 afterwards,
still the streets were crowded. and 1t was
generally believed that trouble might
break ont at any hour
This expectation was partially realized
when ~ 8 O'Clock news came that the
mobs were in complete possession at
Hammond. which place. though just
over the Indiana line, is practically a
suburb OF Chicago.
The conflict at Hammond was mag
nified until 1t WAS soon spread broadcast
that forty or fifty people had been shot.
This seemed to madden the strikers
and their sympath!zers here. and when
word was received of the gathering Of
a mob al Thirty.fifth and Ullman streets
half of the city seemed to move in that
direction.
The police who were ordered to the
scene had instruct ions to brook no nom
senae The men have undergone so
much hardship and suffered 30 many
indignities ct the hands Of the mob that
they started out fully determined to
obey their orders to the letter.
Later It was reported that the crowd
there had been dispersed by the police
without serious trouble.
AT one time the report came that the
Hammond mob, flushed with their So
called victory over the limo. was sc-
tuelly marching towards this city 10 APP
ply the torch and stir up enew the feel
ings of the men here. At noon, how
ever. no sign Of this mob was seen.
President Egen. OF the General Man
ayers Association. as well as all the
officers OF the Railway Union. are on
hand watching events and receiving
bulletins from all quarters as 10 the
progress Of the strike.
The strike leaders claim that before
many days are over the trouble Will
have spread to all other sectors.
Their organizers are out everywhere,
and this being Sunday, the labor unions
generally hold meetings.
Attempts II Is said. are being made to
try and Induce general strike.
as the mobs began to gather again
here. It was decided to call for further