Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-07-13
SHOT THEM DOWN.
AND STRIKERS MEET
IN BATTLE AT CHICAGO.
Leaden Hail Fell Thick ana Fast, Mingled
with stones and Iron-Strkers Liter
ally Moved Down-Many Thousands of
Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed.

Chicago: At Kensington, junction
near Pullman, milk train on the way
to Chicago was attacked by a mob of
several thousands. There were only
a few marshals, but they fired into the
mob with great vigor, killing two men
outright and wounding several others.
This wrought the mob To a terrible
frenzy. They rushed TO the train and
began tipping the cars Owe They
then detached the engine, ran it down
the track half mile stopped it, re-
versed il, opened the throttle wide
and drove it back into the mass of
overturned freight cars scattering the
debris far and wide and rendering the
track impa' sable in any direction. A
frantic appeal was sent at once to Chi
cago for assistance and troops were
dispatched TO the scene. At Burnside.
near Chicago, so empty freight ears
were standing upon the track. The
mob set fire TO these and they were all
practically destroyed. Later in the
day the deputies guarding an incom-
ing passenger train replied TO the vol
ley of shots and stones which the
strikers showered upon them by turn
ing their revolvers loose, killing four
of their assailants and woundlng a
number of others.
The day following the 'milll train
riots" the strikers and the Illinois state
troops came together and a pitched
battle was the result The number of
killed and wounded will never be
known, as the mob carried off a num-
Der of men who were seen TO fall, and
whether. they were dead or wounded,
or how many of them fell, it is impos-
sible at this time to ascertain. As far
as known the causualties were as fol-
lows: John Burke. striker killed by
bayonet thrust through his abdomen;
Lieutenant Reed, Company +, Second
Infantry, !. ~ g., struck on head by
stones, condition critical; Thomas
Jackman. shot in back, will die; John
Konderg, stabbed with bayonet. will
die; unknown man, shot through liver,
| will die: unknown boy, II years old,
shot through abdomen, will die; Tony
Gajcuslli, shot in right arm; Henry
Williams, shot in the left arm; John
Kerr, shot in hip; unknown woman,
shot in right hip: Joseph Rhine berg.
three bayonet wounds, may die; Anton
Komislly shot in right side; Joseph
| SZcepauski, shot in shoulder; unknown
boy, shot in left leg; Martea Bach, a
| l7-year-old girl, instantly killed by a
stray bullet; Joseph WarzowslSi, fatally
shot while watching the battle.
The fight occurred at the interscc-
! tion OF Forty-ninth street and the
/ Grand trunk tracks, locality which
/ has always had an evil name and
/ which can produce two toughs for
/ every square yard of territory within
"A radius of a half mile. The troops
IL 4. =
! threats 10 burn the Grand Trunk yard.
| The mob was driven away twice. but
/ finally gathered fully 5000 strong and
/ began TO turn over freight cars and
! tear up tracks. They ran "A car into a
| turntable pit destroying that machine,
/ and when an effort was made TO repair
| the damage the mob began to throw
stones and iron. Lieut.. Reed was
| struck twice on the head and fell like
one dead. Then Capt Kelly gave the
order TO charge and the militiamen
| sprang forward with leveled bayonets
John Burke was standing in the
front of the mob throwing coal as fast
| Us he could move his arm. One of the
first soldiers in the charge plunged his
| bayonet clear through his body. the
| point coming out at the back. Burke
went down like a log and died in "a
few minutes. The mob broke before
the charge, but quickly rallied, and
! after short pause came on again
sending pattering of revolver bullets
before it. The troops, the deputies
| and the police waited for no orders
but the rifles came TO level, revolvers
were drawn and storm Of leaden
' death swept in the mob. Men fell
right and left, but the militia, depu-
ties and the police pressed forward
rapidly, driving the crowd before them
in the widest confusion. 1t was all
over in three minutes, and the militia
marched into their train and with the
| deputies returned TO the city. They
! looked as though they had been
! through battle when they disem-
barked at Dearborn station. Their
! uniforms were torn. hats gone and
they were covered with dust and dirt
and many of them badly bruised by
| flying stones.
As the train with military on board
moved off fully 1000 people crowded
about the handful of police left be-
hind. From all sides they rushed upon
them, hurting stones and iron in their
mad assault. The men, realizing their
position, drew their revolvers and
backed up against each other, prepared
for desperate battle. The work that
had been done by the wreclxing party
was attacked as the police retreated.
A car was set on fire, the switch close
by broken and rails tore up. An alarm
of fire was sent in, and with IL "a second
call for police assistance, to which
25 men responded. The condition
of things was now extremely crit
ical. Loomis street, the heart OF
the anarchist settlement, was crowded
by n bowling, shrieking mob. At
the sight of the reinforcements the
crowd fell back Each officer thought
his life was in danger and without any
order they raised their weapons and
fred as fast as possible directly into
the crowd, which wavered and then
beat retreat, first replying to the un-
expected rain of shot with shower OF
stones. AS they retreated leaving sew,
cral on the ground. the police followed
with clubs, showing no mercy.
Rushing into saloons the mob barri-
caded the doors and made stand, but
were driven out through windows and
back doors, clubs descending on their